One reason why the prequels felt like let-downs is that the small scenes in this game felt so much more like Star Wars than anything Lucas could come up with. He should handed on the responsibility much earlier.
This game was UNREAL. And if you didn't play it with a joystick, you were missing out incredibly. I was the greatest starpilot in the galaxy at 10 years old.
Thank you for your service! The wrist is still working, and that is the ultimate evidence of a mysterious force. For it was stressed to the optimum maximum, back in those days. The Emperor Protects!
Same for Episode I: Racer, the original Battlefront duology, Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy, Republic Commando, and Empire at War. For non-PC games, I'll also say the same to Bounty Hunter, the RotS video game adaptation, and Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader.
The Sith can probe people's minds you know. That's how he figured out Leia and Luke are siblings, so he probably did the same with Harkov in regards to his fleet.
+Kenny Dominic How do you show yourself to be an UBER BOSS? Destroy your enemy via his own arrogance, addictions, and patterns. In others words: make him destroy himself.
This was such an immersive game. I felt like a pilot in the Imperial Navy. I liked how the story focused on aspect of the Empire beyond just Empire vs. Rebels. The Empire had to squash civil wars, deal with pirates and defectors and I was there for all of it. The mechanics of the game greatly improved upon that of its predecessor. What I wouldn't give for a remake of the X-Wing trilogy (X-Wing Alliance, TIE Fighter and X-Wing Alliance). Sorry but X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter was the lame duck in the series.
There is a fan made remaster of Tie Fighter out now, based on an updated x wing alliance engine. I just played it and it's amazing. The old cutscenes, voice acting and midi music can be kept in.
I remember first flying the TIE Advanced thinking how bad ass it was after flying your standard TIE Fighter, Interceptor and Bomber then Gunboat. By the time we got the TIE Defender, the TIE Advanced seemed so outdated.
I think they adjusted a few things in X-Wing Alliance. The TiE Advanced is a little more maneuverable, but can’t take a concussion missile. The TIE Defender is faster and more armored but can’t turn quite as quickly.
This is still the best space combat simulator that I've played. The graphics nowadays look a little outdated but boy did I love the story and story lines. The gameplay still outclasses most if not all space combat games of today. I wonder how the game would be and look with todays computer hardware and consoles.
DosBox is your best friend - the game runs perfectly in it. All you need to do is copy all of the game's files into a folder and then mount it as a "CD". Works like a charm :)
+e21big I am not sure if you're joking or not, I will assume you are for fun, but during Harkov's screams he had mentally given away (quite easily) all the info Vader had needed mentally.
It is the first cut scene. I don't know that he's a mercenary per say, I think he'd just fight for which ever side him more whereas a mercenary looks for one task. However, no matter how you slice it is just a fleet under his command ready to be paid to turn over all equipment, men, leadership, and more....for a price.
+Tigerman1138 I love TIE Fighter.. but that doesnt make sense.. 1-The alliance didnt had the money or resources to pay an entire imperial fleet as mercenaries.. 2-Even if they had, would you trust an Imperial fleet that will join you only for money?
***** A fleet willing to join you for a price will turn against you for a higher price... and the Empire is capable of paying more .. sure they didnt wanted to pay more and just wanted to destroy the traitors.. but from Mon Mothma perspective you couldnt help but think that whatever you can pay.. the empire could pay even more
agreed.. The game was HARD if you wanted to complete all the secondary and bonus objectives.. I probably spent more hours playing this than any other game in my life.
Perfect balance between complexity and accessability. But now that every game has to be compatible to a ps4 controller it is unlikely we get something like that ever again.
best part of this game is that is has a nice story, and make you an important part of it, like you really belong to this game world. "We are here to honor one..." wow... Emperor Palpatine himself acknowledged me... That is just awesome.
Cybermat47 Actually, it is Rise of Flight I meant to say :( I also used to play Aces of the Pacific. Wish they'd re-make that game with updated graphics and such.
***** That's what most FPS are like. Most air combat games nowadays are arcade style - with health bars, arrows showing you where the enemy is, etc, etc.
Even in this day and age of photorealistic CGI cutscenes, the cutscenes in this game have a certain charm and appeal to them, that are never going to be outdated.
Greatest video game ever. I love how the game makes you sympathize with the Empire and see the Rebels as terrorists... All the new games portray the Empire as sadistically evil, this game was an example of a well done, less biased look at membership in the Galactic Empire.
I honestly think this game made me resent the rebels even more, amazing how they manipulated some members of the empire to betray the empire......causing long term problems in the galaxy that was much more devestating than the clone wars and civil war combined
@@TheKrazyk2010 The Rebel Alliance definitely established a few chemical missile plants on Alderaan since Bail Organa’s government turned a blind eye towards the clandestine weapon tests
Tiny nitpick that's always bothered me. Admiral Thrawn wearing a white uniform before his promotion to Grand Admiral. It even calls him "Vice Admiral Thrawn", but has him wearing the distinctive white uniform of a Grand Admiral.
I know. That, and his voice, really irritated me at the time. But now, looking back, I can appreciate the game for what it is. Their artists and voice over people obviously never read the novelisations, but this was for a niche market and was pretty good for what it was. As someone says, this game (and X WIng) *felt* more Star Wars than the Prequels, or many of the other attempts at a game. Even Episode VII wasn't quite *right*, somehow. This game still had that lightening-in-the-bottle quality.
I remember Thrawn made a cameo in one of the books from the Galaxy of Fear series for young readers. He's only a captain in the book, but the cover art still shows him in the grand admiral uniform.
Maybe the uniform is just for the audience's easy interpretation. One can't think of Thrawn well without the Grand Admiral outfit, you know. Must say, though, Rebels Thrawn has the best voice. Hmm, I don't know, the Prequels has a lot of gems, especially in its side material like the RotS novelization, the Republic comics, and video games like Republic Commando.
Now it seems he keeps giving Ahsoka so much support it’s unbelievable. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was revealed she was the Chosen One instead of Anakin :P
And people eating up The Mando where the Stormtroopers are completely incompetent. Even the Dark Troopers were ineffective because Mando's armor is apparently invulnerable to the point a Darktrooper slammed his head through the bulkhead of the ship and his helmet wasn't even scratched. Then they just job to Luke and all the fanboys went nuts.
When star wars first came out, it was plain simple: Good vs evil, Rebellion = good guys and Empire = bad guys. Throughout the 90's, Star Wars stories became more complex, it gave the Empire more characters and even sympathy (for example the Thrawn trilogy and TIE Fighter). It gets to the point where it makes you feel like the Empire were the real good guys. Unfortunately, after Disney bought Star Wars, they went back the basics and made the Empire cartoonishly evil. Take Rebels for example
I loved how the plot tied into the original Thrawn trilogy! Man.....I spent so much time with this game as a kid! Looking forward to devoting some time to the total conversion!
04:51 Zarin : we will continue our destruction of the emperors military industrial centers soon he will have nothing but his pitiable force to rely on. seriously zarin, his pitiable forces? you mean his fleet of 25000 star-destroyers and the resources of a galaxy yes truly pitiable
I must have seen all these in my youth but don't remember. What I do remember is having such a great time playing them. We did not need any new movies, we needed more of these games!
I'm 22. I played this game SO MUCH as a kid. It's one of those things where I don't have concrete memories of it, but watching all of this on youtube is bringing it all flooding back. This stuff did so much for my imagination back then... it 's still awesome!!!
4:51 - "Soon he will have nothing but his pitiful Force to rely on!" Lol. If only Zaarin could've seen the future and watch Palpatine come back from the dead and overload an entire armada of ragtag ships with Force lightning of unlimited power!
3:02 - Vader proves once more why he's one of the biggest, baddest SOBs in the history of everything. Woah. First time I see Thrawn in action. He really is awesome. Thanks for the video.
Omg memory’s I was 16 when this came out it was the main reason why I brought a pc, after watching the game on my friends pc, got my dad to get a custom built pc the old 486 with a whole 8meg of ram and a massive 512meg of storage, with a disk drive and I think I had a 15” super vga monitor, all costing nearly 1000 uk pounds and this spec at the time was pretty impressive. The next game that forced me to upgrade was good old duke nukem.
I loved this game as a kid, it also was the first time I saw Thrawn and I think it prompted me to get the books... Found them in storage the other day and been hooked yet again. Interestingly enough, Wookieepedia states that although the old guy next to Thrawn in the cutscenes has an uncanny resemblance to Captain Pellaeon, it couldn't be him as they did not meet until after the battle of Endor.
I loved this game and its story...i used to play this with my older brother but sadly he passed away last august. Man, watching this makes me teary eyed! I miss the good old days. i think life was simple back then...
for those interested, the star destroyer bridge at 1:15 comes straight from a production painting by mcquarrie. modified, but it's the same (concept painting, not the actual matte painting used in the wide shot in ESB)
The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 5 "Where is your master!? Where is Grand Admiral Thrawn!?" Me: THERE HE IS!!! On his way to Coor-iss-Can't!! Excited!!!
One of the greatest games ever made in my opinion. Man I miss this game. They really need to remake the classic ninety's star wars games for modern gamers.
Still one of the best Star Wars, combat flight sim, and video gaming sequels of all time. So much so it makes the likes of X-Wing and even Wing Commander feel obsolete. Bonus if one also read The Stele Chronicles (also, X-Wing's Farlander Papers) and the Official Strategy Guides for help and lore.
I still play this game. I haven't beat it yet, but I'm hoping too soon. Best Star Wars game ever (although I love X-Wing too, as well as Battlefront and Empire at War). Has the best plot of any of Star Wars game, and the best missions. I just love it!
I wouldn't be surprised if Thrawn had a message like "Nice try my friend" put into a command viewer right as the ship's cloaking device reacted catastrophically with the hyperdrive.
I believe that Lord Vader gave a pardon to Admiral Harkov's forces and welcomed them back into the Imperial fold in exchange for information about the Rebel Alliance's operations
@Silverknight171 The officers would have been sent to the interrogation squad as they have valuable information with Darth Vader prowling the detention block like Dr House
Wow, I need to get that version! I only ever had the floppy disks without the expansion packs. Serving under Thrawn was the best the first time, but several campaigns in a row?? I've really been missing out!
+BossHossGT500 That is actually a possibility. Lando's copilot, Nien Nunb, is speaking in a native Kenyan tongue---two actually---and that would be a cool group of people to see....especially as a villian, not all cute and cuddly aliens are good guys.
Lame Squadron? You're not referring to the arcadey yet still great Rogue Squadron games, are you? Oh, and wish granted with the TIE Fighter Total Conversion Mod for X-Wing Alliance Upgrade.
I just love it when all the cut scenes hit 10 mins exactly... just nice for youtube's limit for common users. =) Missed those days dearly =( especially when the T/As are kicking my ass in my Assault gunboat =(
Definitely brings back memories. Especially the last mission debriefing: "We await word from the Emperor about our victory at Endor." ...yeah, about that... 😅
Boy do I still miss this game. It was really ahead of its time. They need to make a newer version of it so it can work with the modern Macs and PCs. Gotta love the music.
Such a great game, but it definitely separated the adults from the kiddies...save points? HA! Blow the last five seconds of the mission and you get to fly the entire mission AGAIN! You could hear my swearing for blocks around.
I remember playing either this or X-wing when I was REALLY little(like, 1997-1998, I'm 19 now) and I loved it. These new games, while fun, just don't have the same "oomph" that these games did. I miss 'em.
With Thrawn in command, one Star Destroyer is all you need (and not even that; the ship's an older, smaller Victory-class version in the actual mission).
I just double-checked Wookieepedia, and it's sketchy. Apparently Thrawn switched ships after the battle, from the VSD Stalwart to the ISD Vanguard. Yet the image labels the ISD in the cutscene as the Stalwart. Also, the NL-1 station changed from a Type C platform earlier in the campaign to a Type A for the final mission and cutscene.
Appearance, mostly. The station originally looked more like this: vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/8/81/Platform3-XWA.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20060319155443
@Orumon27 I think you mean "dumb fire"; blind firing's a whole different animal. ;) Yeah, that was the trick to using space bombs: you want to pick up some speed and get close enough to launch your bombs, but not TOO close to where the cap ship's turbolasers rock your TIE Bomber out of the cosmos. Just launch and turn around when you hit the right range. It sounds like the Missile Boat was more forgiving here; just divert everything to your front shields and barrel at it like Donkey Kong.
And also the sudden release of Enemies of the Empire only for the Collector's CD-ROM Edition. Oh, boy, I won't be surprised if some players were a bit angry that it had to be a, in these times, "Special Edition DLC exclusive".
OMG! I was waiting for someone to post this! I am so happy. I just wish we could have had some views of the INNER CIRCLE! I love the very ending. "Thus it the fate of enemies of the EMPIRE."
![[LIVE] : ONE ลุมพินี 91 | คู่เอก "คมอาวุธ vs อเล็กเซย์"](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/V0RkEfYFsgM/mqdefault.jpg)
Heres one major plus on TIE Fighter: Its is solely focusing Empire. Your main doesn't defect or switch sides
Just like with Battlefront 2 classic.
So true
And that is why i still play this game
I think the guy just REALLY likes his job.
HolyknightVader999 not exactly. The first few missions was on the Republic
Man when the Emperor himself gave me that medal I felt so proud.
+shadowkill546 THAT IS QUITE an honor.
+shadowkill546
Strangely enough, me too.
+shadowkill546 That and being made the "Emperor's Reach"...
as long as you're not a Jedi or a Sith who violated the Rule of Two, you're fine.
One reason why the prequels felt like let-downs is that the small scenes in this game felt so much more like Star Wars than anything Lucas could come up with. He should handed on the responsibility much earlier.
This game was UNREAL. And if you didn't play it with a joystick, you were missing out incredibly. I was the greatest starpilot in the galaxy at 10 years old.
still better than what Disney had done with star wars
Best was the Gravis two-button joystick. Never found a better joystick. All the ones after were too loose and had too many buttons.
Thank you for your service! The wrist is still working, and that is the ultimate evidence of a mysterious force. For it was stressed to the optimum maximum, back in those days. The Emperor Protects!
@@comicbookreviewer4856 Great game and was made before Lucas made those awful prequels.
I literally broke my joystick hunting those slippery A-Wings. Those bastards!.
The X-Wing, Tie Fighter, X-Wing Alliance series, Dark Forces 1 and 2, and KOTOR 1 and 2 always felt like they were the true star wars to me.
Same for Episode I: Racer, the original Battlefront duology, Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy, Republic Commando, and Empire at War.
For non-PC games, I'll also say the same to Bounty Hunter, the RotS video game adaptation, and Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader.
Truth. Man those games bring back so many memories.
Rebel Assault was the first cinematic Star Wars game. It lacked at gameplay a little bit, but it was my first CD-ROM game.
Episode 1 Racer is pretty fun. Cool little game. It's even on GOG now.@@michaelandreipalon359
shadows of the empire too
2:52 i don't think Darth Vader understands how interrogation works.
Praxographist no it was torture. Harkov presumably gave up the location of his fleet before he was killed
or probably Vader already gained all he needed to know, he only used the 'interrogation' as pretext to torture and kill Harkov as an 'example'.
The Sith can probe people's minds you know. That's how he figured out Leia and Luke are siblings, so he probably did the same with Harkov in regards to his fleet.
Future in motion is, considering whole next campaign is about tracking down VSD Protector. However somehow random patrol jumps into it...
The whole empire is run by only 2 incompetent people and all their capital ships have crippling desing flags, dont be suprised.
Tie Fighter was absurdly outside of its time. I actually don't think any other era compares to the masterclass that was Lucas Arts circa 1994-1999
2:13- Oh look! Behold the TIE Advanced.. capable of destroying 3 stationary crewless fighters in the ground.. amazing!
+sparrowlt It's called showing off that you gave it a new payload ability.
The captured x-wings are targets in a war game
Zaarin:"aaaaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhh" KABOOM Thrawn:"such is the fate of traitors to the empire£ ...YES! bring this game back in HD gfx!
+Kenny Dominic How do you show yourself to be an UBER BOSS? Destroy your enemy via his own arrogance, addictions, and patterns. In others words: make him destroy himself.
Tigerman1138
right on:)
This was such an immersive game. I felt like a pilot in the Imperial Navy. I liked how the story focused on aspect of the Empire beyond just Empire vs. Rebels. The Empire had to squash civil wars, deal with pirates and defectors and I was there for all of it.
The mechanics of the game greatly improved upon that of its predecessor.
What I wouldn't give for a remake of the X-Wing trilogy (X-Wing Alliance, TIE Fighter and X-Wing Alliance). Sorry but X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter was the lame duck in the series.
That’s what the modern Star Wars lack. They keep focusing/relying on the Empire vs Rebels trope.
There is a fan made remaster of Tie Fighter out now, based on an updated x wing alliance engine. I just played it and it's amazing. The old cutscenes, voice acting and midi music can be kept in.
I remember first flying the TIE Advanced thinking how bad ass it was after flying your standard TIE Fighter, Interceptor and Bomber then Gunboat. By the time we got the TIE Defender, the TIE Advanced seemed so outdated.
I think they adjusted a few things in X-Wing Alliance. The TiE Advanced is a little more maneuverable, but can’t take a concussion missile. The TIE Defender is faster and more armored but can’t turn quite as quickly.
I hate use Gunboat...
Silly enough, the TIE Avenger is played in 14 missions of the campaign, the same number as the Defender.
@@kart0917 Why so?
@@ThatBillmanGuy Oh, can agree, although they sure nerfed the Missile Boat in the custom editor.
This is still the best space combat simulator that I've played. The graphics nowadays look a little outdated but boy did I love the story and story lines. The gameplay still outclasses most if not all space combat games of today.
I wonder how the game would be and look with todays computer hardware and consoles.
Grand Admiral Zaarin's Death was bloody fantastic.
so what happened to Zaarin? he tried to hyperspace out with an active unstable cloaking generator leading to a chain reaction explosion?
MaxHD2490 Avenger basically yes
@@MaxHDAvenger yeah,he should have looked into why the cloaking device was unstable in the first place.
He wasn't a Grand Admiral.
@@MaxHDAvenger "Yeah...just like Grand Admrial Thrawn said... "Hmmmhmmmhmmm... thus is the fate for enemies of the empire"
I miss my days of loyal service to the Emperor :-P This game should be re-issued for Window7 and 8!!!
i completely agree
www.gog.com/game/star_wars_tie_fighter_special_edition
DosBox is your best friend - the game runs perfectly in it.
All you need to do is copy all of the game's files into a folder and then mount it as a "CD". Works like a charm :)
I will check it out immediately thanks Alexei!! спасибо! :-)
I brought it yesterday afternoon with zing and completed tie by dinner time lol
V: Where is your fleet?
H: ....... (you're choking my me!)
V: You shall pay for your treachery! (snap)
H:..... (why the hell did you even ask?)
+e21big I am not sure if you're joking or not, I will assume you are for fun,
but during Harkov's screams he had mentally given away (quite easily)
all the info Vader had needed mentally.
+e21big
Best scene in the entire game. His voice is hilarious.
It is the first cut scene. I don't know that he's a mercenary per say, I think he'd just fight for which ever side him more whereas a mercenary looks for one task.
However, no matter how you slice it is just a fleet under his command ready to be paid to turn over all equipment, men, leadership, and more....for a price.
+Tigerman1138 I love TIE Fighter.. but that doesnt make sense..
1-The alliance didnt had the money or resources to pay an entire imperial fleet as mercenaries..
2-Even if they had, would you trust an Imperial fleet that will join you only for money?
***** A fleet willing to join you for a price will turn against you for a higher price... and the Empire is capable of paying more .. sure they didnt wanted to pay more and just wanted to destroy the traitors.. but from Mon Mothma perspective you couldnt help but think that whatever you can pay.. the empire could pay even more
This was the game that introduced me to Thrawn. And it showed that he was a tactical genius.
The best Star Wars game ever made. :)
agreed.. The game was HARD if you wanted to complete all the secondary and bonus objectives.. I probably spent more hours playing this than any other game in my life.
kuman30
Yeah. It was so difficult indeed. :)
Perfect balance between complexity and accessability. But now that every game has to be compatible to a ps4 controller it is unlikely we get something like that ever again.
best part of this game is that is has a nice story, and make you an important part of it, like you really belong to this game world.
"We are here to honor one..."
wow... Emperor Palpatine himself acknowledged me... That is just awesome.
Debatable, but it sure does rank well alongside the Dark Forces Saga, Episode I: Racer, the KotOR duology, Republic Commando, and Empire at War.
Masterpiece! Love the midi sound too. Classic.
From someone who loved X-Wing/Tie Fighter, Fate of Atlantis, Day of the Tentacle, Dark Forces, and Full Throttle; Rest in Peace Lucasarts.
And let us be grateful that they're dead and not permanently assimilated to bloody EA, Ubisoft, Actvision, or Blizzard.
As a kid, my brother and I always laughed at how Thrawn always sounded angry even when things were going well for him.
Why can't they make awesome simulation games like this anymore? Nowadays its all the same 'arcade style' garbage.
You haven't played IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover, IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad, or DCS: World, have you?
Cybermat47
I played the IL-Sturmovik on PC, I also have an indy game called Age of Flight - a WW1 flight sim and hard as hell.
Captain Obvious you should check out Rise of Flight, it's another WWI flight sim. It's free, too.
Cybermat47
Actually, it is Rise of Flight I meant to say :(
I also used to play Aces of the Pacific. Wish they'd re-make that game with updated graphics and such.
*****
That's what most FPS are like. Most air combat games nowadays are arcade style - with health bars, arrows showing you where the enemy is, etc, etc.
Even in this day and age of photorealistic CGI cutscenes, the cutscenes in this game have a certain charm and appeal to them, that are never going to be outdated.
They looled even better on a crt screen which is what the graphics where ment for.
2:26 - 2:35: The Tie Fighters apparently break the law of physics, even matching the powers of Darth Vader.
TIE Fighter, X-Wing, and X-Wing Alliance were the highlight of Star Wars gaming.
"Coru-skant." That pronunciation. lol
Now We pronounce that Planet with a Silent "C".
+Conrado Javier Always have.
Well the game did come out before the prequels; so shouldn't we be telling those prequel movies "it's Coru-skant!"
if only George stay true to the EU Writer's Pronunciation Pre-Prequels.
Before the prequels it was called "Cour-skant" (for example audio books)
Greatest video game ever. I love how the game makes you sympathize with the Empire and see the Rebels as terrorists... All the new games portray the Empire as sadistically evil, this game was an example of a well done, less biased look at membership in the Galactic Empire.
I honestly think this game made me resent the rebels even more, amazing how they manipulated some members of the empire to betray the empire......causing long term problems in the galaxy that was much more devestating than the clone wars and civil war combined
@@TheKrazyk2010 The Rebel Alliance definitely established a few chemical missile plants on Alderaan since Bail Organa’s government turned a blind eye towards the clandestine weapon tests
@@Charlie94781 so much for alderaan being a peaceful planet
We had to act they were developing weapons of mass disintegration ;)
It got even worse when Disney took over
Tiny nitpick that's always bothered me.
Admiral Thrawn wearing a white uniform before his promotion to Grand Admiral. It even calls him "Vice Admiral Thrawn", but has him wearing the distinctive white uniform of a Grand Admiral.
I know. That, and his voice, really irritated me at the time. But now, looking back, I can appreciate the game for what it is. Their artists and voice over people obviously never read the novelisations, but this was for a niche market and was pretty good for what it was.
As someone says, this game (and X WIng) *felt* more Star Wars than the Prequels, or many of the other attempts at a game. Even Episode VII wasn't quite *right*, somehow. This game still had that lightening-in-the-bottle quality.
I remember Thrawn made a cameo in one of the books from the Galaxy of Fear series for young readers. He's only a captain in the book, but the cover art still shows him in the grand admiral uniform.
Maybe the uniform is just for the audience's easy interpretation. One can't think of Thrawn well without the Grand Admiral outfit, you know.
Must say, though, Rebels Thrawn has the best voice.
Hmm, I don't know, the Prequels has a lot of gems, especially in its side material like the RotS novelization, the Republic comics, and video games like Republic Commando.
Back when the Empire was cool/intimidating and not silly/cartoonishly evil nowadays
Exactly. Yet people lap that shit up good about how Filoni is so much better than Disneywars, when both of it is utter trash.
Now it seems he keeps giving Ahsoka so much support it’s unbelievable. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was revealed she was the Chosen One instead of Anakin :P
And people eating up The Mando where the Stormtroopers are completely incompetent. Even the Dark Troopers were ineffective because Mando's armor is apparently invulnerable to the point a Darktrooper slammed his head through the bulkhead of the ship and his helmet wasn't even scratched. Then they just job to Luke and all the fanboys went nuts.
@@matane2465 Mando was at least better than the sequel trilogy though but other than that yeah, Disney is trash
@Silverknight171 better than abrams a nd johnson but doesn't matter Disney fucked up again firing Gina from madalorian
This could be a story of a movie
I wanna see Thrawn and the Tie Defenders on the big screen
Honestly a Star Wars movie focusing on the Empire's side, especially on the TIE pilots sounds more interesting than Rogue 1
When star wars first came out, it was plain simple: Good vs evil, Rebellion = good guys and Empire = bad guys. Throughout the 90's, Star Wars stories became more complex, it gave the Empire more characters and even sympathy (for example the Thrawn trilogy and TIE Fighter). It gets to the point where it makes you feel like the Empire were the real good guys. Unfortunately, after Disney bought Star Wars, they went back the basics and made the Empire cartoonishly evil. Take Rebels for example
Red The Closes Badguy in Disney slowly turning into a Good Guy is Kallus.
Tie Fighters: A Star Wars Story
I loved how the plot tied into the original Thrawn trilogy! Man.....I spent so much time with this game as a kid! Looking forward to devoting some time to the total conversion!
04:51 Zarin : we will continue our destruction of the emperors military industrial centers soon he will have nothing but his pitiable force to rely on.
seriously zarin, his pitiable forces? you mean his fleet of 25000 star-destroyers and the resources of a galaxy yes truly pitiable
Dark Kronis those star destroyers are HIGH maintenance.
He was referring to the Force. As with most Imperial officers he didn't believe in its power.
I must have seen all these in my youth but don't remember. What I do remember is having such a great time playing them. We did not need any new movies, we needed more of these games!
Man, it's been 9 years since I played this game; I miss fighting for the glorious Empire!
Dude, my memories. I played this game so much. oh. thank you.
I really miss this game, it was my fav out of the series.
I'm 22. I played this game SO MUCH as a kid. It's one of those things where I don't have concrete memories of it, but watching all of this on youtube is bringing it all flooding back. This stuff did so much for my imagination back then... it 's still awesome!!!
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4:51 - "Soon he will have nothing but his pitiful Force to rely on!"
Lol. If only Zaarin could've seen the future and watch Palpatine come back from the dead and overload an entire armada of ragtag ships with Force lightning of unlimited power!
0:46 I love that motion blur! Surprising attention to detail in this game!
How'd they even manage it, I wonder?
3:02 - Vader proves once more why he's one of the biggest, baddest SOBs in the history of everything.
Woah. First time I see Thrawn in action. He really is awesome. Thanks for the video.
Omg memory’s I was 16 when this came out it was the main reason why I brought a pc, after watching the game on my friends pc, got my dad to get a custom built pc the old 486 with a whole 8meg of ram and a massive 512meg of storage, with a disk drive and I think I had a 15” super vga monitor, all costing nearly 1000 uk pounds and this spec at the time was pretty impressive. The next game that forced me to upgrade was good old duke nukem.
I love that you uploaded this! Pre-internet days xD
Ah this takes me back. Countless hours playing this game. I think I'll play it again!
I loved this game as a kid, it also was the first time I saw Thrawn and I think it prompted me to get the books... Found them in storage the other day and been hooked yet again.
Interestingly enough, Wookieepedia states that although the old guy next to Thrawn in the cutscenes has an uncanny resemblance to Captain Pellaeon, it couldn't be him as they did not meet until after the battle of Endor.
I loved this game and its story...i used to play this with my older brother but sadly he passed away last august. Man, watching this makes me teary eyed! I miss the good old days. i think life was simple back then...
my favourite Tie-Advance, Tie-Defender and Assault Gunboat
the writing here is better than a multimillion Disney Star Wars series.
Ahh, this brings back memories. This was one of the best games out there in its day.
for those interested, the star destroyer bridge at 1:15 comes straight from a production painting by mcquarrie. modified, but it's the same (concept painting, not the actual matte painting used in the wide shot in ESB)
Had to come back here after the debut of the great blue man in live action.
Empire's favorite word: excellent!
The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 5
"Where is your master!? Where is Grand Admiral Thrawn!?"
Me: THERE HE IS!!! On his way to Coor-iss-Can't!!
Excited!!!
His accent is.... so American it hurts
one of the best games of all time imo. Loved the ways some of the mission objectives from your senior officer comflicted with the emperors.
Ahh Memories. I spent hours and hours and hours and days playing this!!
Takes me back to my youth immediately. Such good times
One of the greatest games ever made in my opinion. Man I miss this game. They really need to remake the classic ninety's star wars games for modern gamers.
Still one of the best Star Wars, combat flight sim, and video gaming sequels of all time. So much so it makes the likes of X-Wing and even Wing Commander feel obsolete.
Bonus if one also read The Stele Chronicles (also, X-Wing's Farlander Papers) and the Official Strategy Guides for help and lore.
I love those janky old cutscenes.
Watching this reminded me of a lot of fond memories, especially with the Emperor's Hammer.
My all time favorite game, and I doubt any other will ever come close... *sigh*, memories....
I still play this game. I haven't beat it yet, but I'm hoping too soon. Best Star Wars game ever (although I love X-Wing too, as well as Battlefront and Empire at War). Has the best plot of any of Star Wars game, and the best missions.
I just love it!
I wouldn't be surprised if Thrawn had a message like "Nice try my friend" put into a command viewer right as the ship's cloaking device reacted catastrophically with the hyperdrive.
8:47 Palpatine: *sigh* yes Vader I know it’s MY plan
I believe that Lord Vader gave a pardon to Admiral Harkov's forces and welcomed them back into the Imperial fold in exchange for information about the Rebel Alliance's operations
@Silverknight171 I would not wanna be one of those high ranking officers.
No. You end up hurting down and destroy harkovs flagship the Protector
@Silverknight171 The officers would have been sent to the interrogation squad as they have valuable information with Darth Vader prowling the detention block like Dr House
Wow, I need to get that version! I only ever had the floppy disks without the expansion packs. Serving under Thrawn was the best the first time, but several campaigns in a row?? I've really been missing out!
American accents just don't suit imperial officers
+3556df44 I have to believe that some Rebels defected to the Empire as well. Which is why they would have American accents.
+3556df44 I wonder if Episode VIII or IX will feature French, Flemish, Swiss, German, or even Russian accents.
+BossHossGT500 That is actually a possibility. Lando's copilot, Nien Nunb, is speaking in a native Kenyan tongue---two actually---and that would be a cool group of people to see....especially as a villian, not all cute and cuddly aliens are good guys.
Yeah, Harkov sounds ridiculous. That accent is so thick, I thought he was a space hillbilly.
LOL, space hillbilly.
thanks for the video
Wow, Thrawn is even more impressive than I remembered. He can laugh and talk without opening his mouth!
This game deserves a make over with modern graphics, loved playing it!
Instead we got lame squadron
Lame Squadron? You're not referring to the arcadey yet still great Rogue Squadron games, are you?
Oh, and wish granted with the TIE Fighter Total Conversion Mod for X-Wing Alliance Upgrade.
I have so many fond memories of this game and the rest of the series.... lets hope it gets rereleased on steam soon!
The graphics is really good for its time. My family had the game but I never bet it. I want to get it and play it again.
I loved this game so much as a kid.
0:45 Imperial Diplomacy ladies and gentlemen.
At least it doesn't involve any boring Senate meetings.
My friend... You didn't get pwned
You got THRWNED!
I LOVED this game man... thanks for posting!
2:52 remember when lord vader was fucking scary, not some retarded joke from the prequels and placed in goofy commercials
YIPEEEE
Vader doing what he does best removing traitors.
illuminatioracle Back when he crushed men like beer cans
***** Kind of makes you *never* think of lying to your boss.
illuminatioracle The one saving grace of Rogue One (cough)
I just love it when all the cut scenes hit 10 mins exactly... just nice for youtube's limit for common users. =) Missed those days dearly =( especially when the T/As are kicking my ass in my Assault gunboat =(
"The Emperor will be pleased"
Vader: that's one of the top 10 loads of shit I've heard in my life.
Sooo many memories, thank you!
one of the best aspects of this game was the inclusion of Thrawn
Zaarin: Once again we have evaded Thrawn's grasp. I knew I would be able to beat that....arghhhhh!.....
Thrawn: Beat that what? You didn't finish
First 15 seconds already has me more hyped than 95% of Disney Star Wars
i was waiting for someone to post this for ages! thank you! i had this game but my disc got scratched.. and lost.. lol:p
Definitely brings back memories. Especially the last mission debriefing:
"We await word from the Emperor about our victory at Endor."
...yeah, about that... 😅
You gotta love that classic midi music. This game had an awesome soundtrack.
Boy do I still miss this game. It was really ahead of its time. They need to make a newer version of it so it can work with the modern Macs and PCs. Gotta love the music.
I bought my first pc just to play this masterpiece...
I spent SO much time playing this old game - it will always be near and dear to my heart.
Such a great game, but it definitely separated the adults from the kiddies...save points? HA! Blow the last five seconds of the mission and you get to fly the entire mission AGAIN! You could hear my swearing for blocks around.
2:40 that's the narrator from rogue squadron 2
Anthony Joe he is in a lot of starwars games and I mean alot
Gotta love Denny Delk.
He's also Purple Tentacle and Murray the Skull from Day of the Tentacle and The Curse of Monkey Island+Return to Monkey Island.
@Karekristensson "We have no choice! Start the initiation procedures immediately!"
I remember playing either this or X-wing when I was REALLY little(like, 1997-1998, I'm 19 now) and I loved it. These new games, while fun, just don't have the same "oomph" that these games did. I miss 'em.
Thanks for posting this. The cutscenes are artistically made.
That is a brilliant Fleet, one Star Destroyer and nothing else. The person who came up with that idea should be given a medal
With Thrawn in command, one Star Destroyer is all you need (and not even that; the ship's an older, smaller Victory-class version in the actual mission).
Neverhoodian I always thought it was the Imperial Star Destroyer Wolf
I just double-checked Wookieepedia, and it's sketchy. Apparently Thrawn switched ships after the battle, from the VSD Stalwart to the ISD Vanguard. Yet the image labels the ISD in the cutscene as the Stalwart. Also, the NL-1 station changed from a Type C platform earlier in the campaign to a Type A for the final mission and cutscene.
Neverhoodian what's the difference between the Type C and Type A
Appearance, mostly. The station originally looked more like this:
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@Orumon27 I think you mean "dumb fire"; blind firing's a whole different animal. ;)
Yeah, that was the trick to using space bombs: you want to pick up some speed and get close enough to launch your bombs, but not TOO close to where the cap ship's turbolasers rock your TIE Bomber out of the cosmos. Just launch and turn around when you hit the right range. It sounds like the Missile Boat was more forgiving here; just divert everything to your front shields and barrel at it like Donkey Kong.
I love the end !!!
Thanks for this video !!!
I had this when it first came out. I remember the expansion for it "Defender of the Empire'
Those were the days.
And also the sudden release of Enemies of the Empire only for the Collector's CD-ROM Edition. Oh, boy, I won't be surprised if some players were a bit angry that it had to be a, in these times, "Special Edition DLC exclusive".
This is the greatest game, even still.
This takes me back
Excellent work. I remember this so well.
OMG! I was waiting for someone to post this! I am so happy. I just wish we could have had some views of the INNER CIRCLE! I love the very ending. "Thus it the fate of enemies of the EMPIRE."
gameplay sure is old, but the cutscenes remain GOLD