By David Gilson
Introduction
Star Wars changed the face of the sci-fi film genre forever by busting out Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader onto an unsuspecting public way back in 1977. Gamers have had more than their fair share of Star Wars titles to get stuck into over the years — from Rebel Assault to Knights of the Old Republic.
Whether it’s flying through space blasting Star Destroyers, locking lightsabers with Sith lords or interacting with online players in vast virtual worlds, there’s probably been a Star Wars game on the PC for you.
Oh, and sorry, Battlefront fans: DICE’s shooter is undeniably pretty, but it just wasn’t up to scratch…
- Check out our spoiler-free Star Wars: The Force Awakens review
1. Star Wars: X-Wing
- Developer: LucasArts
- Publisher: LucasArts
- Year of release: 1993
- Genre: Space simulator
- Platform(s): MS-DOS, Macintosh, Windows 9x
The X-Wing game takes us all the way back to the DOS days. With that in mind, having a fast-paced space blaster was a pretty exciting thing, even more so that it was based on our favourite old star fighter. It even shipped on floppy disk.
X-Wing required you to complete several tours of duty …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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