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Star Wars: X-Wing games land on Steam

The old-school classic X-Wing series is landing on Steam today, coincidentally in time for Star Wars Day (and a Star Wars Day sale).

Ozzie Mejia

April 28, 2015 9:51 AM

Back in October, GOG.com released a number of classic Star Wars games, headlined by the X-Wing series. But for those don't necessarily care for games without DRM attached, the old-school X-Wing games that defined many people's youths have now hit Steam.

Former CAG'er Wario64 noted the arrival on Twitter this morning. Steam is offering up the full four-game X-Wing library, which includes X-Wing: Special Edition, TIE Fighter: Special Edition, X-Wing Alliance, and X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter.

The full bundle is going for $29.99 (EDIT: It has been slashed by 10 percent, as of the time of this post), but maybe don't jump on those games just yet. After all, May 4th is on the horizon and that's the time for all things Star Wars. And in fact, there are already signs pointing to a major Star Wars Day Steam sale.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?

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April 28, 2015 9:51 AM

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- senor135
  
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  April 28, 2015 9:55 AM
  
  my body is ready. though i wonder exactly which versions these will be.
  
  for instance i heard that the best version of tie fighter was the 1995 CD-rom version, before the music was changed and DOS support was dropped.
  - Nitrium
    
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    April 28, 2015 10:08 AM
    
    http://www.savingcontent.com/2014/08/09/guide-play-x-wing-tie-fighter-series-on-windows-7-windows-8-windows-8-1-with-an-xbox-xb1-playstation-ps4-controller-flight-stick/7/
    - senor135
      
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      April 28, 2015 10:54 AM
      
      i think i may have my versions mixed up. though between that article and the GoG reviews im not sure which is mistaken
      http://www.gog.com/game/star_wars_tie_fighter_special_edition
      
      people there seem to think 1995 cdrom had the good music and the improved graphics. in either case, GoG now includes all versions of the game when you buy it there so that's cool
  - Degenerate
    
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    April 28, 2015 11:23 AM
    
    STAR WARS™: X-Wing Special Edition
    This product includes STAR WARS™: X-Wing and all Tour of Duty expansions: Imperial Pursuit and B-Wing in both 1993 (DOS) and 1998 (Windows) versions.
    
    STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition
    This product includes STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter and STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter - Defender of the Empire, both 1994 (DOS) and 1998 (Windows) versions, and STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter - Enemies of the Empire 1998 (Windows).
    
    full SW sale http://store.steampowered.com/sale/star_wars_may_4_2015
    - OzzieMejia
      
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      April 28, 2015 12:02 PM
      
      10% feels like a paltry discount, but whatever. I'll take it.
      - senor135
        
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        April 28, 2015 11:51 PM
        
        Hold the line Oz!!! HOLD THE LINE!
- mad-d00d
  
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  April 28, 2015 10:11 AM
  
  Ooooh.. oh, already have :(
- whereiwannab
  
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  April 28, 2015 11:26 AM
  
  man, this and the potential lego sale next monday is gonna wreck my wallet
- saunders45
  
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  April 28, 2015 11:52 AM
  
  Buy the GOG version instead: http://www.gog.com/news/release_collectors_cd_rom
  - Dinasis
    
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    April 28, 2015 11:58 AM
    
    Ahh, you beat me to it. Well, I can still add that GOG.com is running two bundles now, available for the next eight and a half days, the Blaster Bundle: http://www.gog.com/promo/may_the_4th_star_wars_blaster_bundle_280415 and the Saber Bundle: http://www.gog.com/promo/may_the_4th_star_wars_saber_bundle_280415
  - Mecha Tofu Pirate
    
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    April 28, 2015 12:02 PM
    
    People should always buy old games on GOG over the Steam version.
    - saunders45
      
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      April 28, 2015 12:04 PM
      
      Agreed.
    - stophelping37
      
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      April 28, 2015 12:26 PM
      
      Why is that? Genuinely curious, no snark intended.
      - Mad Brahmin Disease
        
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        April 28, 2015 11:23 PM
        
        Because GOG actually puts effort into maintaining them and making them work on newer systems. The Steam versions less so. It might have improved by now but their track record has not been good.
    - Mad Brahmin Disease
      
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      April 28, 2015 11:24 PM
      
      Werd.
  - thetangent
    
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    April 28, 2015 12:19 PM
    
    This!!!! The CD-Rom collectors editions are the definitive versions of those games. I'm so glad GoG finally made those available (and gave them free to those of us who'd already bought the games. :D).
    - Herman Toothrot
      
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      April 29, 2015 2:33 AM
      
      Oh rad! I didn't realize they had done that but now I see it in my library and that fucking rocks!
  - daggot
    
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    April 29, 2015 4:01 AM
    
    wth... it's doesn't show in my library.
- daggot
  
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  April 29, 2015 8:51 AM
  
  Ozzie, this current Steam sale goes through 5/6, so I'm not sure that'd we get something beyond this.