Official account of the TIE Fighter Total Conversion (TFTC) for X-Wing Alliance. https://xitter.cf/t.co/u1SxHLPTTb - YouTube Channel

Joined June 2021
A while ago I mentioned that Bruce Boxleitner and I were helping Warners with the launch of their Babylon 5 YouTube channel. As part of that, the first of three brand new half-hour-plus interviews/discussions between me and Bruce will go online on Monday. youtube.com/@Babylon5
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Did you know the narrator, Jason, also runs the Tie Fighter Total Conversion project? You should go check it out! tiefightertc.com/
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Die, rebel scum! Star Wars: Tie Fighter (LucasArts, 1994) was the sequel to Star Wars: X-Wing and better in every aspect! X-Wing was great, yes, but TIE Fighter seriously switched gears. It was the first Star Wars game to let you play as the Empire, as a force of order against those pesky rebels! Woohoo! Joining the Dark Side was simply badass (and honestly more fun). Getting that tattoo lasered on to your arm, epic. Hearing the original laser and blaster sounds, absolute nerd chills. Computer Gaming World, GameSpot, and IGN all inducted it into the Hall of Fame. TIE Fighter was a masterclass from LucasArts and a serious rival to the Wing Commander franchise from Origin.
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Blown away! 😲🤩 ... over 100 missions in #starwars The FREE upgrade gives you all the new enhancements for the original game, which costs about $10 on GoG
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X-Wing Alliance (with XWA Upgrade project) ready for the LAN party! The picture by @Gewal. #xwing #tiefighter #starwars #lucasarts #lucasfilmgames #pcgaming #retrogaming #retrogames #retrogamer #dosgaming #dosgames
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Great new project OpenXWA is an in-progress open-source faithful re-implementation of X-Wing Alliance with optional enhancements. It runs the original game data on Windows, macOS, and Linux. github.com/elyosh/OpenXWA #xwingalliance #starwars #lucasarts #lucasfilmgames #dosgaming
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TFTC Project retweeted
I’m so sorry for everyone at id Software affected by these layoffs. I know what it feels like to leave id while id goes on. It’s a strange and painful thing to step away from a place that holds so much of your work, friendships and history. The people at id have done a great job moving that legacy forward. DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein are not easy names to carry on, especially in today’s industry. The last few games showed real care, skill and respect for what those worlds mean to people. A note on digital preservation: id's history is critically important to the history of games. I’ve preserved id’s complete early history from our start at Softdisk through to August 6, 1996, including materials and assets that, as far as I know, id itself no longer has. I hope someone is doing the same for the company’s ongoing legacy (the work, code, assets, stories and the people behind them). I’m thinking of everyone at id today, and everyone else affected by yesterday’s layoffs. Romero Games was there a year ago. I know how devastating it is, and my heart's with all of you.
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Even if a game vanishes from the GOG storefront, it never leaves your library. Exactly as digital ownership ought to be.
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While MicroProse ruled the simulation genre, one of the best air combat sims of the 90s came from an unexpected place: Lucasfilm Games, a studio famous for its adventure games. Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (1991) brought a close to their excellent World War II trilogy, which began with Battlehawks 1942 and continued with Their Finest Hour. The game came with a huge, incredibly detailed manual packed with historical background on the Western European air war from 1943 to 1945, technical specifications for every aircraft, and real air combat tactics. It wasn’t made for casual players but a true feast for fans who loved deep, historically accurate flight simulations. Lucasfilm later became LucasArts and shifted successfully into space combat with X-Wing and Tie Fighter, but sadly they never made another historical simulation. Given how well Their Finest Hour and Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe were received, it feels like a real missed opportunity.
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Michael Shanks
@MichaelShanksJun 8
No matter what happens. Come what may. I am so F….n proud of this fandom and how you all have come together. Stargate fans really are the best ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #Stargate
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"Embers of the Empire" mod for X-Wing Alliance, created by Ilios, has been released. It features 14 battles with 72 missions, plenty of new ships, custom backgrounds, an extensive email system and much more. You can find this huge at: moddb.com/mods/embers-of-the…
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I want to thank the fans who've always been there for us. This show is for you, and... ...We're just getting started. #MaulShadowlord
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Star Wars: TIE Fighter Re-Imagined 1.4 The Battle of Sepan (@TFTCProject )
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New version of the @TFTCProject for X-Wing Alliance has been released. It features HD concourse, new skyboxes, new installer, updates for TFTC classic and much more. Great work! Check tiefightertc.com #tiefighter #xwing #starwars #lucasarts #dosgaming #dosgames
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Heard any good news lately? ❤️
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