{"id":249,"date":"2011-03-17T18:41:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T18:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/machinista.com\/wp2\/?p=249"},"modified":"2016-04-14T06:59:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T06:59:56","slug":"best-video-game-of-1994-tie-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machinista.com\/wp2\/best-video-game-of-1994-tie-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Best video game (of 1994) Tie Fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is totally unrelated to anything. I loved the Tie Fighter simulator of the 90s and played it through a few times. In 2005 or so I bought a re-release cd from amazon. Well that didn’t work as it complained “This software needs windows95 – please update your operating system” – or something along those lines. I tried to get it running again a few years back with no luck.<\/p>\n

About a month ago tried an Apache flight sim and got an itch to play tie fighter again. This time I found all I needed to get the game work in win xp64 – I think same tricks will do it for win7.<\/p>\n

you need:<\/p>\n

1) a joystick (it will not run without one)
\n2) a 32bit installer – the installer on the win95 release of the tie fighter games bonks on new systems. download it here:
\nhttp:\/\/www.markusegger.at\/Software\/Games\/Default.aspx<\/a>
\nThank you Markus!
\n3) Not sure if necessary – compatibility patch from: http:\/\/lucasfiles.com\/?s=&action=category&id=52<\/a><\/p>\n

more info:
\nhttp:\/\/www.jason-preston.com\/index.php\/2007\/07\/03\/how-to-run-tie-fighter-collectors-cd-edition-on-windows-xp\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I think these tricks also work for the tie vs x-wing.<\/p>\n

Oh – and it is not easy. 20 minutes to the mission and you tailgate the ship you blow up and boom it can all be over with no warnings.<\/p>\n


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