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Star Wars: X-Wing

Star Wars: X-Wing is the first LucasArts DOS computer game set in the Star Wars universe, as well as the lead title in the X-Wing combat flight simulator game series. The player's character flies starfighters…

1 February 1993

Star Wars: X-Wing is a shooter developed by Totally Games, released 1 February 1993 on DOS and Mac.

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What Star Wars: X-Wing is

Star Wars: X-Wing is a shooter game developed by Totally Games and released in 1993. It was published by LucasArts. It is available on DOS and Mac.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Players assume the role of a Rebel pilot fighting the Galactic Empire before and during the climactic battle of the first Star Wars film. The story consists of three tours of duty of 12 to 14 operations each; although the tours can be played out of order, operations within each tour are played linearly. Briefings, cutscenes, and in-flight messages advance the plot. Additionally, a limited edition of the game came packaged with a 96-page novella, The Farlander Papers by Rusel DeMaria, that provides story information. The novella, later made part of Prima Publishing's strategy guide, presents a pilot name Keyan Farlander as the player's character for most of the operations.[2]
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Star Wars series

Star Wars: X-Wing is the 23rd of 334 entries we hold in the Star Wars series. The next entry was Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1993.

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What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (DirectX 9 recommended). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Star Wars: X-Wing — frequently asked questions

When did Star Wars: X-Wing come out?
Star Wars: X-Wing was released on 1 February 1993 for DOS and Mac.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Star Wars: X-Wing?
At minimum, Star Wars: X-Wing needs 1.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (DirectX 9 recommended) graphics, 216 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Star Wars: X-Wing?
The PC version needs about 0.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("216 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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