This is my gaming circle minus my ACKS players. I am such an asshole. Since they're in the big city now, the players really wanted to know if there were any magic weapons for sale. ACKS ain't 3e or 4e though. There is exactly one magic weapon for sale. I rolled randomly to see what it was and... ...it's a cursed -2 sword. So I told the players there's a weapons dealer/fence who's looking to get rid of a magic sword he's gotten ahold of...cheap. Only 6,000gp when usually a +1 item would be 10,000gp. So far they are not suspicious. They're going to be so pissed at me. I can barely contain my excitement.
It came with 1993 and 1998 versions. Of course I installed 1993.
ReplyDeleteYeah, from GOG.com.
ReplyDeleteThe X-Wing Trainer can get super Zen ... practice waiting until the last second to shoot so you can take out two targets at once.
ReplyDeleteJesus, this is freaking harder than I remember...
ReplyDeleteCasey Garske Yeah, it was for a generation raised http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NintendoHard
ReplyDeleteWell, I beat this and TIE Fighter with a super shitty joystick back in the day...guys...I think I'm old. I needed a boot disk to run this on my 486. Otherwise I didn't have sound.
ReplyDeleteThe key is manipulating the power plant.
ReplyDeleteAdjust speed by pumping power into other systems, rather than fucking with the throttle. Keep 100% of your powerplant in use.
ReplyDeleteJames Olchak I'm remembering why I made a keyboard overlay...
ReplyDeleteDaniel Swensen escort missions...
ReplyDeleteI remember killing everything but engines and rocketing for the spot I knew the star destoyer would hyperspace into. Then when it launched tie bombers I could hit them with missiles and then fly back top speed to meet the interceptors that were coming...
Aaah, running the trainer in the A-Wing with the shields off and minimal power to lasers....
ReplyDeleteHow does this compare to X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, which is the only Star Wars space sim I played back in the day?
ReplyDeleteTie Bombers hahahaha. Big sluggish bars of soap scooty-puffing through space, filled with explosives. So satisfying to blow up.
ReplyDeleteAlex Hakobian that's the last of the series, but I didn't play it.
ReplyDeleteFlying a Tie Bomber in combat would have to be like all of the most nerve-wracking scenes in Sorcerer.
ReplyDeleteJames Olchak I love to watch them spiral away in pieces.
ReplyDeleteThe A-Wings were so much fun. Concussion missiles were the best. Hey, find the Tie Interceptors, AKA the only thing that's a threat to you remove them with concussion missiles, then ENJOY YOUR HIGH-SPEED FREEDOM
ReplyDeleteEric Boyd I hate you for linking to one of the internet's black holes. But take heart, I hate myself even more for falling for it and clicking.
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It took me half an hour to find my way back out.
X-wing vs TIE isn't the last one in the series - that was X-Wing Alliance, which was pretty good itself.
ReplyDeleteI bought my first IBM compatible PC (486 SX25) just to play this game.
ReplyDeleteA tried to play the original Wing Commander a couple years ago, and it was nearly impossibly hard.
ReplyDeleteI assume you are merely warming up to the glory of TIE Fighter? There's about nothing more fun than calling for a swarm.