Beyond X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter: Star Wars starfighter games
Channel: Computer Gaming Yesterday
Date: 05/11/2020

Star Wars: Squadrons is part of a long history of space combat and dog-fighting games in the Star Wars universe, but the genre has been quiet as of late. Here's the legacy Squadrons had to live up to.


Sources:
Vidiot Volume 1 Number 1, Page 42 https://archive.org/details/Vidiot_Vol_1_No_1_1982-10_CREEM_Magazine_US/page/n39/mode/2up?q=Star+Wars
Droidmaker: George Lucas And The Digital Revolution, Michael Rubin
https://www.amazon.com/Droidmaker-George-Lucas-Digital-Revolution/dp/0937404675
Electronic Games Volume 1 Number 8, Page 62 https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_08_1982-10_Reese_Communications_US/mode/2up?q=Star+Wars
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Museum of the Game – Return of the Jedi, Empire Strikes Back
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9305
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7708
Next-Generation, 1996 PC Best Sellers
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Video sources:
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcWGvwYWHgY&t=75s
Star Wars: Death Star Battle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBsVk3gBdic&t=207s
Star Wars Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXOTExRQJSE&t
Return of the Jedi Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfActaHciJ8
Empire Strikes Back Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FEYrqbsm5M&t
Death Star Interceptor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OypYsUENWY4
X-Wing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea_e0qiZz7c&t=2445s
Tie Fighter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfCNopDcNCE
X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5zezgHM4T4&t=200s
X-Wing Alliance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ju9mKw9Gw\
Wing Commander Prophecy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKnAOYo6Jz4&t
Descent Freespace 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYXvQhL0Xfw&list=PL41DE21933E906499&index=12
Rebel Assault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHd5BKrMWJQ&t
Rebel Assault 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCBsi_lntvU&t
Nintendo 64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGDeeVBRfOk
Rogue Leader Wii: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koSIJ5C4MRk
Battle for Naboo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poV3KN7JgPE
Star Wars: Starfighter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv3s5cjZ94o
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGJjVZAXvPc
Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One X-Wing VR Mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rm8sbstvr4
Battlefront II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTxhBOgxx2U
Star Wars: The Old Republic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n6wNol6GEA