this is a great site, thank you!!!!
I remember playing X-wing when it came out on an 386 DX with 33 Mhz - the details had to be set to low on that kind of machine, X-wing needed enormous powerful machines for its time
as far as I remember there were problems with the joystick control, at least with my joystick (a lot of action games had this problems at that time, worst was Wing Commander 2); I think X-wing was designed to work with that trustmuster stick; other joysticks just weren´t fast enough to follow the tie-fighters, it was grrrrrrr!!! you just weren´t able to hit them
I think that is a main reason why tie-fighter is better: because the player has a faster fighter and the enemies are easier to hit
and yes some missions were just impossible to succeed
btw: the 33Mhz 386er was the perfect speed for wing commander: not to fast and not to slow, just right
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