• [Article] The 10 best Star Wars games of 'all time'

    From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 11 18:19:22 2017
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc, alt.fan.starwars

    "All time" hasn't finished yet, but that hasn't stopped the Australian PCAuthority website from listing the 10 best Star Wars games ...


    Get fired up for The Last Jedi by revisiting these gems.
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Dozens upon dozens of Star Wars games have been released since
    the early '80s, and the flood has never really subsided over
    the years. Pretty much every year has seen another game or two
    appear to reignite our love of lightsabers.

    That's not always a great thing. Licensed games have a
    reputation for being rubbish more often than not, and Star Wars 
    is as guilty as any other franchise for putting out tosh here
    and there: Kinect Star Wars, anyone? How about Masters of Teras
    Kasi? It happens. In fact, it's happened quite a bit.

    Thankfully, there's a flipside to that: the games that remind
    us why we love Star Wars so much. The games that let us feel as
    though we're a part of that vast, wonderful universe. And the
    games that fill us with the same kind of childhood wonder as
    the classic films themselves. There's a fair number of them,
    but we've argued about them all to come up with a list of the
    10 very best.

    With Star Wars fever renewed agan for The Last Jedi, now's the
    perfect time to loop back on some of these. Enjoy!

    10) Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
    9) Star Wars: Republic Commando
    8) Star Wars Episode 1: Racer
    7) LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
    6) Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2
    5) Star Wars: Tie Fighter
    4) Super Star Wars
    3) Star Wars Battlefront II
    2) Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
    1) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

    See the website for brief blurbs and video clips / trailers: <https://www.pcauthority.com.au/feature/the-10-best-star-wars-games-of-all-time-479554>

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  • From Mr. Man-wai Chang@21:1/5 to Your Name on Mon Dec 11 20:39:06 2017
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    On 11/12/2017 1:19 PM, Your Name wrote:
    5) Star Wars: Tie Fighter

    And X-Wings?

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  • From a@a.a@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 20 16:07:31 2017
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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 21 09:23:18 2017
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc, alt.fan.starwars

    On 2017-12-20 13:07:31 +0000, a@a.a said:
    On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:19:22 +1300

    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:



    "All time" hasn't finished yet, but that hasn't stopped the Australian

    PCAuthority website from listing the 10 best Star Wars games ...





    Get fired up for The Last Jedi by revisiting these gems.

    --------------------------------------------------------

    Dozens upon dozens of Star Wars games have been released since

    the early '80s, and the flood has never really subsided over

    the years. Pretty much every year has seen another game or two

    appear to reignite our love of lightsabers.



    That's not always a great thing. Licensed games have a

    reputation for being rubbish more often than not, and Star Wars 

    is as guilty as any other franchise for putting out tosh here

    and there: Kinect Star Wars, anyone? How about Masters of Teras

    Kasi? It happens. In fact, it's happened quite a bit.



    Thankfully, there's a flipside to that: the games that remind

    us why we love Star Wars so much. The games that let us feel as

    though we're a part of that vast, wonderful universe. And the

    games that fill us with the same kind of childhood wonder as

    the classic films themselves. There's a fair number of them,

    but we've argued about them all to come up with a list of the

    10 very best.



    With Star Wars fever renewed agan for The Last Jedi, now's the

    perfect time to loop back on some of these. Enjoy!



    10) Star Wars Trilogy Arcade

    9) Star Wars: Republic Commando

    8) Star Wars Episode 1: Racer

    7) LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

    6) Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2

    5) Star Wars: Tie Fighter

    4) Super Star Wars

    3) Star Wars Battlefront II

    2) Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader

    1) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic



    See the website for brief blurbs and video clips / trailers:

    <https://www.pcauthority.com.au/feature/the-10-best-star-wars-games-of-all-time-479554>




    this list lacks:

    X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter (Balance of Power expansion)

    X-Wing Alliance

    Rebellion

    Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy

    and

    The Gungan Frontier

    Nope, "Pit Droids" is the best ... I even managed to finish that one. :-)

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