History VideoGame / XWing

* ExplosiveInstrumentation: Taking a lot of damage often resulted in your instrument panels breaking.

** This game is also the origin of the infamous "[[ThatOneLevel Redemption run]]" mentioned in the ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries X-Wing]]'' novels, where four X-Wings must defend the medical frigate ''Redemption'' and some unarmed transports against multiple waves of TIE Bombers launched by the Imperial frigate ''Warspite''. The ''Warspite'' microjumps around the system, keeping you flying back and forth trying to stop the bombers while avoiding their TIE\ln escorts.

** This game is also the origin of the infamous "Redemption run" mentioned in the ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries X-Wing]]'' novels, where four X-Wings must defend the medical frigate ''Redemption'' and some unarmed transports against multiple waves of TIE Bombers launched by the Imperial frigate ''Warspite''. The ''Warspite'' microjumps around the system, keeping you flying back and forth trying to stop the bombers while avoiding their TIE\ln escorts.

The game's missions were much more complex than simply destroying all enemy ships. Besides capital ships needing to be hit in vulnerable areas ForMassiveDamage, the Empire's ships were often scripted to use flanking maneuvers and feints, to the point that some missions revolved more around solving puzzles than OldSchoolDogfighting. As a reward, players were able to participate in the attack on the Death Star during the final missions.

* RecycledInSpace: Aerial UsefulNotes/WorldWarII [-IN SPACE!-] . Literal example. Creator/GeorgeLucas invoked the trope in the source material. The game uses the same fonts, hotkeys and many features previously seen in Lawrence Holland's WWII flight simulators (e.g OldSchoolDogfighting, rosters, replay camera, cockpit and external views...). It also expands upon them.

* DeadlyTrainingArea: Pilot proving grounds, unlike the Empire's VirtualTrainingSimulation seen in ''TIE Fighter'' and later games, although the "Historical Combat Simulations" briefing states that both the proving ground and historical combat use holographic technology. This caused an issue with one trainwee pilot that accidently used hyperspace to reach an imperial supply depot which was luckily unguarded and easily destroyed.

* DeadlyTrainingArea: Pilot proving grounds, unlike the Empire's VirtualTrainingSimulation seen in ''TIE Fighter'' and later games, although the "Historical Combat Simulations" briefing states that both the proving ground and historical combat use holographic technology.

* DeadlyTrainingArea: Pilot proving grounds, unlike the Empire's VirtualTrainingSimulation seen in ''TIE Fighter'' and later games.

* SpaceMines: And armed with FrickinLaserBeams. ''TIE Fighter'' introduced warhead and ion cannon mines.

* SpaceMines: And armed with FrickinLaserBeams.

The history of the game itself goes back to the early 1990s, when LucasArts approached game developer [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lawrence_Holland Lawrence Holland]] and his studio, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totally_games Totally Games!]], to develop a series of games for the publisher. The first games were actually WorldWarII flight simulators including ''{{Battlehawks 1942}}'' and perhaps Holland's best known non-franchise game, ''{{Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe}}''. These games became instant classics, and in the meantime Holland was working on a 3D rendering engine specifically for flight sims, something that back in 1992 was revolutionary.

This prompted LucasArts and Holland to develop a flight (or rather space) sim game using both this engine and the StarWars license, and ''{{X-Wing}}'' was the result.

A year after release, a sequel was released that allowed you to play for the [[NoCampaignForTheWicked evil Galactic Empire]]: ''{{TIE Fighter}}''. Players would also have a chance to hold multiplayer competitions with ''{{X-Wing Vs TIE Fighter}}''. The last game in the series, ''{{X-Wing Alliance}}'', finally allowed players to pilot the legendary Millenium Falcon, and ended with the Battle of Endor from ''ReturnOfTheJedi''.

Not to be confused with the more recent ''RogueSquadron'' games, although both are flight sims.

The game recieved an UpdatedRerelease based on the X-Wing Vs TIE Fighter engine.

* AcePilot: And beyond, labelled up to Top Ace. The player. The pilots from the roster can be assigned AI wingman duties in campaing missions and will perform according to their current rank. They can also be KilledOffForReal too. This feature was dropped in the latest release
* {{AFGNCAAP}}: The player character. {{Feelies}} and materials from the [[AllThereInTheManual Limited version]] and StarWarsExpandedUniverse indicate that his name is "Keyan Farlander", he was flying the surviving Y-Wing at Yavin, and he goes on to be a Jedi. In-game one of the cutscenes from the ExpansionPack has Luke Skywalker specifically refer to a "Lieutenant Farlander." However in the original release an historical training mission named "Farlander's first mission" adds to the confusion suggesting he is a different pilot from the rookie player.

* ArrowCam: For torpedos and missiles.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Implied and modelled exactly like in ''ANewHope'' . If the player is captured, Lord Vader himself pops up to have a chat about the location of that secret Rebel base...

* CutScene: Very rewarding and compelling ones, bear in mind X-Wing was one of the first complex cinematic works made after the StarWars movies and the first Star Wars game with a major storyline. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSSNonaBw-8 Watch]] . Only surpassed in its day by the ones from [[KillerApp CD-ROM based]] ''Star Wars VideoGame/RebelAssault''
* DeadlyTrainingArea: Pilot proving grounds, unlike the Empire's VirtualTrainingSimulation seen in Tie Fighter and later games.
* DeflectorShields: The main and huge advantage the Rebel fighters have over the Imperial ones --the only spacecrafts that lack a shield-- until Gunboats and Tie Advanceds appear. RegeneratingShieldStaticHealth variety and an important element of the energy management gameplay.

* EscortMission: Several - one of the worst being the infamous "Redemption run", where you and your three wingmen are charged with flying X-Wings to protect the Nebulon B frigate ''Redemption'' while it takes on wounded personnel from some shuttles and a Corellian Corvette. The Imperials send in their own Nebulon B frigate, which will do several microjumps in and out of the system, deploying TIE bombers and then jumping to another location and launching more. [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Redemption_scenario Referenced]] in [[XWingSeries the book series of the same name]] where applicants to Rogue Squadron must fly a simulator recreation of the mission, complete with references to the tactics you're supposed to use to complete the mission in the game. The protagonist of the first book barely finishes the mission.

* ExpansionPack: ''Imperial Pursuit'' and ''B-Wing'', featuring a new playable ship and two more campaigns occurring in the interval between ''ANewHope'' and ''TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

* FasterThanLightTravel: Most crafts enter and exit the combat zone via hyperspace jumps. The basic TIEs lack a hyperdrive engine so they scramble from and return to a {{mothership}}.

* NoCampaignForTheWicked: That's what the sequel ''Videogame/TieFighter'' is for. Initially the designers wanted to have both sides playable as in previous WWII games, but it was discarded as this was too broad to implement in a novel 3D space installment.

** This game is also the origin of the infamous "Redemption run" mentioned in the ''[[XWingSeries X-Wing]]'' novels, where four X-Wings must defend the medical frigate ''Redemption'' and some unarmed transports against multiple waves of TIE Bombers launched by the Imperial frigate ''Warspite''. The ''Warspite'' microjumps around the system, keeping you flying back and forth trying to stop the bombers while avoiding their TIE\ln escorts.

* RecycledInSpace: Aerial WorldWarII [-IN SPACE!-] . Literal example. GeorgeLucas invoked the trope in the source material. The game uses the same fonts, hotkeys and many features previously seen in Lawrence Holland's WWII flight simulators (e.g OldSchoolDogfighting, rosters, replay camera, cockpit and external views...). It also expands upon them.

* TrainingAccident: One of the recreated training missions involves a story of a single pilot accidently entering hyperspace and stumbled upon undefended Imerpial transports. He destroyed a large number of them before realizing that he was outside training grounds.
* UpdatedRerelease: ''X-Wing 95'', included in the Collectors Series bundle. Compatible with moderm Windows [=OSes=] and retrofited with the ''XWingVsTieFighter'' engine but in turn it loses some of the classical features and makes the use of a joystick mandatory. A fanmade [[GameMod total conversion]] for ''{{X-WingAlliance}}'' also [[http://www.maxgames.it/xwc/ exits]].

* BurialAtSea: In Space!. A ceremony for the deceased player is held and the casket is disposed of this way.

* JackOfAllStats: The titular X-Wing is the most well-balanced fighter and is quite suitable for both light bombing and dogfighting.

''X-Wing'' is a PC Space SimulationGame first launched in 1993, with various expansion packs and collector's editions being released as late as 1997.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Some already completed missions can end up deadly if the player decides to stay and fight the [[LateToTheParty strong but late Imperial reinforcements]] in order to rack up additional points and victories.

''X-Wing'' is a PC game first launched in 1993, with various expansion packs and collector's editions being released as late as 1997.

The history of the game itself goes back to the early 1990s, when LucasArts approached game developer Lawrence Holland and his studio, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totally_games Totally Games!]], to develop a series of games for the publisher. The first games were actually WorldWarII flight simulators including ''{{Battlehawks 1942}}'' and perhaps Holland's best known non-franchise game, ''{{Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe}}''. These games became instant classics, and in the meantime Holland was working on a 3D rendering engine specifically for flight sims, something that back in 1992 was revolutionary.

A year after release, a sequel was released that allowed you to play for the [[NoCampaignForTheWicked evil Galactic Empire]]: ''{{TIE Fighter}}''. Players would also have a chance to hold multiplayer competitions with ''{{X-Wing Vs TIE Fighter}}''. The last game in the series, ''{{X-Wing Alliance}}'', finally allowed players to pilot the legendary Millenium Falcon, and ended with the Battle of Endor from ''Return of the Jedi''.

* {{AFGNCAAP}}: the player character. Materials from the StarWarsExpandedUniverse indicate that his name is "Keyan Farlander", he was flying the surviving Y-Wing at Yavin, and he goes on to be a Jedi.
** ExpandedUniverse nothing, one of the cutscenes has Luke Skywalker specifically refer to a "Lieutenant Farlander."

* CutScene: Very rewarding and compelling ones, bear in mind X-Wing was one of the first complex cinematic works made after the StarWars movies. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSSNonaBw-8 Watch]] . Only surpassed in its day by the ones from [[KillerApp CD-ROM based]] ''Star Wars VideoGame/RebelAssault''

* NoCampaignForTheWicked: That's what the sequel TieFighter is for.

* RecycledInSpace: Aerial WorldWarII [-IN SPACE-] . Literal example. GeorgeLucas invoked the trope in the source material. The game uses the same fonts, hotkeys and many features previously seen in Lawrence Holland's WWII flight simulators (e.g OldSchoolDogfighting, rosters, replay camera, cockpit and external views...). It also expands upon them.

* SdrawkcabName: Many freighters are named after LucasArts rival companies back in the day; Nigiro, Arreis, Orcim/Esorp, Diputs (Origin, {{Microprose}}, and {{Sierra}}). Since freighters are often [[ButtMonkey sitting ducks]] and there is also one called ''Diputs'' (Stupid in reverse) the whole thing seems like a stealth TakeThat.

** This can actually be used to limited success in normal gameplay. While it's not recommended to do so very often for obvious reasons, even the [[FragileSpeedster A-wing's]] shields can survive a collision so long as they have sufficient power. If you don't have time for your lasers to recharge or your torpedoes/missiles to get a proper lockon, it can mean the difference between life and death.

** This can actually be used to limited success in normal gameplay. While it's not recommended to do so very often for obvious reasons, even the [[FragileSpeedser A-wing's]] shields can survive a collision so long as they have sufficient power. If you don't have time for your lasers to recharge or your torpedoes/missiles to get a proper lockon, it can mean the difference between life and death.

* PressXToDie: Sort of. You can eject from your fighter at any time by pressing Alt+E. This will either result in your buddies picking you up, or the enemy taking you prisoner and shipping you back to their base for an unpleasant interrogation. Also, your ejection system can become damaged in combat, and if you get shot down you get immolated in the ensuing fireball and become KilledOffForReal[[hottip:*:assuming, of course, you're not playing one of the training simulation missions]]. In the latter two cases, after you get back to the sign-in desk you can choose to revive your pilot, albeit at the expense of all his [[BraggingRightsReward points and awards]].

** ExpandedUniverse nothing, one of the cutscenes makes specific reference to a "Lieutenant Farlander."

* CutScene: Very rewarding and compelling ones, bear in mind X-Wing was one of the first complex cinematic works made after the StarWars movies. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSSNonaBw-8 Watch]] . Only surpassed in its day by the ones from [[KillerApp CD-ROM based]] ''VideoGame/RebelAssault''

* DeflectorShields: The main and huge advantage the Rebel fighters have over the Imperial ones --the only spacecrafts that lack a shield-- until Gunboats and Tie Advanceds appear. RegeneratingShieldStaticHealth variety.

* EnemyScan: Many missions are based on inspection and identification of vessels. The actual sensor is a crude one which only provides allegiance, position, hull / shield absolute status and cargo. It would become more detailed in the sequels.

* OpenningScroll: At the start of every campaign.

* ProtectionMission: In one mission, you are the sole pilot left to guard a stationary object (until it is repaired and can escape). A capital ship arrives 25 klicks away to deploy fighters to try to draw you out. About 1 minute later, a corvette arrives to drop off a single bomber to destroy that object.

* SdrawkcabName: Many frighters are named after LucasArts rival companies back in the day; Nigiro, Arreis, Orcim/Esorp, Diputs (Origin, {{Microprose}}, and {{Sierra}}). Since Frighters are often [[ButtMonkey sitting ducks]] and there is also one called ''Diputs'' (Stupid in reverse) the whole thing seems like a stealth TakeThat.
* SpaceFighter

* SpaceMines: And armed with lasers.

* CutScene: Very rewarding ones, bear in mind this one of the first complex cinematic works made after the StarWars movies.

* EnemyScan: A crude one which only provides position and hull / shield status. It would become more detailed in the sequels.

* RecycledInSpace: Partial literal example. The game uses the same fonts and many features previously seen in Lawrence Holland's WWII flight simulators (i.e OldSchoolDogfighting). It also expands upon them.

* TrainingAccient: One of the recreated training missions involves a story of a single pilot accidently entering hyperspace and stumbled upon undefended Imerpial transports. He destroyed a large number of them before realizing that he was outside training grounds.