Best game ever made.
My favourite game of all time is still the classic TIE Fighter Collector’s CD from LucasArts, released for DOS back in 1994-1995. I remember spending many, many hours plugging away at it back then.
Today I got it running again on my modern, 64-bit Windows Vista system 
What you need:
- The game CD or an ISO of it - ISO is better since DOSBox can just mount that so you don’t need to have the CD in your drive all the time.
- A copy of the latest version of DOSBox, the free MS-DOS emulator.
- A joystick. This game really sucks with keyboard and mouse. I got a cheapo Logitech USB one from Argos for €30. It has a load of programmable buttons that I will probably never use.
- Lots and lots of free time. This game will consume it all.
DOSBox really has come on in leaps and bounds since the last time I tried it, which was about 2 years ago. It has proper sound support now, and I can play Tie Fighter in its uber-high-for-the-time 640×480 mode. The game runs flawlessly in DOSBox - I completed the first battle this afternoon. It really brought me back - all the keyboard controls from the game came flooding back from some dark corner of my mind.
Best game ever.
Michael O'Leary on July 7th, 2008
640×480 Mind boggling
Jimbob on July 7th, 2008
Urgh, the Xwing game I had came on floppy disks… and was probably running at 320×240.
I’ve no idea what happened to it.
Steve on July 7th, 2008
Yeah, the original X-Wing was 320×240 (or was it 200?) only, and came on about 5 floppies. The Tie Fighter CD bundled all the expansion packs and the l33t 640×480 mode that wasn’t available on the floppy version together.
Jimbob's dog, Bojim on July 7th, 2008
Ahaa, yeah… I noticed the CD-ROM(!!) version had some fancy FMV sequences as well.
My version had static cartoon-like cut scenes.
I also remember at the time I didn’t have a soundcard and I could only wistfully imagine what the exciting sound effects and music might be like!
I think around that time I actually had a dream that I got a soundcard and played that game… erm, which is a bit sad on so many levels.
I think I might have re-played it at a later stage when I got a better PC and Windows 95… but meh, for some reason I don’t share your nostalgia on this one.
SNES and Megadrive emulators on the other hand
Steve on July 7th, 2008
Tie Fighter is one of the few old games I can replay that does not cause the old rose-tinted spectacles to shatter
Michael O'Leary on July 8th, 2008
by the way I thought GTA 4 was the best game ever! http://www.feckoff.net/2008/05/03/gta4-best-game-ever/
Ca bhuil mo caca millis tbh? on July 8th, 2008
Hey, bloggers are allowed to be fickle.
PS. Deus Ex is the REAL best game ever.
Steve on July 8th, 2008
GTA4 was the best shit ever while I was playing it, but now that I’ve finished everything besides shooting pigeons/doing stunt jumps it has lost a bit of its shine. Still a brilliant game though and right up there near the top of the list