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Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire

Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire is the sequel to Star Wars: Rebel Assault. This time, however, the story is not related to the original movies. The story opens in the vicinity of the Dreighton…

75 24 November 1995

Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire is an arcade developed by LucasArts, released 24 November 1995 on PlayStation, DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire is

Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire is an arcade game developed by LucasArts and released in 1995. It is available on PlayStation, DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on INSANE.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire is a 1995 rail shooter video game developed by LucasArts. It is the sequel to Star Wars: Rebel Assault, set in the Star Wars expanded universe. The player character, Rookie One, pilots ships such as a YT-1300 Corellian Transport, a B-wing, and a Y-wing, and encounters new enemy ships, including TIE Interceptors. They uncover, and eventually disable production of, a new TIE variant known as the TIE Phantom, which has the ability to cloak.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Star Wars series

Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire is the 36th of 334 entries we hold in the Star Wars series. The next entry was Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in 1995. Its critic score of 75 is 4 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Angry Birds Star Wars II at 100.

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How it was received

Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 53% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 9 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire launched on 24 November 1995, within three weeks of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Suikoden, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Suikoden, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.

Cheats and codes

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Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire — frequently asked questions

When did Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire come out?
Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire was released on 24 November 1995 for PlayStation, DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire?
At minimum, Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire needs 1.8 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended) graphics, 1360 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire?
The PC version needs about 1.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1360 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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