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Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM

In 1995, TIE Fighter also received a Collector's CD-ROM. The CD-ROM version offered optional enhanced SVGA graphics, increasing the game's resolution from 320x200 to 640x480. The cinematic cutscenes were also…

88 31 October 1995

Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM is a shooter developed by Totally Games, released 31 October 1995 on DOS and Mac.

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What Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM is

Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM is a shooter game developed by Totally Games and released in 1995. It was published by LucasArts. It is available on DOS and Mac.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In 1995, TIE Fighter also received a Collector's CD-ROM. The CD-ROM version offered optional enhanced SVGA graphics, increasing the game's resolution from 320x200 to 640x480. The cinematic cutscenes were also enhanced, and the game received numerous voiceovers. The CD-ROM includes the previously released Defender of the Empire expansion and an additional Enemies of the Empire expansion. This CD-ROM also added support for gameplay under Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person 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: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM is the 34th of 334 entries we hold in the Star Wars series. It arrived 8 months after Star Wars: Dark Forces. The next entry was Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in 1995. Its critic score of 88 is 17 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: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 22 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM launched on 31 October 1995, within three weeks of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby and Screamer. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby, Screamer.

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When did Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM come out?
Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM was released on 31 October 1995 for DOS and Mac.

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