Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter

April 30, 1997 Totally Games LucasArts
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Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter is the third release of the X-Wing computer game series.

The player has the ability to choose for each mission which squadron he or she wants to fly in (e.g. either the Y-wings that disable a ship for capture or the X-wings that support them), his or her specific ship type, and the ship's armaments.
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Release Date April 30, 1997
Developer Totally Games
Publisher LucasArts
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective First person
Themes Action, Science fiction
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