Tag: xwing
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Space Combat Sims for fans of X-Wing v Tie Fighter Part 2: Software
In some ways, this is the best of times for space sim aficionados. FreeSpace 2, the last great commercial space combat sim is open-source and there are a lot of games based on that codebase which are freely available, or will be released shortly. Personally I would recommend starting out with Freespace 2, picking an…
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Space Combat Sims for fans of X-Wing v Tie Fighter Part 1: Hardware
A lot of people like myself miss the old days. Let us then reminisce, and also blow the crap out of our enemies. To get started, you’ll need some kind of joystick. I use Logitech joysticks because I like the twisting functionality on the stick itself for adjusting yaw on helicopters and jets in games…