Retro Review: Star Wars: Tie Fighter

Tie Fighter is available on GoG! http://www.gog.com/game/star_wars_tie...

If you don't have a joystick, this should get you set up fairly cheaply: http://www.amazon.com/Extreme-3D-Pro-...

Excellent reading about the life and death of mainstream flight sims: http://mostlyfilm.com/2011/07/27/air-...

The 1995 DOS version (included with the GoG purchase) is the one you want. Steer clear of the 1998 Windows re-release (also included in the GoG purchase. It can be confusing.) 1998 gimped the music tech and broke the torpedos, modding is required to partially restore DOS version's quality.

A helpful guide on getting the 1995 CD-ROM DOS version up to date, as well as configuring it with Xbox pads, check here: http://www.savingcontent.com/2014/08/...
NOTE: This guide also includes some tips on upgrading the music quality, ctrl-F for "MT-32" if you want to try that.

The game will only auto-config about three buttons on your joystick for you. For the rest, make your own custom joystick scheme with JoyToKey: http://joytokey.net/en/
I mapped "match speeds" "change weapons" and "toggle laser link" and the next/prev targets to my extra joystick buttons. You can do whatever.

The Thinking Trooper is from https://www.etsy.com/listing/18387773...