[Admiral Nelson]

I haven't seen this posted here before, so....  Some fellow has put together an amazing freeware Battle of Endor arcade game. For a one man show it is quite impressive. The models used are pretty simplistic, and many seem to have no textures at all, but it conveys the atmosphere of the battle far better than any of the X-Wing games ever did, IMO. TIE fighter waves seem to have at least 50 fighters in them. I don't think I've seen a game with so many craft on screen at once. The AI seems pretty smart, your wingmen actually shoot at shield generators and don't seem to crash into things as in some other games...

I haven't managed to beat it yet....

It only about 17 megs to download, so give it a look!

Fixed link

Whoops.. fixed link.

I forgot to mention -- it's actually programmed in VB!! I am amazed that such smooth performance could be had in a 3D VB game.

[an0n]

Hmmmmm.......*downloads*

[Liberator]

I get a link to D-Link network systems.

copy/paste the text, ignore the link.

[diamondgeezer]

Dude! This thing pwnz!

[TopAce]

No, thank you, playing XWA instead.

[Admiral Nelson]

XWA it ain't, but it is a fun little arcade game. I'm always impressed by what indie developers can do. Not too many years ago this thing would have been a classic, now it can be made by a VB programmer in his spare time.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Admiral Nelson
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I haven't managed to beat it yet....
...

This sentence convinces me not to touch this game. I am playing to enjoy it, and spend my free-time, not to have something that makes me mad.
The last game I had enough about was Serious Sam. I changed to cheating mode after trying to beat a single stage for a whole day.

[Flipside]

You should give it a go Ace, I haven't had so much gratuitous fun since Doom, theres nothing quite as satisying as having a nice shielded X-Wing against those helpless little Ties

[TopAce]

You restored my faith. Downloading ...

[Flipside]

hehehe The control takes a little bit of getting used to, but it's good for those bad days at work where you just want to make things go boom

[Petrarch of the VBB]

The bastard won't run.

[adwight]

I'm getting really pissed, because the stupid Home One keeps getting killed.  I have the Imperator down to about 6% hull, and the damn thing blows up, pisses me off.

[Inquisitor]

neat.

yeah, indie developers can put out some neqat stuff

[Flipside]

You know, I could deal with professional games with those kind of graphics, as long as the content made use of the free time

[Gortef]

sounds quite good... downloading

[Corsair]

Fun!
I keep having the same problem though. Either the Falcon or Home One dies, and there's not much I can do about it. 114 TIEs killed and Lando can't take a little evasive action? I thought those turrets on top of that hulk swiveled!
As for Home One...well...meh. The mission shouldn't just end right there...

It is damn fun though.

[adwight]

Yep it's way cool, just only if he had those ships textured it would be even better.  I can't wait for our SW conversion to be done, it's gonna be awesome.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by adwight
...I can't wait for our SW conversion to be done, it's gonna be awesome.

Wait on.

[Gortef]

Hey this is quite good, it's fun ^^

[Gloriano]

neat, downloading!