These are set to appear from 1997, the twentieth anniversary of Star Wars. Star Wars - Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire (1995) (LucasArts) Aside from the usual X-Wing, Y-Wing and B-Wing fighters you now also get to have a bash on the awesome Speeder Bike (just like the ones the Imperial Scout Troopers rode in Return of the Jedi) and the Millennium Falcon. If the modelling done for Rebel II is anything to go by, the new films should be absolutely incredible. You simply played the role of a distinctly wet-behind-the-ears rookie who eventually works his way up to being a respected pilot. The new story opens in the vicinity of the Dreighton Nebula, where Rookie One is part of a scouting patrol that is investigating a number of strange disappearances. All the spacecraft have been constructed on computer by ILM's ace artists. Title: Apparently all Star Wars ships suffer from the same problem: underclassed craft can fly in the reactor room and blow everything up...again!Oh, make a custom pilot with all damages on 0 and sit back and watch, then it is slightly agreeable. "This is the first time George Lucas has ever let anyone else film a live action Star War? Stormtrooper. As well as the backgrounds for the live action footage, the in-game graphics have also been generated using Silicon Graphics workstations and, from what we've seen so far, the quality is unbelievable. Rebel Assault II was the first Star Wars game that I ever played. fa ntasy," says Rebel Assault II project leader Vince Lee.

As Rebel 2 unfolds. The Joker, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. The compression technique that LucasArts is working on is straight-up ninja standard and capable of giving some great results. If Rebel Assault had any downfalls, it was that the gameplay was somewhat simplistic. This FAQ is empty. Jango Fett, the most fearless bounty hunter in the galaxy, is hired to capture a deranged Dark Jedi. Compete in the galactic pod-racing championship as one of the many pod-racers featured in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). This is a fully scripted game, meaning that you should be exactly on the right place at the right time, while a video plays on the background. However, we arc assured that the Speeder Bike "manoeuvring bit" will be nothing short of absolutely gut-wrenching. With the help of his fellow Rebels, Rookie One uncovers a plan by Darth Vader to destroy the Alliance by developing an army of "cloaked" Phantom TIE Fighters. With the help of his fellow Rebels, Rookie One uncovers a plan by Darth Vader to destroy the Alliance by developing an army of "cloaked" Phantom TIE Fighters. As a game it is non-interactive, thus actually not a game?! There will be 15 completely different levels in total when the game is completed, and these will be presented in three different game "styles": hand-to-hand combat where you battle against Storm troopers within an Imperial base; flight manoeuvring much like the training missions in Rebel Assault; and cockpit combat, which is an enhanced version of the combat from the original game. Like Rebel Assault, Rebel II is an action arcade game set in a familiar universe. First, the rise of the Emperor and the Empire and the resulting demise of the Old Republic, the history of Obi-Wan Kenobi, how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader and some indication of what the Sith actually are.

Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire is a 1995 video game. As far as technology is concerned, we know for a fact that there are no spaceship models in the new movies.

Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - the Hidden Empire The theory is actually very simple indeed and it really does make the game seem far less "on rails" (to use that awful expression) and ultimately more realistic. Join the battle and play an important part in the Star Wars Galaxy.

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The real Star Wars buffs out there will no doubt know a fair bit about this anyway, but as we've learned quite a bit from researching this feature, we thought we'd bang it in anyway. On a more technical note, it's worth mentioning at this point that the video footage throughout Rebel II is actually fullscreen VGA and of an absolutely excellent quality. Rebel Assault II is a linear game using live-action video footage combined with computer graphics. A New Hope was part four) will appear first and these go all the way back to the Clone Wars and will track a number of things. because the amount of stuff he's done is fairly impressive - it also seems unfair if you consider that Luke Skywalker was made a Commander after doing only one mission. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Like Rebel Assault, Rebel II is an action arcade game set in a familiar universe. To get a pretty dramatic illustration of what is going on in the Nebula, check out the Rebel Assault II teaser demo on this month's cover cd. A young pilot called Rookie One fights for the Rebel Alliance in the Galactic Civil War. That video is a bit blocky, thought not too bad.

at the jolly nice graphics you eventually got to have a bash at giving the Death Star a kicking.

At the time of going to press no one famous had been confirmed for a role in the game but, if anything, this is something of a blessing. This time, the team has come up with a totally original story which simply fits in with the Star Wars time-line (something which is very strictly monitored with regard to all Slur Wars related stuff, from the infinite number of novels that are appearing to table-top role-playing and computer games). These video sections are then put together with Silicon Graphics rendered backgrounds and PC generated special effects before being cleaned up and ported into the game code. Bearing this in mind, the LucasArts techie bods have spent a great deal of time trying to make the gameplay engine give the impression of freedom. Whoah! 1 of 7 people found this review helpful. There are a couple incredibly frustrating moments that make you wonder whether developers made the game possible to finish, but you get through them eventually. The resulting effect is absolutely astounding and it has to be said that the production quality is way ahead of any other live action game we've seen on the PC. This is done by providing a number of possible outcomes from each situation which are chosen at random before being spooled in seamlessly from the cd.