8 Classic Star Wars Games You Have To Check Out

By Matt Hawker /

3. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1998)

Although bettered by its sequels, Rogue Squadron holds pride of place on this list for the sheer inspirational significance that it held with the many flight-featuring Star Wars titles that followed. From its direct ancestors - such as Rogue Leader and Battle For Naboo - to the likes of Battlefront II, you don't have to look to far to find where Rogue Squadron's impact and design have been used. Technically, at least, this is where Rogue Squadron truly triumphed. For its time, it was nothing short of a work of art. Coupled with this the fact that it was one of the first games to take full advantage of the N64's Expansion Pak - y'know, the one that allowed game play to occur at 640 x 480 resolution - put it into a different class to its closest rivals. But, regardless of all this, the everlasting memory that accompanies Rogue Squadron is the sheer, unbridled joy that gamers everywhere felt as they braced for combat - an existing embodiment of what the word 'classic' truly means.