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Star Wars: Rogue Squadron(known asStar Wars: Rogue Squadron 3Don the PC) is anarcade-styleaction gameco-developed byFactor 5andLucasArts.It was published by LucasArts andNintendoand released for theNintendo 64andWindows.The first of three games in theRogue Squadronseries,it was released for Windows on December 3, 1998, with a Nintendo 64 version released four days later.Rogue Squadronwas one of the first games to take advantage of the Nintendo 64'sExpansion Pak,which allows gameplay at a 640 × 480display resolution,instead of that system's standard 320 × 240 resolution.

Set in the fictionalStar Warsgalaxyand inspired by theStar Wars: X-wing Rogue Squadroncomics, the game takes place primarily between events in the filmsStar Wars Episode IV: A New HopeandThe Empire Strikes Back.The player controlsLuke Skywalker,commander of the eliteX-wingpilots known as Rogue Squadron. As the game progresses, Skywalker and Rogue Squadron fight theGalactic Empirein sixteen missions across variousplanets.Rogue Squadronreceived generally positive reviews. Critics praised the game's technical achievements and flight controls, but its use ofdistance fogand the lack of a multiplayer mode drew criticism. (more...)