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Who hasn't wanted to be a pilot for the Rebel Alliance? Although Rebel Assault and Rebel Assault 2 actually let you fly through various mission-based levels with different craft from the Star Wars universe, Rogue Squadron takes it a step further and loses the track-based gameplay, letting you completely immerse yourself in a 3D flying adventure.

You can swoop, barrel-roll, loop, and bank with some ships, all the while shooting down enemy vehicles and protecting Rebel Alliance installations.

You start the game learning the basics by piloting an X-Wing fighter through a few training missions, but you'll soon gain access to four other ships, including theY-wing,the A-wing, the snowspeeder, and the experimental V-wing. Each vehicle is fitted with both a primary and an auxiliary weapon--and you'll need both in this high-flying, fast-shooting game.

Taking the best part of Shadows of the Empire the Hoth sequence where you face the AT-ATs , the developers at LucasArts have enhanced the flight model with true pitch, roll, and bank mechanics for each craft Because every ship is a uniquely designed vehicle, they have individualized machinery--some are faster, some have better shields, and so on. Taking place between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, Rogue Squadron sends you on different missions to far-reaching areas of the universe, most of which are known only by the most avid Star Wars fanatics see sidebar, "Follow the Bright Yellow Rogue".

But there are some more generally known areas, like Tatooine, Lukes home planet,and Corellia, birtfb place of both Han Soto and Dash Rendar. You play as some familiar and some not-so-familiar Rebel leaders, like Dack Luke Skywalker's backup snow-speeder pilot on Hoth and Wedge Antilles the only Rogue pilot other than Luke to survive all three films.

You must help protect the Alliance from the forces of the galactic Empire, which is tightening its hold on the Rebels after the latter's stunning victory over the Death Star. Graphically, the game will dazzle you in the hi-resolution mode which requires the N64 Expansipn Pak with sleek ships, fairly fast flying action, and blazing battles and explosions.

In the standard low-resolution mode, the game is still a fine-looking shooter, though the jagged edges of the ships and the terrain will eventually force you to spend some bucks on the Pak. The game's even more impressive in the sound department. Using a proprietary sound compression system, LucasArts has found a way to squeeze over 80 minutes of audio 40 minutes of speech and 40 minutes of music into the cart You'll hear the symphonic mastery of John Williams' classic score resonate throughout changing its tone and urgency as dictated by the action, also be privy to extensive cockpit chatter amongst the squadron, which heightens the realism of the game.

Two areas where the game is tempered are the control and speed. The controls, while intuitive for the most part have a definite learning curve. Handling the pitch and sway of a fighter is no easy task, and if your frustration threshold is low, you may find yourself going AWOL with the Rogue.

The game's jittery speed is also apparent from the start Although not as fast as StarFox which, in all fairness, was on rails for the most part , you could contend that if Rogue were any fester, the enemies would be harder to target. Another area that would have made this game a five-star hero is the inclusion of a multiplayer game. It was included early on in development, but was removed to enable the development team to focus its creative energy solely on producing a great one-person shooting game.

And that's where Rogue Squadron sits--as one of the best games out there this year. It will challenge Zelda and Turok 2 for your money this holiday season--but if you're a fan of Star Wars, there's no replacement for Rogue Squadron.

The graphics are crisp, clean, and detailed, but you'll only fully enjoy them with the N64 Expansion Pak--worth it by all means.

Without it, the game suffers from draw-in, fog, and jaggies. Once learned, the controls will seem like second nature, but there's a definite learning curve. Younger players and those with litde patience may find themselves gnashing their teeth.

With the best sound of any game on the N64, Rogue Squadron helps LucasArts dispel the myth that good sound is absent from this system. Strong music, good voices, hearty explosions--your ears will prick up likeYoda's.

Star Wars fans will readily join the Squadron on their adventures this holiday season, and even casual flyers will enlist Rogue Squadron takes you to new heights in the Star Wars universe!

While I would have preferred a dogfight game set in space rather than based on the first level of Shadows of the Empire, Rogue Squadron still captures the feel of the Star Wars flicks--and that alone is enough to pump up the game's score.

The music, radio chatter featuring a Mark Hamill sound-a like and sound effects are all phenomenal, but it's the graphics that really shine. Vehicle models are amazingly detailed, while the rolling terrain which you can scorch with your blasters is littered with sprawling cities, Imperial bases, even scurrying stormtroopers you can strafe.

And while Rogue Squadron looks fine in standard resolution, you'll definitely want the RAM Pak to play the game in hi-res--although the frame-rate suffers a bit and the virtual-cockpit view is too choppy. The 16 missions--all of which are interspersed with slick in-game cinemas--offer a decent variety, often mixing multiple objectives such as escort and search-and-destroy.

While most of the first 14 missions offer a decent challenge, the last few are insanely difficult. You'll need to destroy every structure in previous missions to gather weapon upgrades, but you'll want to refly them anyway to earn Gold Medals no easy feat and access the three kick-ass bonus missions. I only wish it had multiplayer. It makes sense--take the best part of Shadows of the Empire and make an entire game out of that style of gameplay.

Ah, but in addition to this, Rogue Squadron has incredible hi-res graphics, tons of voice and an overall solid feel. On the downside, some of the missions get a bit repetitious but luckily others have more interesting objectives that help to get things moving again.

Still, I think Rogue Squadron is worth a buy. It really is just like the first level of Shadows of the Empire blown out into a full game. The attention to detail is stunning throughout, with some brilliant subtle touches that suck you in to the Star Wars ambience. It's tough, but it's extremely rewarding if you go out of your way to get perfect results on each level.

If there was ever a way of rewarding diligent gameplay, giving bonus Star Wars stuff has to rank up there with the best. Rogue Squadron is easily my favorite console Star Wars game ye:. I wasn't expecting too much from it, but to my surprise the game is actually a lot of fun to play, and the graphics and sounds are awesome.

The missions are diverse and challenging the bonus ones rock! I wish there was a multiplayer mode, but aside from this minor oversight. I'm quite satisfied. LucasArts' second Star Wars game on the N64 actually borrows a bit from the first. Rogue Squadron takes what was arguably the Empire--the snowspeeder air-combat stage--and turns it P into a full-fledged game.

This 3D action-arcade sim drops you into the cockpits of several famous Rebel Alliance fighters--as well as some you've never seen before. You fly a variety of air-to-air and air-to-ground missions, including dogfights, search-and-destroy, reconnaissance, escort duty and rescue. For instance, one mission has you liberating Rebel Alliance troops from the planet Kessel, site of the Empire's prison and the infamous spice mines. Another mission has you protecting Mos Eisley--depicted in sprawling detail in the Tatooine desert--from Imperial Forces.

Fortunately, your craft will be armed with lasers, guided missiles, ion cannons and more. Each mission will also pack a secondary objective, which you won't need to complete to beat the game. Mission environments include canyons, deserts, forests and volcanic regions. Visually, the game looks pretty good--especially the ship models. You'll see plenty of smoke and real-time light effects, all in hi-res at 30 frames per second.

Control in Rogue Squadron is similar to the snowspeeder stage in Shadows of the Empire. One button gives you a turbo boost, while another drops the air brakes. Even the radar symbology will look familiar.

Of course, these similarities should come as no surprise; the Rogue Squadron development team is being headed up by Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, the LucasArts project leader who designed Shadows' snowspeeder stage. Race through Beggar5 Canyon in your T Sky hopper! Test your skill against Zev, Dack or Wedge. This mission involves no hostile action and no enemy forces, yet it is one of the most difficult on which to get a Gold Medal. Basically, you take part in a race against three different Rogue Squadron pilots: Zev, Dack and Wedge.

As you fly down Beggar's Canyon each pilot takes a different route. Wedge breaks off first and goes right. This is the most difficult route. Dack breaks off next and goes left. This is the medium difficulty route. Zev, meanwhile, takes the fastest and most direct route through the canyon, which is also the easy route.

Basically if you follow and beat Zev you get Bronze, follow and beat Dack you get Silver and follow and beat Wedge you get Gold -- it's as simple as that. However, while it's fairly easy to beat the first two when racing Dack, as long as you follow him on the first leg of the course you can then switch to Zev's route half-way through and use it as a shortcut Wedge is a bit trickier.

His route twists and turns like a mutilated colon, and you'll need to use the brake at certain corners to accomplish tight turns and avoid hitting the walls.

The easiest mistake here is to fly too high and clear the canyon walls, which gets you disqualified from the race. To make things even more tricky it's possible to collide with your competitors, but if you do and they crash Travel down the Death Star trench eliminating as many laser cannons as possible, if the trench guns stop firing, you can bet the Death Star's compliment of Ties will be in close pursuit.

Continue down the trench until you reach the exhaust port area. Good luck, and may the Force be with you. Chase the Imperials through the trench 2. Destroy the power plant at the end of the trench 3. Default Ship: X-Wing 4. This is where you get to recreate what is arguably the best scene in Star Wars. As you fly down the trench you'll have support from a plethora of other rebel craft, but just tike in the film the Death Star gun turrets and the marauding TIEs soon take their toll on them see ya, Porkins.

As you approach the end of the trench you need to get up fairly high, then angle downwards and pop off a torpedo into the exhaust port.

Unlike the film, to get your Gold Medal this time round you need to do more than simply reach the end of the trench in one piece and get the torpedo in. For Gold you need to do this very fast, while at the same time taking out practically all the gun turrets and a number of the defending TIEs too-which is a little daft as when you put the torpedo in the hole presumably the Death Star explodes taking all the turrets and TIEs with it.

Best technique for success on this level is to keep low and keep firing. You'll need to use some of yours torpedoes early as there are some fairly meaty turrets in the trench, but you get a new stock when you die and it's often worth sacrificing a life in orcter to have the use of a full-batch of torpedoes.

Not exactly good piloting practice, but Luke had the Force to help him! Experience the Battle of Hoth from the cockpit of your Snowspeeder, as you hold of Imperial forces and help the Rebel transports escape. It's the Empire Strikes Back, you're on Hoth and all hell has broken loose!

The Imperial forces have discovered the Rebel base and your task is to delay the attack long enough for the Rebels to evacuate. This mission basically consists of dealing with three waves of Imperials. Simply target and destroy a group of Probe Droids.