When was Star Wars Rogue Squadron first released and on what platform?
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron was released on the 7th of December 1998 for the Nintendo 64 and PC. It was jointly developed by LucasArts and Factor 5.
Questions about Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (series)
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What is the Naboo Starfighter secret in Star Wars Rogue Squadron?
LucasArts programmed a Naboo N-1 Starfighter into the original Rogue Squadron as a hidden unlockable, timed to coincide with the 1999 release of The Phantom Menace. The vehicle required two consecutive cheat codes to unlock, and because R2-D2's confirmatory sounds did not play after the first code, players missed it for the five months between the game's launch and the film's release.
What vehicles can you unlock in Star Wars Rogue Squadron on Nintendo 64?
Players can unlock the Millennium Falcon, a TIE interceptor, an AT-ST, a 1969 Buick Electra, and a Naboo N-1 Starfighter by entering text-based cheat codes confirmed by R2-D2's beeps.
Did Star Wars Rogue Squadron win any awards?
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron won the Origins Award for Best Action Computer Game of 1998, presented in 1999.
Why was the Star Wars Rogue Squadron series cancelled?
Multiple planned entries were cancelled for different reasons. A trilogy compilation for Xbox was dropped after a management change at LucasArts in 2003 when the project was fifty percent complete. An Xbox 360 follow-up was cancelled due to console market uncertainties. A completed Wii compilation called Star Wars Rogue Squadron: Rogue Leaders was never released because the 2008 financial crisis caused its publishers to withdraw; Factor 5 subsequently went through bankruptcy liquidation and LucasArts absorbed the rights.
What new features did Rogue Squadron III Rebel Strike add to the series?
Rebel Strike, released in 2003 for the GameCube, introduced on-foot land combat and the ability to pilot land vehicles including Imperial AT-ATs and AT-STs. It was also the first game in the series to include multiplayer, with competitive dogfights, races, land assaults, and a cooperative campaign built around missions from Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader.