If you want to play old games that are good, try Rogue Squadron. Its good. Its super old and quirky, but it has some of the best spaceship combats I've ever seen.
For a 1998 game its pretty good, you can pilot all of the iconic ships in the first star wars trilogy. Even the Millennium falcon. And I believe some of the second as well but Im not entirely sure. And the fights are quite intense. Its not a very hard game but its not the easiest either. Specially if you want the gold medals.
The only two major downsides are the aiming and the radar. The aiming is not the worst, and the ships have a little bit of autoaim to assist you. But some ships move really fast and the lasers somehow go through without causing damage. It adds to the intensity but sometimes can be a bit frustrating if you're in a hurry or if you aim for the gold (there is an accuracy requirement for gold).
The radar works as intended and shows you the position of the enemies. But it doesnt tell you if they are above or below your ship, so unless you see the ship (which sometimes its easier said than done), you can't tell where it is because its above or below you outside of your FOV.
Other than that and the quirky late 90s collision detection, its a pretty decent game. I recommend the PC version since I heard the game is a bit relentless on the N64 version in some of the levels. You can make it work on PCem as well using Windows 95 with a Voodoo2.