If you've been caught up in all the Star Wars nostalgia surrounding the release of The Force Awakens, then you may also have been tempted to take a trip down memory lane and revisit some of the classic LucasArts Star Wars games. The trouble is many of those games were designed for older versions of Windows, and getting them to play on a system running anything more modern than Windows XP can be a frustrating and time consuming process.
In the case of 's Doom -inspired first person shooter Star Wars: Dark Forces however, the situation is even worse as it was initially designed to run on Window's predecessor DOS.
Dark Forces was the first game in the hugely popular and critically acclaimed Jedi Knight series, which followed an Imperial Stormtrooper turned Rebel Mercenary named Kyle Katarn as he first discovered he could use the force, learnt to control his powers and then eventually became a Jedi Master under the guidance of Luke Skywalker. Publisher: LucasArts , Lucasfilm , Disney.
Franchise: Star Wars. Share Embed. View Community Hub. About This Game Behind a veil of secrecy the evil Empire is creating a doomsday army - one that, if finished, will become the final cog in the Empire's arsenal of terror and domination. Join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, infiltrate the Empire, then battle every man and machine the Imperial Forces can muster.
Search a vast galaxy for clues, attack enemy bases-all in a desperate attempt to stop the activation of this fearsome new weapon. Fully interactive environments - morphing walls and floors, moving platforms, and conveyors, realistic lighting and atmospheric effects. First-person ground combat. Call on 10 weapons to fight twenty types of enemies.
Explore the virtual Star Wars universe up close and personal. Climb catwalks, look and shoot up and down, jump off ledges, wade through garbage. System Requirements Windows. Please see the forums for more information. OS: Mac See all.
DarkXL is part of the XL Engine project, which began several years ago with the aim of making several so-called "2. The term "2. The XL Engine is still in an early state, however Dark Forces is perfectly playable - providing you're able to put up with a few bugs along the way. The XL Engine downloads page already offers fairly comprehensive instructions on the steps you need to follow in order to setup DarkXL, so I won't repeat them here.
You also have the ability to crouch and jump, both necessary in progressing through the game. Don't forget to strafe! Much life energy can be saved by surprising the enemy -- instead of letting the enemy surprise you.
The music and sounds in the game are incredible even more so if you're a Star Wars junkie. The opening title sets you up with the classic John Williams movie theme, complete with stars and a crawl of slanted text.
Once the game begins you immediately hear the deep, tense background music that reminds you of action scenes from the movie. The digitized "Blast him! Finally, the scenery is flat-out fantastic. There are so many different levels of height in this game that your surroundings are nothing less than vast.
A favorite mission is the ice level, where soldiers can be anywhere -- in front of, above, below, beside, or across from you. So large are the levels that you might actually shoot an out-of-reach enemy at one point, only to come across his dead body 20 minutes later. Aside from sheer size, LucasArts did an absolutely wonderful job of reproducing the landscapes and inner sanctums that we recognize from the movies.
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