Star Wars: Dark Forces cover

Star Wars: Dark Forces

Critic score3 critics
First release
Feb 28, 1995
Engine
Jedi
Genres
Shooter · Action, Science fiction

The Empire stretches its evil clutches across the galaxy, consuming planets with devastating results. Through many struggles, the Rebel Alliance has learned of a new Imperial battle station, the Death Star, with enough power to destroy an entire planet. The evil Empire is secretly building a massive army to complete their arsenal of domination and render their reign of terror unstoppable. Kyle Katarn, a formal Imperial Stormtrooper must join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, and re-take the Empire from the inside, one battle at a time. Unlike many other Doom-based games, Star Wars: Dark Forces attempted a realistic approach: the missions followed a specific storyline, sometimes cut up by scenes to progress the narrative. Each mission had its own briefing and objective. The levels were designed to represent actual bases, mines, facilities, and other known places from the Star Wars universe, like Star Destroyer interiors, Jabba's ship, Coruscant, etc.

Also known as Dark Forces 1, Star Wars: Dark Forces (Classic), Dark Forces

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Storyline
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. Your Mission? 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.Read more

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. Your Mission? 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.

Release dates
DOS
Feb 28, 1995
DOS
Jun 1995
Mac
Jun 1995
All 11 release dates
DOS
1995
PlayStation
Nov 30, 1996
DOS
1996
PlayStation
Jan 31, 1997
PlayStation
Mar 04, 1998
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 16, 2009
PlayStation 3
Apr 29, 2010
PlayStation Portable
Apr 29, 2010
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
7h
Main + Extras
8h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Where to buy
Keywords
star wars, futuristic, psone classics, humble bundle, stormtrooper
… All 14, controller support, vga graphics, general-midi audio, adlib sound, soundblaster support, mt-32 support, gog preservation program, ensoniq soundscape support, gravis ultrasound support

At a Glance

Critic Score
66
Main Story (IGDB)
7h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
8h

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