STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995)

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.

STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995) is a fps, action and classic game developed by LucasArts and published by LucasArts, Lucasfilm and Disney.
Released on September 16th 2009 is available on Windows and MacOS in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 2,905 reviews of which 2,592 were positive and 313 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.06€ on Steam and has a 65% discount.

The Steam community has classified STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995) into these genres:

FPS Action Classic Sci-fi Shooter Retro First-Person Singleplayer Old School 1990's Adventure Pixel Graphics Boomer Shooter Space Great Soundtrack 2.5D Nostalgia Atmospheric Difficult Cult Classic

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 2000, XP or Vista
Processor: 486 or higher
Memory: 16 MB
Graphics: DirectX
DirectX®: DirectX 5.2
Hard Drive: 80 MB
Sound: 16-bit sound card
Note: Due to the age of the title, users may run into a few compatibility issues from use of current hardware. Please see the forums for more information.

MacOS

OS: Mac 10.9+
Processor: 1.8GHz
Memory: 1GB
Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with 256 MB VRAM

Reviews

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Aug. 2024

I would seriously recommend playing this version of the game, using "The Force Engine" port, over the Remaster. Remaster is fine for what it is I suppose, but 40$ for an arguably worse looking experience to what has already been available for years first in the XL engine and now even better in The Force Engine is kinda lame. The game looks way better with the original pixelart textures and cutscenes, the Remaster just kinda has that uncanny meh look to it for me.

March 2024

You'll occasionally see this game mentioned in the same breath as Doom, and while that's fair in the sense that Doom was the obvious inspiration at Lucasarts to make the game in the first place, it's really a lot more than that. Dark Forces made many advances in first person games that were novel for the time, like having rooms above rooms, being able to look up and down; generally levels with a lot more verticality. Additionally Dark Forces put a lot of time and effort into making those levels feel more like what they were meant to be depicting, and less abstract that a lot of other FPS games from the time. It's definitely a game to play if you like 2.5D FPS games or if you're a Star Wars fan.

Feb. 2024

Lots of people say this is just DOOM with a Star Wars skin, but I don't think that's really fair. For a start, this was built on a different engine from DOOM that allowed you to look up and down, which was not possible in DOOM. Believe me, this was a significant leap forward in 1995! If you play this, remember you're playing a game from the mid 1990's, where level design was often obtuse and confusing. There's lots of looking for keys and backtracking to progress, which can be frustrating for the modern player. Can't wait for the Nightdive remaster, which is coming soon!

Feb. 2024

It's not bad, I guess, especially for back in the day. I haven't played it back then though, but it's fun to play Doom with a Star Wars skin. The classic Star Wars music sounds cute. Puzzles were terrible, had to check on walkthroughs. Go for it if you're a fan of Star Wars, Doom, old games. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3075929042

Dec. 2023

Before you guys want to purchase and play this game PLEASE download the Force Engine Mod! It made the game so much better. I saw it on a Winter Sale and picked it up for $2 and decided to play it, because I haven't played it since PS1 and Win98 PC. It's literally Star Wars on a nice Boomer Shooter, plays like Doom, runs like Doom~ I would highly recommend playing it with the Mod I just mentioned. Runs very very nicely and Dox Box makes it run like a horrible pixelated mess. Btw this does work on Steam Deck, you just have to fiddle around with the controls. And yes I am aware about the remaster coming up, but I just wanna play this game so bad.

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SteamSpy data	19 December 2024 03:03
Steam price	23 December 2024 20:45
Steam reviews	23 December 2024 03:51

-65% 5.89€ 2.06€

8.6

2,592

313

Online players

Developer

LucasArts

Publisher

LucasArts, Lucasfilm, Disney

Release 16 Sep 2009

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