Here we have a retro PC Star Wars gaming. l372
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In the opening cutscene of Dark Forces, we see Mon Mothma hire a mercenary called Kyle Katarn to infiltrate an imperial facility and steal the Death Troopers, Shadow Troopers, Purge Troopers or even the other sort of Darktrooper, Dark Troopers can’t be bargained with, can’t be reasoned with. They don’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop until the Rebels are dead.
Wait? Stealing This makes Kyle Katarn the original Rogue One!
Attempting to stop the Dark Trooper project takes Katarn on a whirlwind tour of the galaxy, blasting Stormtroopers, Expanded Universe which sit right alongside that established Star Wars-y-ness.
Dark Forces features multi-tiered cityscapes, with elevators, bridges and towers. It’s a big, 3-dimensional experience and multiple objectives to be achieved in each stage can lead to you flailing about a bit aimlessly.
All the galaxy punching the life out of everything. What a bloody hero.
iMUSE MIDI music for me is an integral part of the DOS games experience and Star Wars Dark Forces has some really charming MIDI music. I also love the charming 3D graphics. I think these 2D sprite-based games age better than the 3D games which came immediately after them.
I Dark Forces is a brilliant place to start.
Kyle Katarn goes on to become a significant part of the Legends EU. and it’s all just because of this little old DOS game.
