Star Wars: Dark Forces

Overview

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.

Developed by

LucasArts

Published by

Bullet-Proof Software, Sony Computer Entertainment, LucasArts

Facts

Game modes

Single player

Player perspectives

First person

Themes

Action, Science fiction

Franchise

Star Wars

Series

Star Wars: Jedi Knight

Game engine

Jedi

Release dates

• DOS: Feb 28, 1995
• Mac: Jun 1995
• PlayStation: Nov 30, 1996
• PC (Microsoft Windows): Sep 16, 2009
• PlayStation 3: Apr 29, 2010
• PlayStation Portable: Apr 29, 2010