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first-person shooter
Star Wars: Dark Forces
By Lucasfilm Games, released 1 Jan 1995
- Microsoft Windows
- macOS
- DOS
- Classic Mac OS
What it is
Star Wars: Dark Forces is a first-person shooter from Lucasfilm Games, released in 1995. The Empire is building a powerful weapon, and the player joins the Rebel Alliance’s covert operations division to infiltrate Imperial forces and prevent its activation. Missions involve searching for clues and attacking enemy bases across the Star Wars universe. Combat offers ten weapons against twenty enemy types. Environments include moving platforms, conveyors and changing walls and floors, alongside lighting and atmospheric effects. The game also lets players climb catwalks, aim and shoot vertically, jump from ledges and wade through garbage. Dark Forces is listed for Microsoft Windows, macOS, DOS and Classic Mac OS; its Steam platform listing names Windows and macOS. Steam features include single-player, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing. Its listed publishers are LucasArts, Lucasfilm and Disney.
What players like, and what they don't
- Ten weapons and twenty enemy types
- Interactive environments with moving platforms
- Single-player with Steam Cloud listed
- Classic Mac OS and DOS listed
- Steam platform listing includes only Windows and macOS
- No multiplayer feature is listed
Who it suits
It suits players looking for a single-player Star Wars shooter focused on Rebel infiltration, first-person combat and interactive environments. Its listed platforms include several computer systems.
Dark Forces pairs Rebel covert operations with first-person combat and environmental exploration. The broad platform list includes DOS and Classic Mac OS, while the Steam listing is narrower.
