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Retrospective: Dark Forces Comments by John Walker

15 March, 2009

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FortysixterUK
15/03/09 @ 22:19
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I used to love this game, but its easier to play on PS1.

Also, having never got along with DOSbox, I still have an old pentium 233 with Win 98 v2 on it with a 3dfx card for graphics.

Nearly all the old games work on that sucker !
makeamazing
15/03/09 @ 22:27
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Whats with the first two posts in this topic... obviously not old enough to know a gaming classic when it hits them around the head!!! Stupid kids :D

Classic game... and Tie-Fighter was classic. I also loved Outlaws, another Lucas classic... i would buy that game again, just for its soundtrack CD.

Xerx3s
16/03/09 @ 08:38
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"You know, you can get DosBox for the Mac as well, assuming you've got an intel Mac. I use it to play UFO:Enemy Unknown all the time. Now THERE'S a game that needs a retrospective."

There is a better solution. Get something like virtual pc and run whatever OS you want with hardware specs of that time. Everything works like it should, guaranteed.
StooMonster
16/03/09 @ 09:04
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DARK FORCES made me sell my Mac and buy my first PC, along with MAGIC CARPET.

Ohh... Dark Forces, you dragged me over to the Dark Side for a while but I got back into the Rebel Alliance (Mac) in 2001, and now use a separate PC for gaming and serious Excel work. :)
Grayvern
16/03/09 @ 10:11
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More importantly its been ten years since planescape torment wheres the retospective on that.
botherer
16/03/09 @ 10:15
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Grayvern - if you could figure out why Planescape crashes for me each time someone casts a spell, I'd be pitching it.
Grayvern
16/03/09 @ 10:34
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Thats bad, i think i read somewhere about turning hardware acceleration off.
Azazel
16/03/09 @ 11:24
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@botherer:

That happened for me as well. I got round it by turning on all three of the software options in the Video options menu.

It runs a bit slow, but it stops it from crashing when you cast spells.
elephant_stone
16/03/09 @ 11:36
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ah the memories
Daryoon
16/03/09 @ 14:33
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I miss the design of 90s FPS. The modern examples are a load of bollocks.
Domovoi
16/03/09 @ 14:48
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Awesome. I even got a kick out of seeing the box art on the front page. Definitely going to give this another go.
Eurolamer
16/03/09 @ 14:50
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Thanks John, nice article.
Tyronne
16/03/09 @ 15:51
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Bugger bugger bugger, this is making me want to go raid the attic and get the discs down...but not only for dark forces but the sequels too.
Vermillion3000
16/03/09 @ 15:52
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I loved Dark Forces - it felt so authentic, regardless of how many of the levels were invented for the game.
The guns were excellent too- especially the concussion rifle that would either wipe out an entire platoon of enemies or otherwise blow your own knees off.

Nice.

Oh and I played it on my Mac - go on, hate if you want but it seemed to work really well. (and I'm sure it had a normal save everywhere system...)
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anss123
16/03/09 @ 16:53
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@Vermillion3000:

Dark Forces for the Mac was 640x400, over the 320x200 of the Dos/PSX versions, so it's probably the best version.
Nova5lag
16/03/09 @ 17:21
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Dark Forces was great. I have the old PS1 version on my PSP. heh
Triggerhappytel
16/03/09 @ 18:12
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I loved this game back in the day, although I never played Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2. The thing I loved about it was that it came at a time when FPS were dumb and mindless (i.e. Doom) but this actually had a decent narrative, good level design and bundles of atmosphere (helped by an excellent soundtrack).

The thing I loved most about it was the level design, and how they were vast, filled with secrets and you could travel back and forth as you liked. I particularly remember the level where Jan Oors drops you about half a kilometre outside the facility, and you fight your first skeletal Dark Trooper at the end. Good times, good times. I still count this as one of my favourite FPS, even though it's probably pretty horrible these days.
Grayvern
16/03/09 @ 20:05
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I miss health packs, and shield packs.
darc
17/03/09 @ 14:25
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Fun article. How about a retrospective on System Shock 2? Who wouldn't want an excuse to get paid to play System Shock 2?
Nils-Marius
17/03/09 @ 18:07
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Great article me thinks :)
m0thr4
29/05/09 @ 21:39
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@StooMonster
and now use a separate PC for gaming and serious Excel work. :)

Uh... Excel work? You mean Microsoft Excel? You mean the spreadsheet program that has been available for the Mac 2 years longer than it's been available for Windows (i.e. since 1985)?
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