Retrospective: Dark Forces Comments by John Walker
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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 ! |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. :) |
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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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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. |
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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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