Star Wars: Dark Forces is a video game produced by the LucasArts Entertainment Company. It was released in 1995. The game is a first-person shooter for the PC, Macintosh, and PlayStation. It was the first officially produced Star Wars first-person shooter.

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Often labeled a "Doom clone", it is believed that Dark Forces was created to counter the many unofficial Star Wars-themed WADs for Doom, and rumored that LucasArts reverse-engineered the Doom engine to find out how to build their own. The "Jedi Engine," as it was called, was in the end more advanced than the Doom engine, containing features such as rooms over rooms, polygonal objects, haze and fog and the ability to look up and down. The engine was by no means perfect however, with the view being badly distorted when looking up and down due to the lack of perspective correction.

The game was successful and was followed by novelisations and a sequel, Dark Forces II. Jedi Knight spawned an entire series of games which includes the expansion, Mysteries of the Sith, Jedi Outcast, and most recently, Jedi Academy. This series, with the exception of Jedi Academy, focuses on the continuing exploits of Kyle Katarn, which take place after the events of Return of the Jedi and the fall of Palpatine. After the first Jedi Knight title, the name Dark Forces was dropped from the series.

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"Lord forgive 'em he got them dark forces in 'em but he also got a righteous cause for sinnin..."
Crispityyy (Chris Spells) Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:48:19 -0000
"Lord forgive 'em he got them dark forces in 'em but he also got a righteous cause for sinnin..."
@JoostFhij I have that one, it was very cleverly done. My amazing-for-the-time game? Dark Forces!
iphigenie (Joelle Nebbe-Mornod) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:06:27 -0000
@JoostFhij I have that one, it was very cleverly done. My amazing-for-the-time game? Dark Forces!
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jensschauder (Jens Schauder) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:07:02 -0000
Scientists R on the lookout 4 dark matter. Creationists seem 2 B extremely dense & dont react much 2 the normal forces of logic. Mmmh.
the dark forces of Irony are at work...
42ftw (Caitlin Teasdale) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:10:00 -0000
the dark forces of Irony are at work...
I just wish I had more time to seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade. That's all.
parkerfitzhenry (Parker Fitzgerald) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:33:18 -0000
I just wish I had more time to seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade. That's all.
@TomFelton I love you as Malfoy and I'm crazy to see you fighting with the dark forces.
MaluBlack (Malu Black) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:03:13 -0000
@TomFelton I love you as Malfoy and I'm crazy to see you fighting with the dark forces.

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