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Star Wars: Dark Forces

LucasArts · 1995 · DOS

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  • TheForceEngine

    By TheForceEngine1169 stars on its repository

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    Latest release v1.22.420, Sep 10, 2025Code last updated Oct 12, 2026License: GPL-2.0

    How to play
    1. It plays Star Wars: Dark Forces from your own purchased copy of the original game, which it does not provide; its documentation says how to buy one legally.
    2. Outlaws is not playable yet: its support is planned for version 2.0.
    3. On Windows, download its release package from the downloads page of its website: it holds the program and everything it needs but the game.
    4. On most Linux systems, install it as a Flatpak from Flathub; on the Steam Deck, in desktop mode, through KDE's Discover.
    5. Mods go in its Mods folder, as zip files or folders.
    6. Its menus need a mouse or a touchscreen for now.
    7. For the feel of DOS, play in 320x200, set the mouse to menus only or horizontal in the input menu, and turn on the classic software renderer.
    8. It needs OpenGL 3.3, on 64-bit Windows 7, a modern Linux or macOS.

    Written by recomp.gg from its README, read Oct 12, 2026.

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  1. Hacker NewsPost · Hacker News · Jul 29, 2026The Force Engine: Modern "Jedi Engine" Replacement Supporting Dark Forces, Mods
  2. Release · Sep 10, 2025TheForceEngine v1.22.420, and 9 more since Sep 30, 2023

About

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.

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