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DF Retro : Star Wars Shadows of the Empire.
- Thread starter Corleth the Fey
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I had missed having an episode of DF Retro to go along with my Sunday morning coffee. Glad it's back.
I remember seeing my uncle play this once but never tried it much myself.
Rogue Squadron was my game around this time.
Rogue Squadron was my game around this time.
Just got done watching. Terrific work by John. That debug mode in the game is rad as hell.
back in the day I remember putting this game in and solely playing that first mission on hoth. Soo good. Then rogue squadron came out and I finally moved on.
back in the day I remember putting this game in and solely playing that first mission on hoth. Soo good. Then rogue squadron came out and I finally moved on.
I loved this game.
Hell, I can say this game was truly what solidified my love of SW universe, after largely just watching the old movies with my Dad on USA, back in the day.
Hell, I can say this game was truly what solidified my love of SW universe, after largely just watching the old movies with my Dad on USA, back in the day.
There's no target there's no target there's no target for the harpoon gun!
Where's leebo and IG-88
Where's leebo and IG-88
Nice to see some N64 footage of it running on a CRT, it looks so much better than the direct feed stuff.
I had no idea there is other media surrounding Shadows, that comic looked interesting, awesome that you went into that.
So can you play the game in a decent state on a modern PC or is an old pc with a 3dFx card the only way?
I had no idea there is other media surrounding Shadows, that comic looked interesting, awesome that you went into that.
So can you play the game in a decent state on a modern PC or is an old pc with a 3dFx card the only way?
Good old games who are drm free and have a higher range of getting things compatible have it
That sewer underwater boss scared the fuck out of me as a kid. I think that's what help contribute to my thalassophobia.
Didn't even know (or at least remember) that the PC version shipped with new cinematics. Gotta say, not a fan. I think the so-called 'comic panels' of the N64 version looked miles better. And more so whenever they used the in-game rendering to animate the ships.
Great video. I didn't really understand how effective N64's AA really was before seeing that comparison without textures. Also interesting to hear that the fog wasn't some kind of necessity.
I have such unconditional love for Shadows of the Empire. I was completely wrapped up in the story, from the comics and novel to the video game. Still to this day my favorite entry into the Star Wars saga.
Also such a great episode. Loved seeing all the technical details from the debug mode.
Also such a great episode. Loved seeing all the technical details from the debug mode.
Great video.
I remember reading the book back in the day, it was so hilariously bad and cringe I thought Kevin J. Anderson wrote it. Xizor and his phermones and his human droid woman
I remember reading the book back in the day, it was so hilariously bad and cringe I thought Kevin J. Anderson wrote it. Xizor and his phermones and his human droid woman
When I was a kid we rented it a few times to play the Hoth mission. I do not believe we ever beat the next level, lol.
STAR WARS™ Shadows of the Empire™
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... As Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance
£1.69 in the gog winter sale
iirc it's capped to 60fps and is more difficult because of that, because of logic being linked to frame rate as John mentions in the vid. You may need to cap it at 30fps if you have trouble
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It was a great game with an engaging story. I always felt this was the middle term between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, as the game ends exactly when Luke and Leia heads to the Jabba's Palace for rescuing Han.
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I remember how difficult the game was to purchase at the time because it was sold out at all the stores when it was first released. I had fond memories of playing the Hoth level. I also liked the first person shooter levels of the game.
I'm curious on his thoughts about running it on today's hardware too.
I look forward to future videos from this era.
Stupid IG-88. Scared the crackers out of me.
Beat him by pure luck. I closed my eyes and kept shooting him until I beat his ass.
Then my file was delete and was too scared to go through it all again, so I gave up playing the game.
Beat him by pure luck. I closed my eyes and kept shooting him until I beat his ass.
Then my file was delete and was too scared to go through it all again, so I gave up playing the game.
i remember having a copy of super mario 64 and going down to the local game rental place (just a dude operating out of his house) and asking if i could swap it for shadows of the empire. the guy was ecstatic and was happy to swap.
i played the game and yknow, it was okay i guess? went back to see if he'd let me swap shadows for something else and got a firm no. i learnt about supply and demand that day.
i played the game and yknow, it was okay i guess? went back to see if he'd let me swap shadows for something else and got a firm no. i learnt about supply and demand that day.
I'll never forget the difficult controller input it took to turn on the cheats for this game
I'll never forget holding off buying this so my parents could gift it to me for Christmas. Killed me. I got it Christmas Eve and played it the entire night until Christmas morning
I have to ask Dark1x, when you are showing the N64 are you showing it as a direct feed? Whilst the N64 never looked great it looks pretty terrible blown up onto a 1080p or 4k TV. Whats your thoughts about giving us a feed thats through an OSSC instead? As it's not really changing the image like an emulator does, yet making it look nicer on modern TVs whilst still showing how it looks on original hardware.
That was through an OSSC and with deblur engaged. So, yeah, that's best case for analog output from the system.
It looks really nice on the CRT but, yeah, captured footage is not great.
Thank you Dark1x for explaining to people the difficulties that belie PC gaming circa 1997/1998! Too many people assumed it was as simple as it is today.
Don't even get me started on the Sound Card Wars!
And yeah, Shadows of the Empire is an interesting Interquel that never got its own movie. I'm not sure at this point if Disney feels it would want to revisit it, which is a shame.
And yes I have the novel and I love it!
Don't even get me started on the Sound Card Wars!
And yeah, Shadows of the Empire is an interesting Interquel that never got its own movie. I'm not sure at this point if Disney feels it would want to revisit it, which is a shame.
And yes I have the novel and I love it!
Watching this now, loving the video.
I bought this game for my 10th birthday with birthday money for $114 at Toys R Us! I remember being soooo excited.
I always liked this game. Now I wanna replay it :(
Such hard nostalgia for this game!
Remake plz.
Ps. I never knew about the PC version til now WTF
I bought this game for my 10th birthday with birthday money for $114 at Toys R Us! I remember being soooo excited.
I always liked this game. Now I wanna replay it :(
Such hard nostalgia for this game!
Remake plz.
Ps. I never knew about the PC version til now WTF
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