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Star Wars: Dark Forces is a video game about a Rebel mercenary called Kyle Kytarn who discovers a formidable Imperial mechanical type of troop called Dark Troopers.

Dunc|☺ 19:08, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Doom WADs

I've heard that Dark Forces was created in response to all the unofficial Star Wars WADs for Doom. Can anyone verify this? - Fredrik | talk 22:37, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Development was begun before Doom was released. After Doom was released, they decided to pull back the release date to do some more work on it. Showers 06:15, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

I thank the person who created a new version of this article. Last time I saw it, it was only about 2 or 3 lines long.

Alt Trigger

I removed the line "possiby the first" regarding the alt-trigger function, as Marathon from Bungie has this three months earlier.

GBA version

I've heard rumors that a GBA version of this game was released. Anyone confirm? 4.156.159.93 01:23, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

I could not verify this with a quick check of gamefaqs. Maybe someone ported it to GBA, but I can't verify that either. --Thaddius 18:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Battles

This section has been removed from the main article for these reasons:

• I do not believe a detailed chronicle of battles/levels is encyclopedic
• The list of battles has never been completed anyway (we only have the first 3 levels done)
• A more concise description of each level has now been included in the article
• Some of the material really isn't relevant to the game itself

If anyone disagrees please let me know Tonicthebrown 22:51, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Danuta

Striking from a hidden base, the Rebel Alliance attacked the Imperial facility on Danuta, where a partial set of the Death Star plans were hidden.

During the battle, Kyle Katarn, a former Imperial-turned-Rebel agent was sent down by Mon Mothma into the facility to retrieve the Death Star plans. Cutting through the station's defenses, he reached the control room, where he found the plans. He escaped with the plans and ensured the first Rebel victory, though with massive losses.

With the Danuta schematics, plus the other set stolen from the Death Star during a Rebel prison break, the Rebels put them together and beamed them to Ralltiir to Princess Leia's ship, the Tantive IV.

Massacre on Talay

General Mohc, a leading scientist in the Galactic Empire, studied battle droids used by the Confederacy in the Clone Wars. Desiring to improve upon what he saw as flawed designs, Mohc developed the next generation of stormtrooper. Using a battle droid skeleton, plus thick, hard armor, he created fearsome supersoldiers, which he called Dark Troopers.

In retaliation for the destruction of the Death Star, plus to test his new creations' power, Mohc dispatched a squad of Dark Troopers to the Rebel held city of Tak, on the planet Talay. There, a fierce battle took place that ended in a horrendous defeat for the Rebels. Countless soldiers and civilians were killed in the battle.

Kyle Katarn, the man who had stolen the original plans to the Death Star, went to Talay in search of clues to the Dark Trooper identity. He found a huge blaster rifle that no ordinary human could carry and deduced that it belonged to the Dark Troopers.

In the timeline of battles, the Revenge on Talay occurred before the Battle of Thyferra and after the Battle of Yavin.

Anoat City: the Subterranean Hideout

After studying the weapon found at the destroyed Tak Base, Rebel engineers discovered a label carrying the insigia "M.R.", the calling card of the infamous Imperial Engineer Moff Rebus. Rebus had been a weapons developer for the Empire and "retired" to the city of Anoat on the planet of the same name, but not before General Mohc contacted him to develope the new Dark Trooper Assault Cannon.

When the Rebels found out about Rebus' involvment with the Dark Trooper Project they hired Kyle Katarn to infiltrate his hideout on Anoat and bring him in.

The underground base that Rebus occupied was very elaborate and secure. A series of switches activated sewer gates at the opening of the base that led to a main drain chamber. When all the secondary switches that were spread throughout the facility were thrown, the floor of this chamber would rise up to meet a small opening in the other side of the room. The corridor that was on the other side of the opening led to a large room with several columns that were once connected by bridges, but now were isolated. After they were passed a bridge would be crossed, which led to Rebus' personal lab and arsenal, which included several Imperial Torture Droids. Rebus himself was gaurded by a large wall that dropped from the ceiling and four large gun turrets that popped from the wall.

Kyle battled Dianoga creatures and several droids to find Moff Rebus, and when he did he handed him over to the Rebel Alliance for questioning.

Mod for Jedi Academy

What about the Dark forces Mod for Jedi Academy? http://darkforces.jediknight.net/ Aero Flame 22:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't consider that link relevant enough to be put in a encyclopedia article. We already have something about the games enduring popularity and the fact that it is being converted for play on newer game engines. I don't know if any more are really necessary. Showers 17:12, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Screenshots

The number of screenshots in this article isn't the problem... it's what the screenshots show that's more of an issue. Fine, there are images showing the technology and characters, but there isn't a single screenshot which shows the actual gameplay! Could someone take a screenshot and upload it to address this problem? UnaLaguna 08:30, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Alot of the shots in the technical section and the pics of the probe droid and dark trooper are from actual gameplay, but Im assuming you want something with blasters going off. Showers 20:32, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Just an uncropped screenshot of the player shooting stuff... basically, something which shows what the game looks like to the player, interface, shooting et al. UnaLaguna 21:35, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Mac Version

It might be worth mentioning that the Mac version had double the resolution of the PC version (640x400 rather than 320x200 i believe) and additional controls possible; also, the requirements are only listed for the PC version -- although I don't know the requirements for the Mac version im sure df-21 has them Jhaagsma 23:43, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

That's actually quadruple the resolution (4x the pixels) and it was the case, unfortunately, for me and other players of the PC version. :) --Swaaye 07:06, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Ahh... yes I guess it would be :) - I wonder if theres any way to emulate it on my PC... Jhaagsma 08:17, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

First game with jumping/crouching?

I've looked around a lot and as far as I can tell this was the original first-person shooter game to implement jumping, crouching, and the ability to look up and down. Can anyone verify? Some guy 06:24, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

I think Ultima Underworld had at least a look up/down function first. --DocumentN 14:12, 20 September 2007 (UTC)