Thanks to years of work from modders on The Force Engine project
It’s okay everyone, call off the search. I’ve found my Christmas game. LucasArts shooterStar Wars: Dark Forceshas been given a modern makeover by The Force Engine project, and they’ve just released version 1.0 to the public after three years' work. During that time, the team’s reverse engineered Dark Forces and added a whole bunch of mod-cons, such as support for modern high resolutions and mouse-look. The project even has a trailer, which you can watch below.
Dark Forces was released in 1995, and used the Jedi engine. Its 21st century replacement lets players do fancy things such as play the game on an ultrawide monitor, and has quality of life improvements including an aiming reticle, autorun, and better AI for Boba Fett. The Force Engine also lets you bump that original 320x200 resolution all the way up to 4K, and there’s even controller support, if you like. Of course, you will need your own copy of the original game to get things running. You can read more about version 1.0 of the Force Enginehere.
Star Wars: Dark Forces is available onSteamandGOGfor £5/$6/€5, and GOG currently have it at 65% off in their Winter Sale. You can download version 1.0 of the Force Enginehere.
