Star Wars: Dark Forces
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LucasArts |
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Jedi |
DOS |
February 15, 1995 |
Mac OS (Classic) |
June 1995 |
Windows |
September 16, 2009 |
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General information
- Wookieepedia - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe
- Steam Users' Forums
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
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Essential improvements
Patches
1.2 Update patch
The 1.2 Update patch fixes some issues with the Classic version of Dark Forces (this does not work with the DOS version).
XL Engine port
XL Engine (formerly DarkXL and DaggerXL) is a fan project aimed at porting the Jedi, XnGine and Build engines to modern systems with additional features. Support for Dark Forces is currently in alpha stage.
Jedi Academy mod remake
Dark Forces: A Mod For Jedi Academy was a fan remake for Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Jedi Academy. A demo version containing the first six levels was released in January 2008. Progress then stalled, and the project was cancelled on January 27, 2012.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
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Input settings
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You can change these controls using INSTALL.EXE (KEYCONFI.EXE in the demo) (Or SETUP.EXE)
To access this in the Steam version, open your DOSBox configuration file and change dark.exe to install.exe (change it back once you are done configuring). You can also use DOSBox's built-in keymapper (Ctrl+F1).
Mouse settings cannot be changed in the demo.
DOSBox mouse sensitivity
Audio settings
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Issues fixed
Game randomly changes colors
Game appears stretched horizontally
Run retail version without the CD
Update Steam DOSBox version/Run without Steam
Enable Steam overlay
Run on Mac OS or Linux
System requirements
DOS | Windows | Mac OS (Classic) |
DOS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
MS-DOS 5.0 (Retail) Windows 2000 or newer (Steam) | |
Processor (CPU) |
386DX at 33 MHz
| 486DX at 33 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) |
3.5 MB free space (Retail) 80 MB free space (Steam) | |
Video card (GPU) |
256-color VGA/MCGA (Retail) DirectX 5.2 (Steam) | |
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