Dark forces was a revolutionary game when it came out, with the first true 3d navigation in a first person shooter and the ability to shoot up and down and not just directly in front of you. Also first shooter to have jump and crouch.
you have to go through a character arc first. do a training montage. raise your fists towards the sky in a stormy rainy night and scream. eye of the tiger this shit.
Kyle Katarn is basically space Chuck Norris. This is the guy who took on the empire with only a blaster, and punched two dragons to death. Then he grew a beard, and became force sensitive, transforming into space Jesus.
to beat Anoat: you need to raise the level of sewer sludge enough that you can cross through the central area behind the second dial door into the hallway that has the pulsating lights. to do this: 1. activate the switch in the room behind sewer door #1, raising the level of sludge in the central room behind door #2 2. activate the switch in the room behind sewer door #2 raising the level of sludge in the central room behind door #2 a bit further 3. activate the switch in the room behind sewer door #3, then backtrack out of the room in which is the switch, go to the now unblocked door, and behind that door you'll find a room with another switch. activate that one, and the sludge level behind door #2 will reach the desired level, then return to the dial. 4. set the dial to open door #2, now you can progress to the hallway across the central sewer room (the hall with pulsating lighting) 5. continue as usual through that area. at the end you'll find moff rebus. congratulations, you win and stuff!
@@nybergsgarage I was older than that when I first played Dark Forces, but then again, I'd been playing video games since the mid to late 70s. Raiders of the Lost Ark for the Atari 2600 absolutely requires you to read the manual. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that reading the "Hints" section is required as well.
@@lurkerrekrul goodness, the late 70's. never had a chance to play any games of that vintage. but with the consoles having wood trim it must have been pretty fun.
@nybergsgarage It was. I personally liked the woodgrain trim. Back then, wood paneling was common and both my parents' and grandparents' living rooms had dark wood paneling, which always gave me a sort of warm, cozy feeling. However it wasn't the wood trim that made it unique and fun, it was being able to actually interact with a TV image, Prior to the first home game consoles, TV was 100% non-interactive. You just sat and watched a show or movie. Maybe some shows had live call-in moments, but that's about it. Suddenly, you had a device that let you control what was happening on the TV screen. It was like magic. I didn't have the earliest games, my first console was a Sears-branded Atari Video Pinball. It had seven built in games, with no ability to add more. I guess you could consider it an early plug-&-play system. It had a large knob for playing paddle games, and a button on either side for the pinball flippers. Two games were pinball with different tables, then the same two tables with a paddle instead of flippers, two variations of Breakout (bounce the ball up to knock out blocks), and a primitive basketball game with just the paddle and a horizontal line to represent the basket. Keep in mind that even the pinball tables were extremely simple with just thick lines and boxes to represent the bumpers and targets. The flippers were just two thick lines hanging straight down, and when you pressed the buttons, they instantly changed to being straight across, no animation, no timing your shots, no catching the ball. Still, it was extremely fun for the time. Next came a Coleco Telstar Combat, which was a green, two player tank game. It had four handles, two on each side, to control the tank treads, and a button to shoot. It never worked properly. The picture was always distorted. Then there was a Coleco Telstar Arcade, which was a large triangular console, which used metal-cased triangular cartridges that snapped in the center of it. One side had knobs for playing Pong games, One side had a steering wheel and shift lever for (2D) racing games, and one side had a lightgun, modeled after an old west revolver. Right off the bat, the pack-in cartridge never worked, so I never got to use the steering wheel. I had a second cartridge, so at least I could play some games, but after a month or two, the lightgun started to register hits no matter where it was pointed. Then one day, my grandfather came home (my grandparents lived right below us) with a Sears-branded Atari 2600. For a month or two, the only game we had was Air Sea Battle (either shoot up at the targets above you, or drop bombs on the targets below you). We played the hell out of that. I used to go downstairs before school to get in a couple games against him. Next he bought Combat, where you fight against each one with tanks and planes. We also loved that cartridge. He bought more games and it was exciting to see what new ideas each one had. Eventually I got an Atari 2600 of my own, as well as various games. One day I saw a commercial on TV for the Atari 2600 game Skiing by Activision. I was amazed, because up to that point, all Atari 2600 games had bee made by Atari. This opened the floodgates to third party developers. Atari tried to stop them, but they lost. Which makes it really curious that now, all console games have to be licensed by the parent company, since it was ruled perfectly legal for other companies to make games for someone else's console. From there, I got a Commodore 64 for Christmas and that opened up a whole new world: Piracy! I could now just copy games from others, and my game collection ballooned into the hundreds. The games will look primitive by today's standards, but back then it was miles ahead of the Atari, or even the Colecovision. I thought some of the games looked incredible. It also introduced me to the idea of going online, although back then it was using a modem to call BBSs (Bulletin Board Systems), which were usually run on similar computers connected to phone lines by average people. Eventually I got a Commodore Amiga, which was another huge leap forward in sound and graphics. Then, around 2000 I joined the Windows cult with a WIn98 Pentium 2. Mostly out of necessity as I could no longer access the text-only internet account I'd been using with the Amiga. Looking back, I still have fond memories of those early games and can still enjoy an occasional round of some of them. Combat is still good fun if you have a second player., as is Warlords And even to this day, new games are being written for these old systems. For the C64 especially, new stuff comes out on a regular basis. Not long ago, someone ported Super Mario Bros., the Sega Master System of Sonic the Hedgehog, virtually arcade perfect (within the hardware limits of the system) ports of BurgerTime, Tutankham, Bosconian, Galaga, and others. For the last three years, the same programmer has released a free Christmas themed puzzle game. And that's just the free stuff, there are plenty of larger games that are being sold commercially in physical form. Admittedly, they're small production runs, but still. Well, that's more than I originally intended to write, I hope it wasn't too boring. Anyway, without the primitive start in the 70s, we wouldn't have the video games that we do today. :)
The thing is that with more modern graphics it wouldn't be required because everything is far more recognisable. With ancient games like Dark Forces, most textures look the exact same so you lose your way easily. Games today that utilise more texture variation would be easier to play this way.
@lurkerrekrul I think they meant the general map design. Everything is essentially the same exact texture style other than the glowing lights. And even then, it doesn't point in the direction you're supposed to backtrack or anything. I'm not a fan of hand holdy games but I can see why people who've never played it would struggle a lot
@@murkadelic422 For me, even if the textures are the same, there was enough variety in the level design that I was able tell most of the areas apart. If it was all 90 degree corridors like Wolfenstein 3D, I'd find that confusing, but when you have stairs, curved rooms, elevators, etc, I can usually find my way through. You can also use the dead bodies as markers for what areas you've already been to. Also, in the sewer level, the creatures don't respawn, and there really aren't that many of them, so once you kill 2-3, that area is clear and safe to explore. The last time I played it, I first went through the sewers just killing the creatures so that I could explore in piece. I'll admit that level was a bit confusing, but I got through it. Jedi Knight had some large and complicated levels as well.
Watching this aged me so much lmao. I’m in my early 30s now and remember thinking this was the pinnacle of gaming. Also, having lived through map designs like this and Shadows of the Empire, I never want to hear anybody complain about yellow paint again.
"Some dad out their is having the time of his life right now re living this" literally just perfectly described what my dads doing right now, incredible
Part of these games was getting around and using the map, finding secret areas. Hope he gives it another try just to see him drop a brick in his pants when he sees a dark trooper coming straight at him. The KK games were pretty fun though
What makes you think he could actually finish any of them? They're all from the era where games didn't hold your hand, and the designers expected players to be able to figure things out.
This was one of the first computer games I remember playing other than that one where you catch elves in a net and spell words and do math to find their treasure. This game used to have "Exit to DOS"
Pretty cool to be giving this game some attention but it's pretty funny that Zanny plays this before Jedi outcast or Jedi Knight Academy lol. Both games he probably would enjoy
I played through it and tbh I was also confused/disoriented and in the first 3 levels or so I needed a guide, after that my 2005´er Brain adjusted and I was able to pull through. Also played Dark Forces 2 and the Old "Jedi" Games after, really solid Story
Zanny doesn't know who Kyle is. Jesus, I thought he was a SW fan. He's like the Obi-Wan from before Obi-Wan was a thing, so cool and memey. I can understand if people don't enjoy dark forces nowadays as games these days are just go from point A to point B while bashing things, but I feel something was lost back then. The map designs, the creativity. No one puts that much effort anymore. The jedi knight series is more friendly compared to these earlier games, a fallen order done right.
Me and a mate were stuck on that for literally months! No online walkthroughs back then, just continuous frustration and bloody minded determination not to let it beat you!
@@austinseven4720 I started playing it during the era of online walkthroughs, but had no internet access at home. it took a LONG time to push through. (eventually, pretty sure we used a walkthrough...)
Wasn't quite a teen myself, but not far behind. I was 9 when this one came out and it is one of my favorite series of Star Wars games, up there with the X-Wing games.
This game is so fun! Freaking hard though without a walkthrough. First time players will have to use your noodle to figure out the puzzles. As a Star Wars fan, worth 30 dollars. I’m on a Star Wars binge of all the classics. Waiting for the battlefront collection, got dark forces, Star fighter, Jedi academy 1 and 2, bounty hunter, the pod racing games, and republic commando’s which is just call of duty Star Wars and it’s also extremely difficult. I have Knights of the old republic on PC so I’m gonna enjoy Star Wars till may the 4th. Then gonna watch all the movies not by Ryan Johnson. Also Zanny, this is fully remastered . In the options, you can flip to classic graphics, good luck playing that lol
The dark trooper were basically heavily armed and armored droids originally developed to someday substitute the human imperial soldier. Besides phase 0, that were human cyborg super soldiers, there were 3 different development stages going from phase 1 to 3. In this game and specifically this video we get to see the phase III dark trooper. But due to certain events the research data got destroyed and development never really finished. What I find interesting is that in the rise of the empire after the events of episode 3, the empire explicitly forgoes the use of battle droids. Since they turned into a symbol of oppression and fear during the clone wars and palpatine wanted to gain the favor of the people. So At the point and time that the game plays out they seemed confident enough to slowly try and replace their whole army with droids.
the reason the door you interacted with did not work and then did work is because in between those two attempts, you restarted the hydroelectric power generator (the 'spinning the water' thing you mentioned) to succeed at this game requires looking at your surroundings, checking your objectives, and attempting to discover the manner in which you're intended to complete those objectives. in other words, it requires a bit of thinking.
This is the only Dark Forces/Jedi Knight game I haven't played. The cutscene are so weird. It's like a high quality version of the Zelda CDI cutscenes. I hope Zanny plays Dark Forces 2 if it's also remastered. The FMV cutscene are so hilarious at times.
I’m gen X (45) and played this in HS lol. For the time it was pretty epic. No waypoints, no yellow ledges, no restart at checkpoint. Was a rough life lol
Dude i played this game so much when i was a kid! Around 99/2000 when i was 7 to 8 years old! Me and my cousin spent hours not knoing where to go nor what to do 😂😂😂 was amazing 😂 Love from brazil
Your abort mission, you clear each sewer section, hitting the lever on each (‘I’ve been here before’, nope, light was red so lever needs to be pulled). Once all levers are pulled, it opens a new section to advance
A lot of people thought of this game as a Doom clone back in 95. However, there were a lot of things that Dark Forces did that gamers of today take for granted, like crouching, jumping and the looking up...Welcome to 90s gaming
I don't think I'd be able to play that. This kind of camera movement tends to give me motion sickness. Same issue as with the pod racing level from Lego Star Wars the Complete Saga.
This was the first computer game I ever owned. I had to play it in MS DOS and the sound didn't work. I also couldn't beat level 3... when I was 5 years old.
16:49 so lore actually identifies that its not bad aim the troopers are at, but rather its a strategy to give their enemies a false sense of… was it security?
You better play Jedi Outcast for the heresy of not knowing who Kyle Katarn is.
Dark Forces 2 first.
Didn't he play Jedi Academy? Or am I just imagining that?
@@GutsyViceroy I don't remember. I don't watch his streams if he streamed it but hasn't made a video.
Yeah, seriously, Outcast is the reward for making it through this
“HERESY!”
- General Zod
Dark forces was a revolutionary game when it came out, with the first true 3d navigation in a first person shooter and the ability to shoot up and down and not just directly in front of you. Also first shooter to have jump and crouch.
The Uncharted guy saved my fish from drowning
He saved my drown from fishing. A true hero
Not all heroes wear capes, some wear grappling hooks
Zanny not knowing who Kyle Katarn is hurts a little
who is he
@@Nikzedik93 ye, thats totally the answer the dude was waiting for.What a useless piece of meat.
@@singularityraptor4022An assault Imperial soldier who deserted and joined the rebels, a Jedi at the end.
Is Kyle Katatn a side character or a major character ? Never heard of him
@@hypemann8085 He did steal the death star plans in the old Canon and became a pretty cool Jedi too
Zanny not knowing Kyle Katarn is a crime
My enemy just set a new personal best and I cannot live with myself if I let him win
so your options are suicide squad and suicide?
@@Tabaluca911 yes
you have to go through a character arc first. do a training montage. raise your fists towards the sky in a stormy rainy night and scream. eye of the tiger this shit.
@@aca347 it’s been two months I finished my arc what now ?
Zanny being confused but nostalgic makes my day
So much nostalgia, glad these maps are still as confusing as I remember them. I am probably too old to be watching this channel lol
I feel the same
You are never too old to enjoy some good ol gaming
I'm an old Zanny enjoyer as well but it could be worse. I could have been an old Dream fan.
Kyle Katarn is basically space Chuck Norris. This is the guy who took on the empire with only a blaster, and punched two dragons to death.
Then he grew a beard, and became force sensitive, transforming into space Jesus.
This is almost the exact same description Civvie gave and i love it
@@MatthewShep Hello there, fellow Civvie enjoyer.
to beat Anoat: you need to raise the level of sewer sludge enough that you can cross through the central area behind the second dial door into the hallway that has the pulsating lights. to do this:
1. activate the switch in the room behind sewer door #1, raising the level of sludge in the central room behind door #2
2. activate the switch in the room behind sewer door #2 raising the level of sludge in the central room behind door #2 a bit further
3. activate the switch in the room behind sewer door #3, then backtrack out of the room in which is the switch, go to the now unblocked door, and behind that door you'll find a room with another switch. activate that one, and the sludge level behind door #2 will reach the desired level, then return to the dial.
4. set the dial to open door #2, now you can progress to the hallway across the central sewer room (the hall with pulsating lighting)
5. continue as usual through that area. at the end you'll find moff rebus. congratulations, you win and stuff!
Don't bother, he'll never be able to do any of that.
@@lurkerrekrul maybe. I couldn't get it for the first few years worth of trying myself. then again, I was ten.
@@nybergsgarage I was older than that when I first played Dark Forces, but then again, I'd been playing video games since the mid to late 70s. Raiders of the Lost Ark for the Atari 2600 absolutely requires you to read the manual. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that reading the "Hints" section is required as well.
@@lurkerrekrul goodness, the late 70's. never had a chance to play any games of that vintage. but with the consoles having wood trim it must have been pretty fun.
@nybergsgarage It was. I personally liked the woodgrain trim. Back then, wood paneling was common and both my parents' and grandparents' living rooms had dark wood paneling, which always gave me a sort of warm, cozy feeling.
However it wasn't the wood trim that made it unique and fun, it was being able to actually interact with a TV image, Prior to the first home game consoles, TV was 100% non-interactive. You just sat and watched a show or movie. Maybe some shows had live call-in moments, but that's about it. Suddenly, you had a device that let you control what was happening on the TV screen. It was like magic.
I didn't have the earliest games, my first console was a Sears-branded Atari Video Pinball. It had seven built in games, with no ability to add more. I guess you could consider it an early plug-&-play system. It had a large knob for playing paddle games, and a button on either side for the pinball flippers. Two games were pinball with different tables, then the same two tables with a paddle instead of flippers, two variations of Breakout (bounce the ball up to knock out blocks), and a primitive basketball game with just the paddle and a horizontal line to represent the basket. Keep in mind that even the pinball tables were extremely simple with just thick lines and boxes to represent the bumpers and targets. The flippers were just two thick lines hanging straight down, and when you pressed the buttons, they instantly changed to being straight across, no animation, no timing your shots, no catching the ball. Still, it was extremely fun for the time.
Next came a Coleco Telstar Combat, which was a green, two player tank game. It had four handles, two on each side, to control the tank treads, and a button to shoot. It never worked properly. The picture was always distorted.
Then there was a Coleco Telstar Arcade, which was a large triangular console, which used metal-cased triangular cartridges that snapped in the center of it. One side had knobs for playing Pong games, One side had a steering wheel and shift lever for (2D) racing games, and one side had a lightgun, modeled after an old west revolver. Right off the bat, the pack-in cartridge never worked, so I never got to use the steering wheel. I had a second cartridge, so at least I could play some games, but after a month or two, the lightgun started to register hits no matter where it was pointed.
Then one day, my grandfather came home (my grandparents lived right below us) with a Sears-branded Atari 2600. For a month or two, the only game we had was Air Sea Battle (either shoot up at the targets above you, or drop bombs on the targets below you). We played the hell out of that. I used to go downstairs before school to get in a couple games against him. Next he bought Combat, where you fight against each one with tanks and planes. We also loved that cartridge. He bought more games and it was exciting to see what new ideas each one had. Eventually I got an Atari 2600 of my own, as well as various games.
One day I saw a commercial on TV for the Atari 2600 game Skiing by Activision. I was amazed, because up to that point, all Atari 2600 games had bee made by Atari. This opened the floodgates to third party developers. Atari tried to stop them, but they lost. Which makes it really curious that now, all console games have to be licensed by the parent company, since it was ruled perfectly legal for other companies to make games for someone else's console.
From there, I got a Commodore 64 for Christmas and that opened up a whole new world: Piracy! I could now just copy games from others, and my game collection ballooned into the hundreds. The games will look primitive by today's standards, but back then it was miles ahead of the Atari, or even the Colecovision. I thought some of the games looked incredible. It also introduced me to the idea of going online, although back then it was using a modem to call BBSs (Bulletin Board Systems), which were usually run on similar computers connected to phone lines by average people.
Eventually I got a Commodore Amiga, which was another huge leap forward in sound and graphics. Then, around 2000 I joined the Windows cult with a WIn98 Pentium 2. Mostly out of necessity as I could no longer access the text-only internet account I'd been using with the Amiga.
Looking back, I still have fond memories of those early games and can still enjoy an occasional round of some of them. Combat is still good fun if you have a second player., as is Warlords And even to this day, new games are being written for these old systems. For the C64 especially, new stuff comes out on a regular basis. Not long ago, someone ported Super Mario Bros., the Sega Master System of Sonic the Hedgehog, virtually arcade perfect (within the hardware limits of the system) ports of BurgerTime, Tutankham, Bosconian, Galaga, and others. For the last three years, the same programmer has released a free Christmas themed puzzle game. And that's just the free stuff, there are plenty of larger games that are being sold commercially in physical form. Admittedly, they're small production runs, but still.
Well, that's more than I originally intended to write, I hope it wasn't too boring. Anyway, without the primitive start in the 70s, we wouldn't have the video games that we do today. :)
Zanny turns on the power generator in the second level and then is confounded why the electronic doors are suddenly interactable.
Well, that's perfectly understandable, since the game didn't have a cutscene to explain it to him...
Now I understand why so many modern games have an overwhelming amount of map icons and hand holding.
The thing is that with more modern graphics it wouldn't be required because everything is far more recognisable. With ancient games like Dark Forces, most textures look the exact same so you lose your way easily. Games today that utilise more texture variation would be easier to play this way.
@@Koozwad You mean glowing neon textures that you can see from a mile away, around everything that you can interact with?
@lurkerrekrul I think they meant the general map design.
Everything is essentially the same exact texture style other than the glowing lights. And even then, it doesn't point in the direction you're supposed to backtrack or anything.
I'm not a fan of hand holdy games but I can see why people who've never played it would struggle a lot
@@murkadelic422 For me, even if the textures are the same, there was enough variety in the level design that I was able tell most of the areas apart. If it was all 90 degree corridors like Wolfenstein 3D, I'd find that confusing, but when you have stairs, curved rooms, elevators, etc, I can usually find my way through. You can also use the dead bodies as markers for what areas you've already been to.
Also, in the sewer level, the creatures don't respawn, and there really aren't that many of them, so once you kill 2-3, that area is clear and safe to explore. The last time I played it, I first went through the sewers just killing the creatures so that I could explore in piece. I'll admit that level was a bit confusing, but I got through it.
Jedi Knight had some large and complicated levels as well.
Absolutely love this game. Thanks for making me feel old Zanny for playing this on release with my friends when i was 8. 😂
Zanny should totally play Devil May Cry, challenging, fun and bonkers.
We must warn him to skip2
@@gabriellopesguimaraes3513 agreed and the reboot
@@Freja_Broko Nah reboot has it's pros. It's the most accesible DMC game
@@glibchubik4090 Yeah but it's not apart of the Canon. Maybe after 5.
He should start with 5 to became addicted to the sick gameplay then starting with the old combat and level desing of the first games
zanny looking at darth vader: 😍
Watching this aged me so much lmao. I’m in my early 30s now and remember thinking this was the pinnacle of gaming. Also, having lived through map designs like this and Shadows of the Empire, I never want to hear anybody complain about yellow paint again.
Dark forces is so peak
finding this on the home page 1 minute after release is crazy
zanny casually being confused is the best thing I've ever seen
Next thing you know we'll have Zanny playing games on the Rosetta stone
This is exaclty what happens when new games condition players to hand-holding
Yeah, they're not prepared for games where you actually have to think.
Damn I'm old I remember when that game came out.
Kyle Katarn is where Finn's character concept came from. They stole everything and I mean EVERYTHING from other writers.
Except Kyle got the girl and became a Jedi 😂
When star wars dark forces has jump scares due to audio problems
I was 16 when i played this game. And I'm in my 20s. As a stan of this game, this video is an accurate depiction of what it feels like to play.
Its always amazes me how much easy info Zanny just chooses to ignore in every game. Like, the game tells you what is next.
"Some dad out their is having the time of his life right now re living this" literally just perfectly described what my dads doing right now, incredible
The moment Zanny said "Who's Kyle Katarn?" I rushed to the comments.
I ate while watching this, perfect 👌
Part of these games was getting around and using the map, finding secret areas. Hope he gives it another try just to see him drop a brick in his pants when he sees a dark trooper coming straight at him. The KK games were pretty fun though
Honesty after this zanny should go though the Jedi Knight games to complete the story of Kyle Katarn
What makes you think he could actually finish any of them? They're all from the era where games didn't hold your hand, and the designers expected players to be able to figure things out.
@@lurkerrekrul They aint hard games. I dont come from that Era of games at all.
This was one of the first computer games I remember playing other than that one where you catch elves in a net and spell words and do math to find their treasure. This game used to have "Exit to DOS"
This was great Zanny but man I feel old rn
We all hate level 3 Zanny, don't worry.
played this as a kid, so nostalgic watching zanny play it
1:16 I'm always there, u know when zanny streams Dromos ever loyal will be ever present
the sludge level also has really cool level design with the level gage to navigate new places
I feel like the chosen one because I was able to read that map like the guy in the matix reads the lines of code!
This legit was one of the first video games I ever played way back on the PS1
Pretty cool to be giving this game some attention but it's pretty funny that Zanny plays this before Jedi outcast or Jedi Knight Academy lol. Both games he probably would enjoy
this tripped me tf out i was way too high for this
I played through it and tbh I was also confused/disoriented and in the first 3 levels or so I needed a guide, after that my 2005´er Brain adjusted and I was able to pull through. Also played Dark Forces 2 and the Old "Jedi" Games after, really solid Story
oh kyle katarn my beloved
Back in the old days, we knew which way to go based on whether or not there was anything still alive in that direction.
Zanny doesn't know who Kyle is. Jesus, I thought he was a SW fan. He's like the Obi-Wan from before Obi-Wan was a thing, so cool and memey. I can understand if people don't enjoy dark forces nowadays as games these days are just go from point A to point B while bashing things, but I feel something was lost back then. The map designs, the creativity. No one puts that much effort anymore. The jedi knight series is more friendly compared to these earlier games, a fallen order done right.
Outcast is way better to start with Kyle games, it makes the first ones more manageable if you like the character.
This was absolutely painful to watch. Man forgot that the map existed so fast 😂
if Anoat gives you trouble, just wait till you get to the prison level...
Me and a mate were stuck on that for literally months! No online walkthroughs back then, just continuous frustration and bloody minded determination not to let it beat you!
@@austinseven4720 I started playing it during the era of online walkthroughs, but had no internet access at home. it took a LONG time to push through. (eventually, pretty sure we used a walkthrough...)
Damn I feel old. I played the original when it came out... and was teen
Wasn't quite a teen myself, but not far behind. I was 9 when this one came out and it is one of my favorite series of Star Wars games, up there with the X-Wing games.
This game is so fun! Freaking hard though without a walkthrough. First time players will have to use your noodle to figure out the puzzles. As a Star Wars fan, worth 30 dollars. I’m on a Star Wars binge of all the classics. Waiting for the battlefront collection, got dark forces, Star fighter, Jedi academy 1 and 2, bounty hunter, the pod racing games, and republic commando’s which is just call of duty Star Wars and it’s also extremely difficult. I have Knights of the old republic on PC so I’m gonna enjoy Star Wars till may the 4th. Then gonna watch all the movies not by Ryan Johnson.
Also Zanny, this is fully remastered . In the options, you can flip to classic graphics, good luck playing that lol
One of the first games I ever played as a little kid! This and Abe's Oddysee!
Better game than Assassins Creed Mirage
I really hope Zanny goes through all the star wars games. Even if he finds he doesn't like them after a bit.
Its nice getting some representation in video games
"There no yellow paint" 😂😂😂
This game does not let up
Yeah I also could never finish one of these games because I never found out where the hell to go and I lost patience with it.
We need that battlefront series back!
Been a while since i last heard of this game
Ohhhhhhh it's like Wolfenstine 3D but Star Wars, cool
10:16 cheat codes, a fun specialty… like IDDQD (aka god mode, invincibility) IDBEHOLDS (is either grant all items or berserker mode…)
The dark trooper were basically heavily armed and armored droids originally developed to someday substitute the human imperial soldier. Besides phase 0, that were human cyborg super soldiers, there were 3 different development stages going from phase 1 to 3.
In this game and specifically this video we get to see the phase III dark trooper.
But due to certain events the research data got destroyed and development never really finished.
What I find interesting is that in the rise of the empire after the events of episode 3, the empire explicitly forgoes the use of battle droids. Since they turned into a symbol of oppression and fear during the clone wars and palpatine wanted to gain the favor of the people.
So At the point and time that the game plays out they seemed confident enough to slowly try and replace their whole army with droids.
Zanny you’re lucky you can even look up and down.
Zanny surprised that turning on the power on Talaynorr reactivates the doors
"Music Type: General MIDI".
Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time... a long time.
Now imagine you’re 7, and this is the first fps you’ve ever played. Pretty sure each mission took 2 months to figure out, and a year or so to finish
Zanny, would definitely recommend Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy. They are some of the best Star Wars games and don’t feel as dated as this one
Legit mans is playing a fever dream from my childhood.
the reason the door you interacted with did not work and then did work is because in between those two attempts, you restarted the hydroelectric power generator (the 'spinning the water' thing you mentioned)
to succeed at this game requires looking at your surroundings, checking your objectives, and attempting to discover the manner in which you're intended to complete those objectives. in other words, it requires a bit of thinking.
The Uncharted Guy saved me from a burning building
This is the only Dark Forces/Jedi Knight game I haven't played. The cutscene are so weird. It's like a high quality version of the Zelda CDI cutscenes. I hope Zanny plays Dark Forces 2 if it's also remastered. The FMV cutscene are so hilarious at times.
I’m gen X (45) and played this in HS lol. For the time it was pretty epic. No waypoints, no yellow ledges, no restart at checkpoint. Was a rough life lol
13:08 that makes more sense, 2 years after doom, and 1 year after doom 2
"Why is there a Kyle in Star Wars?"
Luke Skywalker: am I a joke to you?
“Why is there a Kyle in Star Wars?”
I dunno Zanny, why is there a Luke in Star Wars?
Lmao this is exactly how I felt when I played classic Doom and Duke Nukem 3D for the first time last year
Dude i played this game so much when i was a kid! Around 99/2000 when i was 7 to 8 years old! Me and my cousin spent hours not knoing where to go nor what to do 😂😂😂 was amazing 😂
Love from brazil
There were some fun cheat codes in these games too....
Ah, before games held your hand....
So I haven't gotten through the video yet, but that's not Tarkin. He's a General called Rohm Moc, he runs the Dark Trooper program in legends.
man i remember this game, you should try jedi academy its still have the best lightsaber combat to this day
Your abort mission, you clear each sewer section, hitting the lever on each (‘I’ve been here before’, nope, light was red so lever needs to be pulled). Once all levers are pulled, it opens a new section to advance
I loved playing this on my pirated arcade system
Zanny you fool, you should know that Disney’s terribad “canon” holds no power over here in the real Star Wars timeline.
A lot of people thought of this game as a Doom clone back in 95. However, there were a lot of things that Dark Forces did that gamers of today take for granted, like crouching, jumping and the looking up...Welcome to 90s gaming
Day 1,698,999 of asking zanny to finish the Mafia Definitive Edition
Dedication is real 🍷
Bro was born from 4000 years ago and never gave up
@@Oranscoo I am trying to stay strong fr
@@dallashewitt3742 respect
Day 162 of asking Zanny to do an uncharted series:
I agree he really should do an uncharted series
Uncharted guy thank you for saving my children ❤ I really appreciate it ❤
@@Gojo-sm6xlyes he did lol
I applaud this man's dedication
Uncharted guy thank you for making me a better person🥰
This was a pain to watch, jesus have mercy 😭
Inb4 uncharted guy
I don't think I'd be able to play that. This kind of camera movement tends to give me motion sickness. Same issue as with the pod racing level from Lego Star Wars the Complete Saga.
people in 90's : can't wait to play star dark force remaster wars 🤩
@three zanny You can’t back down now. You gotta fist fight the kill dragon.
If three zanny not trying Nioh 2 I will have to ask zanny and two zanny! One of them might 😂😭
Please play Jedi Academy
Much too complicated for him.
fun fact kyle kataran has the same type of gun as andor in the andor show
You mean Andor has the same type of gun as Kyle.
"This game is older than me"
"This game is older than a lot of people"
Damn I feel old now
How can he be a SW fan and not know about Kyle Katarn?
This was the first computer game I ever owned. I had to play it in MS DOS and the sound didn't work. I also couldn't beat level 3... when I was 5 years old.
Zanny you should try out the Phantom Menace game. They just remade it for PS5 like a month ago
@Zanny Kyle is the blueprint for Cassian Andor.
And he's the inspiration for Cal Cestis with the Jedi Knight games.
16:49 so lore actually identifies that its not bad aim the troopers are at, but rather its a strategy to give their enemies a false sense of… was it security?