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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire turns 20 today. Say something nice about it.

>> No.3653930

Great game!

>> No.3653934
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>>3653919
It was the first Star Wars game I played. The Hoth and Skyhook battles were amazing, I really like how this game set the precedent that all star wars games that allow you to operate a ship has a Hoth level. The IG-88 and sewer squid battles terrified me when I was younger. Fuck the Mos Eisley level.

>> No.3653937

I used to play through the train and the Skyhook battle pretty much every day as a kid.

>> No.3653974

>>3653919
I set my tv to the calibration settings the game recommended and the canyon level had inside parts that were pitch black. Somehow I still managed to get through it using the blaster to see the distance to the walls.

>> No.3654000

>>3653919
if I remember correctly, it single handedly saved Star Wars video games from not existing, so...thanks!

>> No.3654025

>>3653919
Had lots of fun with it.
Awesome to play to a John Williams score.
Space battles were like I'm right in the movies.
Willem scream, yes.
Kirk Douchelwhacker or whatever his name is was a cool character.
I guess he's not canon, now.

>> No.3654083

>>3653919
only game I enjoy on the n64, happy bday

>> No.3654118

It's a game

>> No.3654147
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>first person OR third person perspective shooter levels

>planet based aerial vehicle combat levels

>space based vehicle levels with 360 degree field

>swoop bike racing level set all precedent for another great star wars game: episode 1 racer

>had as many planets/locations as the infamous star wars galaxies MMO did at release, as a fucking n64 game.

>the 'cheat codes' let you control and play with all sorts of different enemy characters and vehicles for more post-game content, the feeling of playing as a wampa and murdering storm troopers was crazy as a kid.

>> No.3654149

>>3654025
and

Weena Mercatur
as The Hopping Woman

>> No.3654161

Enjoy reading the making-of (postmortem) from Game Devleoper Magazine in 1998


https://archive.org/stream/GDM_January_1998#page/n41/mode/2up

>> No.3654170

Aside from Mario 64 this was my most played single-player N64 game. Great level design, great controls, fun variety of gameplay mechanics, and all wrapped in a decent Star Wars story.

The Skyhook battle as an x-wing kept many of my childhood afternoons busy.

>tfw holding every damn button on the controller with a double hand claw grip and using your chin to slowly move the joystick halfway left and right.

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>>3654170
>>tfw holding every damn button on the controller with a double hand claw grip and using your chin to slowly move the joystick halfway left and right.

i dunno what the fuck you were doing, but you were doing it WRONG

>> No.3654181

>>3654000
There were plenty of other Star Wars games coming out. Not to mention the hype from the Special Edition movies.

>> No.3654224

Hoth is fun
Speeder bike race is fun

>the train level
>all you had to do was follow the damn train

>> No.3654229

>>3654178
The cheats to play as the X-Wing and Tie Fighter in the Skyhook were pretty fucked up. I remember resting the controller against my leg to keep the L button depressed while I did the rest of the input.

>> No.3654390

>>3654178
>hold C-Up + C-Down + C-Left + C-Right + Z + L + R + Left and the Analog-stick Left halfway for approximately five seconds. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound. Keep the buttons held and hold Analog-stick Right halfway until the same sound is heard. Keep the buttons held and hold Analog-stick Left halfway until the same sound is heard. Keep the buttons held and hold Analog-stick Right halfway until the same sound is heard. Keep the buttons held and hold Analog-stick Left halfway until the same sound is heard. If done correctly, a message will appear at the top of the screen.

Yeah, plenty of people used their chins for this, dude.

>> No.3654421

THWOMP THWOMP THWOMP

>> No.3654452

>>3653919
Isn't the PC version better? The Dark Forces, X-WING, TIE Fighter series are better.

>> No.3654462

>>3654000
Actually SotE was an experiment to see if Star Wars was still a viable money-making franchise. We probably have this game to thank for the prequels being made.

>> No.3654468

>>3654452
Is there ever a time when the PC version is worse? only Crazy Taxi comes to mind

>> No.3654492

>>3654452
it was released on PC? I had no clue. Probably runs awful on modern windows right?

>> No.3654494

>>3654492
Gog version runs alright but the controls are weird as hell with mouse+keyboard for the flying levels.

>> No.3654498

>>3654468
A few instances. MGS is another one.

>> No.3654517

>>3654468
No idea. They're different because cartridge versus CD-ROM. Spider-Man 2 (movie) is worse on PC cause it was a CD-ROM while the XBOX Phat was 8.5GB DVD-ROM.
>>3654492
>>3654494
Probably have to make an XPadder profile. And yes GOG version.
>>3653934
First Star Wars game I played besides the one or two for Atari 2600 was STAR WARS Arcade. The one with Vector graphics. I was 10 in 1989
LOVE the Super Star Wars SNES Trilogy.

>> No.3654529

>>3653919
At the time: Seemed amazing, seemed like a benchmark... until Goldeneye came out and made it look absolutely silly.

Still has nice nostalgia value.

>> No.3654531

>>3654468
Hell it's been happening a lot with modern releases such as Arkham Knight where the PC versions are broken beyond playable.

>> No.3654618

>>3653919
Beat it on a rental not long after release, then made a point of buying it a few years later after reading the novel. Rendar is infinitely more likable in the game. For some reason the author decided to make him an unrepentant asshole. Actually the author made everyone that wasn't Vader and Luke into assholes.

Game gives Rendar a much nicer personality, story and send-off. Outrider also looks much cooler as the book more or less describes it looking like Padme's yacht with a mirror finish.

>> No.3654647

>>3653934
Dash looks very confused by this giant spinning rebel logo.

>> No.3654668

>>3654462
this is retarded there was a constant stream of star wars games through the 80s and 90s

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First and final levels are the best.

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>>3654452

The PC version has these awful CGI cutscenes, the sprite-based cutscenes on N64 version look way better, but I guess back in the day, the CGI looked more advanced.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfSrTImTOyg

>> No.3654703

>>3654685
Considering how close SotE got to being made into a legit movie it was probably some exploratory attempt at a CG film.

>> No.3654871

>>3654531
Yes, but something tells me they botch them on purpose.

>> No.3654947

>>3653934

I remember the wampas in the mountains use to freak me out when I turned around & were RIGHT THERE.

>> No.3656864

>>3654468

indiana jones and the infernal machine
turok 1 and 2

>> No.3656903

>>3656864
how is turok 1 & 2 worse on PC?

>> No.3657018 [DELETED] 

>>3653919
Fuck you, you fucking fuck.

>> No.3657042 [DELETED] 

>>3653919
The nicest thing about it is that i didn't play it. Just like every shitpile nintendo product after SNES.

>> No.3657861

>>3654468
Eh, most ports of console games that get half arsed treatment and half of them are worse off than their console versions for it.

>> No.3657946

Mgs is fine on pc. Just the shit audio quality that sucks

>> No.3657952

>>3656903
botched music and worse visual effects.

>> No.3658530

Why were those wampas scary?

>> No.3658848

>>3653919
I remember being so amazed when I saw the on-foot third person gameplay following the flying stuff. I couldn't believe it was the same game. At the time it was really mind blowing for me.

This game was solid af but time seems to have forgotten it. I played through it just once and then never touched it again.

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>>3654000
this game was super fun though. I remember playing through it on my friend's PC. we loved it, even if most of it was an on-rails shooter.

>> No.3659328

Dash Rendar>>>>>>Han Faglo

>> No.3659753

How are you guys still playing it? I've never gotten it to emulate properly

>> No.3659761

>>3659753
By playing the real thing, bro! It's only a $5 game these days.

>> No.3659771

>>3659761
>buying a used n64 just to play one game

Pathetic

>> No.3659779

>>3659753
There's absolutely no reason to emulate it when there's a PC version.

>> No.3659806

>>3654224
yep, harder train level than san andreas, legendary... then that boss battle at the end FUCKKK.

>> No.3659839

I remember the cheat to play as a Tie Fighter at Skyhook (as well as X-Wing)

It was fun to pretend being the other side for once. I forget if you could see the Outrider flying around in the dogfight after you switched over. I know you could never destroy the Falcon though

>> No.3660071

>>3659839
So many hours spent chasing the falcon down in a tie fighter