By Alec Meer on September 14th, 2009 at 10:22 pm.
The LucasArts comeback wagon just keeps on rolling. It is a wagon laden with wondrous games both old and new, designed to trick us into falling in love with the computeryvideotasticgames arm of the George Lucas Empire all over again, even though it used to keep us locked in the cellar and whipped us with the metal end of its belt on a daily basis. It’s a deception few will grumble about, however. The revisiting of its back catalogue on download services (specifically, Steam and Direct2Drive) continues with the announcement that the Jedi Knight shooter/lightsaber series will fetch up on said services soon. That’s ‘soon’ as in ‘tomorrow’. Wootini!
No word on price, but LucasArt’s ever-excitable Twitter feed assures us “we have been good in the past, right?” [Polite cough]. I, ah, think they mean the very recent past, rather than most of the last decade. What is confirmed is that it’s the entire Jedi Knight series – so not simply Jedi Knight 1 &2, but also Jediless predecessor Dark Forces (which I played through a frightening number of times back in the day), divisive and arguably underrated sequel Jedi Academy and JK1′s Mara Jade-centric (a fan-favourite expanded universe character who, I believe, eventually ended up getting hitched to Luke Skywalker once he finally stopped having dirty thoughts about his sister) expansion Mysteries of the Sith.
I find the completism fascinating. We really are gradually headed towards a time when any and every major PC game is available near-instantly. That said, I’d love to see sales figures on these kinds of re-releases: do they purely have niche appeal, or are they genuinely reaching a new audience who isn’t running screaming from the olden graphics and lack of Achievements?
Still, o happy day. Trad. response, just to head you off at the pass: yes, but what about TIE Fighter/X-Wing? I’m sure they’re coming, but they probably need a little more technical skullduggery to play nice with XP/Vista/7. Patience, younglings. Oh, and I also want to see Shadows of the Empire re-released – but just the marvellous opening Snowspeeder vs AT-AT level, and not the ‘orrible rest of it.
14/09/2009 at 22:29 Roberto says:
All this retro nostalgia is just fine, I’m a sap for games from my childhood, but what I want from LucasArts is a sequel to Republic Commando. Such an underrated game and I need closure on what happened to Sev.
14/09/2009 at 22:30 Daniel says:
You toy with my heart, Sir. I saw the headline and assumed we were getting a [i]new[/i] Jedi Knight game. Good news, anyway.
14/09/2009 at 22:33 Paul says:
Yeah I am gonna buy them all except Jedi Outcast which I already own as part of Best of PC Collection.
14/09/2009 at 22:33 Centy says:
Yay! They have been good with the pricing of the games that have appeared on steam so hopefully I’ll be picking up JK2 and JKA for cheaps soon.
Shadows of the Empire demo featuring the Hoth level £1.99 :D
I’d rather have Rogue Squadron appear that was excellent and had a decent hoth level if I recall.
14/09/2009 at 22:43 airtekh says:
I’ve only played JKII:Jedi Outcast of these, but I thought it was great.
I might check some of the others out depending on the price.
14/09/2009 at 22:47 Benjamin Finkel says:
I rather liked the rest of Shadows! But the Hoth bit was amazing, yeah. First game I played where you could thread the AT-AT legs – and no later game has an excuse to not let you.
Ben
14/09/2009 at 22:52 Magnus says:
No Go for me until they’re on Good Old Games.
I wait in hope…
Also, I’m pretty sure TIE Fighter works in XP (although it requires a joystick for the collector’s edition which brings another potential problem), though perhaps Vista may be an issue, since I’ve heard it doesn’t like older games much…
14/09/2009 at 22:53 deathcakes says:
Arg, also fooled by the merest hints of a new Jedi Knight game. Still excellent news though.
14/09/2009 at 22:59 Schmung says:
Memories of the imperial repeater surfacing..
Sadly, I’m not a great one for older games. ’tis fine with a strategy type of game, but an old FPS (unless it’s Doom/Quake) just does nothing for me. I just wish they’d make a new one TBH
14/09/2009 at 23:02 Vandelay says:
Surely the heading should have been the far less pun-tastic “Return of the Dark Forces series.” It will always be Dark Forces to me, just as Opal Fruits will always be Opal Fruits.
All very good games, although I’m probably alone in my believe that Outcast is the weakest of all of them. Academy is very much underrated. Pretty much ditching any need for the lacklustre weapons was a smart move, and the greater emphasis on duels made for more fun when the cutting down of endless stormtroopers grow tiresome.
But it is the earlier Dark Forces 2 and the addon that will always be my favourite of the series. I think I’m going to have to dig out my copies of those games and re-play them (probably Dark Forces too.) Possibly the best Star Wars games ever made, with only Knights of the Old Republic coming close.
As for X-Wing/TIE Fight games, I’m not so sure they will be returning. I would like them to (as I missed out on them, besides X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter) but I would imagine that they would be even more niche than the majority of other retro games. After having attempted to play Freespace 2 on gamepad, I can honestly say that it is pretty much impossible to play space sims without a joystick. The lack of any joysticks around means that the audience would probably be tiny.
14/09/2009 at 23:02 Railick says:
Tie fighter does work XP and so does X-Wing and X-wing Alliance :) Was playing Tie fighter the other day. (I’m not as good as I used to be lol)
I’d love to see a flash game based on star wars where you’re an imperial storm trooper and you get points based on how close you can get to shooting the heros from Star wars without actuallying hitting them (to create tension without actually murdering a main plot character) Or maybe a G.I. Joe game
14/09/2009 at 23:03 Vinraith says:
Old FPS’s (unlike old strategy games and old RPG’s, IMO) do present something of a graphical problem. I don’t suppose there are any mod overhauls out there for any of these games?
14/09/2009 at 23:06 army of none says:
I loved this series, so much. It’s a damn shame I’m too poor to afford to buy them again when I already have them in hardcopy :/
14/09/2009 at 23:06 Persus-9 says:
Well unless they take a wild break from the pricing model they’ve been using for their other rereleases I’ll be buying these as soon as they hit.
I’ve never played the other games because I went off Star Wars (no prizes for guessing why) but Dark Forces was one of the games that made me because it was one of the games that really got me into PC gaming.
I was a huge Star Wars fan around that time and I made the effort to learn more about PCs partly so I could tell my dad what needed upgrading on our PC so that I could play the Star Wars games rather than just playing whatever games my dad would bring home. It was also the first FPS game I ever played but sadly I was young and rubbish so I never completed it and didn’t have much fun dieing all the time so I sold it (one of only two games I’ve ever sold and the one I really regret) so I’ve still not finished it to this day.
Still the fact is it was Dark Forces and the other Star Wars PC games that made me get into PC gaming and so in spite of the fact I never really enjoyed Dark Forces the first time round its place in my gaming history is one of huge importance and I look forward to finally finishing it now I’m less rubbish at games.
14/09/2009 at 23:07 newt says:
The original Dark Forces uber alles. Katarn with a beard, lightsaber and Jan Ors as a girlfriend destroyed the series (although the JK / Mysteries combo is decent).
14/09/2009 at 23:10 Lambchops says:
Ah good old Jedi Knight and Jedi Outcast. So much fun was had in the latter with the saber realistic combat and spawn enemy console commands. Spawn some goodies and baddies and let battle commence, see how many shadow troopers you could dismember before being taken out – there were so many possibilities. The game was damn good too.
i never gor round to playing Dark Forces (it just looked a bit to dated for me, I played Jedi Knight after Jedi Outcast but Dark Forces just didn’t quite appeal) and probably wont.
As for Jedi Academy it was fun apart from the shitty stealth sections and really obvious “be good or evil here” moment, which was telegraphed from the start of the game and due to poor characterisation had all the emotional impact of a a sardine rubbed ever so gently across your lower thigh. And the level design wasn’t as good. However you still got to run riot with a lightsaber and therefore it was fun.
As with Schmung I’d love to see a new one – it was a good series of games.
I also agree with a re-release of the space sims. I had a collectors edition thing and while X-Wing and X-Wing vs Tie worked fine Tie Fighter itself (arguably the best one) wouldn’t work, so I’d quite like to revisit that.
14/09/2009 at 23:11 TooNu says:
Dark Forces is coming to STEAM!!! OMFG GLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
14/09/2009 at 23:12 Lambchops says:
@ Vinraith
There’s ccertainly a texture pack for Jedi Knight – but I have a feeling it wont appease you if you tend to be put off by old graphics. It isn’t exactly a complete overhaul if I remember correctly, more a smoothing out of the rougher edges. Did the job for me though.
14/09/2009 at 23:16 lonerock says:
“Revenge of the Jedi Knight Series” would have been a great title for this post. Also, Wootini, you say? RPS needs more Rifftrax/Cinematic Titanic//MST3K references, methinks.
14/09/2009 at 23:17 Monchberter says:
GET IN!
For me, my introduction to FPS’s wasn’t Doom, it was Dark Forces and then Jedi Knight.
I am a happy nostalgee
14/09/2009 at 23:18 The_B says:
I think given the love in the other thread it’s time to spread it about a bit in this LucasArts post. (oo-err)
YAY FOR ALEC MEER!
14/09/2009 at 23:19 LewieP says:
There are a few notable games that I don’t think are available to download right now.
The System Shock games (which I think EA own)
Most of Bioware’s back catalogue is unavailable.
Alpha Centauri (again, owned by EA) had a reprint in the UK recently, but is not available as a download.
The Neverhood (also owned by EA – I am seeing a pattern here) isn’t available as a download at all.
Blizzard only have a handful of games available as a download, and only direct from them.
14/09/2009 at 23:19 Knight Of Cydonia says:
I came. Repeatedly.
14/09/2009 at 23:22 fearian says:
Still the fact is it was Dark Forces and the other Star Wars PC games that made me get into PC gaming and so in spite of the fact I never really enjoyed Dark Forces the first time round its place in my gaming history is one of huge importance and I look forward to finally finishing it now I’m less rubbish at games.
Same. I am quite happy.
14/09/2009 at 23:25 Carra says:
I noticed that SW: KOTOR was placed on steam a week or so ago :)
And I also think that Jedi Academy is an underrated game, just like the Republic Commando game. Jedi Academy had one of the best close combat fighting systems I’ve played. And it was a lot of fun to swing that lightsaber in multiplayer.
14/09/2009 at 23:27 Greg Wild says:
Can’t. Wait.
Dark Forces really was a benchmark for me. Dark Forces 2 was the game I bought my first graphics card for – and I’ve got fond memories lightsaber dueling over my LAN with it. Can’t wait to play Mysteries of the Sith as well, which I never managed to get around to buying back in the day.
Good times a’coming :D
14/09/2009 at 23:29 Dan says:
X-Wing Vs TIE Fighter is a bit of a mess on modern systems. I’d love to see the bugs fixed and a new release that hooks into Steam’s friend list for matching players together… Not to mention the Balance of Power expansion.
I have my USB stick ready and at least a half dozen wingmen willing, when can I blow that death star with a fleet of b-wings?
14/09/2009 at 23:32 Vinraith says:
@Lambchops
Thanks. I’ll have a look at it, anyway. It’s funny, old graphics bother mein some genres (racing games, FPS’s) and have no impact at all in others (non-RTS strategy, most RPG’s). I think it’s to do with how important it is that I be able to quickly identify or distinguish something on screen, more than it simply being important that it’s “pretty.”
14/09/2009 at 23:32 Monchberter says:
A warning to everyone, Mysteries of the Sith was brutally hard if i do remember. The Sith Temple at the end was possibly the most disturbing gaming experience of my youngling life. Constant ambient whisperings like heavy schizophrenia and almost unkillable zombies using force lighting and stone sith warriors with lightsabres who could one-hit kill you.
:(
14/09/2009 at 23:39 Lambchops says:
@ Vinraith
Yeah, i see where you’re coming from there. i remember getting all nostalgic once and downloading Privateer (probably one of the first games I can remember) to enjoy all over again . . . and I couldn’t. Didn’t have the foggiest idea what was going on. i guess some games just age better than others.
14/09/2009 at 23:40 Schadenfreude says:
Ever since watching the FMV sections of Dark Forces 2 I always think of Kyle Katarn as a grown up Bud Bundy.
14/09/2009 at 23:41 Sabre says:
Yay! A chance to finally play the original Dark Forces without having to buy it for extortionate prices on Ebay and the like. Only one I’ve not played in this awesome series.
14/09/2009 at 23:42 Schmung says:
I would tread over numerous relatives to get at a proper working modernised version(s) of the golden era X-Wing/Tie games. Tie Fighter ate three joysticks. Made Daley Thompson look like a ponce dammit. Of course, it may well be awful in this day and age, by my specs are as rose tinted as is possible when it concerns those games.
14/09/2009 at 23:54 Rei Onryou says:
I feel a great disturbance in the interwebs. As if millions of geeks suddenly cried out in joygasms, and were suddenly satiated. I fear something incredible has happened.
I don’t know when I’ll have time to play these, but I don’t care. Money spend time!
14/09/2009 at 23:56 DarkNoghri says:
Oooo, Star Warsy stuff. Still awaiting Tie Fighter.
Is anyone else getting spammed by Dogs of the Sea ads that seem to be using the Civony method of gaining attention?
15/09/2009 at 00:02 ChampionHyena says:
yes
YES
YESSSSSSSSSS
15/09/2009 at 00:05 Davik says:
I totally recognised the cover art, and I was only 4 when it came out!
15/09/2009 at 00:06 Novotny says:
This idea that a joystick will make TIE fighter niche is bollocks.
How many people had plastic guitars prior to whatever-it-is they play on consoles?
Besides, I have three ready to go :D
Come to think of it, I’ve probably bought more joysticks than any other hardware over – er – the last 26 years or so.
Let me recount them: Quickshot 1,2 (twice), TAC, Competition Pro (the coolest of all), Cyborg, Cyborg Evo, some other Cyborg, Thrustmaster 1600.
I know I had at least two other sorts in and around the Quickshot era but I cannae remeber what it was.
I haven’t included gamepads etc.
So basically, balls. If you haven’t got at least one joystick you’re a poor excuse for a pc gamer.
15/09/2009 at 00:26 psychosomatic says:
One assumes that Dark Forces will happily run on XP etc?
That I will pay for. The others I have owned disks of.
15/09/2009 at 00:36 Senethro says:
I hope they somehow get mouse control working in Dark Forces as some little bonus. I’d pay money for that – otherwise, I’d be happy to leave it to nostalgia. Its never worth going back to keyboard controls in an FPS.
15/09/2009 at 00:36 Igor Hardy says:
Dark Forces is the only one I really liked. Well, the first Jedi Knight played quite cool as well, but the cutscenes and storyline were absolute crap.
15/09/2009 at 00:50 Railick says:
I loved Jedi Knight Academy I think it has the best saber fighting of any game yet released.
15/09/2009 at 00:53 Railick says:
@Roberto – You can find out what happened to Sev, they’re not going to make a sequal instead they released a book telling what happened to tie in with the game O.o Yah, strange I know.
15/09/2009 at 00:56 Railick says:
actually I think I’m wrong. There were Republic Commando books but I think they are unrelated to the game ? I Just remember there being something out at the time that suggested if you wanted to find out what happened after the game you’d have to read the books. Ah well whatever O.o I wanted to know what happened too I was very disappointed when the game just ended right in what I considered to be the middle of it.
15/09/2009 at 01:35 Idle Threats and Bad Poetry says:
I googled Mara Jade on a whim, and I looked at the Star Wars Wookipedia. The quantity of information about her is horrifying. I mean, seriously, I understand being really into something, but some people need to get a life.
You think they could at least put their obsession for details to good use and study REAL history or something.
15/09/2009 at 01:51 Oak says:
Fun fact: that article is twice as long as “Bartleby the Scrivener”.
15/09/2009 at 02:27 Riotpoll says:
I’ve only played Jedi Academy, but it is one of the few games I’ve completed as it was rather fun, especially the lightsabres.
15/09/2009 at 02:52 Mister Yuck says:
Every part of Shadows of the Empire was perfect and you can go to hell, Meer! That’s my childhood you’re talking about!
15/09/2009 at 03:08 drygear says:
I wonder if this version of JK/MotS are compatible with mods. I have fond memories of hanging out on the Command Chamber forums and playing mods for Jedi Knight. It was a great community and they made some great mods. Anyone who plays JK and MotS should go back and check them out. The hub was at . The single player hub was at . Both have good reviews. And wow, the Massassi forums are still going.
15/09/2009 at 03:10 drygear says:
Bah, ignore my post above. I don’t know how to do the html tags properly, so I took them out here.
I wonder if this version of JK/MotS are compatible with mods. I have fond memories of hanging out on the Command Chamber forums and playing mods for Jedi Knight. It was a great community and they made some great mods. Anyone who plays JK and MotS should go back and check them out. The hub was at http://www.massassi.net and the single player hub was at http://www.commandchamber.net . Both have good reviews. And wow, the Massassi forums are still going.
15/09/2009 at 03:17 Seth says:
Empire Commando, please.
15/09/2009 at 03:25 cyrenic says:
I’ve played all of those games all the way through, go me :D.
Jedi Knight 1 was the first game I ever played online, so yeah, defining moment in my gaming life there.
15/09/2009 at 04:00 Weylund says:
Finally, I can replace the JKA DVD that I bought from someone in the UK and paid approximately one day’s salary to procure and ship. I’ll just put it away and occasionally take it out and rub it with a diaper.
Also, where the hell is TIE Fighter? I think every other title is just a “test the waters of this newfangled internets” thing before they make eight kajillion dollars re-releasing TIE Fighter.
15/09/2009 at 04:17 P.T. says:
JK (I think that was it, don’t recall the details well enough to tell them apart …) was really great. The online two-player saber duels — where folks actually bowed before commencing with the saber smashing — were quite amazing.
Also, after finish JK I went back and played the first level with a cheat to unlock all the powers of a jedi. Gives you a good sense for why it was plausible to send a single jedi down to a *planet* to police the thing …
15/09/2009 at 04:36 Darth Nader says:
To any interested, a revamp mod was released a while ago for JK1. I thought they did a pretty good job, considering. Hopefully this will be compatible with the Steam version.
15/09/2009 at 05:17 rei says:
DF2:JK was probably my favourite FPS ever. Never really managed to care much about Doom or Quake, but I replayed that game a hundred times (exaggeration), and I’ve never enjoyed a shooter as much since.
The parts after that felt like shallow, consolized tripe, alas. I’m not saying they necessarily were, but they certainly didn’t have the same magic as far as I’m concerned.
15/09/2009 at 05:25 Blather Blob says:
Oh, tomorrow as in tomorrow for the people on the other side of the planet who have already woken up in tomorrow. As in Wednesday the 16th :(
15/09/2009 at 05:40 Persus-9 says:
P.T.’s mentions of lightsaber dueling and the bowing remind me of an article I once read. I know a lot of you will have read it already either at the time or like me after reading Kieron’s manifesto but I thought this would be a good time to bring it into the conversation anyway.
15/09/2009 at 06:32 DarkNoghri says:
@Railick, Roberto
The Republic Commando books are indeed related to the game. I quite like them, as well. I only ever got to play most of the way through the game once, so I don’t remember the game’s plot much.
The books are about Omega Squad, mostly, but depending on the book, Delta squad (from the game) show up quite a bit. The last book, Order 66, actually has a bit of what Delta were doing on Kashyyyk, which might be about where you’re looking for information. Again, I didn’t finish the game, so I don’t quite know what you’re looking for.
Anyway, if you liked Republic Commando and you happen to like Star Wars, I would recommend Triple Zero, by Karen Traviss. It’s probably my favorite out of them.
Yes, I’m a Star Wars geek. Please see my name for more information.
15/09/2009 at 06:35 Fumarole says:
Empire Commando, please.
Oh god yes. That makes my lips numb just thinking about it.
15/09/2009 at 06:37 David says:
I loved how Jedi Knight 1 introduced each duel. It had a great cinematic pan with a narrator who describes the enemy. It was Jedi Knight 1 who got me to move onto WASD controls instead of Doom’s controls
15/09/2009 at 06:55 c-Row says:
I guess Dark Forces still won’t be available for us Germans…
15/09/2009 at 06:55 c-Row says:
*to (not for)
15/09/2009 at 07:16 bill says:
Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith are such awesome games. Two of the best ever made (and definitely one of the best expansion packs ever made).
The level design in JK is still my favorite of any FPS.
I have them already, though i hear they have problems on modern systems… if they fix that then it might be worth buying again.
Jedi Outcast and Academy – hated the first, and the second was only slightly better. But i know others enjoyed the MP.
PS/// Get them on GOG lucasarts!!!
15/09/2009 at 07:22 Hardtarget says:
Man I’m very interested in what the price point of this release will be, I own all the games but would love to convert them into Steam….
15/09/2009 at 07:47 Frankie The Patrician[PF] says:
2bill:
I doubt they like the GOG’s NODRM policy :)
15/09/2009 at 08:21 JoeDuck says:
There are joysticks that cost 12 euros. I find it hard to believe that that is a barrier of entry for a Star Wars game as accessible as Xwing.
The best news about the Dark Forces release is that they are running out of excuses, TIE fighter vs Xwing is coming…
15/09/2009 at 08:36 Thirith says:
Mysteries of the Sith never grabbed me at the time – I think I missed the cheesy but fun video sequences. Jedi Knight is my favourite Star Wars action title, though. There’s just one thing I prefer about the later titles in the series, namely the sabre fighting.
15/09/2009 at 09:19 Captain Bennett says:
I wish they’d let RAVEN make a new JK game instead of wasting time with consolised button bashing nonsense i.e. Force Unleashed.
15/09/2009 at 09:30 Ian says:
Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight was also my first online game. Didn’t play it MUCH, and I got caned, but it none the less briefly became my first dabble with online gaming.
15/09/2009 at 10:06 Theo says:
shall we get a RPS jedi academy server up and running somehow once this is out? :)
i used to love it, my disks are long gone and i will have to re buy it, does anyone have the ability to host a server?
15/09/2009 at 10:14 Jazmeister says:
Alec, you get extra points for “wootini!” right there.
I should really keep track of these comment thingies.
15/09/2009 at 10:20 -Spooky- says:
Saber only.. good ol´ days.. :)
15/09/2009 at 10:39 Legionary says:
There can be no patience with regards TIE Fighter: play or play not, there is no wait.
15/09/2009 at 11:03 Ed says:
Best things about Jedi Knight were the awful one liners by Katarn:
- “Looks like someone doesn’t like to have company!”
- “I should have killed you when I had the chance!”
- “Leaving so soon?”
- “I’d be a contented old man!”
The second best thing was the mindless voracity of the Stormtroopers. Killing Stormtroopers has never been so much fun.
15/09/2009 at 13:42 Phlebas says:
Funny – I was thinking of Dark Forces the other day in the ‘level skip’ debate, as an example of a PC game designed not even to allow mid-level saves, and perfectly pitched at that. It meant you had to allow a certain amount of time for a bash at the final level, but that didn’t detract from it at all – the solution is better game design.
Other than that, the thing I remember most about the game is picking up a Stormtrooper rifle for the first time and discovering how hard it is to hit anything. A lovely touch.
15/09/2009 at 14:37 UnclGhost says:
The one about being good in the past referred to equal pricing on Steam.
15/09/2009 at 15:11 Richard J says:
Much as I liked Dark Forces at the time, my main memory now is of the strange design decision that crouching down significantly reduced enemies’ ability to hit you. I spent the entire game pretty much invulnerable due to constantly holding down the C button.
15/09/2009 at 15:12 Springy says:
Is there still an online presence for the Jedi Knight games? Saber duelling was without parallel.
Oh, and the X-Wing series does work on XP/Vista (yes, even 64-bit) for me, thanks to this man’s workaround.
http://www.markusegger.at/Software/Games.aspx
15/09/2009 at 15:20 Wirbelwind says:
New Rogue Squadron and Jedi Knight for PC, please.
15/09/2009 at 16:57 PHeMoX says:
@Roberto: I think there will be a Republic Commando sequel and I agree, that game was a whole lot better than people gave it credit for. It sort of made the Star Wars universe look cool again without the endless Jedi hocus pocus stuff as the center force (exc. the bad pun) behind the gameplay.
15/09/2009 at 17:21 Tom says:
Oh for the love of god, give me Grim Fandango!
15/09/2009 at 17:44 Roberto says:
@Railick, DarkNoghri yeah I’m reading through the Republic Commando books right now, as I recently played through the game again and had a craving for more. The author, can’t remember her name of the top of my head, stated that she wasn’t going to touch the whole delta squad/sev situation, she said she would leave it up to lucasarts, so they better damn well deliver! and soon, its been like 5 years!
The books are good in their own right though.
@PHeMoX
Yeah I completely agree, the game went in a very original direction with the art assets while retaining that star wars feel. In my opinion probably the best thing to come out of the new trilogy.
15/09/2009 at 17:56 Vandelay says:
Didn’t Jedi Knight use Microsoft Gaming Zone (or something with a name like that) for its multiplayer? I’m assuming that doesn’t exist any more, so what are they using for this re-release?
P.S. Don’t seem to be able to log-in at the moment.
17/09/2009 at 11:18 Scott Kevill says:
I doubt they’ve changed anything for this re-release, but you should be able to play both Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith online using GameRanger.
15/09/2009 at 19:24 Shalrath says:
“Also, I’m pretty sure TIE Fighter works in XP (although it requires a joystick for the collector’s edition which brings another potential problem), though perhaps Vista may be an issue, since I’ve heard it doesn’t like older games much…”
I was playing this at a LAN, and we had it working fine on XP and Vista. Weird…
15/09/2009 at 19:52 Pax says:
Poor, poor Dark Forces. It apparently doesn’t even rate having it’s name in the title of the series it kicked off. Sad, because Dark Forces was ALL THAT IS STAR WARS. Especially in the pre-prequel era when we didn’t really know what the Jedi were all about and without Luke Star Wars was mostly about starship combat and troopers.
I just want “Star Wars: Dark Forces4: Jedi Knight3: Jedi Outcast2: Jedi Academy” to be named correctly, that’s all!
-Pax
15/09/2009 at 20:24 Bill says:
What about Pod Racer? It’s the only game that really scratches that high-speed, canyon-rushing, hover-racing itch.
15/09/2009 at 21:27 Scioptic says:
Ah how I wish they would make a sequel to Republic Commando. I also hope they call it Imperial Commando and start the game with you executing Jedi children. Muhahaha.
16/09/2009 at 07:41 Droniac says:
I loved Dark Forces and Jedi Knight 2. Jedi Academy wasn’t quite as good, but still a very decent game.
But, I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve yet to play Jedi Knight 1 (and Mysteries of the Sith). I’m definitely getting that game the moment it becomes available on Steam.
16/09/2009 at 12:30 maple story hack says:
Jedi Knight is favorite game of one of my friend, i still know that whenever he used to go his home, he would play this for at least 2 hours, And he still does.
16/09/2009 at 12:37 trindermon says:
not on steam yet :-( / sob
16/09/2009 at 21:02 Boldoran says:
This was the best article I ever raid about JKII: Jedi Outcast (not that I have many but still =)). The game was really well done in both single- and multiplayer.
I still have many fond memories of messing with the guys running the macro scripts (force-pulled all the Death From Above spamers from far away witch usually sent them flying on their back).
Also running around in singleplayer with maxed-out force-speed through a corridor full of stormtroopers, slashing at them in the fast stance. Turning around at the end I see the first one baerly hit the ground that very same moment.
16/09/2009 at 21:05 Boldoran says:
oops my comment was directed at
16/09/2009 at 21:08 Boldoran says:
ok I am too stupid to quote so I am just going to stop now. The article I meant was linked by Persus-9 above. Sorry
17/09/2009 at 02:37 Will Tomas says:
They’re up…
19/09/2009 at 05:30 Psychopomp says:
The good:They’re still all brilliant games.
The bad:Everything aside from Jedi Academy, and Dark Forces have no music. Very, very lazily done on, Lucasarts,
14/05/2013 at 13:52 RProxyOnly says:
I hate releases like this. They are highly shady.
They don’t do shit to them, all they do is make sure it runs on current OS’s and that kind of thing is usually long accomplished by the community.
Simply a cheap and tacky cash grab. Anyone who actually rewards companies doing this kind of thing by paying them for it instead of just pirating the arse out of it is part of the problem.