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- LUCASARTS' DARK FORCES FEATURES
- IN YOUR FACE STAR WARS ACTION
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- San Rafael, CA -- Get up close and personal with the deadliest
- stormtroopers and most vile aliens ever in LucasArts Entertainment
- Company's upcoming first-person, PC CD-ROM action/adventure, Dark
- Forces. Scheduled for release this fall, Dark Forces introduces a
- compelling new Star Wars story fraught with danger and intrigue, and
- executes it in richly-detailed, full-3D environments. Successfully
- completing the game (and, of course, saving the universe from the
- clutches of the evil Empire) requires navigating through more than a
- dozen complex, multi-level worlds and harnessing the fire power of an
- arsenal of weapons including blasters, ion guns and plasma assault
- rifles in order to defend the Rebel cause. Dark Forces will be
- available in the fourth quarter of 1994.
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- The player takes on the persona of an elite special agent on the
- Rebel Alliance's covert intelligence team. When the Rebels learn of the
- Empire's devastating new battle station -- the Death Star -- you are
- assigned to infiltrate an Imperial Star Destroyer and capture the plans.
- This first mission leads to subsequent -- more dangerous -- missions
- revolving around the discovery of a secret facility where the Empire is
- manufacturing an army of deadly, mechanized super stormtroopers. This
- gripping action game pits the players against an array of Imperial
- enemies, super-human adversaries and aliens loyal to the dark side, all
- while negotiating the corridors and catwalks of enemy vehicles,
- descending into the rocky canyons of the Empire's hidden bases, freeing
- prisoners from their subterranean cell blocks and squaring off against
- Admiral Mohc and his army of special darktroopers.
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- During game play, your alter-ego is extremely maneuverable. In
- addition to having 360 degree rotation, he can look up and down and
- execute enhanced movements such as jumping and ducking. The player can
- utilize a Personal Digital Assistant for easy access to mission
- briefings, as well as a Heads-Up Display for status evaluation and an
- auto-mapping function for quick location reference. Game play can be
- customized to the player's own skill with difficulty levels ranging from
- beginner to advanced.
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- The game visuals are detailed and realistic with challenging
- indoor and outdoor morphing environments and 3D texture-mapped, shaded
- objects. Digitized Star Wars and original sound effects, full speech
- and a compelling stereo musical score create a stirring audio complement
- to the 3D graphics and fast-paced game play.
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- LucasArts Entertainment Company develops and publishes
- entertainment and educational software for CD-ROM, personal computers,
- video game consoles and multimedia. LucasArtsÖ is one of three Lucas
- companies. Lucas Digital Ltd., comprised of Industrial Light & Magic
- and Skywalker Sound, is dedicated to serving the needs of the
- entertainment industry for visual effects and audio post-production.
- Lucasfilm Ltd. includes George Lucas' feature film and television
- activities, as well as the business activities of the THX Group and
- Licensing.
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- Dark Forces Development Leads
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- Project Leader: Daron Stinnett
- Lead Artist: Justin Chin
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- FEATURES
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- o JEDI 3D TECHNOLOGY - Dark Forces is the premiere product utilizing
- LucasArts' advanced 3D rendering system. The Jedi Engine supports full 3D
- objects, a realistic lighting model, atmospheric effects (haze, fog, etc),
- Gouraud Shading, animating textures, 3D viewing angles, and more. The
- Jedi Engine is a proprietary system developed internally by LucasArts.
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- o BREATHTAKING WORLDS - Your mission to destroy the Empire's latest
- weapons of destruction will take you across the galaxy. Along the way
- you will see a variety of Star Wars worlds and capital ships.
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- o ULTRA COMPLEX LEVEL DESIGNS - Worlds extend out in all directions. There
- are elevators that take the player to multiple floors, bridges over
- flowing water, catwalks, air shafts, and many other unique architectural
- features.
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- o ACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS - Flight decks that have ships coming and going,
- rivers that sweep you along, moving platforms and conveyors, and
- functioning machinery.
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- o MORPHING WALLS AND FLOORS - Escape the crushing walls of the Detention
- Center's trash compactor, extend bridges, and rotate walls.
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- o FULL 3D VIEW - Using the keyboard, joystick, or mouse, the player can look
- up, down, left, and right, for the ultimate virtual experience.
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- o TWENTY DIFFERENT ENEMIES - Fight Storm Troopers, Gamorrean Guards, Probe
- Droids, Dark Troopers, Remotes, Bounty Hunters, and many more.
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- o EIGHT WEAPONS - A variety of weapons to assist you in your fight against
- the Empire - including: Laser Pistol and Rifle, Thermal Detonators, Mines,
- Fusion Cutter, and more.
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- o BLAZING FRAME RATE - 30+ frames per second on a 486-66!
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- o FULL DETAIL LEVELS - Customize the viewing system to achieve maximum frame
- rates on systems ranging from 386 through Pentium.
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- o EXPANDED PLAYER MOVEMENT - Use your ability to jump, duck, and crawl to
- solve puzzles and defeat enemies.
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- o PDA - Your Personal Digital Assistant provides you with in game information
- such including map, inventory, and mission briefing.
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- o CINEMATIC CUT-SCENES - Follow this compelling storyline loaded with
- spectacular cut-scenes.
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- o INTERACTIVE 3D SOUND - iMuse(TM) soundtrack based on John Williams'
- original score plus extensive speech and digitized Star Wars sound effects
- in 3D stereo.
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- o VARYING DIFFICULTY LEVELS - Configure the game play to match your skill
- level.
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- o FULLY CONFIGURABLE CONTROLS - All game controls are fully configurable.
- Dark Forces supports all major game controls including Thrustmaster Mark I
- and the CH Flight Stick Pro. Also includes support for multiple joysticks
- for advanced movement and view controls.
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- o PUZZLE SOLVING - In addition to heart-pounding action, you will confront
- a multitude of challenging puzzles.
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- o PENTIUM OPTIMIZED - Without sacrificing performance on slower systems,
- Dark Forces has been fully optimized for optimum Intel Pentium performance.
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- COMPUTER: IBM and 100% compatibles
- OPERATING SYSTEM: MS-DOS 5.0 or higher
- CPU: 386/33 DX minimum (486 recommended)
- MEMORY: 4 megabytes minimum (8 recommended)
- INPUT DEVICE: Keyboard required (Joystick(s) and Mouse supported)
- GRAPHICS: 256 color VGA/MCGA
- SOUND CARDS: Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16,
- AWE32, Pro Audio Spectrum, Roland MT 32 / LAPC1,
- General MIDI and compatibles
- HARD DISK DRIVE: CD-ROM VERSION - NONE (CD-ROM required)
- DISK VERSION - 20 megabytes of free space on hard disk
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- CONTACTING LUCASARTS
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- For ordering information and availability: 1-800-STAR WARS (9-5 PST)
- LucasArts BBS: 415 257 3070
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- LEGAL INFORMATION
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- NOTICE: The software included in this demonstration program is the
- copyrighted property of LucasArts Entertainment Company ("LEC"). LEC
- hereby gives you permission to make copies of the software to give to
- other persons and to distribute the software to others electronically,
- provided that in all such cases you may not charge or receive money or
- other consideration from any person or entity for the receipt or use
- of the software.
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- Dark Forces TM and (c) 1994 LucasArts Entertainment Company. All Rights
- Reserved. Used Under Authorization. Star Wars is a registered trademark
- of Lucasfilm Ltd. LucasArts is a trademark of LucasArts Entertainment
- Company.
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- LucasArts Entertainment Company
- P.O. Box 10307
- San Rafael, CA 94912