DF Retro: Star Wars Shadows of the Empire Revisited on N64 and PC!
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Published 2019-12-15
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All Comments (21)
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The amount of effort that goes in to gathering all this footage with different hardware and options is nuts. Excellent work.
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Ah, man. I wish they would do DF Retros just a bit more often.
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Worlds did feel massive on the N64 and there was this extra smoothness that really stood out. Nice to know countless years later I'd learn it's texture filtering and AA
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Man, this really makes me want to see John produce an episode of DF Retro dedicated to Stars Wars Rogue Squadron!
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so glad to see DF Retro back. brilliant stuff as always John
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They never should've shut down LucasArts, they were an amazing developer and publisher. I miss them, EA never should've received the rights to the franchise. Huge mistake on Disney's behalf.
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DF Retro is my favorite series on this channel, however I also really like Alex's explanations of PC settings and the tech behind them. Looking forward to whatever you guys are cooking up next.
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A proper DF Retro episode for a long time. You almost make me cry it's like a time machine. I'm from that time and everything YOU said about that game and technology of that era is just squeezing a drop from my eyes! Thank you John for your tremendous work!!!
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N64 always had an immense sens of SCALE, right from the get-go, with Mario 64 and Turok blowing my little mind, these games featured structures and environments larger than any I would be allowed to venture into on my own IRL for quite some years to come... Imagine being in Grade 1 and your entire IRL world is essentially your house, your school, and maybe a few other houses on the street. Okay now imagine being dropped into a world like Mario 64 or Banjo Kazooie with no prior gaming experience. I can't accurately describe the impact. The sense of freedom. Your life is altered....
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When this first came out it blew my young mind flying around Hoth, taking down AT-AT’s in a snow speeder. It felt like truly next level s**t at the time. Thanks for the memories!
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When this game became a “players choice” title my grandpa bought it for me :) I had played it via rental but never got passed the train level, so being able to play as much as I wanted was amazing!
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Joel McNeely's score is so damned good - I feel he will never get his due credit!
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I remember when this game first came out on the N64 as a kid, it was a big deal. One of the best Star Wars games out there
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Shadows of the Empire and Dark Forces 2 are hands down my favorite old school PC Star Wars games.
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Early 1995, Dark Forces. What I remember of this game : "Dad ! We need to add more RAM to the computer, the game is just so slooooooow."
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It was the third game I ever got for my N64, and I loved it! Especially messing with the Wompas! Let them out, fight one another and the survivor does my dirty work for me. Great times!
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Great video! I hope you also get a chance to cover the Rogue Squadron games, they were also amazing tech show pieces for Nintendo hardware, and Factor 5 in general has a fascinating/bizarre history.
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Excellent deep dive into a N64 classic, I remember being blown away at the time.
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I love this game, I wanna see it remade.
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30:00 Yup, thats the kind of framerates i remember when playing games on my dads PC back in the day. lol
