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Star Wars: Dark Forces (3DS)
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Star Wars: Dark Forces (3DS)

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Star Wars: Dark Forces (3DS)

Star Wars: Dark Forces

OriginMS-DOS

TechnologyNative C/C++ port (engine reimplementation)

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About the project

Star Wars: Dark Forces fue el primer FPS basado en el universo de Star Wars y uno de los primeros videojuegos en comercializarse en formato CD-ROM por las secuencias de video que incorporaba, que ocupaban un considerable tamaño para la época.

4 versions of Star Wars: Dark Forces

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Star Wars: Dark Forces (3DS)github.com/benny04131985-lab/DarkForces3DS
To be confirmed
Current
The Force Enginegithub.com/TheForceEngine/TheForceEngine
Windows
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The Force Engine VRgithub.com/SoVRHere/TheForceEngineVR
Android
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The Force Engine · Dark Forcestheforceengine.github.io
Windows
Linux
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Official project information

Author's original READMEOpen on GitHub ↗

Dark Forces 3DS

Unofficial Nintendo 3DS port of Star Wars: Dark Forces, based on The Force Engine (TFE).

Current release: v1.0.0

Highlights

  • Native Nintendo 3DS homebrew build.
  • True stereoscopic 3D gameplay on New Nintendo 3DS hardware.
  • 3DS-native Circle Pad, C-nub and button controls.
  • Lower-screen HUD presentation plus touch-capable frontend, pause menu and PDA.
  • Native Dark Forces weapon, inventory/PDA, save/load and campaign behavior.
  • Final weapon compositor keeps the first-person weapon flat/mono while the world remains stereoscopic.
  • Release build uses the approved Dark Forces 3DS icon and metadata.

Game data

Commercial Dark Forces game data is not included in this repository or the GitHub Release. Supply files from your own legally obtained copy.

See INSTALLING.md and RETAIL_DATA_REQUIRED.txt.

Controls

See CONTROLS.md.

Building

See BUILDING_3DS.md.

Known limitations

See KNOWN_ISSUES.md.

Upstream / licensing

The public source snapshot preserves upstream license/notice material present inside the TFE source tree. See UPSTREAM_AND_LICENSE.md.

The tested release executable is distributed as a GitHub Release asset rather than committed to the source repository.

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PROJECT FILE

Project type
NATIVE PORT
Genre
Shooter / Action
Status
beta
Original platform
MS-DOS
Technology
Native C/C++ port (engine reimplementation)
Version
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Target platforms 0

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