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LucasArts's Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire video game was one of the number one games processed available for Nintendo's 64-bit system, Nintendo 64. A PC version came to a higher degree a year late.
In a game, your family control the mercenary Dash Rendar in his efforts to help Luke Skywalker and rescue Princess Leia from Prince Xizor's hands. These are according to a Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire multimedia project & will require place as a backstory between Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
Story
A game is divided inside 4 area (or even chapters). A foremost of these requires place in a period of the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back. Dash Rendar is trapped inside Hoth once a Imperial Forces attack. When a streaming video player, we st& to kill AT-ATs, AT-STs, probe droids and snowtroopers. In the 2nd a share, Dash Rendar is sent to Ord Mantell to interrogate IG-88 about the whereabouts of Boba Fett. It turns out he is on the moon of Gall. IG-88 meets his death. Dash confronts Fett in Gall, however escapes.
Jabba the Hutt is told by Prince Xizor to eliminate Luke Skywalker, so he hires the class action of bounty hunters to stamp out him. These are Dash's job to protect Luke & kill the bounty hunters around a unsafe swoop bike race. He suceeds, & them attend Xizor's vessel, a Suprosa. These are there he, sustaining a facilitate of the Bothans (not seen in a game) locate the 2nd Death Star's plans. Dash, Luke, Lando Calrissian, and Chewbacca infiltrate Xizor's palace on Coruscant through the sewers to save Princess Leia, who has been captured. It succeed, kill Xizor's palace, & escape. Your systems final objective is to kill Xizor's Skyhook. a space battle occurs, sustaining your family behind the wheel of the Outrider, instead of manning the guns.
A stake's greatest surprise comes at a prevent, after Xizor's skyhook is destroyed. A reader of a book & the comedian ordinarily believe that Dash Rendar dies in the battle that follows, however his really destiny is merely revealed in the game. Dash dwells, equally shown around extra cutscene, getting hyperspaced away at a endure moment, but only once a game is completed in medium difficulty or even above. He decides to lay moo awhile, do you need his apparent death.
Levels
1. Battle of Hoth
2. Throw off Echo Base
3. A Asteroid Field
4. Ord Mantell junkyard
5. Gall Spaceport
6. Swoop bike Race
7. Majestic Bottom Suprosa
8. Sewers
9. Xizor's Palace
10. Skyhook Battle
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Epinions: Star Wars - Shadows of the Empire
Nintendo 64 consumer reviews.
Game Revolution
Review by Baldric, C+. "It has a lot of levels and tremendous variation. But this is quantity rather than quality; graphics rather than gameplay."
Science Fiction Weekly
Review by Craig E Engler. "Ultimately having to learn new controls is worth the tradeoff for the variety that Shadows offers, and it won't prevent most gamers from enjoying this excellent addition to the Star Wars universe."
LucasArts: Star Wars - Shadows of the Empire
Official site, with overview, demonstration version, and FAQ.
Shadows of the Empire Guide
Features statistics for bosses and enemies, walkthrough, codes, tips, weapons, and FAQ.
GameFAQs
Contains Nintendo 64 FAQs covering controls, characters, weapons, items, walkthrough, tips, codes, and bosses.
GameWinners.com
Includes Nintendo 64 cheats and tips covering characters, debug mode, hidden features, challenge point bonuses, and glitches.
Coming Soon Magazine
Review by Frederick Claude, 92%. "Although a deceiving lack of multi-player support, Shadows of the Empire is brilliant and remains an excellent buy."
GameSpot
Offers review, downloads, cheat codes, and screen shots.
GameSpot
Review, cheat codes, and screen shots for the Nintendo 64 version.
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