Nintendo 64

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

Description

Set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire tells the story of Prince Xizor's quest to replace Darth Vader as the leader of the Sith, and wipe out the Rebels' chances of victory. The only man that can stop him is the interstellar bounty hunter Dash Rendar. The game is based on the novel of the same name, with locations including ice planet Hoth, Mos Eisley and the sewers of Imperial City, all in full 3D.

Levels each have very different objectives, ranging from piloting snowspeeders on Hoth and racing speeder bikes on Tatooine to shooting stormtroopers and droids on foot throughout the galaxy. Dash primarily uses a blaster with unlimited ammo, but can also find more powerful weapons with limited ammunition. Each level has optional "challenge points" that are hidden throughout the level, and finding all of them will unlock a cheat dependent on which difficulty setting the save file is on.

Alternate Titles

• "スター・ウォーズ　帝国の影" -- Japanese spelling
• "Star Wars: Teikoku no Kage" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Group

• Star Wars universe

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User Reviews

Solid Star Wars action, and the game that spawned Rogue Squadron	Shadowcaster (238)
The game now lives in shadows	Sam Hardy (76)	unrated
The Force is strong with this one…for the first level.	PCGamer77 (3027)
A long time ago in a store not so far away, this might have been worth it.	Matt Neuteboom (941)
Enjoyable but flawed gaming experience	Simoneer (30)
Great game that follows the novel	darthsith19 (65)

The Press Says

Officiel Nintendo Magazine	Oct, 1997	93 out of 100	93
Christ Centered Game Reviews	Jun 01, 2005	91 out of 100	91
Total! (Germany)	Feb, 1997	2 out of 6	80
The Video Game Critic	May 18, 2005	B	75
GameSpot	Dec 04, 1996	7.1 out of 10	71
Nintendojo	Nov 11, 1996	7 out of 10	70
IGN	Dec 09, 1996	6.5 out of 10	65
Edge	Jan, 1997	6 out of 10	60
Nintendo Life	Dec 01, 2009		60
All Game Guide	1998		60

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Trivia

A revised edition of the N64 title (the major difference between the two versions being 3D cutscenes for the PC)