Nintendo 64
NA: December 3, 1996
PAL: March 1, 1997
Windows
NA: September 17, 1997
PAL: February 3, 1998
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a video game developed and published by LucasArts. It is primarily a third-person shooter, with multiple types of vehicular combat sequences. It was released for the Nintendo 64 on December 3, 1996, and for Windows on September 17, 1997. Good Old Games re-released it on May 3, 2016, as a compatibility update for 64-bit Windows.
The player controls the mercenary Dash Rendar to help Luke Skywalker and rescue Princess Leia from Prince Xizor. It is part of the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire multimedia project and has a backstory between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Tracks from the multimedia project's soundtrack are the musical score. The game received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Shadows of the Empire is the third top-selling Nintendo 64 game for 1997, with more than one million copies sold.
Storyline
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, Load Cock M14 Rifle Gu PE091201 (Cocking element used.)
- Hollywoodedge, Load Cock M16 Rifle Gu PE091301 (2nd half of the cocking element.)
- Hollywoodedge, Swinging Saloon Doo CRT033510
- Hollywoodedge, Synth Gun Shot Ricoch PE206601/Sound Ideas, GUN, LASER - LASER GUN: SINGLE SHOT 01
- SKYWALKER, ANIMAL, ALIEN - TUSKEN RAIDER YELL (4th set)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - PODRACER BOOSTER EXPLOSION (debut)
- SKYWALKER, LEVER - LEVER RATCHETING (debut)
- SKYWALKER, METAL - AT-AT STOMP
- SKYWALKER, METAL - DOOR CLOSING
- SKYWALKER, SCI FI GUN - AT-AT GUN
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - MILLENNIUM FALCON CANNON FIRE
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - STAR DESTROYER TURBOLASER GUN
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - TIE FIGHTER GUN
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - X-WING FIGHTER GUN
- SKYWALKER, SPACECRAFT - MILLENNIUM FALCON FLY BY 01
- SKYWALKER, SPACECRAFT - TIE FIGHTER ROAR BY 01
- SoundDogs, Metal: Metal - Scrape Rubbing Screw - Metal Strain - CU - Large, Various Movements, Creaks & Bangs 01
- SoundDogs, Train: Trains - Freight Cars Coupling Impact - MCU - Bg Engine Noise, Also Rattles, Clunks, Squeaks, & Creaks, All Coupling Related, Several Ambiance Changes (2nd impact only; can be heard in a lower pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, BUBBLES, MUD - THICK, GLOPPY MUD BUBBLES, BOIL
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (Used as an explosion.)