Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
As Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance struggle to defeat Darth Vader and the Empire, a new threat arises. Dark Prince Xizor aspires to take Darth Vader's place at the Emperor's side. As Dash Rendar, it's up…
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is an adventure developed by LucasArts, released 1 December 1996 on Nintendo 64 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 13.5 hrs to finish.
What Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is an adventure game developed by LucasArts and released in 1996. It was published by Disney Interactive. It is available on Nintendo 64 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a 1996 action video game developed by LucasArts and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is primarily a third-person shooter, with multiple types of vehicular combat and third-person shooting sequences. A version for Windows was released by LucasArts in 1997.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Star Wars series
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is the 39th of 334 entries we hold in the Star Wars series. It arrived 11 months after Star Wars. The next entry was Star Wars: Yoda Stories in 1997. Its critic score of 65 is 6 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Angry Birds Star Wars II at 100.
How it was received
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 66, across 84 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 13.5 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM and DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card w/ 256 MB RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire launched on 1 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Wild Arms and PaRappa the Rapper. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Wild Arms, PaRappa the Rapper.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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