Reaction
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | DOS: 77% PS1: 60% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| GamePro | PS1: 80% |
| GameSpot | DOS: 7.6/10 |
| IGN | PS1: 5/10 |
| PC Gamer US | DOS: 92% |
Dark Forces became LucasArts' highest sell-in with more than 300,000 copies accounted for at launch. The game went on to sell 952,000 copies over the next five years to become the eleventh highest selling game from 1993 to 1999. Dark Forces achieved a following on the World Wide Web, and custom levels and maps were created for the game.
The popularity of characters from Dark Forces resulted in LucasArts licensing toys based on the game. Hasbro produced Kyle Katarn and Dark Trooper toys, which are among the few Expanded Universe items to be turned into action figures. The Dark Troopers were also included in books and comics. William C. Dietz's novelizations of the Dark Forces storyline were adapted to full-cast audio dramatizations.
LucasArts extended Dark Forces with Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II in 1997, and later two more sequels. The Dark Forces series continues the story of Kyle Katarn and has been praised for its quality as a whole.
In September 2009, Dark Forces was re-released as a downloadable version on Valve Corporation's Steam network. The game is available to purchase individually or as part of a package including all of the games in the Star Wars: Jedi Knight series.
On April 29, 2010, the game was made available on the PlayStation Network as a "PSone Classic."
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