Yoda Stories also had a bunch of random story missions and an overall main plot(including getting a saber and fighting "vader" iirc) and the randomized areas meant even old missions could be fun as stuff was changed around a bit. Indy's desktop adventures also did this and it was a blast.

It's a shame it cannot be installed in newer 64 bit OSs, though(though maybe one can do so with a new installer if anyone made one for it or using a VM of some kind to simulate a 32 bit PC). :\

Just so you don't get the wrong idea, it is nowhere near Deus Ex or System Shock - It's still very much an oldschool 2.5D FPS; It just doesn't force you to play in such a frantic and twitchy style as what I consider a standard shooter, e.g. Doom, ROTT et al.


As for the rest of you, I had thought Yoda Stories was quite an obscure game! It made me grin a lot to find so many of you have played it too! XD

I didn't think it was Win32-compaible tho', I could swear when I played it was in Windows 3.1...!

Technically due to the fact they are now owned by the #EvilestCorporationOnEarth It renders all of them lame.

That said before Disney defiled the bloated corpse of Lucasarts, the only truly GOOD star wars games were KOTOR, and one of the space sim flight games. I think the one on the N64. Rogue squadron maybe?

That said there were some decent ones like the Force Unleashed games, One or two of the PC Kitarn games, Even the proto esport Battlefield & Republic Commando games were decent fun but not really what I would call GOOD games.

Truly good games transcend the period in which they were released so much that someone can or will want to play them even decades later that DIDNT play them when they were originally released. You simply cant mistake nostalgia for quality because there are plenty of games out there that people will play decades later, but there are very few who will play something for the first time that long after release and have to endure all the antiquated idiosyncrasies and lack of mechanics and advents borne after that game lacks due to its time period.

By that measure thats why I see only MAYBE 3-4 star wars games that could be classified like that.


EDIT: Then again I will confess my bias and state I have NEVER been a rabid fan of Star Wars franchise. I feel Han Solo is the single worst character in modern narrative history, The Prequel trilogy did more for the IP than TOT OR the Sequel trilogy still in the works. The best part of Star Wars was the expanded universe which Disney effectively decapitated upon purchase. So I do confess not being a fan of the settings, I DO look at it objectively and look at the games places in history, their narrative works, innovations and other criteria that determine the quality of a game as a game. Star wars is simply a fluff franchise. A lot of style, not so much substance. KOTOR and the prequel trilogy did try to correct that but suffered their own setbacks.

It can be installed and played in Win32, but not Win 64 bit....afaik/iirc.

Indy's Desktop Adventures cannot be installed in 64 bit windows full stop....without a new installer being made for it, that is...and maybe a new exe to launch it as well.