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Hooked On Lucas !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 13, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is without a doubt, one of the best games I've ever played,(of any kind). The graphics are great and the adventure is very thrilling. The more you play the game,the more skilled (hopefully),you become. I would like to see the staff at Lucas Arts come out with a Shadows Of The Empire II. They would be "hard pressed" to top this one, but if we're lucky they would be up for the challenge! Rogue Squadron is also a great game.

One of the best of all time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: April 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Shadows of The Empire came out back when the N64 just came out. It was the first great game that I played for the Nintendo 64. I had Mario 64 and MarioKart 64 and they're good games, but this one was different than them in a good way. I've always been a major Star Wars fan and at times in this game, I actually felt like I was a part of the Empire Strikes Back movie. This game couldn't have been much better, and it's still a lot of fun to play. It has great graphics, a storyline between each level, and it is a lot of fun. When I first played some of the levels, such as the corridor shooting level with all the Storm Troopers, the one where you have to ride the Phantom Menace like bike and kill all your opponents, and the level where you're at the bottom of a canyon and you have to make your way to the top by means of flying with your jetpack while shooting your enemies on your way, I thought it was the most awesome game I had ever played at the time. I was in awe when I first saw these levels because they were the first I've ever seen of that calibur and some of the most awesome effects ever put into a game. This game might not get credit for it, but it revolutionized certain aspects of action/adventure games. There are not many games where you can have corridor shooting, action/adventure, swimming, and flying in outer space all in the same game.

As much as I hate to say it, this game isn't perfect. The control is difficult during some of the levels and the camera angles are not the best. But other than that, this game is almost flawless. It's a great game to get whether you're a Star Wars fan or not.

Classic game that requires a lot of skill to beat

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is one of my favorite games of all time, it stands next to Conker: Live and Reloaded, Mario Kart 64, and San Andreas. And for its time, it was groundbreaking. When I was about 8 or 9, I went to my local market to rent a game, I then saw this, I said "This looks cool, I'll give it a try". It met my expectations, and then shattered them. I really cant explain how astonishing this game was and still is today. Now I'm 15, and I still love playing this game, it is one that will stand the test of time.
Right, this game can be either the easiest thing you've ever done, or a hellish nightmare. It all depends on the difficulty. On easy the enemies are weak and your vehicles are practically invincible. On medium the enemies are more numerous, but still you take a while to kill. On hard enemies are tough, and you arent that great. On Jedi enemies are weak, but so are you, you can die very fast if you're not careful.
Battle of Hoth: 9/10 - This is great to start, but gets boring after a while. I still really like killing the AT-ST's though.
Escape from Echo Base: 9/10 - On jedi this levels a b**ch! But its very fun to see those damn snowtroopers fall into oblivion!
Asteroid Belt: 10/10 - Now we're talkin! Its really fun blasting the TIE fighters and bombers into space dust!
Ord Mantell Junkyard: 10/10 - This whole level takes place on hover trains (except the boss) and its very fun to kill enemies on moving vehicles.
Gall Spaceport: 7.5/10 - This level carries on for way too long, but the fight with Boba Fett rocks!
Mos Eisley and Beggars Canyon: 10/10 - Yes, finally star wars gets into racing. Kill the swoop jockies before they reach Luke, but dont crash!
Imperial Freighter Suprosa: 10/10 - Fun level thats swarming with stormtroopers. The final boss is pretty long and monotonous though.
Sewers of Imperial City: 10/10 - Fun, but is hard as hell on Jedi. You fight huge spider-like creatures called dianogas here.
Xizors Palace: 10/10 - The hardest level in the game, but really fun and the Gladiator Droid is very tough.
Skyhook Battle: 100000/10 - By far the BEST DAMN LEVEL in the entire game, and star wars series even! You get to fight Xizors fighters which are very tough, and also destroy an enormous sopace skyhook too!
In conclusion there are minor flaws here and if you like Star Wars, first person shooters and adventure games then buy this! NOW!

The Best Game in History

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Star Wars, Shadows of the Empire, is the best action game in the history of gaming! The levels are extremely challenging, engaging, and action packed!

Honestly, if you enhanced the graphics to new standards, this game would be the best game on the market right now!

If you love Star Wars, intense fighting, puzzle solving, and difficult gameplay, you will love this game! I beat it around 6 times! I never replay games that many times, so that is saying a lot.

Buy this, now.

This game is the reason I bought the N 64 system!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Any fan of the Star Wars Series will love this game. True, it's not quite as thrilling as Rogue Squadron, but at least Shadows of the Empire allows for difficulty selections, from EASY to JEDI (Jedi levels are impossibly tough, just for the record). Also true, there ARE still-photo sequences in between levels with text for the characters' speech, but understand this, this game was designed by LucasArts WAY before the N64 went into full production. The gang at LucasArts were rushed to make deadlines, so they cut a few corners. Besides, how can programmers realize a new system's full potential on their first programming attempt? The graphics, music and stormtrooper cries of pain & girly-girl screams when they fall off of steep ledges alone make up for the in-between sequences.With that in mind, ignore the critics who slam Shadows of the Empire. Gameplay takes a bit of getting used to, but you'll get the hang of it within 5 or 10 minutes. All in all, Shadoows of the Empire is an AWESOME game & if you love Star Wars, you MUST buy it. You'll be glad you did.

One of the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

"Star Wars - Shadows of the Empire" was one of the first and one of the best Nintendo 64 games that I played. While I was playing the game, at times I actually felt like I was part of a Star Wars movie in progress. The game has a lot to offer to say the least. There are a whole bunch of modes of play ranging from one where you're flying a shuttlecraft and shooting your enemies, a level where you use a jetpack to propel yourself across a huge canyon, a corridor shooting level with the familiar Storm troopers, and even a pod-racing level.

When I first saw the levels, I was in awe at how detailed they were and how influenced from the Star Wars movies that they were. The graphics in the game are great, the control can be weary at times, but it's easy to adjust to them, the sound and special effects were top notch, and the game is a lot of fun. I don't think that "Star Wars - Shadows of the Empire" gets the credit that it deserves. In my opinion, I think it revolutionized the action/adventure/shooting games in a sense.

The only bad parts about this game are that the control can take some getting used to at first and that some of the camera angles could've been better. Overall, this is one of the best games for the Nintendo 64 and one of my favorites of all time. I recommend anybody who has a Nintendo 64 to at least rent this game.

An Excellent game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Besides the farily difficult to master controls, this game is a blast. You play through the game as Dash Rendar. It puts many elements of Star Wras into the game and many added bonuses such as views of worlds not shown in the movie. Many levels and a high difficulty make this game a must have for any Star Wars or gaming fan.

shadows of the empire

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It is an awesome game. I recommend it for people who like star wars or science fiction action-adventure games. It has different skill settings like easy, medium, hard, and jedi. It has many different levels like one on a speeder bike and two in starship battles. It is the missing link between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. It's first level starts at the battle of hoth and ends at tatooine. You see well known characters like Luke Skywalker, Emperor Palpatine, Boba Fett, Han Solo, and princess Leia. You also meat new ones like the bounty hunter IG-88.

One Of The Best Star Wars Games Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It's a tiny bit hard, but still VERY good. This game has flying and shooting levels. The only bad things about this game is that is is a little hard and is only a single-player game. Perfect if you are a Star Wars fan. You may also like it if you are a 007 fan.

Best game ever!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This Is a VERY GOOD GAME! It has great graphics,action and suspense! Play as Dash Rendar and try to stop the Empire from taking over. I would recomend starting at the easy level because medium,hard and the Jedi level is very hard. I couldn't even get past level one on the Jedi level!I would reccomend this game for every N64 owner.

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