Rendar has use of a blaster pistol which recharges after each shot, but the player character can also pick up additional powerups which provide other properties to the gun. Players control Dash Rendar, the game's protagonist. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire plays primarily as a third-person shooter.
Shadows of the Empire is the third top-selling Nintendo 64 game for 1997, with more than 1 million copies sold. The game received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Tracks from the multimedia project's soundtrack are used as the game's musical score. It is part of the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire multimedia project and takes place as a backstory between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The player controls the mercenary Dash Rendar in his efforts to help Luke Skywalker and rescue Princess Leia from Prince Xizor.
Good Old Games re-released it on May 3, 2016, as a compatibility update for 64-bit Windows systems. It was released for the Nintendo 64 on December 3, 1996, and a version for Windows 95 was released on September 17, 1997. Primarily a third-person shooter, the game also utilizes multiple types of vehicular combat sequences. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a video game developed and published by LucasArts.
