# The Force Engine: rebuilding the Jedi Engine for Dark Forces

> The Force Engine rebuilds the Jedi Engine to run Star Wars: Dark Forces on modern systems using the user's original game copy. Its source includes game and engine code derived from analysis of the original executables, alongside a software renderer, GPU renderer, mod loader, and level editor. Outlaws support is planned but is not yet playable.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/TheForceEngine/TheForceEngine>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/TheForceEngine/TheForceEngine/blob/b9c3ad5a0573968a53bc8b8b1d91e854668c9204/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/the-force-engine-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/the-force-engine-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/the-force-engine-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires a purchased copy of the original game; game data is not provided.
- **Prerequisites:** Requires Windows 7 64-bit, a modern Linux distribution, or macOS, plus OpenGL 3.3.
- **Limits:** Outlaws is not yet playable.
- **License:** GPL-2.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/TheForceEngine/TheForceEngine/blob/b9c3ad5a0573968a53bc8b8b1d91e854668c9204/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/TheForceEngine/TheForceEngine/blob/b9c3ad5a0573968a53bc8b8b1d91e854668c9204/ProjectStructure.md>

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