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Does anyone remember a Windows game called Yoda Stories? I had such fond memories of it that I tried to find the game or an emulator version multiple times. No

by hliyan 17d ago

Does anyone remember a Windows game called Yoda Stories? I had such fond memories of it that I tried to find the game or an emulator version multiple times. No luck. It was an elegant game from a more civilized time where resolution, shading, texture and frame rate did not define how good a game was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJT4sdifLXM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJT4sdifLXM

lvbyte 17d ago
The game came with LucasArts Archives Vol. IV: Star Wars Collection II. It's in the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/thelucasartsarchivesvolivstarwarscollectioniiusa https://archive.org/details/thelucasartsarchivesvolivstarwar...
trashb 17d ago
It is supported by the DREAMM emulator. And the image is on archive.org, have fun!
dcist 17d ago
I remember it fondly. My family had a lower-end 486 and it couldn't run a lot of games but it ran Yoda Stories great! Loved that game as a kid. LucasArts really was a gem (loved Grim Fandango, Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Full Throttle, etc.).
- twodave 17d ago
  I loved Jedi Knight. There still isn’t anything quite like logging into the Zone and having light saber battles where the saber model is replaced with a full size star destroyer :)
- schlauerfox 16d ago
  Tim Schafer of Grim Fandango, Full Throttle and Day of the Tentacle runs Double Fine Productions, newly released from Xbox Game Studios to independant status. They're running a kickstarter to extend their runway right now around their 2 week internal gamejam "Amnesia Fortnight" and documentary. (not fortnite related at all). https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/amnesia-fortnight-2026-indie-reboot https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/amnesia-fort... They could really use some support if you're a fan of his work.
  - ThePinion 14d ago
    Fun way to start a video. "...then for seven years we were part of Microsoft, forced to make propaganda pieces to support our parent companies"
    - schlauerfox 13d ago
      When they were acquired the stage banter was pretty good too. "we can make excel stuff, halo stuff..."
jhbadger 17d ago
There was also Indiana Jones Desktop Adventures which used the same engine. Both were rather harshly reviewed at the time for being "pointless" - presumably the reviewers didn't like the random generation - while "rogue" (and Nethack, etc) existed, the idea of a "roguelike" hadn't quite gelled as a concept in pop culture yet.
- Cpoll 17d ago
  I don't think it was just the random generation; Desktop Adventures didn't quite have the depth of a rogue game.
  - jhbadger 17d ago
    True. But they were still kind of addictive (at least to me)
Keyframe 17d ago
https://www.retro-exo.com/index2.html https://www.retro-exo.com/index2.html - check in one of eXoWin releases.
brummm 17d ago
I recently played a browser version of it. Such good childhood memories!
the__alchemist 17d ago
This one slapped! Note: I had very good luck with DosBox on a pile of games from that era and older lately. (Edutainment mainly). I didn't try this one though. Now I want to...
glouwbug 17d ago
Friend of mine had it on the original gameboy
JMiao 17d ago
Yes, I got my copy from a lucasarts box set promotion at compusa. I recall liking Yoda Stories more than the other games in the box set.

by hliyan 17d ago

lvbyte 17d ago

The game came with LucasArts Archives Vol. IV: Star Wars Collection II. It's in the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/thelucasartsarchivesvolivstarwarscollectioniiusa https://archive.org/details/thelucasartsarchivesvolivstarwar...

trashb 17d ago

It is supported by the DREAMM emulator. And the image is on archive.org, have fun!

dcist 17d ago

I remember it fondly. My family had a lower-end 486 and it couldn't run a lot of games but it ran Yoda Stories great! Loved that game as a kid. LucasArts really was a gem (loved Grim Fandango, Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Full Throttle, etc.).

twodave 17d ago
I loved Jedi Knight. There still isn’t anything quite like logging into the Zone and having light saber battles where the saber model is replaced with a full size star destroyer :)
schlauerfox 16d ago
Tim Schafer of Grim Fandango, Full Throttle and Day of the Tentacle runs Double Fine Productions, newly released from Xbox Game Studios to independant status. They're running a kickstarter to extend their runway right now around their 2 week internal gamejam "Amnesia Fortnight" and documentary. (not fortnite related at all). https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/amnesia-fortnight-2026-indie-reboot https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/amnesia-fort... They could really use some support if you're a fan of his work.
- ThePinion 14d ago
  Fun way to start a video. "...then for seven years we were part of Microsoft, forced to make propaganda pieces to support our parent companies"
  - schlauerfox 13d ago
    When they were acquired the stage banter was pretty good too. "we can make excel stuff, halo stuff..."

jhbadger 17d ago

There was also Indiana Jones Desktop Adventures which used the same engine. Both were rather harshly reviewed at the time for being "pointless" - presumably the reviewers didn't like the random generation - while "rogue" (and Nethack, etc) existed, the idea of a "roguelike" hadn't quite gelled as a concept in pop culture yet.

Cpoll 17d ago
I don't think it was just the random generation; Desktop Adventures didn't quite have the depth of a rogue game.
- jhbadger 17d ago
  True. But they were still kind of addictive (at least to me)

Keyframe 17d ago

https://www.retro-exo.com/index2.html https://www.retro-exo.com/index2.html - check in one of eXoWin releases.

brummm 17d ago

I recently played a browser version of it. Such good childhood memories!

the__alchemist 17d ago

This one slapped! Note: I had very good luck with DosBox on a pile of games from that era and older lately. (Edutainment mainly). I didn't try this one though. Now I want to...

glouwbug 17d ago

Friend of mine had it on the original gameboy

JMiao 17d ago

Yes, I got my copy from a lucasarts box set promotion at compusa. I recall liking Yoda Stories more than the other games in the box set.