SotE Extended: Shadows of the Empire (N64) with new controls, Z lock-on and a new Falcon mission

SotE Extended is a fan patch for Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire on the Nintendo 64 (USA, Rev 2). It reworks how Dash moves, aims and climbs, opens up the developers' hidden debug menu as a proper Cheats screen, and adds a whole new bonus mission: the Gall Run, where you fly the Millennium Falcon yourself. Everything in this video is recorded from the patched game, with the game's own audio. ━━ NEW CONTROLS ━━ • Camera-relative movement: Dash runs where you tilt the stick, no more tank turning • A lazy follow camera: it trails behind Dash, stays level on stairs and slopes, and swings back behind him when he stands still • Works on foot and on the Ord Mantell train, in every control preset ━━ Z LOCK-ON ━━ • Hold Z to lock the nearest enemy. Dash faces it, the stick circle-strafes around it, and every shot flies into the lock • A four-triangle target frame spirals onto the enemy, and cinematic bars slide in • Tap Z twice to switch targets. Enemies behind walls can't be locked • Bosses too, at their weak points: the AT-ST's cockpit, IG-88 even when he leaps in close, the gladiator's armour (body on foot, head in flight), the dianoga's eye underwater • Every weapon goes to the target: laser, Pulse and Seeker missiles alike ━━ LEDGE HANG ━━ • Step off an edge over a drop and Dash grabs it with one hand instead of falling • Jump short of a wall and he catches its top, hangs on, and climbs up (stick up) or lets go (stick down) • The camera swings to the side so you can see the drop ━━ CHEATS SCREEN (pause menu) ━━ The developers' own debug menu, cleaned up, plus new rows: • Invincibility, Wall Ghost, Jump Power, Gravity, 50 Lives, Get all stuff • Go to level: jump to any of the game's 33 stages, cutscenes included • Leebo Scanner: the secret top-down view, switched on instantly • Jetpack Fuel: a tank that never runs dry • Ship: fly Skyhook in the Outrider, an X-Wing or a TIE Fighter • Creature Cam: take control of a wampa or a stormtrooper, or walk an AT-ST across Hoth and shoot with it • Friendly Wampas: the Jedi-only secret, for everyone • Switch each patch feature on and off to compare with the original, and Reset cheats puts everything back ━━ THE GALL RUN: A NEW BONUS MISSION ━━ • A new story beat between Ord Mantell and Gall: Cut 05 reworked with new lines, Luke and Rogue Group, Lando and Leia • Stage 1: YOU fly the Falcon after Dash's Outrider through a towering canyon. Throttle, dive, knife-edge through the slits. Hits cost you hull, and get stuck in the rock and the Falcon blows up • Stage 2: man the Falcon's gun turret against waves of TIE fighters, with Dash, Lando and Chewie on the radio • The finale: Slave I's landing pad, TIE bombers, the Star Destroyer's towers, "Punch it, Chewie!", the jump to hyperspace, then a new scene with Lando and Leia, and on to Gall • The Falcon is a real model with its own guns and engine glow, and the mission is a level of its own Chapters 0:00 SotE Extended 0:04 Controls: original vs patch 0:50 Z lock-on: troopers, guards, gladiator, AT-ST, IG-88 2:29 The Gall Run: the story, Cut 05 to Cut 06 9:35 Cheats 11:07 Ledge hang on Gall's cliffs 12:24 Catching the edge: onto the Outrider for the silver Challenge Point 12:37 Gall Run highlights Download the patch: https://github.com/prochorz/sote-extanded (Releases → sote-extended.bps, free) How to play: apply sote-extended.bps to your own ROM of the USA Rev 2 cartridge. You need your own copy of the game: no ROMs are shared here. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is © Lucasfilm Ltd. This is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Lucasfilm, LucasArts or Nintendo.