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From: Atari
Year: 1983
Format: Arcade
If you look very closely at this screens you can just about make them out...
Comments:
You fly an X-wing fighter through space shooting down Tie-fighters until you reach the Death Star. You then re-enact the trench run and blow the giant base sky high. Then you do it again. Uses what was then state of the art 'Vector' graphics (Unfilled lines) as well as music and speech from the movie to make a more engrossing experience. Good for it's time.
Other versions of Star Wars:
Format: Atari 2600
From: Atari
Year: 1983?
Comments: A home conversion of their arcade game. Not bad by the 2600 standards but by ours it looks really bad.
Format: Amstrad CPC
From: Domark
Year: 1987
Comments: Another conversion of the Atari arcade. A much better job than the 2600 version.
Format: Collecovision
From: Parker Brothers
Year: 1984
Comments: Yet another conversion of the Arcade game. It's actually impressively close to the original as far as the graphics go but the sound is quite lacking.
Format: Commodore 64
From: Domark
Year: 1987
Comments: The same as the Domark Amstrad version of the Arcade game. The Tie Fighters move very slowly with few frames of movement. There is one speech sample after it loads.
Format: Commodore 64
From: Atari/LCL
Year: 1983?
Comments: Atari converts their own arcade game for the Commodore 64. The Tie Fighters don't approach you in this version, they just fly around in the distance like tiny dots. Much more like the 2600 version.
Format: Super Nintendo
From: LucasArts
Year: 1992
Comments: Well regarded platform/driving game based closely on the film. As with the others there are long animated story sequences using still images from the film. While the presentation is the same the actual in game graphics aren't as good as the subsequent games.
Format: Sega Master System
From: LucasArts
Year: 1993
Comments: A side-scrolling platformer. You play Luke Skywalker (who looks more like Macaulay Culkin) as he jumps around various places. I didn't like this much.
Format: NES
From: LucasArts
Year: 1992
Comments: Same as the Master System version.
Format: Game Gear
From: LucasArts/Ubi Soft
Year: 1992
Comments: Same as the Master System version. Thanks to Justin Smith for the pictures.
Format: Nintendo Gameboy
From: LucasArts/Ubi Soft
Year: 1992
Comments: Same as the Master System version. I didn't like this one much either.
Format: Arcade
Title: Star Wars: Arcade
From: Sega
Year: 1993?
Comments: A 3D shoot-em-up. Sort of like an update of the Atari arcade. Thanks to Justin Smith for the pictures.
Format: Sega 32X
Title: Star Wars: Arcade
From: Sega
Year: 1993?
Comments: A conversion of the Arcade game. Considered to be the best of the 32X games. Thanks to Justin Smith for the pictures and info.
Format: Arcade
Title: Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
From: Sega
Year: 1998
Comments: A multi-genre arcade game based on the most famous elements from Star Wars, Empire Strikes back and Return of the Jedi. Thanks to Justin Smith for the second picture.
