Description
Conversion of Atari Games' first-person shoot 'em up based around the original Star Wars film. You take on the role of Luke Skywalker, aiming to destroy the Death Star - which, as any fan knows, involves attacking the 'weak spot' near the exhaust. To even get to this you have to pass swarms of TIE Fighters. Complete the game and it loops back around at ever-increasing difficulty. The game uses vector graphics, which allow lots of action at high speed on comparatively slow systems.
Alternate Titles
- "Star Wars: The Arcade Game" -- Title used for most console versions
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Trivia
There were two licensed conversions of
Star Wars: The Arcade Game for the Commodore 64. The first was a cartridge by
Parker Brothers. This version used simple sprites for the TIE fighters and clusters of dots to represent the fireballs. Several years later,
Domark put out a much more faithful conversion which used vector graphics for all the game elements. Unfortunately while it was quite accurate, it suffered from poor frame rates which often made it difficult to play.
