NES

Star Wars

But overall, Star Wars should be to the liking of any NES-owning fan of the movies. Who knows? Maybe even a few misguided non-fans might find it enjoyable. The Force is with it.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a great adventure took place. Movie audiences first glimpsed the distant Star Wars galaxy in the 1975 mega box office hit Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope), and have been periodically revisiting it through sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Now the popular Star Wars series is finally being made into an NES game series! With direction for Lucasfilm Games, JVC and programmers Beam have come up with an NES adventure title that follows the first movie in the Star Wars trilogy almost scene to scene!

Sorry to say that this game isn't as great as the movie it is based on. The graphics are detailed and the space scenes are awesome, but action scenes could have been spiced up lightsaber battles. It is a good cart but lacks elements that would make it a great cart.

The Sandcrawler and Cantina stages are more interesting visually but just as frustrating to play. A few well-done cut scenes attempt to convey the film's storyline, but the music is awfully generic. There's no score, but there are plenty of continues to extend the agony. Star Wars for the NES is widely detested by most fans of the films, and deservedly so.