Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Atari 2600)

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Description

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back recreates a scene from the movie of the same name. You are on the icy planet of Hoth, and Imperial Walkers are closing in on the rebel power generator. As the pilot of a snowspeeder, you need to take out as many of the walkers as you can. The walkers are heavily armoured, and it will take a lot of fire power to destroy one! The game is played on a large, scrolling screen with a radar screen at the bottom to help keep track of where the enemy is located. If a walker reaches the power generator, or you run out of snowspeeders the game is over. Good luck, and may the force be with you!

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Alternate Titles

• "The Empire Strikes Back" -- In-game title

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
• Inspiration: Movies
• Star Wars canon
• Star Wars licensees

User Reviews

Forever A Star Wars Classic.

Guy Chapman (2001)

Critic Reviews

Electronic Fun with Computers & Games	Nov, 1982	4 out of 4	100
The Video Game Critic	May 05, 2005	A-	91
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Sep 25, 2004	9 out of 10	90
The Atari Times	May 29, 2002	85 out of 100	85
Atari HQ	2002	8 out of 10	80
Woodgrain Wonderland	Apr 02, 2018	B	75
Game Freaks 365	2000	5.3 out of 10	53
Tilt	Jan, 1983	3 out of 6	50
TeleMatch	Mar, 1983	4 out of 6	40

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Fun.. a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away	1	Mindless Automaton Nov 22, 2012

Trivia

Milestone

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back holds the Guinness World Record for being the first Star Wars game.

Related Web Sites

• Video review of Star Wars games (WARNING: Language) (The Angry Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe, reviews various Stars Wars-based games, including Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on Atari 2600.)