Star Wars is a 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.
ShooterArcadeActionScience fictionaliensrail shootervehicular combatrobotsstar warsflightbased on - moviesnowvehicle combatdigital distributionlicensed gamebonus stageColecoVision, Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX
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Character
Plot-driven, earnest, relentless and unpretentious.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
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About the game
- Platforms
- ColecoVision, Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Acorn Electron, Mac, Atari 5200, DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
- Developer
- Atari Games, Atari
- Publisher
- Parker Brothers, Brøderbund Software, Domark Software, Atari
- Released
- May 1, 1983
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
- Time to beat
- 1 h main story
IGDB rating 8.0/10 from 25 ratings.
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Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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