Star Wars

May 1, 1983 Atari Games, Atari Parker Brothers, Brøderbund Software, Domark Software, Atari
Shooter Arcade
colecovision Arcade bbcmicro Atari2600 Atari8bit C64 ZXS Atari-ST Acorn Electron Mac Atari5200 DOS Amiga ACPC
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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.
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Release Date May 1, 1983
Developer Atari Games, Atari
Publisher Parker Brothers, Brøderbund Software, Domark Software, Atari
Game Modes Single player
Perspective First person
Themes Action, Science fiction