Star Wars: The Arcade Game

Star Wars: The Arcade Game

released on Apr 09, 1983
by Atari

Star Wars: The Arcade Game

released on Apr 09, 1983
by Atari

You're at the controls of LUKE's X-WING FIGHTER, heading straight for the DEATH STAR. Your mission: to destroy it before the EMPIRE seeks its revenge on the REBEL base. Lock your sights on attacking TIE FIGHTERS and blast them with your proton torpedoes. Race along the DEATH STAR's surface, firing on giant towers. Finally, dive full throttle into the DEATH STAR's equatorial trench. You'll need split-second timing to avoid all the obstacles as you streak through the trench in search of the main reactor. Hit it and you've blown the DEATH STAR out of existence! MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.


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A decently fun rail shooter from the time, and the vector style gives it a really unique look. Damn simple tho, and not too long.

This is actually not the worst thing ever.

Super ambitious game for 1983, and it's actually somewhat fun and exciting. Just kinda weird controls but yeah not terrible. If this were made later and NOT for the Atari it'd probably be much better.

Worth checking out I think honestly, this may be the best Atari Star Wars game.

(See all my Star Wars Rankings and reviews on my profile here, the list is titled "Star Wars Ranked.")

For Atari standers it's pretty good, compared to later or past arcade versions of Atari games, it's really fucking good.