Star Wars for the Atari 8-bit family

Came also out for:

Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Arcade
Atari 2600
Atari 5200
Atari ST
BBC Micro
ColecoVision
Commodore 64
DOS
Electron
GameCube
Macintosh
ZX Spectrum


Game description:

Star Wars is a first-person shooter based around the final scenes of the original Star Wars film. It first appeared for arcade coin-operated machines and was subsequently converted to other gaming platforms.

You take on the role of Luke Skywalker, aiming to destroy the Death Star. In the first phase you have to pass swarms of TIE Fighters, including dogfighting the one piloted by Darth Vader himself. In the second phase the station's surface is protected by laser towers, third involves attacking its weakest spot - the unprotected exhaust port - with proton torpedos. Your X-Wing starts with six shields, but more can be awarded for good performance. 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.


What I think:

Fun and challenging, but it has reversed controls (up is down and down is up) and as this is a PAL-only game it isn't fast and I also think the framerate isn't the best...