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Distributor(s)
  
LucasArts

CPU
  
NEC V60

Sound
  
Motorola 68000

Publishers
  
Sega, LucasArts


Arcade system
  
Sega Model 1

Initial release date
  
1993

Platforms
  
Arcade game, 32X

Developers
  
Sega, LucasArts

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Mode(s)
  
Single player, multiplayer

Cabinet
  
Deluxe sit down with rear-projection monitor

Display
  
Raster, medium resolution

Genres
  
Action game, Space simulator

Similar
  
LucasArts games, Flight simulators, Other games

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Star Wars Arcade (also known simply as Star Wars) is a video game released in 1993 to arcades. A home port served as a launch title for the Sega 32X in 1994. It is set during the original Star Wars trilogy.

Contents

Star Wars Arcade Star Wars Arcade Videogame by Sega

Star wars arcade game television debut 1983


Gameplay

Star Wars Arcade Star Wars Arcade Videogame by Sega

The game features gameplay similar to that of Atari's Star Wars game with players piloting an X-wing or a Y-wing in first or third person perspective and battling Imperial forces.

Star Wars Arcade Star Wars Videogame by Atari

The game has three levels which include intercepting TIE fighters in an asteroid field, destroying a Super Star Destroyer and making an assault run on a Death Star. The arcade cabinet allowed two people to play, with one serving as pilot and the other as gunner.

Sega followed up the game's release with the release of Star Wars Trilogy Arcade in 1998.

Reception

Star Wars Arcade Star Wars Trilogy Arcade Videogame by Sega

Electronic Gaming Monthly scored the 32X version a 6.25/10, describing it as a decent but disappointing launch title for the console. They cited excellent graphics but repetitive gameplay and complained at the limited movement. GamePro similarly accessed that the game is a decent demonstration of the 32X's graphical capabilities but suffers from repetitive gameplay. They also criticized that the controls are convoluted when using a standard three-button gamepad and that in cooperative mode the second player's cursor is difficult to see against certain backgrounds.

Star Wars Arcade Star Wars Arcade Videogame by Sega

Star Wars Arcade Star Wars Arcade Review IGN

References

Star Wars Arcade Wikipedia