Star Wars Arcade

For the 1983 Atari arcade game, see Star Wars (1983 video game).

Star Wars Arcade
File:Star Wars Arcade for Sega 32X.jpg North American 32X cover art
Developer(s)	Sega AM3 R&D
Publisher(s)	Sega
Platforms	Arcade, Sega 32X
Release date(s)	Arcade Sega 32X
Genre(s)	Action, Space simulation
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Cabinet	Deluxe sit down with rear-projection monitor
Arcade system	Sega Model 1
CPU	32-bit RISC NEC CPU
Sound	Motorola 68000, Sega MultiPCM
Display	Raster, medium resolution

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.

Gameplay

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.

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

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.

External links

• Star Wars Arcade at the Killer List of Videogames
• Star Wars Arcade at MobyGames