Star Wars (1983 video game)

Star Wars is a rail shooter video game. It was both published and developed by Atari, Inc. Sega, S.A. SONIC did the publishing in Spain, with publishing of the ports being done by Parker Brothers, Domark, and Broderbund.

It was released in arcades on May 5, 1983 in North America, May 1983 in Japan, September 1983 in the United Kingdom, and sometime in 1983 in Spain. This was during a time in the gaming industry known as the golden age of arcade video games. Outside of arcades, Star Wars would also be released for many consoles including the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and ColecoVision. It would also be released for the Atari 8-bit, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, MS-DOS, and Macintosh computers. 

In the game, the player controls Luke Skywalker. The player pilots a x-wing fighter and shoots down enemy TIE fighters. The end goal is to get to the Death Star and blow up.

Reception
When the game was released, it was very well liked by game critics and was very popular. Critics said they liked the animations, 3D graphics, sound, and gameplay.

It has often been placed on Top Games lists.

The game was also very popular. When it was released, it sold 12,695 arcade cabinets and was the best selling arcade released in 1983 for Atari.

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Category:1983 video games
Category:Star Wars games
Category:Atari video games
Category:Amiga games
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Category:Atari 2600 games
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Category:DOS games
Category:Rail shooters
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Category:Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope video games
Category:ZX Spectrum games