Star Wars Arcade

North American 32X cover art

Developer(s)| Sega AM3 R&D (Arcade)
Sega InterActive (32X)
Publisher(s)| Sega
LucasArts
Composer(s)| Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Kazuhiko Nagai
Youichi Ueda
Platform(s)| Arcade, Sega 32X
Release|

August 1993

* Arcade

* JP: August 1993
* NA: 1993
* EU: April 1994

Sega 32X

* NA: November 21, 1994

* JP: December 3, 1994

* PAL: January 1995

Genre(s)| Action, space simulation
Mode(s)| Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system| Sega Model 1

Star Wars [1] is a 1993 arcade game developed by Sega and based on the original Star Wars trilogy. Combining elements of A New Hope and Return of the Jedi, the game has players pilot a Rebel starship and battle against the forces of the Empire. Sega developed Star Wars for their Model 1 system, the same arcade hardware that powered Virtua Fighter and Virtua Racing. Like those two titles, the graphics in Star Wars are rendered entirely using polygons. The game was given a home port under the name Star Wars Arcade, as an exclusive for the Sega 32X's launch in 1994.

Sega followed up the release of Star Wars Arcade with Star Wars Trilogy Arcade and Star Wars, as well as a Star Wars pinball game.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Reception
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to that of Atari's 1983 Star Wars arcade game. Players pilot an X-wing or a Y-wing in first- or third-person perspective and battle 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 allows two people to play, with one serving as pilot and the other as gunner.

## Reception

Reception

| Review scores

Publication| Score
AllGame| 32X: [7]
CVG| ARC: 80%[2]
Edge| 32X: 6/10[3]
EGM| 32X: 6.25/10[4]
Next Generation| 32X: [5]
Flux| 32X: B[8]
| Award

Publication| Award
VideoGames| Best 32X Game[6]

In Japan, Game Machine listed Star Wars Arcade in its June 15, 1994 issue as the sixth most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month.[9]

Electronic Gaming Monthly described it as a decent but disappointing launch game for the 32X. They praised the excellent graphics but complained about repetitive gameplay and limited movement.[4] GamePro similarly assessed 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.[10] Next Generation called the 32X version "An excellent translation of a good game, and a good hint of what to expect from 32X."[5] Flux magazine reviewed the 32X version and praised the graphics, the digitized sound bytes although they criticized the "tough" controls. They recommend the game for Star Wars fans.[8]

## References

1. ↑ "Star Wars Arcade - Videogame by Sega". http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9775.
2. ↑ Skews, Rik (15 August 1994). "Arcade Action". Computer & Video Games (EMAP) (154 (September 1994)): 64–7. https://retrocdn.net/images/8/8c/CVG_UK_154.pdf#page=64.
3. ↑ "Star Wars Arcade". Edge (16): 90. January 1995. https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_016.pdf&page=90. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Star Wars Arcade Review". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Sendai Publishing) (66): 40. January 1995. https://retrocdn.net/images/8/8d/EGM_US_066.pdf.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Finals". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (1): 93. January 1995. https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-001/page/n97/mode/2up.
6. ↑ "VideoGames Best of '94". VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine (74 (March 1995)): 44–7. February 1995. https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_74_March_1995/page/n45/mode/2up.
7. ↑ Christopher Michael Baker. "Star Wars Arcade (32X) Review". http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1390&tab=review.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Star Wars Arcade Review". Flux (Harris Publications) (4): 82. April 1995. https://archive.org/details/flux-issue-4/page/n81/mode/2up.
9. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)". Game Machine (Amusement Press, Inc.) (474): 25. 15 June 1994.
10. ↑ "ProReview: Star Wars Arcade". GamePro (IDG) (66): 62. January 1995. https://retrocdn.net/images/5/5d/GamePro_US_066.pdf.

## External links

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

* v
* t
* e

Star Wars video games

* List

Action|

* Droids (1988)
* Shadows of the Empire (1996)
* Masters of Teräs Käsi (1997)
* Demolition (2000)
* Episode I: Battle for Naboo (2000)
* The Clone Wars (2002)
* Bounty Hunter (2002)
* Kinect (2012)

| Atari 2600|

* The Empire Strikes Back (1982)
* Jedi Arena (1983)
* Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle (1983)

|

NES|

* Star Wars (1987)
* Star Wars (1991)
* The Empire Strikes Back (1992)

Super Star Wars|

* Super Star Wars (1992)
* Super The Empire Strikes Back (1993)
* Super Return of the Jedi (1994)

Rebel Assault|

* Rebel Assault (1993)
* II: The Hidden Empire (1995)

Rogue Squadron|

* Star Wars (1998)
* Rogue Leader (2001)
* Rebel Strike (2003)

Starfighter|

* Starfighter (2001)
* Jedi Starfighter (2002)

Game Boy Advance|

* The New Droid Army (2002)
* Flight of the Falcon (2003)
* Apprentice of the Force (2004)

Battlefront|

* Battlefront (2004)
* Battlefront II (2005)
* Renegade Squadron (2007)
* Elite Squadron (2008)
* Star Wars Battlefront: Mobile Squadrons (2009)
* Battlefront (2015)
* Battlefront II (2017)

Action-adventure|

* Yoda Stories (1997)
* Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (2000)
* Episode I: Obi-Wan's Adventures (2000)
* Obi-Wan (2001)
* Lethal Alliance (2006)
* Fallen Order (2019)

| Episode-related|

* Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
* Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
* Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)

|

The Clone Wars|

* Jedi Alliance (2008)
* Lightsaber Duels (2008)
* Republic Heroes (2009)

The Force Unleashed|

* The Force Unleashed (2008)
* The Force Unleashed II (2010)

Arcade|

* Star Wars (1983)
* Return of the Jedi (1984)
* The Empire Strikes Back (1985)
* Arcade (1993)
* Trilogy Arcade (1998)
* Racer Arcade (2000)
* Battle Pod (2014)

| Pinball|

* The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
* Star Wars (1992)
* Trilogy (1997)
* Episode I (1999)

|

Racing|

* Episode I: Racer (1999)
* Racer Arcade (2000)
* Super Bombad Racing (2001)
* Racer Revenge (2002)

Role-playing|

* Galaxies (2003)
* Jump to Lightspeed
* Uprising (2015)
* Galaxy of Heroes (2015)

| Knights of the Old Republic|

* Star Wars (2003)
* II: The Sith Lords (2004)
* The Old Republic (2012)

|

Simulation|

* Droid Works (1998)
* Pit Droids (1999)
* Squadrons (2020)

| X-Wing|

* X-Wing (1993)
* TIE Fighter (1994)
* X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter (1997)
* X-Wing Alliance (1999)

|

Strategy|

* Rebellion (1998)
* Force Commander (2000)
* Galactic Battlegrounds (2001)
* Empire at War (2006)
* Forces of Corruption
* Commander (2014)
* Force Arena (2017)
* Rise to Power (TBA)

First-person shooter|

* Republic Commando (2005)

| Jedi Knight|

* Dark Forces (1995)
* Jedi Knight (1997)
* Mysteries of the Sith
* Jedi Outcast (2002)
* Jedi Academy (2003)

|

Crossovers|

* Disney Infinity 3.0 (2015)

| Lego|

* The Video Game (2005)
* The Original Trilogy (2006)
* The Complete Saga (2007)
* The Clone Wars (2011)
* The Force Awakens (2016)
* The Skywalker Saga (2020)

|

Angry Birds|

* Angry Birds Star Wars (2012)
* Angry Birds Star Wars II (2013)

Cancelled games|

* Return of the Jedi: Ewok Adventure (1983)
* 1313 (2013)
* Attack Squadrons (2014)
* Project Ragtag (2017)

Compilations|

* The LucasArts Archives (1995 – 1998)
* The Best of PC (2006)

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