Star Wars Arcade

Sega console exclusive

Launch your X-wing fighter for the final Death Star assault! The Force is with you as you pursue Darth Vader through an exploding galaxy! You are the last hope for the Rebel Alliance!

Released: 1993
Platforms: Arcade Sega 32X
Genres: Action Flight simulation Shoot 'em up Shooter Simulation
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Series: Star Wars
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: First person Third person
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB E
Languages: English

About

Star Wars is a 1994 action space simulation arcade game developed and published by Sega. The game is 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 32X's launch in 1994.

›Story

Loosely follows the events of the films

Keywords

flight simulator
shoot 'em up
spaceship
flight
based on - movie
licensed game
polygonal 3d
launch titles
galactic civil war
x-wing
evil empire
galactic empire

Media

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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

In Japan, Game Machine listed Star Wars Arcade as the sixth most successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of June 1994.

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. 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.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Arcade	7 June 1993	North America · Japan 1 August 1993 · Europe 1 April 1994
Sega 32X	14 November 1994	Europe · North America 21 November 1994 · Japan 3 December 1994 · Brazil 31 December 1995