Star Wars  (Parker Brothers)
Platform: Commodore 64
Region: pal
Controller: joy
Genre: Shoot 'em Up, 3D
Gametype: Undefined
Release Year: 1984
Developer: Parker Brothers
Publisher: Parker Brothers
Players: 1
Programmer: Michael Greene
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Parker Brothers version. Using sprites instead of the wireframe 3D like the Coin-op and later Domark release.

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Star Wars is a conversion of Atari Games' first-person shoot 'em up based around the original Star Wars film.

You take on the role of Luke Skywalker, aiming to destroy the Death Star - which, as any fan knows, involves attacking the 'weak spot' near the exhaust. To even get to this you have to pass swarms of TIE Fighters. Complete the game and it loops back around at ever-increasing difficulty. The game uses vector graphics, which allow lots of action at high speed on comparatively slow systems.

Trivia

Arcade version

 The original coin-op Star Wars game was built using Ed Rotberg's incomplete spaceflight fortress assault game entitled Warp Speed. Add the joystick from his Military Battlezone and some licensed properties, and voila -- Star Wars! 

Commodore 64 versions
 
There were two licensed conversions of Star Wars: The Arcade Game for the Commodore 64. The first was a cartridge by Parker Brothers. This version used simple sprites for the TIE fighters and clusters of dots to represent the fireballs. Several years later, Domark put out a much more faithful conversion which used vector graphics for all the game elements. Unfortunately while it was quite accurate, it suffered from poor frame rates which often made it difficult to play. 

 In the 1984 Christmas horror film Gremlins some of the Gremlin's can be seen briefly playing the original Arcade cabinet version of Star Wars. 
Rogue Squadron III
 In the Gamecube title Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III - Rebel Strike, the full version of Star Wars: The Arcade Game was an unlockable bonus feature. 

Boss-keys
 Resourceful programmer tricks #2: The function keys serve as multiple different functional boss-keys, information about the programmer, and other neat little functions -- way above and beyond a typical boss-key. Poke around the keyboard while the game is running and see what you find!


http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/star-wars
