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Star Wars Arcade

Developer: Sega Interactive/LucasArts

Publisher: SEGA

Published: 1993(Arcades) , 1994 (32X)

Platform: Sega 32X, Arcades

Features: 1-2 Players

Star Wars will always have a special place in my heart, I always get a rush when I see Luke Skywalker flying his X-wing down the trench run on the Death Star. Star Wars Arcade allows you to feel a part of the battle like no other game of it’s time, except perhaps the Super Star Wars Trilogy. Star Wars Arcade was originally released in arcades in 1993, then was ported to home consoles in 1994 as a launch title for the infamous Sega 32X.

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*Like "Star Wars", part one will not be made for another 20 or so years and will
feature an annoying amphibious character.

Games about movies have always been relatively unpopular. In the past we saw some pure gold (Aladdin for the Sega MD) and some utterly awful games (ET- which is rumoured to have all its carts dumped into a landfill in Neva, Texas);  pretty much the same as today.

I’ll admit to even being suckered in to a few of these (day one purchaser of “Enter the Matrix” aka: “Shiny Entertainment what were you thinking?!” and Transformers The Movie (aka “Oh god where is that last cube so I cant get 1000/1000 gamerscore”).

This is going to be a look at the few titles out there from the good old days that range from the aforementioned “diamonds in the rough” and “utter trash”.

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