The Star Wars arcade game was an impressive looking game with bright, colorful vector graphics and good game play to go along with it. The original arcade version was released in 1983 and there were two rounds of home ports. The first round started not long after the arcade game was introduced with a number of ports being released between 1983 and 1984. Among these was the Atari 8-bit computer version.
Given the fact that the arcade version was vector based, they did a pretty good job with the port, at least as far as the graphics are concerned. Where this game falls down a little is on the game play. While it is still mostly the same, the sense of movement is lessened by the fact that you are moving a cursor to target ships vs. moving the guns/ship itself. Some features have also been left out (e.g. voice synthesis). Nevertheless, it beats the Atari 2600 version and is worth at least trying if you are a Star Wars fan.
Along with the Atari 8-bit version, the first round of conversions included ports for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, ColecoVision and Commodore 64.
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