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The Empire Strikes Back

1984 1 Players 79% Not Rated

Now transform your Star Wars games into a new adventure. The action is intensified in this conversion kit for your original Star Wars cabinet from Atari. Take the battle to the frozen planet of Hoth as Luke and his rebel squadron takes down the Empire's ambush assault! Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is a color vector game with four different scenarios per level 1 Probots, 2 Imperial Walkers, 3 Tie fighters, 4 Asteroid field. The game uses several music and dialogue samples from the movie of the same name. The player flys a either a Snowspeeder or the Millenium Falcon through four stages to complete each level. During each stage, the player can earn a letter to spell "JEDI" which for a limited time will destroy all enemy shots the moment they are fired which you receive points for, plus a set of stripes next to your name if you make the high score list.

Release date
December 31, 1984
Developer
Atari Games
Publisher
Atari Games
Players
1

About this game

The Empire Strikes Back

Now transform your Star Wars games into a new adventure. The action is intensified in this conversion kit for your original Star Wars cabinet from Atari. Take the battle to the frozen planet of Hoth as Luke and his rebel squadron takes down the Empire's ambush assault!

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is a color vector game with four different scenarios per level 1 Probots, 2 Imperial Walkers, 3 Tie fighters, 4 Asteroid field. The game uses several music and dialogue samples from the movie of the same name.

The player flys a either a Snowspeeder or the Millenium Falcon through four stages to complete each level. During each stage, the player can earn a letter to spell "JEDI" which for a limited time will destroy all enemy shots the moment they are fired which you receive points for, plus a set of stripes next to your name if you make the high score list.

Genres

Shooter / Flying 1st Person

Modes

Single Player

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Developer
Atari Games
Publisher
Atari Games

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Release date

WorldwideDecember 31, 1984 · Not Rated

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