Star Wars

112 - Star Wars

Year: 1983
Platform(s): Arcade
Designer(s): Mike Hally
Developer: Atari
Publisher: Atari

"The vector graphics that had mathematically (magically?) drawn monochrome classics Battlezone and Asteroids were put more colorful use in Atari's mind-blowing first-person rail shooter, and it was truly worthy of its source material. The game pitted you against TIE fighters in space, before a low pass over the Death Star's surface -- and then you and an eagerly chirping R2-D2 (one of several voices captured with state-of-the-art tech) flew into the trenches where catwalks and cannons distracted you from your womp-rat-sized bull's-eye at the end of the line. If you managed to nail the infamously ill-conceived exhaust port without firing a shot, you were awarded a bonus for using the Force. It didn't take a Jedi mind trick to get you to pump more quarters into the cockpit version of this game. With the game's massive screen and stereo speakers pumping in actual audio clips from the films, gamers in 1983 were no doubt convinced that no game would ever come close to capturing the magic of Star Wars quite like this one -- and they were right!" - GameSpy

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