Star Wars
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Star Wars is an action-platform video game based on the 1977 film of the same name. It was released by Victor Musical Industries for the Family Computer in Japan on November 15, 1991, and by JVC Musical Industries for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America in November 1991, and in Europe on March 26, 1992. An official mail order "Hint Book" was available for the game upon its release.
Two versions for handheld game consoles were released. The Game Boy port was developed by NMS Software and published by Capcom, and released shortly less than a year later in 1992. The Game Gear port was developed by Tiertex and published by U.S. Gold, and released in 1993. A Master System version was also released, which was also developed by Tiertex. The game was followed by Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1992. An NES game adaptation of Return of the Jedi never came into fruition. A counterpart of the game for the Super NES, titled Super Star Wars, was released in 1992. On June 28, 2019, the NES and Game Boy versions of Star Wars were re-released as part of both standard and "Collector's Edition" sets in limited quantities on unlicensed replica game cartridges by Limited Run Games.
From Wikipedia's article Star Wars (1991 video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Controls
This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.
Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.
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Controls
This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.
Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.
3.0 Good job
Players 74 · 147 votes
No critic scores found for this game: this is the players' rating.
Review scorecard
- Graphics 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: Players 74 · 147 votes. The same 74/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores. Player rating; no critic scores available.
What the reviews talk about
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What the critics said
Power Unlimited gave the Game Boy version a score of 65% summarizing: "Although this Star Wars game is incredibly versatile, it is hardly manageable. The graphics are too complicated for the Game Boy, the image is too dark and the controls are not precise enough. However, it can be played for a very long time."
— Power Unlimited· about another version
From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Star Wars (1991 video game) article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.
Scores
- AllGame 4/5 (NES) ; 3/5 (GG) (other versions)
- Electronic Gaming Monthly 1992 8/10, 7/10, 6/10, 6/10 (GB) (other versions)
- Famitsu 1991 5/10, 5/10, 4/10, 3/10 (NES) (other versions)
- Power Unlimited 65% (GB) (other versions)
From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.
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