Super Star Wars

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96K plays 1992 #Action#Platform#Shooter

Super Star Wars is a 1992 run and gun video game based on the 1977 film Star Wars, developed by LucasArts and Sculptured Software and published by JVC Musical Industries for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game features side-scrolling run and gun and platform gameplay, although it has stages which feature other challenges, such as driving a landspeeder or piloting an X-wing. It also features multiple playable characters with different abilities.

The game was followed by two sequels based on the subsequent Star Wars films: Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1993) and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1994). The game was re-released in November 1996 as part of Nintendo's Player's Choice series. It was also released on the Wii's Virtual Console by LucasArts in 2009. In 2015, Disney Interactive Studios re-released the game for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, with Code Mystics developing the ports. The port features enhanced options for saving, including cross-save, leaderboards and trophies, and modern displays and controllers. The game was also made a part of a bundle with the purchase of Star Wars Battlefront for the PlayStation 4, which included Star Wars: Racer Revenge, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter and Star Wars Bounty Hunter.

From Wikipedia's article Super Star Wars, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

SNESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
AZM
BXN
XAU
YSH
LQY
REO
SelectShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Online, both players use the Player 1 keys (or a gamepad) on their own computer. Saving, loading and pausing are off while you play online.

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Keyboard controls

SNESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
AZM
BXN
XAU
YSH
LQY
REO
SelectShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Online, both players use the Player 1 keys (or a gamepad) on their own computer. Saving, loading and pausing are off while you play online.

Emulator help & troubleshooting

Play online

Play with a friend on another computer. Host a room and send them the link; they join as Player 2 and you both see the same game.

Press Start Game first.

Go live

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Press Start Game first.

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Pixel Verdict

Super Star WarsSNES

4.5 Great job!

GameRankings 85% (archived)

What the reviews talk about

Key wordseasy

What the critics said

  • Entertainment Weekly wrote that "If you've ever fantasized about piloting an X-wing fighter into the heart of the Death Star, now you can do it—in simulated 3-D as well as reenact the movie's key plot developments."

    — Entertainment Weekly, 1992

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Super Star Wars article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • GameRankings 85% · archived average
  • Destructoid 2015 7.5/10 (PS4) (other versions)
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly 1992 9/10, 9/10, 9/10, 9/10
  • GameFan 1992 94%
  • GamesMaster 1993 92%
  • IGN 2009 8/10 (VC) (other versions)
  • Jeuxvideo.com 2011 14/20 (VC) (other versions)
  • Nintendo Life 2009 7/10 (VC) (other versions)
  • Push Square 2015 8/10 (PS4) (other versions)
  • Super Play 1993 89%
  • VideoGames & Computer Entertainment 1992 9.2/10
  • Nintendo Magazine System 1993 93/100
  • N-Force 1993 95/100
  • Digital Press 2004 8/10 (SNES)
  • Super Pro 95/100
  • Lens of Truth 2009 8/10 (SNES)
  • The Vita Lounge 2015 3.1/5 (Vita) (other versions)

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived 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.

Players' rating: 81/100 · 232 votes

Full reviews

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  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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