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Last Starfighter The
ザ・ラスト・スターファイター
Description
Utilizing flat shaded polygons, the player shoots down enemy spaceships.
The screenshots shown here are not actual game screenshots, but frames from the CGI animation used in the movie The Last Starfighter for the 'Starfighter' Arcade Game.
Last Starfighter The was produced by Atari Games in 1984.
Atari Games released 89 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Atari Games was based in United States.
Other machines made by Atari Games during the time period Last Starfighter The was produced include: Paperboy, Marble Madness, E.T., Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, and Gauntlet
Specs
| Name | Last Starfighter The |
|---|---|
| Developer | Atari Games (United States) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 8394 |
| Class | Prototype |
| Genre | Shooter |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 1 |
| Game Play | Single |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp) |
| Cabinet Styles |
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| Instructions | Last Starfighter The Instructions Image |
| Control Panel | Last Starfighter The Control Panel Image |
Game Play
The game started with shooting target bouys and then proceeded onto shooting enemy spaceships.
Last Starfighter The KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.35 (3 votes)
Fun Factor: 3.53
Overall Like |
5.00 |
|---|---|
| Fun (Social) | 4.00 |
| Fun (Solo) | 5.00 |
| Collector Desire | 3.67 |
Technical Rating: 4.25
| Gameplay | 4.00 |
|---|---|
| Graphics | 4.50 |
| Originality | 4.00 |
| Sound/Music | 4.50 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
Within the Personal Impressions category, Like
carries a little more weight than the other factors.
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Trivia
To Clarify, and stop the rumors once and for all, this unit was never produced. The actual game was about 75 percent completed when the project was cancelled due to numerous reasons. The closest anyone outside of Atari or the licensing company ever saw of the prototype is what you see on the arcade game screens in the film, which were based on the initial designs of the coinop game. There was one set of wirewrapped prototype boards and those may have been reused in the creation of other games. The prototype software for the game may still exist in the archives at Atari, but getting access to it, and in turn using it, would be nearly impossible.
A version of The Last Starfighter game was created for the Atari 5200, however. The ROM image for the game has recently become available and it can be played using a 5200 emulator.
Cabinet Information
There was no production cabinet manufactured. The prototype used a variation of the custom controller designed for the military Battlezone project, and which was later used on the Star Wars vector game.
Miscellaneous
A free homebrew version of this game has been created based upon images of the game as seen in the movie. It can be access at:
www.roguesynapse.com/games/last_starfighter.php
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Last Starfighter The Census
There are 15,387 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,716 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,516 machines (7,025 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 8 known instances of this machine owned by Last Starfighter The collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Last Starfighter The.
This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]
Additional References (logged in members often see more)
- 3D Model (External): Dedicated (a92ee200b1aaec34e66202687a227eab)
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