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Star Wars Arcade

Description

This is a 3-D space shooter with two-player capability. In all stages, you fly an X-Wing into combat, with an ultimate goal of destroying the Death Star. The music is from the original movie soundtrack and some dialogue is from the films.

Star Wars Arcade was produced by Sega in 1993.

Sega released 593 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1960. Sega was based in United States.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Star Wars Arcade was produced include: Awesome Rat, Megalo 50 Cabinet, Desert Breaker, delete, Quiz Mekurumeku Story, Alien 3: The Gun, Dark Edge, Mazin Saga, Out Runners, and Sega Mega Play

Specs

Name	Star Wars Arcade
Developer	Sega (United States)
Year	1993
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9775
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Medium Resolution Color: Color 50-inch diagonal rear-projection NTSC monitor in separate cabinet.
Conversion Class	Sega Model 1
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player Controls Differ
Controls	Throttle Lever - (Pilot only) Joystick: Analog with trigger and thumb button - (Pilot and Gunner)
Sound	Amplified Stereo with Subwoofer (three channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Star Wars Arcade Control Panel Image
Side Art	Star Wars Arcade Side Art Image

Game Introduction

Even though it's called "Star Wars," it's really set during "Return of the Jedi." Admiral Ackbar briefs you on missions leading up to the destruction of the second Death Star.

Game Play

The game is best with two players. One is the pilot, who controls the speed and direction of the vehicle; the pilot can only shoot the center of the screen. The other player is the gunner, who can target a much larger area on-screen.

When playing a one-player game, you must be the pilot.

There are four stages of gameplay.

First, destroy a squadron of TIE Fighters in an asteroid field.

Second, pilot your X-Wing through a Super Star Destroyer and destroy it by blowing up a reactor. You are rewarded with a 3-D cutscene showing the Star Destroyer exploding.

Next, destroy a squadron of TIE Fighters on the surface of the Death Star.

Finally, fly into the unfinished Death Star and blow it up it by destroying the main reactor. You are rewarded with another 3-D cutscene as well as two 2-D animations.

Star Wars Arcade KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Trivia

The sound test mode reveals that the voice samples are available in Japanese as well as English.

Allegedly, only about a dozen or so were imported into the US.

Cabinet Information

The cabinet consists of three pieces: The seats, which are bolted to the control panel; the control panel which houses the game boards and the controls, and a 50-inch rear-projection display that is connected to the control panel by two cables.

Miscellaneous

The attract mode lists a copyright of 1993 for Sega, and a copyright of 1994 for Lucasfilm; the marquee and serial number tag both say 1994.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Star Wars Arcade Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 19 known instances of this machine owned by Star Wars Arcade collectors who are active members. Of these, 16 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with a Star Wars Arcade machines for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Star Wars Arcade. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Star Wars Arcade circuit board set.

This game ranks a 3 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.

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Legacy

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Our members have reported that Star Wars Arcade is playable at 1 locations:

Name	Location	State	Country	Details	Check-ins
Bit Bar	278 Derby St, Salem	Massachusetts	United States	Unknown	1

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