5 Fascinating Facts About Atari's Star Wars

[Kombalar]

I love this game. Just love it. My high score on the real arcade machine was over 30 Million points until I just quit of boredom. I learned the game so well that I could play it as long as I wanted. Even with one hand. Actually a lot of guys in my local arcade could. But I still loved it. It was an amazing game and it still is.

 

Mike Hally is my hero. He created (imho) the two best arcade games ever, Star Wars and Gravitar.

 

Good article here.

 

http://mentalfloss.com/article/91166/5-fascinating-facts-about-ataris-star-wars

Edited January 15, 2018 by Kombalar

[Flojomojo]

I like your avatar, too ... Gravitar is a grand, unappreciated game and I didn't know its designer also worked on Star Wars, one of the greats.

[Kombalar]

Indeed.

 

Often overlooked The Empire Strikes Back (Atari) is a worthy game sequel as well.

 

Here's a list of Mike Hally's all projects.

 

https://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=person&name=Mike+Hally

[thetick1]

The database is nice find. Thanks.

[+DamonicFury]

I love this game. Just love it. My high score on the real arcade machine was over 30 Million points until I just quit of boredom. I learned the game so well that I could play it as long as I wanted. Even with one hand. Actually a lot of guys in my local arcade could. But I still loved it. It was an amazing game and it still is.

 

Got any tips for us, Jedi Master? I've played this game quite a lot, but never was able to get anywhere near that good at that (I think getting to level 12 was the best I ever managed.)

[Kombalar]

Got any tips for us, Jedi Master? I've played this game quite a lot, but never was able to get anywhere near that good at that (I think getting to level 12 was the best I ever managed.)

If you have gotten that far you have already mastered the game, sort of. I have no other tips but practice.

 

This guy played over 10.000.000. Maybe this video helps?