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Warning: This infobox has missing parameters: composer, programmer, producer, upc, prev, director, designer, next, writer, expansions, artist, closed, basegame, release date, series and unrecognized parameters: released Star Wars is the name of a video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. The head designer was Akila Redmer with Kalani Streicher as one of the developers. The object is to pilot a landspeeder around Tatooine, explore caves, assemble all the necessary characters, gather a lightsaber and shields for the Millennium Falcon, navigate through a meteor shower to the Death Star, battle stormtroopers, and destroy the Death Star.

Opening crawl

EPISODE IV
A NEW HOPE
IT IS A PERIOD OF CIVIL
WAR. REBEL SPACESHIPS,
STRIKING FROM A HIDDEN
BASE, HAVE WON THEIR
FIRST VICTORY AGAINST THE 
EVIL GALACTIC EMPIRE.

DURING THE BATTLE, REBEL
SPIES MANAGED TO STEAL
SECRET PLANS TO THE
EMPIRE'S ULTIMATE WEAPON, 
THE DEATH STAR, AN 
ARMORED SPACE STATION
WITH ENOUGH POWER TO
DESTROY AN ENTIRE PLANET.

PURSUED BY THE EMPIRE'S
SINISTER AGENTS, PRINCESS
LEIA RACES HOME ABOARD
HER STARSHIP, CUSTODIAN
OF THE STOLEN PLANS THAT
CAN SAVE HER PEOPLE AND
RESTORE FREEDOM TO THE
GALAXY....

Gameplay

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Luke Skywalker inside a cave on Tatooine.

For the most part, the game is a typical side-scrolling platformer. Luke uses the lightsaber as his primary attack, and he can also use the Force to execute special manoeuvres like floating, speeding and stopping time, among others. When the characters are rescued, they will help Luke by providing hints and other actions that are important to progress through the game. Between planets, the game switches to a first-person shooter perspective as the Millennium Falcon is forced to fight a wave of TIE fighters that prevent the player's entrance to the next planet. The final level involves using the X-wing against the Death Star. The X-wing travels through a long corridor; at the end, proton torpedoes will be shot automatically in order to destroy the station. If the player fails to get to the end before time runs out, the Death Star will destroy Yavin 4 and the game will be over. The game is particularly difficult, since the game gives 3 lives and two continues, and Luke dies upon any contact. The Millennium Falcon can sustain three hits before being destroyed.

Each character has different attributes. Obi-Wan Kenobi can resurrect Han Solo or Princess Leia five times. R2-D2 can display a map of Death Star hallways.

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