<s>
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
is	O
a	O
lightsaber	O
battle	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Rex	O
Bradford	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
published	O
by	O
Parker	O
Brothers	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
adequate	O
sales	O
of	O
their	O
first	O
Star	O
Wars	O
game	O
,	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Empire	I-Application
Strikes	I-Application
Back	I-Application
,	O
Parker	O
Brothers	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
continue	O
developing	O
Star	O
Wars	O
titles	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
,	O
programmed	O
by	O
Rex	O
Bradford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
,	O
two	O
Jedi	B-Application
Knights	I-Application
,	O
one	O
blue	O
and	O
one	O
red	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
depicted	O
from	O
a	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
,	O
face	O
each	O
other	O
during	O
lightsaber	O
training	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Player	O
one	O
is	O
blue	O
;	O
the	O
red	O
Jedi	B-Application
is	O
either	O
a	O
human	O
-	O
or	O
computer-controlled	O
opponent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
control	O
their	O
lightsabers	O
with	O
the	O
paddle	B-Device
controller	I-Device
to	O
defend	O
themselves	O
from	O
the	O
laser	O
blasts	O
coming	O
from	O
the	O
Seeker	O
ball	O
,	O
fired	O
by	O
the	O
opponent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
ends	O
when	O
one	O
player	O
has	O
received	O
three	O
direct	O
hits	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
winner	O
becomes	O
a	O
Jedi	B-Application
Master	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Empire	I-Application
Strikes	I-Application
Back	I-Application
was	O
not	O
a	O
huge	O
success	O
,	O
it	O
sold	O
well	O
enough	O
to	O
encourage	O
Parker	O
Brothers	O
to	O
develop	O
more	O
Star	O
Wars	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titled	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
set	O
for	O
release	O
the	O
following	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
Jedi	B-Application
Arenas	I-Application
production	O
,	O
Parker	O
Brothers	O
relied	O
upon	O
an	O
abstract	O
approach	O
to	O
combat	O
that	O
took	O
advantage	O
of	O
"	O
the	O
unique	O
technologies	O
and	O
situations	O
of	O
the	O
Star	O
Wars	O
universe	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
as	O
scheduled	O
,	O
in	O
January	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adam	O
Thompson	O
of	O
Creative	O
Computing	O
Video	O
&	O
Arcade	O
Games	O
likened	O
the	O
mechanism	O
of	O
damaging	O
the	O
opponent	O
's	O
shield	O
to	O
smashing	O
bricks	O
in	O
Breakout	B-Application
and	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
glowing	O
multi-colored	O
laser	O
blasts	O
and	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
of	O
which	O
he	O
felt	O
added	O
realism	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Peter	O
Brown	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
criticisms	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
the	O
stationary	O
Jedi	B-Application
and	O
abstract	O
combat	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
opposite	O
of	O
which	O
action	B-Application
fans	O
were	O
expecting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Benj	O
Edwards	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
PCMag.com,	O
claimed	O
that	O
Jedi	B-Application
Arena	I-Application
"	O
may	O
secretly	O
be	O
the	O
best	O
Star	O
Wars	O
video	O
game	O
ever	O
made.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
legacy	O
of	O
Jedi	B-Application
Arena	I-Application
among	O
modern	O
critics	O
is	O
extremely	O
negative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
book	O
Classic	O
Home	O
Video	O
Games	O
,	O
1972	O
–	O
1984	O
:	O
A	O
Complete	O
Reference	O
Guide	O
,	O
Brett	O
Weiss	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
controls	O
,	O
its	O
overall	O
"	O
misguided	O
"	O
concept	O
(	O
given	O
that	O
the	O
Jedi	B-Application
never	O
actually	O
engage	O
in	O
a	O
duel	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
gameplay	O
for	O
"[relying]	O
too	O
much	O
on	O
luck	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
other	O
sources	O
described	O
Jedi	B-Application
Arena	I-Application
to	O
be	O
either	O
lamentable	O
or	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
Star	O
Wars	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
31	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
50	O
Star	O
Wars	O
games	O
ranked	O
from	O
worst	O
to	O
best	O
,	O
admitting	O
that	O
Jedi	B-Application
Arena	I-Application
was	O
not	O
bad	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
release	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
offer	O
an	O
entertaining	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
book	O
Guinness	O
World	O
Records	O
2017	O
Gamer	O
’s	O
Edition	O
,	O
Jedi	B-Application
Arena	I-Application
is	O
credited	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
Star	O
Wars	O
video	O
game	O
to	O
feature	O
lightsaber	O
action	B-Application
.	O
</s>
