<s>
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
rail	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Mike	O
Hally	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
in	O
1983	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
3D	O
color	O
vector	O
graphics	O
to	O
simulate	O
the	O
assault	O
on	O
the	O
Death	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
from	O
the	O
1977	O
film	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
during	O
the	O
Golden	O
Age	O
of	O
Arcade	O
Games	O
,	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
has	O
been	O
included	O
on	O
lists	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
synthesized	B-Application
voices	I-Application
to	O
emulate	O
the	O
actors	O
from	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assuming	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Luke	O
Skywalker	O
(	O
"	O
Red	O
Five	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
pilots	O
an	O
X-wing	B-Application
fighter	O
from	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
controls	O
consist	O
of	O
a	O
yoke	O
control	O
with	O
four	O
buttons	O
two	O
trigger	O
style	O
and	O
two	O
in	O
position	O
to	O
be	O
pressed	O
by	O
the	O
thumbs	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
fired	O
a	O
laser	O
positioned	O
on	O
the	O
four	O
leading	O
edges	O
of	O
the	O
X-Wings	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
destroy	O
every	O
TIE	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
and	O
gun	O
turret	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
advance	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
instead	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
survive	O
for	O
a	O
set	O
length	O
of	O
time	O
,	O
either	O
avoiding	O
or	O
destroying	O
enemies	O
and	O
the	O
shots	O
they	O
fire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
wave	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
consists	O
of	O
three	O
attack	O
phases	O
,	O
culminating	O
in	O
the	O
destruction	O
of	O
the	O
Death	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
phase	O
,	O
the	O
Imperial	O
March	O
or	O
another	O
part	O
of	O
John	O
Williams	O
 '	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
score	O
is	O
briefly	O
played	O
electronically	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
engages	O
in	O
a	O
dogfight	B-Device
with	O
Darth	O
Vader	O
and	O
enemy	O
TIE	B-Application
fighters	I-Application
in	O
outer	O
space	O
near	O
the	O
Death	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
TIE	B-Application
fighter	I-Application
waves	O
,	O
when	O
flying	O
towards	O
the	O
Death	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
yellow	O
grid	O
lines	O
on	O
the	O
Death	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
spell	O
out	O
either	O
"	O
MAY	O
THE	O
FORCE	O
BE	O
WITH	O
YOU	O
"	O
on	O
odd-numbered	O
waves	O
or	O
names	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
developers	O
on	O
even	O
numbered	O
waves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
second	O
phase	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
fly	O
across	O
the	O
surface	O
of	O
the	O
Death	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
to	O
reach	O
its	O
equatorial	O
trench	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
successful	O
,	O
the	O
Death	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
explodes	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
awarded	O
a	O
bonus	O
shield	O
,	O
to	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
six	O
(	O
can	O
be	O
set	O
internally	O
for	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
eight	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
manages	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	O
Death	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
without	O
firing	O
at	O
anything	O
but	O
the	O
exhaust	O
port	O
,	O
a	O
bonus	O
is	O
awarded	O
for	O
"	O
using	O
the	O
Force.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
successive	O
wave	O
greatly	O
increases	O
the	O
difficulty	O
;	O
TIE	B-Application
Fighters	I-Application
shoot	O
more	O
often	O
,	O
artillery	O
bunkers	O
and	O
laser	O
towers	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
phase	O
,	O
and	O
obstacles	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
trench	O
during	O
the	O
third	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
started	O
in	O
1981	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
"	O
Warp	O
Speed	O
"	O
and	O
was	O
initially	O
headed	O
up	O
by	O
Ed	O
Rotberg	O
(	O
who	O
also	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
vector-based	O
Battlezone	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
was	O
converted	O
first	O
by	O
Parker	O
Brothers	O
(	O
with	O
development	O
by	O
Imagic	O
)	O
in	O
1983	O
and	O
1984	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
version	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Wendell	O
Brown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
game	O
was	O
converted	O
again	O
,	O
in	O
1987	O
and	O
1988	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
and	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
;	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
converted	O
again	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bits	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
conversions	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
UK-based	O
Vektor	O
Grafix	O
(	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
version	O
by	O
Zeppelin	O
Games	O
being	O
an	O
exception	O
)	O
and	O
were	O
published	O
in	O
Europe	O
by	O
Domark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
Broderbund	O
acquired	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
develop	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
games	O
from	O
Lucasfilm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Broderbund	O
published	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
republishing	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
versions	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
allow	O
mouse	O
control	O
and	O
include	O
digitized	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
contains	O
sampled	O
speech	O
from	O
the	O
films	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
no	O
in-game	O
music	O
other	O
than	O
a	O
monophonic	O
theme	O
during	O
the	O
"	O
attract	O
"	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
also	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
game	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Rogue	I-Application
Squadron	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rebel	I-Application
Strike	I-Application
as	O
a	O
bonus	O
minigame	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
unlocked	O
after	O
completing	O
a	O
certain	O
level	O
or	O
entering	O
a	O
cheat	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
some	O
European	O
countries	O
,	O
anyone	O
who	O
pre-ordered	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
a	O
special	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
is	O
immediately	O
unlocked	O
on	O
startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
Atari	O
's	O
top-selling	O
1983	B-Application
arcade	I-Application
release	I-Application
,	O
with	O
Atari	O
producing	O
12,695	O
total	O
arcade	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
on	O
their	O
November	O
1	O
,	O
1983	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
upright/cockpit	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
praised	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
amazing	O
,	O
smoothly	O
animated	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
versions	O
by	O
Broderbund	O
Software	O
were	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1989	O
in	O
Dragon	O
#145	O
by	O
Hartley	O
,	O
Patricia	O
,	O
and	O
Kirk	O
Lesser	O
in	O
"	O
The	O
Role	O
of	O
Computers	O
"	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworld	O
praised	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
's	O
gameplay	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
"	O
fast-paced	O
action	O
"	O
and	O
is	O
"	O
extremely	O
challenging	O
in	O
higher	O
levels	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
listed	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
as	O
number	O
24	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
50	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
Besides	O
giving	O
you	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
reenact	O
what	O
many	O
of	O
us	O
consider	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
greatest	O
cinematic	O
experience	O
of	O
our	O
youth	O
,	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
delivered	O
fast-shooting	O
gameplay	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
subtleties	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
tight	O
control	O
and	O
vector	O
graphics	O
make	O
it	O
equally	O
fun	O
today.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
it	O
was	O
voted	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
100	O
arcade	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
Killer	B-Application
List	I-Application
of	I-Application
Videogames	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
arcade	O
machines	O
can	O
be	O
converted	O
into	O
The	B-Application
Empire	I-Application
Strikes	I-Application
Back	I-Application
via	O
a	O
conversion	O
kit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
mentioned	O
above	O
,	O
a	O
complete	O
emulation	O
of	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
The	B-Application
Empire	I-Application
Strikes	I-Application
Back	I-Application
and	O
Return	O
of	O
the	O
Jedi	O
is	O
included	O
as	O
bonus	O
content	O
for	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Rogue	I-Application
Squadron	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rebel	I-Application
Strike	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
Tastemakers	O
LLC	O
's	O
Arcade1up	O
division	O
released	O
a	O
3/4	O
scale	O
recreation	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Atari	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
featuring	O
emulated	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
coin-op	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
arcade	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Empire	I-Application
Strikes	I-Application
Back	I-Application
and	O
Return	O
of	O
the	O
Jedi	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
