<s>
Starhawk	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1979	O
vector	B-General_Concept
arcade	O
game	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Tim	O
Skelly	O
and	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Cinematronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starhawk	B-Application
is	O
a	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
unofficially	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Star	O
Wars	O
:	O
Episode	O
IV	O
trench	O
run	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
arcade	O
games	O
to	O
blatantly	O
use	O
concepts	O
from	O
Star	O
Wars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
distributed	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Sega	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
for	O
the	O
Vectrex	B-Operating_System
home	O
system	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Vectrex	B-Operating_System
manual	O
,	O
the	O
story	O
involves	O
"	O
protecting	O
your	O
comrades	O
from	O
alien	O
ships	O
trying	O
to	O
infiltrate	O
your	O
culture	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
defending	O
the	O
sovereignty	O
of	O
your	O
planet.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
ships	O
,	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
TIE	B-Application
fighters	I-Application
,	O
appear	O
on	O
the	O
horizon	O
of	O
the	O
trench	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
shoot	O
them	O
before	O
they	O
destroy	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
ship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
continues	O
flying	O
down	O
the	O
trench	O
towards	O
a	O
target	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Star	O
Wars	O
Death	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
target	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
flying	O
saucer	O
from	O
Space	B-Application
Invaders	I-Application
,	O
a	O
command	O
ship	O
periodically	O
appears	O
and	O
shoots	O
at	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starhawk	B-Application
was	O
the	O
fifth	O
highest-earning	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1979	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
below	O
Space	B-Application
Invaders	I-Application
,	O
Football	B-Application
,	O
Sprint	B-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Head	B-Application
On	I-Application
.	O
</s>
