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AbbotKinneyDude - 11/05/2024 |
Given the 2024 available dev tools for the ATARI 8-bit, Zeppelin's version of STAR WARS could be revisited with, at least, a better frame rate. I wonder if Vektor Grafix (who also converted the game for the other platforms on the behalf of Domark) shared their source code with Zeppelin or if it was coded entirely from scratch. |
| zoran zemljište - 04/05/2024 |
Somewhat better than the Parker Brothers version, because it's truer to the arcade and the graphics, gameplay and the feel of the arcade original are done okay here.
Still, the controls are inverted, but work quite well and it seems like there is everythingh here from the coin-op.
But the biggest problem is of course the performance which gets really choppy during the phase 2 with the ground turrets, and the towers section gets really tough, and also phase 3 is the same, but easier.
Could have been done better, but it's an okay game that's worthy of a C+ grade. |
| This was a modest improvement over the mediocre one that Parker Bros. put out. The game plays better and has more of the arcade feel to it. But it's not much easier! I seem to miss the TIE fighters more than I'm hitting them, and they never seem to have any problems shooting at me. I also find hitting the exhaust port to be hit-or-miss (pun intended) like the Parker Bros. version. Dodging and firing at the fireballs is also problematic. You're almost always hit and you lose shields. The sound effects could be better, and without John Williams' inspiring music playing throughout, it's hard to get into the mood of being Luke Skywalker. |
| andy_bernstein - 26/08/2004 |
This is the best Star Wars game available on the XL/XE. Compared to the previous 1984 Parker Bros Release (16ko) which mostly used sprites due to memory limitations, this full 64ko release (1988) uses vector graphics very much like the original arcade game (the only drawback is that it is somewhat slower than the Parker release but it's quickly forgotten). A nice loading screen (disc only) and an enthusiastic soundtrack complete a very well made package. Zeppelin rules !!! |
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Many thanks to AbbotKinneyDude for the scans!
Missing original disk image! |
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