Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Defender · 1982
Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back
Published by Parker Brothers
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Information
- Genre
- Shoot'em Up! - Defender
- Controls
- Joystick
- Players
- 1, 2 (alt.)
- Programmer(s)
- Bradford, Rex, Kjellman, Sam
- Format
- PAL
- Year
- 1982
- Publisher
- Parker Brothers
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Cartridge
- Serial
- 931501
Votes / Statistics
Rating: 8.0/10 · Votes: 2 · Downloads: 2,506 · Hits: 7,746
Additional Comments
Two different versions of this game exist. The PAL version doesn’t have the Star Wars theme music, either at the start of the game, or during it, when you earn the 'Force' (instead, a short tune plays when you receive it, and another one plays when you are about to lose it).
Screenshots (8)
Cover Art (3)
Ads (11)
![Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back [French] · 1982](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/atari-2600-parker-empire-contre-attaque-ad.jpg)
![Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back [German] · 1983](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/empire_strikes_back_german.jpg)
Dealer Displays (2)
Posters (2)
Comments (2)
Vanheems — 17 Aug 2022
Nice game! Was very exciting and fresh back in the day, and it still plays very well today, nicely gauged challenge!
Larry Russo — 23 Feb 2011
Imperial Walkers on the South Ridge !!! so many great memories - what an incredible accomplishment to have all this information in one place !!!