Namco Star Wars

[Weasel]

What started as an exercise in morbid curiosity is now a full-on HG101 article, as I attempt to play through Namco's 1987 Famicom game Star Wars. I sent the article text to Kurt yesterday, and I believe MP83 already sent in his screenshots and music rips as well, so all that's left is to wait for Kurt to give it his blessing.

The article is a bit of a departure from HG101's usual style, but since there's really only one version of the game, I didn't really see a lot of room for comparisons and nitpicking (except to its source material).

[Deleted]

So... has this article been blessed by Kurt? I know the article doesn't cover the whole game, but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, because it did motivate me to find the game and play it myself.

[Weasel]

I'm not sure what's going on with it - I offered to Kurt to elaborate on the other worlds, but he hasn't said either way if I should go ahead with that or not. I personally think it should be left as is, but it's his website after all...

[vysethebold]

I actually just picked up the cart of this game this week and I have to say that it's tough as nails but fun.

[ReyVGM]

Duh, here's the topic. Silly me. I thought this was about some old arcade star wars or something like that.

[ReyVGM]

I posted full game screenshots on the site in case someone needs any.
www.vgmuseum.com/images/nes/01/swnamco.html

[Deleted]

I have full game screenshots of my own, so I won't need those myself. But I did learn one thing from your shots though, that the whale in the ice planet stage wasn't there just for decoration.

By the way, you're missing a few screenshots:






You'll get that game over screen when you lose all your lives in the final stage. If I remember correctly, it doesn't matter whether you had continues left or not.

[dire51]

Wow. My feeling that this is like Alex Kidd in Miracle World was just reinforced by seeing the shots of the underwater planet. I've yet to make it that far.

[ReyVGM]

MP83:
I do have those shots, they are part of the unposted ending

www.vgmuseum.com/end/nes/a/starwarnam.htm

[TheChosen]

Jun 5, 2008 13:41:15 GMT -5 ReyVGM said:

I posted full game screenshots on the site in case someone needs any.
www.vgmuseum.com/images/nes/01/swnamco.html

When I saw the pictures, my first tough were: Hey! This looks a lot like Zelda 2!

Is it?

[morphballer]

And here I thought this was a (parody) thread about Soul Calibur IV...

[ReyVGM]

At first it looks like Zelda 2, but as you play the game it feels more like Alex Kidd or those Wonderboy adventure games.