Comparing Every Star Wars Arcade Game

[@KodyCrimson]

Honestly I always felt like that first Arcade game was pretty immersive, because the geniuses decided to make it look like the targeting computers from the movies. Now that's working around the limits brilliantly.

[@CMCAdvanced]

Hey, it WAS made with the technology of the time. Very smart move

[@davidscheepstra1524]

I couldn't agree more. The style that they chose not only makes it still unique, but also timeless. As opposed to most of the others on this list that now look very dated.

[@Wileylikethehawk]

I played the hell out of that first game on my Commodore 64 when I was a kid. I still have the box!

[@smgdfcmfah]

There was a 7-11 between my Jr. High and my best friend's house that we would race to after school or even at lunch to play that game. It really was the golden age of arcades - even if the games look funny by today's standards, they were unreal at the time.

[@mikeg2491]

@@davidscheepstra1524it’s even more impressive on an actual vector monitor with the green lines glowing like radiation

[@Dayman90]

Trilogy Arcade is still my favorite Star Wars game. Always love playing when I go to a Barcade. The lightsaber level against Vader is iconic.

[@Sephiroth144]

Spent many an hour playing that one; got to the point I could go the full game on one play (never quite got a perfect run, but still...)

[@8ootySmasher]

I got this emulated for my computer, hmu if you want it!

[@blkhemi3925]

Just posted a similar comment.

[@continuingclockwise8926]

@@Sephiroth144 Nice! I think I pulled that off, perhaps one time.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

I played X-wing vs Tie fighter a lot back in 1996. I upgraded to a Pentium-200 for the game.

[@kharn-the-betrayer]

The original Star Wars arcade game will always have a special place in my memory due to the sit-down enclosed cabinet it had, with the speakers at the rear of your head, and the awesome control yoke.

[@r824077]

I wish I could still play it, good memories.

[@BTBEV3469]

Disneyland had one in the Tomorrowland Arcade. We'd spend hours in there playing it after spending $50 just to get into the park. LOL!!

[@nowthatsinteresting313]

My local arcade had the cockpit version of that first game. It felt like magic. Like I was actually Luke Skywalker flying an X-Wing! Looking at the graphics now, it doesn’t look like much, but back then it was amazing. Especially since you didn’t control a joystick, but an X-Wing yoke! When the game is over you hear Obi Wan telling you “May the force be with you, always” in the real voice from the movie. Not that computerised thing you hear in the video. Remember, this was right after Return of the Jedi was released and I had just watched episode 4 and 5 back to back in the cinema. This game was life altering.

[@alecc4137]

The original game on a real vector graphic crt monitor looks so much better than the screen capture from this video so it really does look as good as you remember. Played it last summer at funspot in Laconia NH

[@Heldermaior]

The original games on the original monitors look amazing (Arcade1up does a modern version of the cabinet for like £500 and I shamelessly had to buy one). The fact that they programmed this in assembly for the Motorola chip these arcades used... The graphics are literally coordinate instructions for the electron gun. Super cool. The audio for Obi Wan was not the movie one. It would be impossible to store that info on the cabinet. It was synthesized. But they did do a splendid job.

[@Rufio1617]

The Trilogy Arcade was such a great game. I remember playing it so much when on a cruise ship (being a kid on a cruise ship can kinda suck) and I played it so much I was able to beat the entire thing with one credit!

[@ceeb420]

My local Lazer Tag's arcade had the Podracer machine in operation for YEARS. I remember when my friends had their birthday parties there, we'd all be lining up inbetween matches to do runs on Podracer. Great times.

[@DanBen07]

The GameCube video game. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike had some arcade games included on it

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

That game is epic.

[@cristianjensen33]

Man, I've been slacking off on getting that. There's a copy at my local used shop and you convinced me to get it lol

[@BioClone]

yeah, I also suspect the models are also used on some of the latest arcades on this video, (maybe not rebel strike but previous ones)

[@cpl.barbarusc4814]

Man, a year ago I got the chance to play the 1983 arcade Star Wars cabinet and I loved it soooo bad that I wanted to take it home with me with a the Star Trek arcade and Major Havok. I got addicted to them. Thanks to cover the games.

[@mobile_games87]

Now this is something I could watch. You are exploring the old star wars games

[@tmdwu5360]

We need that Jedi Academy deep dive

[@aamirrazak3467]

Yeah I appreciate how flandrew covers older classic Star Wars games

[@maddinpictures3102]

I hope he does X Wing Alliance

[@Hogan231]

I remember playing Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, when I was little.

[@broken_psp_umd_disc]

I remember seeing it for the first time at Chuckee cheese

[@nicholasstancel]

Same! ​​ ​@@broken_psp_umd_disc

[@MythicOneOne]

There's two more Star Wars arcade-inspired games made by one Bruno R. Marcos named Battle of Yavin and Battle of Endor respectively, the game developer planned to make a Battle of Hoth but never finished it. The games were part of an arcade engine they were making but eventually abandoned. This is a couple of decades old and there's barely any videos on it despite the games being free, pretty moddable and very fun. I hope you'll cover it sometime! I also hope you'll cover the Batman Arkham games. Love your videos, keep it up!

[@CesarDaSalad]

This is what this video reminded me of. The ridiculous amount of TIE Fighters attacking you in those games is still unparalleled in any game to this day.

[@Sephiroth144]

@@CesarDaSalad For me, its that every Rebel Pilot (at least in Yavin) is labeled/named; you see characters dying, especially when they start dropping like flies in Stage 5

[@jvictor181]

These games from Bruno were absolute gold, spent most of my early gaming years trying to get to the end of Battle of Endor, but Home One just couldn't make it

[@SmoothieD00d]

I really love how these are turning into mini docs

[@thegreatstoneddragon9432]

Oh God, this brings me back. I loved playing these. I remember i kept crashing during the Endor speederbike section.

[@rodrigomarcondes5857]

The model 3 Star Wars trilogy arcade felt like the ultimate Star Wars experience at the time. The machine I got to play as a kid was a huge cabinet that would close the door and isolate you from the world outside, it literally felt like you got transported into the Star Wars universe

[@andrewtaitz6225]

I remember playing the arcade trilogy back in the day and it used to have a surround sound behind you with a joystick in the middle and when you played that game, you could barely hear anybody or any of the other machines behind you made. It feel so immersive this was before surroundsound really took off. It was really something you had to be there.

[@monkeymanbob]

The impact if '83's Star Wars was immense. Huge queues snaked outside of arcades as people lined up to take their turn, clones populated every home computer. It was immense. Would love to have a go on the battle pod.

[@alexello1189]

My local movie theater used to have the pod racer arcade machine. Never quite got the hang of it could only get maybe a mission and a half through before I’d die / run out of quarters. Then later on my family took a trip up to VT/NH and we stopped at this massive arcade. Little did I know it was funspot, one of the largest museums of classic arcade games. And wouldn’t ya know they had the OG Star Wars vector arcade machine! I sat down and tried to play it but man what a beast. This was a great trip down memory lane, thank you for making this great video!!

[@Slashes_To_Ashes]

This video is awesome! I miss the longer videos but I still love your content!

[@Lukethefox]

The Star Wars Trilogy arcade cabinet is one of my favourite Arcade games ever. I first saw it when I was at Thorpe Park in '99, and I was amazed at the Battle of Hoth. And yes I suck at the Lightsaber fights too as I couldn't work out how to tilt the lightsaber diagonally with the joystick. I kinda hoped they would do a follow-up based on The Prequel trilogy with the battles of Naboo, Geonosis and Coruscant. And you could have lightsaber duels with Darth Maul and I guess General Grevious.

[@Crocogator]

Definitely had the ATARI arcade port on my Commodore 64. It blew me away. Then my dad sat me in his lap while he played X-Wing. Brain exploded. Been playing star wars flight sims ever since.

[@jasonlee7816]

were you blown away at how good the C64 port (version) of the Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi arcade game looked/played/sounded?

[@ringfitmaster3079]

Funny enough I have the 1980 star wars arcade game for my GC through the Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3 demo. The full game rogue squadron 3 has the arcade game itself as an unlock if you beat the game but its easier for me to just insert the demo disc and play the original arcade game that way. Lol.

[@dinkalicious]

That’s fun, but it misses something without the original controls.

[@MasterKydis]

Wait. Which demo disc?

[@ringfitmaster3079]

@@MasterKydis just the rogue squadron 3 demo disc.

[@MasterKydis]

@@ringfitmaster3079 did it come with 2 discs? And you can put the demo disc in and go straight to the arcade game?

[@ringfitmaster3079]

@@MasterKydis Not exactly. Back in the day if you pre-ordered the game at EB games here in Canada or GameStop in the U.S , if you were lucky they would give you a demo so you could give the first level of the game a try but it also included the arcade game from Atari just right there for you to play.

[@casedistorted]

I have played almost all of these, there is a local Geeks Mania arcade that has almost all of these arcade machines too, pod racer, 2-3 arcade versions of Star Wars, and the pod lots of kids constantly use because you go inside and the big screen that wraps around you is super cool. There is even a little fan that spins up and blows wind on your face when you are flying really fast, and the surround sound in there is super immersive. Definitely one of my favorites.

[@jaws2096]

Flandrews videos are always so well researched and fun to watch, cant wait for the next one!

[@aamirrazak3467]

Never got to play these games but it’s cool to see how Star Wars games have evolved from their humble but classic arcade origins

[@JonathanLundkvist]

My local amusement park had the 1993 version and I remember just standing there watching other people play for an hour despite the fact that I should have done the rounds at the Rollercoaster. I only saw the X-WIng Scene. Nobody ever got further than that.

[@XJ0461C]

Dude, thank you so much for these trips down memory lane. They are the highlight of my week.

[@ConcordiaJedi]

Dude, The 98 Star Wars Trilogy arcade game is so fun. They used to have a cabinet at my local Walmart when i was a kid. Spent so many quarters on that thing.

[@jonathanshaw9704]

Oh man… I love the Star Wars Trilogy Arcade game. When I completed it for the first time, I felt so happy. I believe they still have it at the Ice Arena Stadium.

[@Tuskin38]

I remember playing the racer arcade and the trilogy arcade. The original vector arcade games I believe were also included in one of the rogue squadron games as an Easter egg or an unlockable I don’t recall.

[@DanBen07]

Yeah it was for Rogue Squadron 3.

[@maddinpictures3102]

@@DanBen07 there was one in Rogue Leader too, the New Hope Game I think

[@Archaia24]

Rolled into bed after a long night shift and this video was waiting…thank you!

[@NcWcN1]

10:29 that's a nice homage of sorts to the _Gambler's Run_ short story from West End Games' Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi; in which Lando ends up too close for comfort to the _Executor_ and has to stage a hasty retreat by blowing up some of it from within.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

The original Star Wars sit in cabinet is still the best and still holds up today. I’ve got the Arcade1Up version and it’s still so playable, I love it. Shame they couldn’t have also put the modern Star Wars games into it as well, I know some people can mod them. Nice video. 👍

[@RWSL97]

Flandrew always put out a video on a Sunday night before we start a new week of horror and I can't thank him enough

[@safebox36]

We have VR now, where's the full remaster with cockpit controls?

[@edonslow1456]

What I realise watching this is that visual aesthetic of the movies is so simple and well designed that it translates really well to videogames, even with very basic visual techniques. Even with a few simple vectors, it's instantly recognisable as Star Wars, which is a credit to the art direction of the movies as much as the game developers.

[@theyouth2000]

The Star Wars cabinet with separate pilot and gunner controls will always have a special place in my heart. ❤

[@TheBeird]

Yeah it was a trip playing Star Wars Arcade back in 93. Played it in the Arcade and had it on the 32X. And I played Star Wars Trilogy many times. Good times. Because back then . . . I was young. I'm not anymore. The grim spectre of Death hangs over me 😥 And yet Star Wars doesn't have the good grace to just die

[@risksrewardsrelics51]

The original vector cockpit cabinet is one of my favorite games ever. Pretty immersive and some awesome sound (voice synthesis) for such an early game. There’s something about vector graphics that triggers an overwhelming sense of nostalgia in me. I will always love vector games.

[@58jharris]

I agree. Vector games have a certain unique appeal and Star Wars was probably the best one of them all.

[@SkyBlueFox1]

Strangely enough, I remember discovering a semi-remake of the original wireframe arcade game one day, when I was poking around the computers at a summer computer camp. I dunno who made it or why, maybe it was some custom project or whatever, but it was a pitch-perfect recreation of the trench run segment. Even the goofy "slow zoom-out of the flat Death Star vector" bit was there. I remember copying it onto a USB and bringing it back home with me, but I don't know if I still have it, sadly. Still, it's a fun memory to look back on!

[@Sephiroth144]

Trilogy's the fave, the Vector SW is the OG, and Battle Pod... not sure if I just had bad luck, but it didn't "feel" right (something about TIEs taking 600 hits to explode, and almost always needed to cooldown the blasters during at attack on one...)- wondering if where I found the 'Pod was cranked to 11 difficulty to eat more quarters

[@Wintericecrystal]

It wasn't difficulty or bad luck, It just sucked. The first level was literally two minutes long and I swear you could have gone for half of that time without touching the controls and still managed to win.

[@kaihedgie1747]

I've played all of these except for the early 90s arcade. Played plenty of Trilogy in numerous arcade areas, sampled a bit of Racer, but I can quite recall from where. I was especially envious of the arcade Racer because Sebulba was available by default and he had my favorite podracer. I had yet to unlock him in Episode 1 Racer but unlike the console game, he didn't have his little built in flamethrower. Played the old Atari games through Rebel Strike's extra unlockables, though I imagine most have at this point and I've played Battle Pod a few times at Dave & Buster's. The dome version really is the best way to experience it

[@generalcjg]

Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, my first ever introduction to the Star Wars Original Trilogy, and definitely my favorite Arcade game of all time. I really wanna have an arcade cabinet of it in my house.

[@BmikroB]

Oh man, that SW Arcade game that goes first in this list, I vaguely remember playing something like it when I was a kid, but seeing the footage it does differ from what little I remember, and I could never find the game I played all these years later, still to this date (and believe me I tried, and tried A LOT even though I can't even describe it with full detail since I don't remember much anymore). The only thing that I feel (or think) pretty sure about is that it was the same cockpit-view first-person space shooter game played in a huge-axx cabin, with the same vector graphics and this think blew my mind back then, I dunno I was 5 or 6 back then, meaning I played it even before I went to school. But I think the difference was that it was all green, I mean the lines, the graphics - only green color, no other color around, just green all along (well, green lines drawn on the black empty space that is). No red, no blue, pink, or whatever else - just green, I think. And there probably was no cutscene at the end of it, too. And what I also recall is having a boss fight against a huge weird af (geometrically weird) spaceship, which freaked me out so much because it was a really tough one to beat. Yeah, that was mind-blowing, and the fact I still haven't found it yet is a headscratcher, haha.

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

I have an upright cab of this game at the arcade down the street from me, and the vector graphics look even more incredible in person. Vector graphics are generated by direct control of the electron beam, so the "framerate" and "resolution" are not 1:1 with what we traditionally think of compared to scan line graphics. (More or less unlimited).

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

By the way, maybe you're thinking of Battlezone?

[@Kazzlin1]

I think I may know which one you mean. Did the Tie fighters have square wings instead of hexagons?

[@BmikroB]

@@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli It would be cool ofc, but nope, it's not Battlezone.

[@BmikroB]

@@Kazzlin1 Ah, if only I could remember these kinda little details. Can't tell mate, I have no clue tbh.

[@uncletido99]

Your voice would be perfect for a history channel documentary lol

[@CybershamanX]

(1:11) The Death Star receding in the distance is a great shot in that first arcade game. It always made me catch my breath back in the day. Still does. 😎🤘☮️

[@jamesriendeau7351]

I was a pretty frequent Chuck E Cheese visitor when I was a kid, and played the 1998 game there loads of times. Definitely one of the most awesome arcade games you could find in the 90s.

[@virtualinfinity6280]

I remember playing the first shooter in our town's arcade, battleing for the highscore on that machine with a friend of mine. At the time, it was an epic game, mostly for it's absolutely smooth operation, compared to the sometimes stuttery performance of other games. Nice trip down memory lane, thanks for the video.

[@DAngelProductions]

I remember player racer arcade a whole bunch! I loved the unique controls and the speed at which the racers moved. I was so heart broken when it was taken out sometime later, don’t remember how long.

[@saoirsewojownik830]

your harrison ford impersonation was startlingly good

[@RayMKV]

How'd you get footage for the Trilogy Arcade? I tried to emulate this for years!

[@jetpak12]

There's a Sega Model 3 emulator that plays it, just Google and you'll find it.

[@fusionspace175]

Never found a working version either. Hoping for clues here.

[@Qasemiro]

A new comparison video ❤ Here we go. Please compare all versions of Lego lord of the rings and make when philsiopher's stone ruled the world video.

[@David-hi9rp]

Back in the Late 90s as an Electronic engineer i worked for SEGA Arcade engineer i was blown away with Star Wars arcade game in London and i got to play it for free as i had the keys to enable free play which i did a lot including VR Racing and SEGA Rally which was my favorite arr back in the day

[@HazelHelper]

The Podracer controls were so cool! Such an original concept.

[@pal-of-pals]

I vividly remember seeing the Star Wars Trilogy and Star Wars Racer arcade games in my local bowling alley as a kid.

[@dc8rdecoded]

I remember the Trilogy Arcade game but I did find the joystick a little junky and didn’t venture too far into the levels. Still was fun!

[@IndiGhost_77]

9:27 "it's so dense. every single image has so many things going on"

[@HazmanFTW]

That final arcade game looks so good, espcially the thrill bits of flying through the star destroyer as it's getting destroyed

[@RyanHaney55]

I like the way the wire frames look like the Death Star blueprints and the X-Wing targeting computer from the movies.

[@sgt_s4und3r54]

I've played so many of these. I remember playing the 83 cabinet in our local mall's food court. Drove my parents nuts wanting to play it. I was about 6 or 7 years old. It was still very new then. Vector graphics were the thing back then and I played so many different ones back in the 80s.

[@richmanz447]

This brings back great memories of saving up quarters to run to the local convenience store to play the game.

[@goranisacson2502]

Did not know that the arcade game had remade the same levels so often, but in hindsight I guess it makes sense. They're pretty much the most action-packed sequences from each movie, the ones easiest to convert into an arcade game. And now I know!

[@HarshTekie]

ATARI Star Wars arcade game 1983 is one of the few arcade games that does not let you continue / add new life by adding more coins in. Once your shield was gone - that was it - which meant you had to be as close to playing flawlessly as possible.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

There was an old Star Wars arcade game featured in a criminally overlooked movie: Midnight Madness. A movie from 1980 that kickstarted Michael J. Fox's career, despite very few people knowing its existence.

[@hitfan2000]

What I really liked about the original 1983 Star Wars Arcade Game is that the early levels were easy enough for most beginners to get familiar with the game mechanics and destroy the death star. Now of course, the game got progressively harder and it would become more and more difficult to repeat the same feat. But for 25 cents, you were almost guaranteed to get the full Luke Skywalker experience.

[@darthgoku90]

Man, Trilogy Arcade was the only one of these I was familiar with before. Always had a blast playing it at either Chuck E Cheese or the arcades in Cape May during my family's summer vacations. It took me almost 10 years to actually beat the game though, which I did at Dave and Busters back in 2008.

[@jedigamer9935]

I loved the Trilogy arcade and the Battlepods one. Definitely fun.

[@GuiOmania]

I wish we would at have Star Wars arcade 1998 and Lost World Jurassic Park arcade on the dreamcast !!!

[@Rschr101]

Would've helped the Dreamcast big time to have those 2 titles.

[@KenMasters.]

Lucas' Arcade Collection for the Dreamcast needed to happen: • Virtua Star Wars (1993) • Jurassic Park Arcade (1994) • The Lost World: Jurassic Park Arcade (1997) • Star Wars Trilogy (1998)

[@marjon1703]

Finished last week restoring Star Wars Trilogy. The projector CRTs were shot so rebuilt an LCD back projector to replace it then rebuilt the joystick system. Playing the game now gives me goose bumps!

[@djlaw56what]

Loved the racer 1 arcade it always felt cool to drive it!

[@deadaccountlol9189]

Trilogy is probably my favorite arcade game ever.

[@white-dragon4424]

That Battle Pod is certainly a promising concept if they want to bring back video arcades. I can envision VR Battle Pods of things like LOTR, D&D, Elder Scrolls, WWI biplanes, WWII fighters and bombers, modern jets, tank combat, auto racing and Marvel/DC as well.

[@jedigamer9935]

I liked playing the original arcade titles in Rogue Squadron 3. That was fun.

[@nicholasstancel]

I remember playing the Trilogy Arcade at Chuck-E-Cheese and Playdium. I was SO HOOKED on the game, I would play it constantly. As a kid, I could never click the firing trigger on the yoke fast enough to kill the Wampas, (which were HP sponges). Anyone else? 😂🎉

[@Hogan231]

Do Lego Lord of the Rings.

[@Geekyguy98]

Brother he has….

[@weedmilk]

@@Geekyguy98are you sure? I can’t find it with a google search.

[@XJ0461C]

​@@Geekyguy98LEGO TLotR. Flandrew has only done movie centric non-LEGO TLotR games.

[@jamesblinzler7421]

Omg lmfao 😂

[@Nebula2187]

Fun Fact the battle pod had an additional Mission on some cabinets with the battle of Takodana from Episode 7. I remember when I played it when I was younger flying over the lake and defending General Organa's transport from Tie's trying to shoot it down.

[@dannypresson]

My local bowling alley had the 1983 cabinet. It was the first arcade game I can remember playing.

[@leeprew]

I remember they had a Star Wars: Arcade cabinet at Thorpe Park. I can't say I played it much as I'm pretty sure it was also ridiculously expensive compared to other games. Like that silly hologram arcade game, Time Traveler, that was also found in Thorpe Park.

[@radagastaddams3703]

I remember playing that vector graphics Star Wars game on holiday on the IOW. going from ZX Spectrum to that cockpit arcade machine with music blasting & Darth Vader speaking as his Tie Fighter hounded you was mind blowing. still fantastic game I'd love to see one again in an arcade.

[@raggeragnar]

Since I’m born -65 , the 1983 Star wars arcade game was in my home stretch at the arcades. I can only remember ”Paperboy” , among new releases , getting some serious playtime after that. Otherwise , we oldtimers kept to the classics , all the way back to Tank , Breakout and Sprint2.

[@Dingus888]

Yay new flandrew. I am in a very bad time of life and I love your content. It makes a day a little easier. You and James Rolfe

[@Flandrew]

Thank you and hang in there!

[@axtagran7504]

I played Star Wars Trilogy Arcade in one of the arcades at Disney World florida last yr!!! Coming from someone who was born shortly after the OG Clone Wars, meaning i'm the kinda guy who you'd assume would take modern games for granted... i cannot emphasis enough how fun it was!!! I found myself repeatedly playing all 3 lvls over and over again!!! even though its largely based on battles of yavin, hoth and endor, it does what video game adaptions of events in movies should do... it expands the scope of the battles/events (for instance, you still partake in the trench run, but before that you gotta blow up some tie fighters coming from a star destroyer over there- shows the developers didn't restrict themselves to what 'really' happened') And if you've played it then c'mon... how badass is the feeling of getting your own hallway scene in the hoth lvl!!!! I'd say after the first few mins, there's a great balance of challenge / urgency, and simple fun Only small issue are the limitations of the lightsaber missions, but even then the boba fett one was still ok, and the vader one at least adapted Luke vs Vader well

[@chadwick8193]

I remember the Star wars trilogy arcade cabinet had the Empire vector graphics arcade cabinet next to it. I enjoyed both as a kid, but I was always drawn to the newer one. I never realized how old the cabinet was (this was the between episode 2 and 3 coming out). I don't think I ever got past Darth Vader as a kid, but I remember watching this adult man do it.

[@bluediamonddirector]

I have played the cockpit version of the original arcade at a arcade a few hours away from where i live. Loved it. A local arcade has the ROTJ one plus the Trilogy arcade. I play them everytime i go.

[@treiden]

They have a battle pod at the local arcade here, and it's set to free play. I've played all of those levels to death. Love that thing

[@1998232v6]

As a kid in the 90’s it was always a great night when my parents let me go into the mall arcade after eating to play the Starwars Trilogy Arcade. I would buy that arcade now for my house if I could.

[@vanitarus]

I remember being terrible at lightsaber sections in the 1998 arcade. It's because vertical axis was inwerted while horizontal axis wasn't. That simple trick made those sections much more confusing and difficult.

[@painters04]

Would love to see Comparing Every Version of Madagascar 1.

[@RobHug01]

Always remember 3PO's "Wonderful. We are now part of the tribe" when you finished the Endor stage on ROTJ. 😂

[@princegroove]

That first arcade game was such a thrilling experience when I was a kid. ❤

[@optimal9094]

Vader's revenge is the best Star Wars content I've seen since the original trilogy. :D

[@Timelord2001]

With "the big one," SW: Trilogy, I found it best to start play with the Endor sequence. The enemy speeders are brought down faster if you aim up just a bit at the trooper instead of the speeder. Use the special attack button to have an Ewok take down the odd enemy when you can for the "secret" award. 😉 Second, play the "original" DS sequence. Don't forget to assist your fellow rebels being chased when you can. Remember, you actually have no limit on your torpedoes, so you can shoot at Vader's tie fighter (and his wingmen) with them to get them off your case when blasters become unavailable. {Special Note: With the "bonus" fights against Boba Fett and Vader, remember, it's "pilot" controls, unlike the rest of the game, meaning you "push down" and "pull up." Also, with Vader, to earn the secret award there, turn *off* your lightsaber as soon as Vader falls.} Then third, do the Hoth sequence. If you learn the tricks and best timing of things in all these, this path will do the most to preserve your life meter, so you can ace the game in one credit without having to continue, which will give you the best end-of-game rating. 👍

[@WatanukiProductions]

Since I love Trilogy Arcade I was actually tremendously disappointed by the Battle Pod, it's particular brand of "on-rails" were the ship is stuck in a invisible tube and you're tasked with pointing the nose at whatever it tells you to point the nose at. Dodging the ships on Hoth is a great example where it certainly feels like you can go up above the ships but the invisible tube turns downward so you can't dodge above the ships only below. This creates a fundamental disconnect for me, in Trilogy you are aiming disconnected from the ship so it feels natural that the ship pilots itself for the most part, but in Battle Pod you're piloting the ship but it's also piloting itself and constantly rolling around without your input feels unnatural. If you had to roll on your side to squeeze between a ship and a cliff that would feel amazing but instead the game rolls you onto your side on it's own with you only controlling the pitch. When shooting there is basically a set order in which you're supposed to shoot things with an arrow constantly coming up to tell you in which direction to aim and to hide that you're not making any decisions about what to shoot it tends to only give you one shootable thing on screen at a time. There is so much visual clutter it's hard to even identify what you're shooting at particularly with the garish interface in the way constantly flashing, not to mention your ship rolling this way and that beyond your control. Lastly I feel like they didn't take enough advantage of the throttle control. You never have to match the speed of targets or anything like that but I don't remember it well enough to critique it.

[@Wintericecrystal]

I'll second all of this. For a game that supposedly boasts of its immersive qualities, everything on the screen seems designed to break it. And lol @ the throttle. It doesn't even work. All it does is make lines show up on the screen and blows air at you - in space(!)

[@DATtriniDanyBoyy]

This brings memories of playing some of those games in the 80s and 90s

[@scaryhobbit211]

I saw an english version of the 1993 Star Wars Arcade by random chance in the mid-2000's at a sci-fi restaurant in Fargo-Moorhead called _Space Aliens._ I was confused by two things: 1. It was a co-op game. 2. It was not the _other_ Sega Star Wars arcade game that I was familiar with.

[@thepowerofIandI]

10:20 Is one of the coolest things I have ever seen in a star wars game

[@Scottzilla1970]

I feel special now having played the english version of the 1993 game that you said was rare. It was in a pub in Perth Western Australia of all places. I wouldn't expect to find a rare arcade game there.

[@tjpowers88]

I remember the Atari retro trench run at Star Tours store at Disneyland. It was amazing when I was young I loved it. Looking at it now, especially after just playing with me on the Xbox seconds ago. I remember a gameboy game too for some reason.

[@sampoernaquatrain1710]

Fantastic! I've played all of these in arcades, and the best is Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, hands down. In a darkened arcade, it completely sucks you in. Also the control stick has a big front trigger that will let you strafe with your opposite hand. The Battle Pod game is tons of fun too and probably a close second!

[@MikeJw-je4xk]

I mastered the 1980s Star Wars Arcade game. I would drive around northern Indiana setting the records on all of the machines. I bought my own cabinet 15 years ago and it still works.

[@SauloBenigno]

How did you capture the Battle Pod game?