Star Wars - Best Arcade Game (Atari 1983)

A candidate for best arcade game ever made. Star Wars, by Atari.
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[@doteaters]

I'm still active on KZbin, making videos about retro video games. I have an classic arcade game playlist if anyone wants to watch more: kzbin.info/aero/PL8395DBBA914F9218 Or a general retro game playlist if anyone has hours to burn. Just play it in the background and take a peek now and then 😉 kzbin.info/aero/PL29Nw7At9Gp0CfAhZ1sibVsAAFsGwFc2K

[@TheSlighty]

Paperboy ? the amount of my paper round money I spent pretending to be a paperboy. The irony is brutal haha !

[@SHEARMINATOR]

Jailbreak by Komami?

[@pac1fic055]

Many quarters died to make this game possible...

[@Kev621]

I miss the arcade days...

[@robertthomas5736]

Watch out For The Towers,and The Trench

[@robertthomas5736]

X-Wing Battles

[@AngelofAnguish]

@@Kev621 LIKEWISE!

[@Kev621]

@@AngelofAnguish Kids dont know about not having to run out of quarters in the mall arcade and desperately have a friend on lookout while you steal quarters from the fountain in mall...lmao.

[@Daz555Daz]

One of the best videogames of all time. A real shame the glory days of the arcades are long behind us. Such an important part of my childhood.

[@Del-Canada]

Arcades were actually a very important component of our immune systems back then.

[@Daz555Daz]

@@Del-Canada when I look at the horror that is my teenage son's PS4 controller I can only assume his immune system is doing fine....😁

[@Del-Canada]

@@Daz555Daz Yes, but nothing like getting into an arcade game that had thousands of people in it and just using it before you(For example Star Wars. You sat in it). LOL

[@YouthfulElf]

I remember playing this game for the first time at a pizza parlor I liked to go to as a kid! I was so awestruck by the colorful vector graphics and not to mention just loved everything about the game: flying an X-wing, shooting tie fighters, flying to Deathstar to blast more stuff, and then finish it off by blowing up Deathstar in the end! This was definitely one of my all time favorite quarter munchers of the time! 😎

[@doteaters]

YouthfulElf Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@drrobert7543]

One of the things I remember as a kid was that it wasn’t so hard that it kicked your ass right away- you could get through a couple stages and enjoy some success before it got really hard. Unlike, say, Sinistar or Defender where you’re game’s over in 30 seconds. Also the digital speech was awesome for its day.

[@mikeb8638]

I remember playing this the first time at General Cinema

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

@@drrobert7543 Yes the difficulty curve started shallow but quickly got steeper!A guy I saw on 100 Death Stars could waste no effort,with a reason for absolutely everything.The arcade management began setting machines up notbto restore shields at the end of a level,which was when I began to get good at this game. Other games plateaued after abt 10 minutes but Star Wars continually got harder with TIE fighters,Towers&Trench cannons shooting more,and Trench configurations tuned to your errors.

[@prdoyle]

The very slight movement of the x-wing guns really sold it. I was about 9 when this came out and I remember it being really immersive.

[@DCHurlford1]

I remember playing this in the sit down cabinet.......this was state of the art for 1983.

[@goldenemperor888]

This game was about 12 years ahead of its time.

[@doteaters]

No doubt. Taking a look at the visuals and what else was around at the time makes it startlingly clear.

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

I don't think it can be equalled.I liked the minimal thumbnail graphics,the revolutionary idea of the player being at the centre of action,gravity creating ballistic fireball trajectories when fighting the Towers and the modular Trench barrier configurations..no fluffy graphics or unnecessary visual distractions.

[@eternalnut]

Maybe about 8 years I think, but Namco made a fully 3d racing game that ran a bit better than this game in 1989.

[@matthewreynoso6904]

@@eternalnut Polposition?

[@eternalnut]

@@matthewreynoso6904 Pole Position was not full 3D, but was very good. The first fully 3D racing game was Winning Run.

[@TheBeefyBoysvideo]

This makes my heart ache with nostalgia

[@slickdog78]

I used to play this at a local restaurant near my house when I was 5 with my Dad...The nostalgia is definitely real here... ^_^

[@gamesndebunker]

Arcade 1up made a cabinet of this game

[@calnortonjr4797]

Big time nostalgic....I used to ride my bike up to the Winn-Dixie grocery to play this game. Hearing that music and voices for the first time in 35 years.

[@alkohallick2901]

Arcade1up

[@nickbritten8132]

@@gamesndebunker ah yes. What an awesome experience in the full cabinet!!! Epic!

[@CitizenKang]

This game was way ahead of its time.

[@drinklords8453]

The gameroom at every mall rocked in the 80s... Had a whole days fun there. Diamond Jim's arcade. And Aladdins castle..

[@doteaters]

While I'm a dealer of nostalgia, I usually don't have any desire to revert society back to the past... I have a PS4 and play the heck out of games on it.... but video game arcades, full of games of the era, that's something that I would wish to bring back.

[@fredhurst2528]

@@doteaters there's a kinda renascence of classic coin ops in my town, the brewery and a local bar have a number '80s machines as well as a family entertainment center with old school vids along side laser tag. Didn't think I'd ever have Gorf in my local brewery :)

[@doteaters]

@@fredhurst2528 Good move, Space Cadet.

[@DanielSong39]

@@doteaters They will come back for sure when the VR technology achieves that level. It's not there yet though.

[@AngelofAnguish]

LIKEWISE! I remember people, during their pre-teen years (I'm 50, right now, by the way), spending their allowance (remember getting THAT?!) on video games. It was either the video arcade or Atari, Collecovision, and/or Activision, that occupied our time.

[@nephrenqayin254]

Definitely the best Arcade Game back in the 80's. Awesome times.

[@doteaters]

No doubt!

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

In London the Master was a Korean guy who shut the machine down at 169 Death Stars.I started getting consistent in the trenches to do 29 Death Stars. Tips include using the force (ie not firing)in the trenches to gain an extra 100k points. Any shield loss between trench 3-12 meant whichever configuration of barriers took the shield got repeated from 12 -18 so if you couldn't handle that configuration, you'd not survive a trench. From Level 12-18 the towers were lethal.Tower pattern 12 was level 5 with 4 extra towers..not so hard. Level 13 was level 6 towers with additional towers. As level 11 towers were the hardest pattern, level 18 towers had to taken in a fixed route,either moving from left to right,or right to left,never changing direction. Level 11 towers were strung out in a line but if you missed the 1st pass at the tower tops,you only got one more chance.After level 18,the tie fighters at the start of every wave would swarm. Pinning them down..ie stopping them from laying down a spiral barrage meant they'd double shoot next wave.Avoiding hitting Darth Vader's TIE fighter prevented them from swarming so If shields got critical,itvwas best not to pin them down as one shot would cost one shield. Level 8&9 trenches had the hardest barrier configurations. They had these close split barriers then the walls with only one out of eight positions open..It was impossible to use the force down those trenches without losing at least a shield so you had to fire intensely. Steering the cursor upwards slowed the speed in the trench sufficiently to be able to navigate the close split walls, but the level 10&11 trenches had a gun position just beyond the single open position which again meant it was impossible to use the force in those trenches. Enemy fireballs went through their barriers while your lasers didn't..a real bastard when trench wall cannons fired double. The joy of this game was it was extremely demanding. One slip of concentration caused multiple shield loss especially on the towers because if you hit a tower you lost control of your steering plus lost a shield. I only ever played this and Battlezone,which I mastered,being able to stay on that indefinitely. Star Wars is better than ALL that era's games for its intensity,intelligence and its X-Screen meaning no on-screen avatar.If you couldn't think in 3 Dimensions,you couldn't play Star Wars.

[@doteaters]

An excellent analysis of an excellent game.

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

Does anyone know how or where to access this game now?20 yrs ago there were a few old arcade machines in mothballs but the onlynthing to rival this for reflex training is paintballing or firearms drill simulators..neither of which yield Death Star supernovae as rewards..

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

@@doteaters kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZPUd5SthtuXfac

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

This isn't me bybthe way,but a taste of the higher levels..

[@doteaters]

@@andersonarmstrong2650 That's pure insanity, holy smokes those trench runs...

[@warmecanic]

Damn, this looks cool. Impressive for being a 1983 game Most impressive in deed

[@insanelook]

I remember this game playing in arcade rooms, what a blast, couldn't get enough of it.

[@Mike-ky9jz]

We had the cockpit version of this game at our local arcade. I had forgotten about it until I saw this video...what a great game this was.

[@toriless]

That version is too relaxing, you get lazy.

[@44excalibur]

OMG, I remember spending an entire college tuition playing this game! lol

[@toriless]

WHAT??? I bought my own machine for about $300. I got way too high a score the the monitor faded.

[@leejt101]

"Red 5 standing by!" the Sound of my childhood! The BEST ARCADE GAME EVER! & so way ahead of it's time. Happy memories of my holidays in the 80's with my Grandma at the seaside arcade and me playing this thinking I was Luke.. especially by the time I was on the 13th wave lol. Nostalgia! Still today from "Yaa'hoo you're all clear kid!" *explosion*I get GOOSEBUMPS! Just Awesome! "The force will be with you, always."

[@toriless]

Red 5 to red leader

[@itsmemnmxd3701]

I CANT WAIT FOR THE ARCADE 1UP RELEASE

[@PiotrBarcz]

Funny, they actually nailed it!

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

The best video game of its era beyond any doubt.

[@samueld8413]

Has anyone else noticed that the Death Star has “May the Force be with you” written on it?

[@2MKcreations]

I think the Rebel force are able to graffiti the Death Star.

[@knowpassword]

Always wanted one of these arcade cabinets 👍

[@pwnmeisterage]

There is simply no substitute for the 4-button flight yoke this game used in the arcades. We all do whatever we gotta do to fly our starfighters ... even though gamepad, joystick, mouse, or keyboard just don't really cut it. (Yes, it's true that you can buy expensive and advanced controllers for PC flight simulators. Maybe they're awesome for flying a 767. But they're useless for flying an X-Wing.)

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

I agree.It is impossible to play the game without that trigger mechanism. Also,keeping you finger on the triggers did not yield a fast enough rate of fire so when the TIE fighters swarmed their fireballs would overwhelm your shooting unless you rapid-fire pressed individual shots.

[@toriless]

@@andersonarmstrong2650 BS, TIE fighter are very predictable, and I used the FORCE for a 100000 bonus on every level. Sometimes I would hit only 18-19 of the 20 towers

[@WARREN_9000]

The Words "MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU" Was on The death Star 0:49

[@MalamiteLtd]

On the second go-around it reads: HALLY RIVERA MARBELION AVELLAR VICKERS DURFEY The last names of the people who made the game.

[@christophersmith8272]

Arcade1up brought me here!!

[@mikeb8638]

All this time never realized it says May The Force Be With You , right before blowing up the Death Star

[@jarm3752]

I just played this and a lot of other cool old arcade games at replayfx the other day. This one stood out and was really fun, and I love vector graphics like this

[@vectrinox]

I remember playing this game as a kid back in the day at my local Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theater, back when video arcade machines used to be integrated with all the kiddie ticket games: Skee Ball, Whack a Mole, Etc. They had the sit down version, which gave it that authentic feel you were sitting inside a X-wing cockpit.

[@Frostie3672]

Played this game to death at the arcades, 10p a play, wish I could go back to the 80s.

[@sky173]

What a classic. Gotta love those vector graphics.

[@toriless]

Tempest was even better

[@JP5466]

Wow, this is great! My local arcade had one you sat in. LOVED THIS GAME!... so did many others. There used to be a line waiting to play it.

[@airmett8939]

The video game museum here in Dallas has it (the pinball museum in Las Vegas has it too). It's a really fun game. It's appropriately challenging and something about it seems more real than the video games today trying so hard to be life like.

[@NorseGraphic]

This takes me back in time when I was a kid playing this game at the arcade.

[@fruitsnackia2012]

being a 90s kid i just barely skimmed the arcade era. but i do remember playing them from time to time :P this one i tried via mame. for 1983 this was a really impressive game! i bet it was mind blowing to first timers back in the day!

[@Del-Canada]

I remember spending a pile of money on this. I remember the stereo speakers. The one I played you sat inside of. These units made a lot of money for arcades. Great design, literally surround sound.

[@cr0w342]

They had a booth for this at Disney Quest Orlando when it was still open. Nobody would play it so it was one of my favorite spots to just sit and hang out when I wanted a break from the crowds

[@TheJabbate1]

I remember unlocking this on one of the Rogue Squadron games and I was so confused about it at the time. Little did I know that I stumbled upon a bit of history.

[@wattage2007]

I used to drool over the resolution of these vector graphics back in the day. At the age of 12 I never had the money to actually play it so would just stand like a weirdo watching others, mesmerised by the way the game threw these high resolution lines about, it made my ZX Spectrum's graphics look stone age ☺️

[@doteaters]

Your mind must have exploded when you watched people play Dragon's Lair.

[@wattage2007]

@@doteaters Ha! That was the machine right next to it! Yes, that was like watching voodoo magic.

[@anotherdimension8140]

@@doteaters For all of the 3 seconds that they played it until... THEY DIED AGAIN!

[@motherolliearchive]

I went to a video game history museum recently and they had the version of this game without the cockpit, it was still very immersive and one of my favorite cabinets I’ve ever played!

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

The stand up version is actually easier to play..

[@anotherdimension8140]

I beat this game at least once, as far as I remember, and felt like the king of the arcade and possibly an actual qualified Jedi. Most of the time was just watching the shields go down and then forcing the controller down as far as possible to the right or left to avoid the oncoming laser bursts. Then there were the up and down bar bits, which were tricky as hell, but you could just about pre-empt where to go. Finishing it at Level 10 was so exhilarating! May the force be with you - always.

[@doteaters]

The force is strong in this one...

[@HE360]

I remember playing this at Kroger, back when Kroger had arcade machines in their grocery store.

[@afflulifestyle1784]

Makes my eyes tear up when I see this, I loved this game I played it so much. I really thought I was a jedi back then, haha. The big cabinet games were the greatest creation ever. Who remembers later on in the 2000's "Eighteen Wheeler"? That cabinet was so big also, took me ages to clock it at £1 a go.

[@doteaters]

When you talk about great arcade game cabinets, you also have to mention the Total Environmental cabinet for Discs of Tron. That thing would totally whisk you away to the inner world of computers.

[@afflulifestyle1784]

@@doteaters very true, that was also a great cabinet we had it good back then.

[@ZenZaBill]

*First, you go to HARD MODE. Then: NEVER use your lasers in the trench! Blow up the Death Star, and you'll get 100,000 point bonus. If you Don't die of course. My all time high score was 1.1 million. I ruled that game at the local bar... Mr. B's it was called.*

[@Rod_I._Rigo]

Yes! Not firing while flying through the trench is the games idea of "using the Force". Hard mode is the funnest

[@Hologhoul]

INCREDIBLE game, still looks and sounds amazing now. Memories of Boscombe Pier in the 80s, the sounds are so evocative, I'm still there O.....I'm.....right there!!!

[@stephgp1]

I played this game nonstop. I wish I had my own machine right now.

[@Damian_Addington]

We need more games like these.

[@Gasoline85]

Some game, huh?

[@TheSlighty]

so here's my thing I was 5 when Star Wars came out and it was my EVERYTHING !!! early 80s my mum n dad had a caravan on the isle of Sheppey we would go there weekends and for a week on the summer. if a was REALLY good they would take me to Leysdown which had Sandy beach donkey rides trampoline fresh doughnuts bumper cars AND 4 arcades... and in them sat thos cabinet. People I tell you the excitement I almost couldn't breathe !!! for 10p I could be Luke fly an XWing and have Ben in my ears... I would like to thank ATARI so much and thank you for posting this. You brought back that little boy any my wonderful mum n dad and them holidays. I am forever in your debt foe that. Tbank you

[@doteaters]

Wow, thanks for this message, it means a lot!

[@OrdinaryG33K-SF]

This was my FAVORITE game back in the day! Used to spend my whole allowance on it (all $3 of it)!

[@doteaters]

Money well spent!

[@NPA1001]

I was 9 when this came out. We would.not believe how revolutionary it felt

[@jasonvancura2139]

I used to like watching the Death Star explode when I used to play this game in the arcade back in the day!

[@Heliosphan33]

They have this machine at the Roanoke STARCADE in Virginia. Such a great old game and incredible visuals for its age.

[@thefantasticdrill788]

SOME GAME!!!!!! (jokes aside, this is quite a testament to the skill of the programmers at Atari to be able to create such an exciting, fun, and hi-tech arcade experience when technology was so limited.)

[@gamechanger8908]

As someone born on the 2000s, this game looks good for the time the animation for the Tie Fighter makes it feel like you were fighting the ones on the movie.

[@anotherdimension8140]

It was convincing and the feel of the controller was really smooth and fluid. The cursor sort of somehow moves like it does in the turkey run part of the original movie. It's amazing how they managed to recreate that back then. The sound effects and music sounded better in the full sit-down arcade booth too, shaking the entire box you were sitting in.

[@blairwatson2]

This was my favourite Star Wars game... still is!

[@WalterAluasHeisenberg]

Love this game. I played this when I was eight.

[@samiam7342]

great game for the arcade, very comfortable to play also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 used to love to play, i wish i owned it for my home............

[@doteaters]

You're right, the sit-down cabinet was very comfortable to sit in and play. In fact, here's an image of George Lucas sitting in one for the first time, after it was installed at Lucasfilm in Marin: thedoteaters.com/?p=10113

[@cardcounter21]

sam hamdan You can with MAME.

[@doteaters]

@@cardcounter21 That's true, but the flight yolk made for the arcade game was something really special. I would say that it and the joystick designed for Gorf (also used in TRON) are the two best control devices ever created for video games.

[@seanbon74]

sam hamdan now you can,Arcade1up just announced they are making a 3/4 size ine

[@doteaters]

@@seanbon74 With the flight yolk. Awesome!

[@georgeshelton6281]

This video game has also brought back my old memories of when my brother David {David R. Shelton} used to wear a royal blue Star Wars t shirt. It showed C3PO and R2-D2. Back in those days: I had no idea or intention to find out that all of these Star Wars movies contain new age/cult themes.

[@doteaters]

It's funny, of course the religious allegory is pretty obvious in the film... Admiral Motti even accuses Vader of following a religion of the Force. But one thing I haven't thought of before you posted this message is just how much the first Star Wars is influenced by the woo of the 70s. Things like TM or Age of Aquarius Zodiac signs or the Hare Krishnas.

[@georgeshelton6281]

@@doteaters Guess who really criticized Star Wars? That was the Reverend Bob Larson who did. He's the one who revealed the truth to me about these movies. On the other hand: I still liked the children's ABC Saturday morning cartoon series versions of Star Wars. One was called Droids, and the other was called Ewoks.

[@kirkparsons5922]

My whole childhood when spending a week in Barry Island at butlins comes flooding back watching this 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@doteaters]

It's funny, I'm thinking that it's the simplicity or the starkness of the vector arcade games of yore that burn them into our memories.... like how the High Score text got burned onto Asteroids screens 😬

[@ManahManah77]

Just took me back to when I was 7... I remember the "flying away" sound after you hit the port.

[@darthravenclaw6338]

Clerk: Some game huh? Guy who looks like he high: SOME GAME!!!

[@shawnroney7449]

To this day my favorite arcade game. The line game era games like tempest , tron and battle zone along with this goat are the best!

[@BlackwatchCrazySix]

TIL this was really my first Star Wars exposure and not the prequels. I played this when i was 6 on an emulator. Never known the title of this. I do now.

[@arcturusregula3970]

Why the hell aren't there more games like this????!!!!! The wire frame graphics are badass! I get that people want to make games with modern graphics, but we need to revisit some of the older stuff sometimes.

[@Mikemic2218]

Arcturus Regula like in indie games

[@lecoeur1231]

I used to play this all the time in The Starcade at Disneyland!!

[@jwg5774]

I wasted a lot of time and a goodly number of quarters playing this game at the arcade when I was a kid.

[@doteaters]

A goodly amount or a godly amount. Probably both. ;)

[@sdprazak]

Dang! This brings back memories!

[@_neuco]

Who's here after the #Arcade1Up announcement at #E32019?

[@mc.blizzard9319]

Me

[@scottpeek5567]

Neuco hell yes!

[@genebagaus1150]

Just bought this last Sunday it is absolutely awesome

[@Squab1972]

Many happy times in the arcade with this game

[@bradley8575]

One of the Best Arcade Games of all Time

[@theguyyouheardabout6658]

My friend owns this arcade machine and I can confirm it's a great game.... when it's working

[@ianbailey3924]

can you get extra credits by pulling back on the controller when inserting coins?

[@bootymuncher6969]

I have an arcade near my house that has this and I swear I spend hours playing it. I am not as good as some of the old-timers that played this shit when it was new, but I still have a blast.

[@Nflguy4949]

I remember this game having two versions in arcades. One version you stand up to play.the other version you sat down to play..

[@doteaters]

Yep. And the cockpit version was amazing to play.

[@bobcohen7012]

Chuck E Cheese, Starwars, and the Ballpit...loved the 80's!

[@Kaynos]

Oh man that was one of my favorite arcade game, spent lots of quarters in that one.

[@Zulhardy]

Wow, I played this when I was like 8. Now looking at it again, I didn't realize the enemies shot circles of stars at you. lol

[@doteaters]

+Zulhardy Rahim I always kind of saw them as space snowflakes ;)

[@donperfecsionist7522]

Bruh. I used to play this at Chucky Cheese when I was a kid. Man I'm old.

[@robmoore7378]

My parents had this in there bar back in the early 80's. I loved it. The closest to it that I ever saw was the star wars flight of the falcon on game boy advance. Still have it, its hard but fun!

[@toriless]

Let go the fear, feel the force, and only fire when needed, score scores of millions as I have

[@adenarrington7607]

I never experienced arcades in the 80s (because I’m a teen) but I got back from a retro video game store that had an arcade, this was there and I wasted 30 minutes on this game, SOOOOOO FUUUUUNNNN

[@stephp6221]

Thanks for the video. I really want one of these games in my house right now. I love hearing the character voices and sort of reliving it (need my hands on the joy stick though.) One thing that might make it even better is the ambiance of other games being played in the arcade too. All the noise. That would make this great.

[@bryanobrien2726]

The local grocery store had the cockpit cabinet version of Star Wars in their entryway . My friends and I would save up our quarters and walk up there to play it . Good times .

[@authorjosephj.madden4993]

Spent so many quarters on this game. When it came out for the Atari console I turned it over several times because you couldn't score more than a million points. Ah...memories

[@robertthomas5736]

This Game Was and Still is Incredible, I put a lot of Quarters in This Incredible Machine, I Still Play Games for Free, like this today and everyday, Please Stay Safe and Be Blessed, My Wonderful Facebook Friends and Family

[@boshtovar]

Played this while visiting San Fran. Its amazing holds up amazingly. 10/10

[@doteaters]

Were you at the Musee de Mechanique on the Pier in San Fran? A must-visit destination in San Fran.

[@boshtovar]

William Hunter yes

[@fredhurst2528]

You worry about those fighters, I'll worry about the towers

[@scottg2045]

I just re-lived a moment in time far far away

[@doteaters]

A long time ago, in an arcade far, far away.

[@PlatformJunkie]

I'm not even big on Star Wars yet this is in my top 3.

[@robertthomas5736]

Red 5,Standing By!

[@ralgex]

Spent a lot of my childhood on this game, amazing.

[@Del-Canada]

Arcades were actually a very important component of our immune systems back then.

[@bioshock6935]

my very first game on the atari st fm and i loved it then a brought the amiga because it was on my fav arcade game i played when i went to Margate and when i saw this on the Atari i had to get it this was my only game i went back to over and over back in the atari years when it first came out. Boy 14 years of age when i played this and now 50 years the joys of being a kid are all over but i still play games so the kid is still in me in some ways

[@robertrodriguez787]

I remember going to the movies with my cousin and brother and playing this . Those were good times

[@yieldinhiding]

Ugh...hated those towers!! Thanks for sharing though. Brings back memories!

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

You had to steer in one direction only.Level 3 towers were easy ..in fact level 6-9 weren't hard but levels 10&11 had tra0s set up which is why you felt they were in your way!At the higher levels the chip would memorize where you made errors then repeat that sequence.If you dropped a shield on level 11 towers,then after level 18,you might get three waves of that same configuration!

[@lmjones7716]

This is the reason everyone thinks the trench is in the equator.

[@anakinfan8]

Wow I'm just now noticing it says "May the Force be with you" on the side of the Death Star...

[@pwnmeisterage]

"May the Force be with you" on odd-numbered levels. Different text messages on even-numbered levels. No mention in the game manuals or literature. Wikipedia claims it's the names of the devs. This "text" grid pattern is apparently also the arrangement of surface towers. (I've looked but never been able to see it, maybe just rumour.)

[@robertthomas5736]

Incredible Music and Video Game

[@quickmcglick]

The memories begging my parents for more quarters to play this at the arcade in the next town...I need this in my life again!

[@userGGG702]

Thank you for uploading

[@doteaters]

You're welcome!

[@youwayo]

Look more interesting than Battlefront 2015 :P

[@kascnef]

And 2

[@marcopederzoli4939]

my personal record in this game was around 9,000,000 points. I played it nonstop!

[@wakkowarner9522]

No cheesy Pay-to-Win schemes No Loot Box Mechanics No optional DLC... 100% Best Game of All Time!