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One of the first arcade games I "beat" when I was a kid. The local bowling lanes had a cockpit style cabinet I would play on when the parents did their league d

One of the first arcade games I "beat" when I was a kid. The local bowling lanes had a cockpit style cabinet I would play on when the parents did their league days. Once you blow up the Deathstar, you repeat the game, but the missiles and ships are faster and more numerous. Also, timing the final shot gets harder as well. Those sparkle missiles got super fast after awhile. I only once got to level '4'. They don't mention in the article, but this was probably the first game to use sampled dialog from a motion picture... as far as I can tell. It was extremely clear and crisp for the day as well. I was amazing to hear Obi-wan say 'Use the force Luke!' when firing the final shot.

dkresge 8y ago
The fun thing about the “use the force” quote is that it was a clue. If you could channel your inner Jedi, and the only shot you fired while in the trench was the one into the exhaust port, you were granted a pretty decent bonus (especially in the higher numbered waves).
michaelcampbell 8y ago
Actually hitting the vent was sadly too easy; maybe it was designed that way since the "hard part" was over. Just point your guns down and rapid fire; if you missed it that way, it was almost a bug in the game. Strafing the vent was pretty much a guaranteed hit.
michaelcampbell 8y ago
> They don't mention in the article, but this was probably the first game to use sampled dialog from a motion picture They do mention it, but not quite "sampled", unless the word has a different meaning to us. > Synthesized speech was added to the game, using clips from the film. This was a first for Atari. Various familiar phrases were used in-game such as “Use The Force, Luke” and “Yahoo, you’re all clear kid!” are used to encourage the player, and of course add to the sense of “being there”.

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One of the first arcade games I "beat" when I was a kid. The local bowling lanes had a cockpit style cabinet I would play on when the parents did their league d

by Severian 8y ago

dkresge 8y ago
The fun thing about the “use the force” quote is that it was a clue. If you could channel your inner Jedi, and the only shot you fired while in the trench was the one into the exhaust port, you were granted a pretty decent bonus (especially in the higher numbered waves).
michaelcampbell 8y ago
Actually hitting the vent was sadly too easy; maybe it was designed that way since the "hard part" was over. Just point your guns down and rapid fire; if you missed it that way, it was almost a bug in the game. Strafing the vent was pretty much a guaranteed hit.
michaelcampbell 8y ago
> They don't mention in the article, but this was probably the first game to use sampled dialog from a motion picture They do mention it, but not quite "sampled", unless the word has a different meaning to us. > Synthesized speech was added to the game, using clips from the film. This was a first for Atari. Various familiar phrases were used in-game such as “Use The Force, Luke” and “Yahoo, you’re all clear kid!” are used to encourage the player, and of course add to the sense of “being there”.