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STAR WARS GAMES
In 1978 Apple Computer produced an unlicensed Star Wars game on cassette tape for its Apple II. As a "space pilot trainee", the player destroys TIE fighters using a first-person heads-up display.
The first video game cartridge bearing the name Star Wars appeared that year on the RCA Studio II clones Sheen M1200 and Mustang Telespiel Computer.
The first official licensed video game having the name Star Wars appeared on Kenners table-top Star Wars Electronic Battle Command game in 1979.
Due to the video game crash of 1983, which temporarily killed the home console market,
no further games based on the franchise were released until 1987 when UK software publisher Domark released several
8-bit versions of the Star Wars vector arcade game, followed by similar conversions in 1988 of The Empire Strikes Back machine. In 1987,
Namco developed a Star Wars game for the Family Computer for the Japanese market exclusively,
based on the 1977 film. In 1991, the plat former Star Wars was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System,
Sega Master System, Game Boy and Game Gear, and one year later, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back covered the plot line of the fifth episode
of the saga. Also in 1992, Super Star Wars was released for the SNES, followed by the remaining games in the trilogy: Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1993) and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
Now games are still being made even today such as star wars battlefront 3 2015.
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