Star Wars Trilogy Arcade is an arcade game first released in 1998. The game is a 3-D rail shooter based on the original trilogy of Star Wars films and was released along with the special editions of these films. Sega also released an accompanying pinball game. The game is not to be confused with Star Wars Arcade, another Star Wars game released to arcades by Sega in 1993.
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My favorite arcade machine. I would put myself in an arena with a starving Wookie for 30 seconds if it meant I had a chance to play it again.
THe best arcade machine that I used to play in the movie theatre!
This game was really hard as a kid, Vader was a no-life sweat
Sega X Star Wars, What a Dynamic Duo!
1998->2023 25 years later, I believe this game can still carry arcades IMO. From Childhood to Adulthood once more I see myself wondering if things were once great as I remember them and I am glad Star Wars Trilogy Arcade still holds up very well.
Running on the Sega Super Model 3, this game certainly shines through the CRT television. This cursor-based rail shooter takes you through the epic battles of Episode IV-VI which include Death Star I, Battle of Hoth, Boba Fett Duel on Tatooine, Battle of Endor, Darth Vader duel in the Emperors Throne Room & Death Star II. This game is all gas and no breaks. It wants to throw you right into the action and even better they thrown in that John William Score which is absolutely memorable on the cabinet Sub woofer and Speaker system. There was never a moment I was not excited to thrown my quarter at it to continue.
Its length is about 30 minutes or so, the cabinet I was playing it was 25 cents to play and the cabinet seemed to be on the normal difficulty as "Cheap shots" were not as prevalent but were still there if you did not know the pattern. I would say the most important aspect is if the stick is calibrated correctly. Do not even bother playing it on a non calibrated or broken stick, you will have a mediocre time.
As far as cons go, you do have your arcade cheap shots which is unfortunate but I get it. There is also times during the duel were it was slightly hard to navigate the hand to where it needed to go but I don't blame it on the game but its stick calibration but no calibration is gonna be perfect.
Not much more I can say besides this is absolute classic SEGA managed to cook with the Super Model 3. I absolutely recommend this if you see it at a Barcade, Movie theatre, hell anywhere were they still have these machines. BANGER of a Arcade Game.
1998->2023 25 years later, I believe this game can still carry arcades IMO. From Childhood to Adulthood once more I see myself wondering if things were once great as I remember them and I am glad Star Wars Trilogy Arcade still holds up very well.
Running on the Sega Super Model 3, this game certainly shines through the CRT television. This cursor-based rail shooter takes you through the epic battles of Episode IV-VI which include Death Star I, Battle of Hoth, Boba Fett Duel on Tatooine, Battle of Endor, Darth Vader duel in the Emperors Throne Room & Death Star II. This game is all gas and no breaks. It wants to throw you right into the action and even better they thrown in that John William Score which is absolutely memorable on the cabinet Sub woofer and Speaker system. There was never a moment I was not excited to thrown my quarter at it to continue.
Its length is about 30 minutes or so, the cabinet I was playing it was 25 cents to play and the cabinet seemed to be on the normal difficulty as "Cheap shots" were not as prevalent but were still there if you did not know the pattern. I would say the most important aspect is if the stick is calibrated correctly. Do not even bother playing it on a non calibrated or broken stick, you will have a mediocre time.
As far as cons go, you do have your arcade cheap shots which is unfortunate but I get it. There is also times during the duel were it was slightly hard to navigate the hand to where it needed to go but I don't blame it on the game but its stick calibration but no calibration is gonna be perfect.
Not much more I can say besides this is absolute classic SEGA managed to cook with the Super Model 3. I absolutely recommend this if you see it at a Barcade, Movie theatre, hell anywhere were they still have these machines. BANGER of a Arcade Game.
In essence it's starwars-brand starblade but the spectacle levels are off the charts. I always saw this game at various arcades I went to but I never actually sat down to play it all the way through until today. You'd think that playing a cursor-based rail shooter would suck with a big joystick but its actually quite playable, and they even use the big joystick to simulate a lightsaber for the bonus levels so that's cool. The cabinet for this thing is awesome tho, the screen is huge (though whatever projector display it has burns in like a mfer and ive seen more really dim cabinets than not) and the game has giant loud speakers and a big boomy subwoofer. It def gets ya in the mood for sure. The visuals are also pretty damn good too for the time, i think this runs on model 3 hardware? Overall its like a playable amusement park ride. Short, bombastic, fun, and exciting. Hard to really say no to tbh
Upon revisiting this childhood arcade classic, it still rules. It's just not as perfect as kid-me thought it was lol.
I am deducting half a point because there are quite a lot of cheap shots that are really just unfair. It can be learned and dealt with as the game is very short, you can learn where every single enemy placement is within a couple play-throughs, but the cheap hits cannot be justified, it's just cheap arcade stuff to take your quarters.
When it isn't being cheap though, it's so damn awesome. Both Death Star Runs, Battle of Hoth, Battle of Endor, Boba Fett Duel, and Darth Vader duel. Every one of these are awesome and so much fun to play. It can be extremely fast paced so it just hits you with adrenaline. It's just an extremely exciting game, there is never a dull moment.
I'm glad this one from my childhood holds up extremely well, and as far as I'm concerned, this is the best Star Wars arcade game ever. If you want an awesome Rail gunning experience through the Star Wars original trilogy, this is your game. Play it.
(See all my Star Wars Rankings and reviews on my profile here, the list is titled "Star Wars Ranked.")
I am deducting half a point because there are quite a lot of cheap shots that are really just unfair. It can be learned and dealt with as the game is very short, you can learn where every single enemy placement is within a couple play-throughs, but the cheap hits cannot be justified, it's just cheap arcade stuff to take your quarters.
When it isn't being cheap though, it's so damn awesome. Both Death Star Runs, Battle of Hoth, Battle of Endor, Boba Fett Duel, and Darth Vader duel. Every one of these are awesome and so much fun to play. It can be extremely fast paced so it just hits you with adrenaline. It's just an extremely exciting game, there is never a dull moment.
I'm glad this one from my childhood holds up extremely well, and as far as I'm concerned, this is the best Star Wars arcade game ever. If you want an awesome Rail gunning experience through the Star Wars original trilogy, this is your game. Play it.
(See all my Star Wars Rankings and reviews on my profile here, the list is titled "Star Wars Ranked.")