Atari‘s classic Star Wars arcade game took the gaming world by storm back in 1983.
It gave games-players a chance to pilot an X-Wing for the first time and wowed audiences with its superfast vector graphics and amazing digitised sound.
Star Wars really was a breakthrough arcade game, and it made space combat THE hot gaming genre in the mid Eighties, just as the film Star Wars had made sci-fi the hot genre in the movie biz some years earlier.
Still great to play now, if you can find it. I have seen playable sit-down cabinets recently, and recommend putting some money into Star Wars if you see one up and running.
More: Star Wars on Wikipedia
The King of Grabs 
Could’ve sworn a nightclub in Leeds circa 2010ish had a pretty beat up cabinet of this sitting at the back, but the cab looks different to the one linked and I thought it had a two player option? Either way I remember being completely bollocks at it, but least I can blame that on the drink.
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If I remember correctly, Star Wars had different cabinets throughout its life. I encountered sit-down and stand-up versions of the game in my youth. 🙂
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Last time I saw one was at a retro gaming show. You can pretty much guarantee that a Star Wars arcade cab will show up at the larger retro game fairs.
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The spectrum 48k version was first class.
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The good old Speccy did indeed host a great port of Star Wars, courtesy of Vector Grafix’s skills. If I remember correctly it had no sound though (to help keep frame rates up). 🙂
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