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Post by Geishaboy on Sept 11, 2005 8:39:47 GMT
 My choice for this game of the week is none other than nerd magnet movie franchise known as...  I was a real Star Wars nut when I was younger, so naturally my old man got me this game to keep me from tearing up the house out of boredom on Saturday mornings. God bless him. I spent alot of time playing this one, and it does take a decent amount of time to finish but not to long. It's not to easy, not to hard, it's just right.  I bet you say that to ALL the Jedi In the game you start of as young Luke hauling ass around that desert planet, I forget what it's called. You have to go and find R2-D2 who gives you a message from Princess Leia about Obi-Won, after you find him You finally get a light saber to replace the crappy gun you had before, although you can still use the weak-as-English-tea pistol if you want, but it does about as much damage to the enemies as harsh language. In short, the game follows the movie, more or less. One thing I must tell you before you play is that holding down button 1 while walking makes you run, when you are running, press button 2 (Jump) and you will do an Olympic level leap of faith, this is important because you NEED to use this function in various parts of the game.  Asteroid Field? Last time I get directions from a wookie.. a place where the game really shines is that you can, after you find them, switch between playing as Han Solo, Luke and Princess Leia. So if one character gets a ass kicking, you can just use someone else who has more health, brilliant. Also, the game is quite varied with game play. Most of the time it is a classic side on plat-former, but it switches to a first person view, piloting the Millennium Falcon through an asteroid Field at one point, and blowing imperial bastards to the bowels of hell in another. Right at the very end you get a top down view of you rebel fighter as you try and blow up the Death Stars reactor via the air vent.   Road rage on an intergalactic level At the end of the game,you are given a score out of 100, this tells you not how well you did, but interestingly, how much of the story you played out, how many events you experienced. If you get 100% then you are rewarded with a small cut scene from the end of the movie, where Princess Leia gives the boys a medal of honour.  Never get a droid to do a mans job I think what surprises me the most about this game is that for a movie franchise game it really shines, unlike some other terrible licensed games that I do not wish to mention. I would recommend this game to ANYONE, not just 28 year old Star Wars fans who still live in their parents basement. (Edit: It's 8:45 sunday evening here in New Zealand, thats way different than most of you. I hope you dont mind, but I started the thread myself  ) |
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Post by playgeneration on Sept 11, 2005 10:41:58 GMT
I also loved this game as a kid, its easily one of the better star wars games on any platform, and a under-rated master system classic. Everything about the game is high quality, the authentic film music that changes depending on your character, the graphics especially the cut scenes and 3d space levels, and getting to leap around slicing up bad guys with a light saber is great fun. If anyone still doesnt have this game, get yourself a copy and make sure you play it all the way through.
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Post by Stan on Sept 11, 2005 14:11:02 GMT
Boy, couldn't wait huh? Oh well, no intro from me this time. Good pick.
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Post by Retrobob on Sept 11, 2005 21:27:01 GMT
Wow, this is a fantastic choice, what a game! Anyone remeber that guy who bid £200 because he got decimal in the wrong place. Then another bidder kept pushing up the price to see how high it was?
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Post by dezanuebe on Sept 11, 2005 21:58:36 GMT
EXCELLENT CHOICE!!!!
here´s the SMS´s best movie game ever released. Sure we have alien 3 and terminator, but no game had the quality of the Star Wars game. The graphics are better then the ones on the NES version, the music is superb and the game is no walk in the park (jumping could be a little easier...). In conclusion, it has all the ingredients to be considered one of the best SMS games.
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Post by Phil on Sept 11, 2005 22:10:46 GMT
Star Wars is a great little game and pretty tough too. I haven't played on it for ages, but I always use my lifes up way too fast.
Shame the game doesn't seem to play that well at 60hz, but I might have a crack at it again next week.
Any tips anyone for such a crap Jedi?!
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Post by JellyCrystals on Sept 12, 2005 4:58:42 GMT
Aww.. no witty intro..
I have placed some bids on this game on ebay, but never win... With the hype up on here, and the awesome looking screen shots (thought they were MegaDrive ones!) I might have to keep my eyes open!
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Post by psychofox on Sept 12, 2005 10:54:06 GMT
I've never really got on with this game, ive played it a couple of times and tried to like it, but don't seem to get anywhere. I'll give it a good play this weekend though.
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Post by Stan on Sept 14, 2005 17:06:51 GMT
Great game. This is a pretty massive title, isn't it? Wish I had more time to play it. Damn grad school. I'm going to compare it to the NES version tonight, they both seem to be about the same.
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Post by vapester on Sept 16, 2005 0:08:30 GMT
...yeah I have this game too, i've only tried it a few times though. Guess I have to give it another shot, last time I played I finally got to the spaceship part with the asteroid field and promptly got broke the hell down, again and again and again. Is it that hard flying that thing or was it just first time hard luck??
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Post by transbot on Sept 16, 2005 3:45:06 GMT
...the weak-as-English-tea pistol... lightweight. I should Cricket yo arse right now. |
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Post by transbot on Sept 16, 2005 3:49:23 GMT
I should Cricket yo arse right now damn, I just realised you're a Kiwi. Ah well, I just won't play your game then.  |
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Post by Stan on Sept 16, 2005 15:09:05 GMT
I think I have to say this is way better than the NES version. The graphics really help to give it more effect. Need time to play thoroughly. Must do today.
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Post by Geishaboy on Sept 17, 2005 7:09:41 GMT
...yeah I have this game too, i've only tried it a few times though. Guess I have to give it another shot, last time I played I finally got to the spaceship part with the asteroid field and promptly got broke the hell down, again and again and again. Is it that hard flying that thing or was it just first time hard luck?? The trick is to never stay still, not even for a second. Move up and down, side to side constantly. Thats how I do it anyway. Ohh lighten up  I drink english tea all the time |
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Post by Stan on Sept 17, 2005 15:27:41 GMT
Yeah, I don't know how to explain it either, but basically on the asteroid part I just kept moving around in a circle, going in the opposite direction the asteroids were moving towards me. Overall I think this game plays well, though I find it a bit easy. I just sat there for a bit and got up to the princess Leia part in about 15 minutes. Is this game pretty short?
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