{{Short description|1998 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Star Wars Trilogy Arcade | image = Star_Wars_Trilogy_arcade_flyer.jpg | caption = North American arcade flyer | developer = [[United Game Artists|Sega AM Annex]] | publisher = [[Sega]] | director = Kenji Sasaki<br>Takahiro Kakizawa<br>Motoshi Takabe | producer = | designer = Nobuhiro Morishita | programmer = Takahiro Kakizawa | artist = | writer = | composer = [[John Williams]] | series = ''[[Star Wars video games|Star Wars]]'' | platforms = [[Arcade video game|Arcade]] | released = {{vgrelease|JP|November 1998<ref name="Akagi">{{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005) |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |language=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |pages=39, 132 |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n39/mode/2up}}</ref>|NA|January 1999<ref name="Akagi"/>}} | genre = [[Rail shooter]] | modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] | arcade system = [[List of Sega arcade system boards|Sega Model 3]] }}
'''''Star Wars Trilogy Arcade''''' is a 1998 [[rail shooter]] [[video game]] developed by [[United Game Artists|Sega AM Annex]] and published by [[Sega]] for [[arcade video game|arcades]]. It is based on the original trilogy of ''[[Star Wars]]'' films, and was released shortly after those films' [[List of changes in Star Wars re-releases|special editions]]. Accompanied by the [[Star Wars Trilogy (pinball)|''Star Wars Trilogy'' pinball game]], it is the second in Sega's ''Star Wars Arcade'' series, preceded by 1993's ''[[Star Wars Arcade]]'' and followed by 2000's ''[[Star Wars Racer Arcade]]''.
==Gameplay== [[File:Star wars trilogy arcade.png|thumb|The player battles TIE fighters in the mission recalling the final battle in ''Return of the Jedi''.]] Operating on Sega's Model 3 arcade system board and developed by Sega's [[United Game Artists|AM Annex]] subsidiary,<ref name="gpro">{{cite magazine|title=Previews: Star Wars Trilogy Arcade|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=125|page=74|date=February 1999}}</ref> the gameplay has two main themes: three missions that reenact key scenes from the original ''Star Wars'' film trilogy, plus a final unlockable mission; and two boss battles against [[Darth Vader]] and [[Boba Fett]].
Normal gameplay involves the player moving a [[crosshair]] around the screen using a [[joystick]] and pressing the fire button atop the joystick to shoot. A "special event" button lights at certain points of the game and when pressed, triggers an event to happen onscreen. The player selects which film's mission to play first and each mission has three parts.<ref name="SWTA overview at AllGame"/>
The mission from ''[[Star Wars (film)|A New Hope]]'' reenacts the final space battle at [[Yavin]], with [[Luke Skywalker]] piloting an [[X-wing]] fighter against [[TIE fighter]]s. The second part of the mission involves flying along the [[Death Star]]'s surface, shooting TIE fighters and XX-9 heavy turbolaser turret guns, and confronting Darth Vader's TIE fighter. The third part of the mission pits the player within the battle station's trench, using proton torpedoes aimed at the exhaust port to destroy the [[Death Star]].<ref name="SWTA overview at AllGame"/>
''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' mission reenacts the film's opening battle on [[Hoth]]. The first part of the mission involves shooting [[AT-ST]] walkers and probe droids, and helping other snowspeeders to take down the giant [[AT-AT]] walkers. The second part of the mission reenacts the escape from Hoth, running through corridors of the rebel base, shooting [[Stormtrooper (Star Wars)|Snow Trooper]]s and [[wampa]]s while traveling to the [[Millennium Falcon]]. The third part of the mission takes place in the hangar, again shooting snowtroopers and one last wampa before escaping.<ref name="SWTA overview at AllGame"/>
The ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' mission begins with a reenactment of the [[speeder bike]] sequence on [[Endor (Star Wars)|Endor]] from the film, where the player must shoot scout troopers on their own speeder bikes. The second part of the stage has the player moving towards the Empire's base on Endor, shooting any enemies on the way. In the third part of the mission, the player must rapidly fire a blaster at an AT-ST walker.<ref name="SWTA overview at AllGame"/> The game's final mission, which is unlocked after clearing the other three missions, directs the player as [[Wedge Antilles]] flying an [[X-wing]], first engaging TIE Interceptors while the Rebel and Imperial fleets clash, then flying through the second Death Star's reactor shaft to reach the reactor.<ref name="SWTA overview at AllGame"/>
Two boss stages are accessed immediately after beating the conventional missions, although the player is not required to win either to finish the game. In both stages, the player controls Luke Skywalker wielding a lightsaber. In the first boss battle, after clearing two missions, the player has to reflect Boba Fett's [[blaster (Star Wars)|blaster]] shots back at him, in order to knock Fett into the [[Sarlacc]] pit behind him. The second, after clearing all three missions, involves the player dueling Darth Vader on the second Death Star.<ref name="SWTA overview at AllGame"/>
==Reception== {{Video game reviews | title = ''Star Wars Trilogy Arcade'' | Allgame = 4.5/5<ref name="SWTA review at AllGame"/> | PO = 61/100<ref name="PO 94"/> }}
Christopher Michael Baker of AllGame rated the game at 4.5 out of 5, finding it virtually flawless, with excellent graphics, sound, and play control. The joystick controller was said to provide a reactive feel which meaningfully mimics a [[lightsaber]], but the game's only flaw is a minor imperfection in play control during the two bonus stages against Boba Fett and Darth Vader.<ref name="SWTA review at AllGame"/> Destructoid's Anthony Burch found the game at a balance between gameplay (focusing on shooting and lightsabers) and story (focusing on the immersive cinematic reenactment of being part of the ''Star Wars'' universe). He said that the game's mission designs generally range from "awesome" to "more awesome", and the ''A New Hope'' missions follow [[Star Wars (1983 video game)|1983's ''Star Wars'' arcade game]] exactly. He found the bonus missions' play control to be "clunky and linear" but nevertheless to feel like a realistic lightsaber could, and to generally be a "delight".<ref name="SWTA at Destructoid"/> The French magazine ''Player One'' rated it at 61%, saying that the film settings were well chosen, and compared the lightsaber fight choreography to the pioneering ''[[Dragon's Lair (1983 video game)|Dragon's Lair]]'' (1983){{mdash}}but complained that the production quality seemed rushed.<ref name="PO 94">{{cite magazine | magazine=Player One | title=Star Wars Trilogy | language=French | date=February 1999 | issue=94 | page=32 | url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=32&num=1957&album=oui | access-date=September 3, 2021}}</ref>
==See also== * ''[[Star Wars: Racer Arcade]]'' * ''[[Star Wars Battle Pod]]''
==References== <references> <ref name="SWTA overview at AllGame">{{cite web|url=https://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=15820|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101010101/https://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=15820|title=Star Wars Trilogy Arcade|archive-date=2014-01-01|url-status=dead|website=[[All Media Network#AllGame|AllGame]]| first=Christopher Michael | last=Baker | accessdate=August 24, 2014}}</ref> <ref name="SWTA review at AllGame">{{cite web | first=Christopher Michael | last=Baker | title=Star Wars Trilogy Arcade | url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=15820&tab=review | publisher=AllGame | accessdate=August 24, 2014 | archive-date=November 15, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115043151/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=15820&tab=review | url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="SWTA at Destructoid">{{cite web | title=Games time forgot: Star Wars Trilogy Arcade | publisher=[[Destructoid]] | date=January 21, 2009 | url=http://www.destructoid.com/games-time-forgot-star-wars-trilogy-arcade-118611.phtml | accessdate=August 24, 2014}}</ref> </references>
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