Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Video Games

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is a scrolling shooter video game based on the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back. Programmed by Rex Bradford, it was published by Parker Brothers for the Atari 2600 in 1982. It was the first licensed Star Wars video game. A version for the Intellivision was released in 1983.

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Genre: Scrolling shooter
Atari 2600 release: 1982, published by Parker Brothers
Significance: First licensed Star Wars video game

Sources and credits

Article: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1982 video game) (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q54325
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