Star Jacker

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Star Jacker
System(s): Sega System 1, SG-1000
Publisher: Sega
Arcade (System 1)
Stern Electronics (US)
Developer:
Genre: Shooting[2]

















Number of players: 1-2 (alternating)
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (System 1)
JP
¥? ?
Arcade (System 1)
US
$? ?
































SG-1000
JP
¥4,3004,300[2] G-1010
SG-1000
EU
SG-1000
FR
250F250[8] G-1010
SG-1000
IT
61,500£61,500[9] G-1010
SG-1000
AU
$39.9539.95[7] G-1010
SG-1000
NZ
$69.9569.95[10]
SG-1000
TW

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Star Jacker (スタージャッカー) is a shoot 'em up video game released for Sega System 1 arcade hardware in 1983.

It is the only SG-1000 game from 1983 with an exact release date.

Synopsis

A "new feeling" space game. Glorious space troops fight against invading "Dester" army. Avoid UFO's continuous attacks weaving left and right, up and down. Counter-attack by using your fire button. Lead the space troops to the carrier passing through the various mysteriy zones.

— EU SG-1000 box backcover [11]


Gameplay

Unlike most shoot 'em ups, the player initially controls three space ships, losing one each time the player dies. This means on the first life you will have three times the amount of firepower than on your last.

Like Xevious there are two types of weapon - forward lasers for flying enemies and bombs for bases.

History

Similar to how Bally Midway licensed other Sega games for US release at the time, Star Jacker was licensed to Stern Electronics for distribution in the US. This is due to Sega temporarily leaving the American arcade business at the time.

Star Jacker was ported to the SG-1000 in the same year. Due to the limitations of the console there are fewer variations in backgrounds and the graphics are far simpler overall. The player in this version starts with four ships rather than three, however.

Production credits

System 1 version

Sega Enterprises 22 April 1983
Source:
In-game credits


Magazine articles

Main article: Star Jacker/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

StarJacker Arcade US Flyer.pdf

PDF
System 1 US flyer
StarJacker Arcade US Flyer.pdf

StarJacker System1 JP Flyer.pdf

PDF
System 1 JP flyer
StarJacker System1 JP Flyer.pdf

Artwork

StarJacker logo.png
StarJacker logo.png

Screenshots

Photo gallery

Physical scans

System 1 version

System 1, US
System 1, JP
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Instuction card(s)

SG-1000 version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer Input (NZ)Computer Input (NZ)
75
[12]
L'Ordinateur_Individuel (FR)
63
[13]
SG-1000
69
Based on
2 reviews

Star Jacker

SG-1000, JP (Type A)
StarJacker SG1000 JP Box Back Alt.jpgNospine.pngStarJacker SG1000 JP Box Front Alt.jpg
Cover
Star Jacker A SG1000 JP Cart.jpg
Cart
SG-1000, JP (Type B)
Star Jacker B1 SG1000 JP Top.jpg
StarJacker SG1000 JP Box Back.jpgStar Jacker B1 SG1000 JP Spine.jpgStarJacker SG1000 JP Box Front.jpgStar Jacker B1 SG1000 JP Spine2.jpg
Cover
Star Jacker B SG1000 JP Carttop.jpg
Star Jacker B SG1000 JP Cart.jpg
Cart
SG-1000, JP (Type C)
Star Jacker C SG1000 JP Top.jpg
StarJacker-SG-JP-A-Back.jpgStar Jacker C SG1000 JP Spine.jpgStarJacker-SG-JP-A-Front.jpgStar Jacker C SG1000 JP Spine2.jpg
Cover
Star Jacker C SG1000 JP Carttop.jpg
Star Jacker C SG1000 JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Star Jacker C SG1000 JP Manual.pdf
Manual
SG-1000, EU

SG-1000, FR
StarJacker SG1000 FR backcover.jpgStarJacker SG1000 FR spine.jpgStarJacker SG1000 FR cover.jpg
Cover
StarJacker SG1000 FR cart.jpg
Cart
SG-1000, IT
Star Jacker SG1000 IT Back.jpgStar Jacker SG1000 IT Spine.jpgStar Jacker SG1000 IT Front.jpgStar Jacker SG1000 IT Spine2.jpg
Cover
Star Jacker SG1000 IT Carttop.jpg
Star Jacker SG1000 IT Cart.jpg
Cart
Star Jacker SG1000 IT Manual.pdf
Manual
Star Jacker SG1000 IT Inside.pdf
Inside
SG-1000, AU
Star Jacker SG1000 AU Back.jpgStar Jacker SG1000 AU Spine2.jpgStarJacker SG1000 AU Box Front.jpg
Cover
Star Jacker SG1000 AU Carttop.jpg
Star Jacker SG1000 AU Cart.jpg
Cart
Star Jacker SG1000 AU Manual.PDF
Manual
Star Jacker SG1000 AU Inside.jpg
Inside
SG-1000, NZ

SG-1000, TW

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
SG-1000
 ?
CRC32 3fe59505
MD5 22200ef1461212cacdc58f6636d759fd
SHA-1 a2a06e7545ca1e0d522d0eb75a72b5b520f42330
32kB Cartridge (EU/JP) (Alt)
SG-1000
 ?
CRC32 7f25deca
MD5 658ede490eae6af2b0f61dd136761d95
SHA-1 be078bfa5340f2e1d307b85d3648192972529e46
32kB Cartridge (EU/JP)
SG-1000
 ?
CRC32 1ae94122
MD5 eccad04698782862f3785ff9708f73e8
SHA-1 5d074708edf6c40dc6d80032cd91ff6197aa79c7
32kB Cartridge (JP)
SG-1000
 ?
CRC32 df162201
MD5 0104171ade3cfeaf10c92926869e2a52
SHA-1 2bc990615a6ea7f005e8458c9791f0098c4d4a85
32kB Cartridge (TW)

References


Star Jacker

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