Star Jacker

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System 1 SG-1000
Star Jacker
System(s): Sega System 1, SG-1000
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. Stern Electronics (US) John Sands Electronics (AU) Grandstand Leisure (NZ)
Developer: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. Sega Personal Computer Div.
Genre: Shooting
Number of players: 1-2 (alternating)
Release Date RRP Code JP 1983-06 ¥? ? US 1983-04 $? ? JP 1983-07-15 ¥4,3004,300 G-1010 EU 198x FR 198x 250F250 G-1010 IT 198x 61,500£61,500 G-1010 AU 1983 $39.9539.95 G-1010 NZ 1983-11 $69.9569.95 TW 198x

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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

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.

Legacy

The SG-1000 version of Star Jacker would later be available on Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, released in 2025 for multi-platforms.

Production credits

System 1 version

• Hard Work By: Hideki Sato
• Secured by: Masatoshi Mizunaga
• Programed by: Hiroshi Nakayama, Katsuya Kazihara, Katsunori Kanazawa
• Designed by: Eiro Nagata, Shozo Takihi
• Sound by: Hideo Kume
• Creator by: Takaya Ida

Sega Enterprises 22 April 1983

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Star Jacker/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

System 1 US flyer

PDF

System 1 JP flyer

Artwork

Screenshots

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  SG-1000 title screen

Photo gallery

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Physical scans

System 1 version

System 1, US

System 1, JP
Instuction card(s)

SG-1000 version

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Publication Version Score (NZ) (NZ) 75 (FR) 63

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Star Jacker

SG-1000, JP (Type A)
Cover
Cart

SG-1000, JP (Type B)
Cover
Cart

SG-1000, JP (Type C)
Cover
Cart Manual

SG-1000, EU

SG-1000, FR
Cover
Cart

SG-1000, IT
Cover
Cart Manual Inside

SG-1000, AU
Cover
Cart Manual Inside

SG-1000, NZ

SG-1000, TW

Technical information

ROM dump status

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