Difference between revisions of "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.^[1]

Genre: Shooting^[2]

Number of players: 1-2 (alternating)

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1983-06^[3]^[4]^[5]	¥?	?
US	1983-04^[6]	$?	?

JP	1983-07-15^[7]	¥4,3004,300^[2]	G-1010
EU	198x
FR	198x	250F250^[9]	G-1010
IT	198x	61,500£61,500^[10]	G-1010
AU	1983	$39.9539.95^[8]	G-1010
NZ	1983-11	$69.9569.95^[11]
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 ^[12]

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^[13].

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

SG-1000 title screen

Photo gallery

Physical scans

System 1 version

System 1, US

System 1, JP

Instuction card(s)

SG-1000 version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer Input (NZ)Computer Input (NZ)

75

^[14]

L'Ordinateur_Individuel (FR)

63

^[15]

	69
Based on 2 reviews

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)

References

↑ File:Star Jacker C SG1000 JP Manual.pdf, page 6
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/sc3000/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-09-28 02:34)
↑ Game Machine, "1983-06-15" (JP; 1983-06-15), page 14
↑ Harmony, "1993 11" (JP; 1993-11-01), page 17
↑ Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 51
↑ https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n132/mode/1up
↑ Game Machine, "1985-07-15" (JP; 1985-07-15), page 9
↑ File:TTS AU Catalogue 1.pdf, page 2
↑ L'Ordinateur_Individuel, "Septembre 1984" (FR; 1984-09-xx), page 93
↑ Video Giochi News, "Gennaio 1985" (IT; 198x-xx-xx), page 124
↑ Computer Input, "December 1983" (NZ; 1983-xx-xx), page 27
↑ File:Star Jacker SG1000 AU Back.jpg
↑ https://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/pirate/adventure/
↑ Computer Input, "November 1983" (NZ; 1983-xx-xx), page 25
↑ L'Ordinateur_Individuel, "Septembre 1984" (FR; 1984-09-xx), page 162

Star Jacker
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[:File:Star_Jacker_C_SG1000_JP_Manual.pdf_p6-1] File:Star Jacker C SG1000 JP Manual.pdf, page 6

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200928023407.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fsc3000.2Fsoftware.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/sc3000/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-09-28 02:34)

[:File:GameMachine_JP_214.pdf_p14-3] Game Machine, "1983-06-15" (JP; 1983-06-15), page 14

[:File:Harmony_JP_123.pdf_p17-4] Harmony, "1993 11" (JP; 1993-11-01), page 17

[:File:Sega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book-1.pdf_p51-5] Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 51

[https:.2F.2Farchive.org.2Fdetails.2FArcadeGameList1971-2005.2Fpage.2Fn132.2Fmode.2F1up-6] ttps://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n132/mode/1up

[:File:GameMachine_JP_264.pdf_p9-7] Game Machine, "1985-07-15" (JP; 1985-07-15), page 9

[:File:TTS_AU_Catalogue_1.pdf_p2-8] File:TTS AU Catalogue 1.pdf, page 2

[:File:L.27OrdinateurIndividuel_FR_062.pdf_p93-9] L'Ordinateur_Individuel, "Septembre 1984" (FR; 1984-09-xx), page 93

[:File:VideoGiochi_IT_22.pdf_p124-10] Video Giochi News, "Gennaio 1985" (IT; 198x-xx-xx), page 124

[:File:ComputerInput_NZ_1983-12.pdf_p27-11] Computer Input, "December 1983" (NZ; 1983-xx-xx), page 27

[:File:Star_Jacker_SG1000_AU_Back.jpg_p-12] File:Star Jacker SG1000 AU Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fryu-ga-gotoku.com.2Fpirate.2Fadventure.2F-13] ttps://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/pirate/adventure/

[14] Computer Input, "November 1983" (NZ; 1983-xx-xx), page 25

[:File:L.27OrdinateurIndividuel_FR_062.pdf_p162-15] L'Ordinateur_Individuel, "Septembre 1984" (FR; 1984-09-xx), page 162

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 It is the only SG-1000 game from 1983 with an exact release date.
+==Synopsis==
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+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
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 ==Gameplay==
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 ''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 ''{{PAGENAME}}'' would later be available on ''[[Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii]]'', released in 2025 for multi-platforms{{ref|https://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/pirate/adventure/}}.
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Difference between revisions of "Star Jacker"

From Sega Retro

Latest revision as of 07:14, 12 December 2024

Contents

Synopsis

Gameplay

History

Legacy

Production credits

System 1 version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Screenshots

Photo gallery

Physical scans

System 1 version

SG-1000 version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References