Star Jacker
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| System(s): Sega System 1, SG-1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega, Stern (US) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. 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.
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.
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Production credits
System 1 version
- Security/Copy Protection: Masatoshi Mizunaga
- Programming: Hiroshi Nakayama, Katsuya Kazihara, Katsunori Kanazawa
- Design: Eiro Nagata, Shozo Takihi
- Sound: Hideo Kume
- Hard Work By [sic]: Hideki Sato
- Creator: Takaya Ida
Magazine articles
- Main article: Star Jacker/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Screenshots
SG-1000 title screen
Photo gallery
Physical scans
System 1 version
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SG-1000 version
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
- ↑ http://sega-interactive.co.jp/special/history/title/starjacker.html
- ↑ File:ComputerInput NZ 1983-11.pdf, page 25
- ↑ Computer Input, "November 1983" (NZ; 1983-xx-xx), page 25
- ↑ L'Ordinateur_Individuel, "Septembre 1984" (FR; 1984-09-xx), page 162
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