Star Wars Arcade

n/a

Star Wars Arcade

System(s): Sega Model 1, Sega 32X

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega AM3, LucasArts,

Sega Interactive

Peripherals supported:

Six Button Control Pad

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-08^[1]	¥?	?
US	1993	$?	?
UK	1994-04	£6,000^[2]	?

JP	1994-12-03	¥8,8008,800	GM-4002
US	1994-11-21	$59.9959.99^[3]	84508
EU	1994-12-04		84508-50
AU	199x	$109.95109.95^[4]
BR	1995		152080
AS	199x		84508

ESRB

Sega

ELSPA

Tectoy

Star Wars Arcade (スターウォーズ・アーケード) is a Sega Model 1 arcade game developed by Sega AM3 and LucasArts, and published by Sega in 1993. It was also brought to the Sega 32X in 1994 and sold as a launch title for the system. During development the Model 1 version was known as Virtua Star Wars.

Like all Model 1 games, Star Wars Arcade is presented in 3D perspective. The player pilots various ships from the Star Wars universe including the X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters through various missions.

Star Wars Arcade was followed by Star Wars Trilogy Arcade in 1998.

Versions

When brought to the 32X, Star Wars Arcade saw a significant downgrade in polygon counts alongside the expected drop in resolution. All scenery, effects and spacecraft in the game are affected, with the 32X also struggling to keep a locked frame rate when faced with busy scenes, resulting in noticeable slowdown, particularly in indoor areas (as opposed to the Model 1's, rarely-wavering 60FPS). These cuts can drastically change the feel of certain levels; for example, a lack of asteroids in the opening stage means the 32X version is more empty than its arcade counterpart.

The 3D layer of graphics targets 30FPS, which it usually hits when flying through space. Most of the time, however, the game operates closer to 20FPS, though will drop lower in certain circumstances (such as when flying on the surface of the death star).

Cinematics are generally shorter on the 32X as well. To partially make up for the omissions, there is a special "32X mode" which extends the levels and offers more challenge than the base "arcade" mode.

Production credits

Model 1 version

Directed by: Masahito Shimizu
Assistant Director: Akinobu Abe
Programmed by: Katsumi Tojo, Masanobu Yanso, Yoshihiro Sonoda, Kenichi Yamamoto
Polygon Art Designed by: Kazuhiro Asakura, Tomoko Yemura, Takeo Iwase
Bitmap Art Designed by: Takahiro Kajimoto, Kiyoshi Miyagi
Sound Coordinator: Hiro, Nav, Youichi Ueda
Product Design: Yuji Ozono, Yutaka Yokoyama, Tomohiro Matsunaga, Kouzo Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Uehara, Hideki Inoue, Masahito Yanase, Akihiro Kono, Hiroyuki Naito, Shinichi Mochizuki
Special Thanks: Masahiro Nakagawa, Keri Pennebaker, Tetsuo Ono, Atsuo Shima, Akira Kurabe, Kenneth Ibrahim, Hisaki Nimiya, Henry Geisen, Masaki Matsuno, Futoshi Ito, Shigeyuki Iwase, Yukihiro Kashiwaguchi, Yuji Sugimori, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Asata Hirai, and AM R&D DEPT. #3
Courtesy of: LucasFilm Ltd.
Presented by: SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD.

Source:

In-game credits ^[5]

32X version

Developed at: Sega Interactive
Lead Programmer: Steven Lashower
Polygon Engine: Christopher Warner
Programmers: Alan Wise, Kevin Burley
Lead 3D Artist: Herman Cheng
3D Artists: Albert Co, Fred Weimer, Steven Mclure, Willis Wong
Background Artists: William Kier, Mike Chung
Music Director: Tristan Des Pres
Musicians: Jeffrey Tveraas, Dave Delia
FM Sound Effects: Mike Larkin
Producers: Jesse Taylor, John C. Brandstetter
Technical Director: Christopher Warner
Assistant Producers: Vince Nason, Greg Becksted
Marketing: Sarah Mason Richmond
Lead Testers: Frank Hsu, Jeff Loney, Rey Alferez
Assistant Lead Testers: Rick Greer, Janine Cook, Manuel Sousa
Testers: Mark Subotnick, Fernando Valderrama, Ben Cureton, Kim Rogers, Arnold Feener, Steve Bourdet, Joel Breton, Sam Saliba, Tim Spengler, Mark Griffin, Mike Mansourian, Jeff Junio, William Beckman, Don Carmichael, Arnold Gallano, John Harlow, Rachel Bristol, Caroline Trujillo, David Wood
Special Thanks: Mark Nausha, Rod Nakamoto, Nancy Nakamoto, Jesse Taylor, Dave Albert, Johnny Turbo, Haven DuBrull, Doria Sanchez, Steve Dauterman

Source:

In-game credits

Marketing: Nemer Velasquez
Background Artists: Albert Co
Testers: Bill Person, David Dodge, Atom Ellis, Devon Hammack, Tony Lynch, Mike Williams, Jeff Ng
Manual: Carol Ann Hanshaw
Special Thanks: Bob Schonfisch

Source:

US manual^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Star Wars Arcade/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Model 1 JP flyer

120x120px

32X ES print advert

Photo gallery

Cabinet

Artwork

32X US prototype cover

Physical scans

Model 1 version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Version	Score

	N/A
Based on 0 reviews

Star Wars Arcade

Model 1, US

Model 1, JP

32X version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[21]

CD Consoles (FR)

32

^[22]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

90

^[23]

Computer + Video Giochi (IT)

80

^[24]

Edge (UK)

60

^[12]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[25]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[26]

FLUX (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[27]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

87

^[28]

Game Players (US)

88

^[29]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[30]

Gamer (GR)

72

^[31]

Gamers (DE)

PAL

40

^[32]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

85

^[33]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

79

^[34]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

74

^[13]

Mega (UK)

PAL

91

^[35]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

94

^[36]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

74

^[14]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

92

^[37]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

90

^[38]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

90

^[2]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[39]

Player One (FR)

71

^[40]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

77

^[41]

Power Unlimited (NL)

59

^[42]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

69

^[43]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

90

^[44]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

86

^[45]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

87

^[46]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

86

^[47]

Sega Force (SE)

46

^[48]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

59

^[49]

Todo Sega (ES)

89

^[50]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

80

^[51]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

75

^[52]

VideoGames (US)

90

^[20]

	75
Based on 37 reviews

Star Wars Arcade

32X, US
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, EU
Cover
Cart

32X, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, Asia
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	f4e9b846
MD5	f6e8648a6ced9017c9f0bf0ca544f17f
SHA-1	282767a07e453e868de52b46bf11def3d071bda6

2.5MB

Cartridge (JP)

✔

CRC32	82e82660
MD5	bfaa6fd031490c26e25f3d59d9c37497
SHA-1	a877cbf704fe7480966fd88a3c39efb6a39392ac

2.5MB

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	2f16b44a
MD5	ae3a42c6297ef25c6018a209fda0194e
SHA-1	f4ffaaf1d8330ea971643021be3f3203e1ea065d

2.5MB

Cartridge (US)

References

↑ File:EGM US 051.pdf, page 222
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 18
↑ File:GamePro US 065.pdf, page 76
↑ File:Megazone AU 46.pdf, page 22
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vthjcZKi6-U
↑ File:Swarcade 32x us manual.pdf, page 17
↑ Computer & Video Games, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 64
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 24 (26)
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
↑ CD Consoles, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 124-127 (124)
↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 136-138 (136)
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Edge, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-24), page 90
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 File:MAN!AC DE 1995-01.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAN!AC DE 1995-01.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 File:MegaFun DE 1995-01.pdf, page 29 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1995-01.pdf_p29" defined multiple times with different content
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↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 93 (99)
↑ Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 40-42 (40)
↑ File:VideoGames DE 1995-03.pdf, page 81
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 96/97 (86)
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 73
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 26
↑ CD Consoles, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 124
↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 136
↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Gennaio 1995" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 78
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
↑ Famitsu, "1994-12-09" (JP; 1994-11-25), page 39
↑ FLUX, "Issue #4" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 82
↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 28
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 44
↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 72
↑ Gamer, "Ianouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 34
↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 11" (1994-11-29, 24:00) (+7:08)
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 15
↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 24
↑ Mega Force, "Megadrive 32X elle est là!" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 16
↑ MegaTech, "Christmas Special 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 4
↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 23
↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 99
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 66
↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 100
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 42
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 February" (JP; 1995-01-07), page 34
↑ Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 72
↑ Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 40
↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 46
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-28), page 24
↑ Sega Force, "2/95" (SE; 1995-04-19), page 6
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 36
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 96
↑ Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 83

Star Wars Arcade
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Hidden content \| Development \| Magazine articles \| Video coverage \| Reception \| Region coding \| Technical information Prototypes: 1994-08-30 \| 09-01 \| 09-07 \| 09-09 \| 09-12 \| 09-13 B \| 09-14 D \| 09-15 \| 09-16 \| 09-18 \| 09-23 \| 09-29 \| 09-30 B \| 10-03 \| 10-05 \| 10-06 J \| 10-06 P \| 10-07 B \| 10-08

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	Star Wars Arcade (1993) \| Star Wars Trilogy Arcade (1998) \| Star Wars Racer Arcade (2001)
	Star Wars (1993)
	Super Star Wars (unreleased)
	Star Wars (1993) \| Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1995)
	Star Wars: Rebel Assault (1993) \| The Software Toolworks' Star Wars Chess (1994) \| Super Star Wars (unreleased)
	Star Wars Arcade (1994)
	Rebel Strike (unreleased) \| Alien Hive (unreleased)
	Star Wars (1987) \| Star Wars (1992) \| Star Wars Trilogy (1997)
	Star Wars: Episode I Racer (2000) \| Star Wars: Episode I Jedi Power Battles (2000) \| Star Wars Demolition (2000) \| Star Wars: Episode I Obi-Wan (unreleased) \| Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing (unreleased)
	Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga (2022)
Star Wars related media
	Homestar R2-D2 (2011) \| Homestar R2-D2 EX (2013) \| Homestar Darth Vader (2013)

[:File:EGM_US_051.pdf_p222-1] File:EGM US 051.pdf, page 222

[:File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p18-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 18

[:File:GamePro_US_065.pdf_p76-3] File:GamePro US 065.pdf, page 76

[:File:Megazone_AU_46.pdf_p22-4] File:Megazone AU 46.pdf, page 22

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fwatch.3Fv.3DvthjcZKi6-U-5] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vthjcZKi6-U

[:File:Swarcade_32x_us_manual.pdf_p17-6] File:Swarcade 32x us manual.pdf, page 17

[:File:CVG_UK_154.pdf_p64-7] Computer & Video Games, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 64

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1995-01.pdf_p26_.2824.29-8] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 24 (26)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-9] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_02.pdf_p124_.28124-127.29-10] CD Consoles, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 124-127 (124)

[:File:CVG_UK_157.pdf_p136_.28136-138.29-11] Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 136-138 (136)

[:File:Edge_UK_016.pdf_p90-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Edge, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-24), page 90

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-01.pdf_p52-13] 13.0 ^13.1 File:MAN!AC DE 1995-01.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAN!AC DE 1995-01.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p18_.2818-22.29-15] Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 18-22 (18)

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p99_.2893.29-16] Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 93 (99)

[:File:SegaPower_UK_62.pdf_p40_.2840-42.29-17] Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 40-42 (40)

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-03.pdf_p81-18] File:VideoGames DE 1995-03.pdf, page 81

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_02.pdf_p86_.2896.2F97.29-19] Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 96/97 (86)

[:File:VideoGames_US_71.pdf_p73-20] 20.0 ^20.1 VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 73

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1995-01.pdf_p26-21] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 26

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_02.pdf_p124-22] CD Consoles, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 124

[:File:CVG_UK_157.pdf_p136-23] Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 136

[:File:CVG_IT_44.pdf_p78-24] Computer + Video Giochi, "Gennaio 1995" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 78

[:File:EGM_US_066.pdf_p40-25] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40

[26] Famitsu, "1994-12-09" (JP; 1994-11-25), page 39

[27] FLUX, "Issue #4" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 82

[:File:GameFan_US_0212.pdf_p28-28] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 28

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0712.pdf_p44-29] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 44

[:File:GamePro_US_066.pdf_p72-30] GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 72

[31] Gamer, "Ianouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-01.pdf_p34-32] Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 34

[gamesmastertv4x11708-33] GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 11" (1994-11-29, 24:00) (+7:08)

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_07.pdf_p15-34] Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 15

[:File:Mega_UK_27.pdf_p24-35] Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 24

[:File:MegaForce_FR_Supplement_34.pdf_p16-36] Mega Force, "Megadrive 32X elle est là!" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 16

[:File:MegaTech_UK_36.pdf_p4-37] MegaTech, "Christmas Special 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 4

[:File:Micromania2_ES_079.pdf_p23-38] Micromanía (segunda época), "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 23

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p99-39] Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 99

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_048.pdf_p66-40] Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 66

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-02.pdf_p100-41] Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 100

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_018_199502.pdf_p42-42] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 42

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-02_19950215.pdf_p34-43] Saturn Fan, "1995 February" (JP; 1995-01-07), page 34

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p72-44] Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 72

[:File:SegaPower_UK_62.pdf_p40-45] Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 40

[:File:SegaPro_UK_40.pdf_p46-46] Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 46

[:File:SegaPro_UK_56.pdf_p24-47] Sega Pro, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-28), page 24

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1995_02.pdf_p6-48] Sega Force, "2/95" (SE; 1995-04-19), page 6

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-49] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:TodoSega_ES_21.pdf_p36-50] Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 36

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_02.pdf_p96-51] Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 96

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-03.pdf_p83-52] Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 83

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Star Wars games for Sega systems / published by Sega
	Star Wars Arcade (1993) \| Star Wars Trilogy Arcade (1998) \| Star Wars Racer Arcade (2001)
	Star Wars (1993)
	Super Star Wars (unreleased)
	Star Wars (1993) \| Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1995)
	Star Wars: Rebel Assault (1993) \| The Software Toolworks' Star Wars Chess (1994) \| Super Star Wars (unreleased)
	Star Wars Arcade (1994)
	Rebel Strike (unreleased) \| Alien Hive (unreleased)
	Star Wars (1987) \| Star Wars (1992) \| Star Wars Trilogy (1997)
	Star Wars: Episode I Racer (2000) \| Star Wars: Episode I Jedi Power Battles (2000) \| Star Wars Demolition (2000) \| Star Wars: Episode I Obi-Wan (unreleased) \| Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing (unreleased)
	Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga (2022)
Star Wars related media
	Homestar R2-D2 (2011) \| Homestar R2-D2 EX (2013) \| Homestar Darth Vader (2013)

Star Wars Arcade

From Sega Retro

Contents

Versions

Production credits

Model 1 version

32X version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Photo gallery

Artwork

Physical scans

Model 1 version

32X version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References