Pictures of the album A Brief History of Star War Games, Part 1

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Pictures of the album: A Brief History of Star War Games, Part 1

Luke Skywalker meets Obi-Wan Kenobi in a cave. The NES Star Wars game didn't exactly follow the story of

Luke Skywalker meets...

The NES Star Wars title mixed different types of gameplay, including side-scrolling action and top-down vehicle racing as shown here with the landspeeder on Tatooine.

The NES Star Wars title...

In the NES Star Wars game, players also get to pilot the Millennium Falcon through an asteroid field, which is actually taken from a scene in

In the NES Star Wars game,...

Luke and Han Solo meet up at the Mos Eisley Cantina in the NES Star Wars game.

Luke and Han Solo meet up...

"X-Wing" featured an...

Despite using a 3D engine, the objects in X-Wing received very little texturing.

Despite using a 3D engine,...

The X-Wing control panel displays target information, shield levels, munitions, speed, and energy allocations.

The X-Wing control panel...

A scene from an

A scene from an "X-Wing"...

Rebel Assault played and looked much more like an arcade game.

Rebel Assault played and...

The backgrounds of Rebel Assault were pre-rendered giving the illusion that the game engine was more powerful.

The backgrounds of Rebel...

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