anyone else collect star wars games?

[ghostangelofcky]

I've been at it for a while now, nothing to exciting though yet. I'm getting ready to start on all the older titles 2600, 5200, XE, C64 so on.

Are there any specific grails in this series? The rarity guide doesn't go over DOS, Atari st, C64 and such.

and how are the tiger r-zone titles?

[Flack]

I do, or at least did. I bought as many Star Wars games as I could find last year in preparation for my Star Wars-themed OVGE table last year. If I remember correctly there are four for the 2600 and only 1 for the Intellivision, all of which were really easy to find. I haven't checked the tiger games yet.

[smork]

IF I ever settle on a permanent home I will have to try to dig up an original Star Wars arcade cab. I am sure they are viciously expensive, but if I had to pick one arcade game I wanted, it'd be that. (OK, maybe a Tempest would be nice, too)

I honestly haven't even played that many Star Wars games of recent vintage -- maybe the most recent is Jedi Knights? (jeez, and that's gotta be at least 10 years old). I'd guess most of the games would be pretty easy to collect as they aren't "unknown" during their active lifespan like some other rares. They might be pricey, as they are pretty popular...

[cyberfluxor]

I have the X-Wing game for the PC. It's one of the best Star Wars games and is quite hard to find. I got it back around '97 when my mom purchased a computer from a co-worker because our old one was kaput. I'm sure if I knew then what I know now it could have been fixed. :( Now I just have the mothboard to my first computer chilling on a shelf.

If you want I can do some pics and scans of it, maybe send ISOs to people if they want to try the game because you can't even find it on the web, let alone buy it new. It's 4-discs BTW.

[Pantechnicon]

I have all the 2600 Star Wars titles because that's a system I collect for indiscriminately. And I made a point of getting all the SW games for the N64, basically to have a collection focus for that system.

The 2600 titles are all actually quite fun to play in spite of the normal "big license = crappy game" syndrome. One of the neighborhood kids who frequently visits my Room of Doom is totally hooked on Jedi Arena. He's pretty good at it, too. LOL

[Pantechnicon]

I have the X-Wing game for the PC.... It's one of the best Star Wars games and is quite hard to find. I got it back around '97...It's 4-discs BTW.

O_O Four discs?! What title are you referring to exactly? X-Wing vs Tie Fighter? That's only two CD's. Something from the Rogue Squadron series perhaps? I don't know of any Star Wars titles involving X-Wings that take four CD's. Please clarify...

[NE146]

I have the X-Wing game for the PC.... It's one of the best Star Wars games and is quite hard to find. I got it back around '97...It's 4-discs BTW.

O_O Four discs?! What title are you referring to exactly? X-Wing vs Tie Fighter? That's only two CD's. Something from the Rogue Squadron series perhaps? I don't know of any Star Wars titles involving X-Wings that take four CD's. Please clarify...

Xwing and then later Tie Fighter came on floppy discs. Four floppies for X-Wing sounds about right from what I remember...

[Pantechnicon]

Xwing and then later Tie Fighter came on floppy discs. Four floppies for X-Wing sounds about right from what I remember...

You're right about the original releases of X-Wing and Tie Fighter coming out on 4 floppies, but Fluxor said 4 discs, plus he's offering to make ISO's (probably a no-no) which AFAIK refers only to CD-ROM's and not floppies, so I'm just responding to his claim in that context.

For that matter, the game doesn't strike me as that difficult to come by. Both X-Wing and TIE Fighter were re-released in CD-format including their expansion packs. And X-Wing was released a 3rd time around 1998 with enhanced graphics and music. I have this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/pzcortez/grammarcop1.jpg

Remember: "Floppy disks", "Compact discs".

[NE146]

I guess so... :P Well yeah I still refer to floppies as disks.. and only referred them here as 'floppies' to be clear about it.

But I've probably interchanged "disk" and "disc" freely and intermittently throughout my typing the past couple of years I'm sure LOL

[Ed Oscuro]

Ah, Star Wars...Sir Alec Guinness would like to remind you never to watch the films again :D

Are there any grails in the series? Aside from arcade cabinets I think maybe the Namco Famicom game could count, and possibly the x68000 game (Star Wars - Attack on the Death Star, by M.N.M. Software), which seems to be a wireframe shooter. From the screenshot in the manual (which shows the same radar seen in the movie), it is not a port of Atari's game, though it looks similar enough.

[Spartacus]

I'm embarrassed to admit I haven't played a Star Wars game since the Super Nintendo. But lately I've been trying to pick up some of the more recent Star Wars games. Just got myself a copy of Bounty Hunter on the Cube and I'm actively searching for a reasonably priced Xbox version of Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast. LEGO Star Wars seems to be worth picking up as well. I hope to run into a complete Sega CD Star Wars Chess someday too. I'm suprised there doesn't appear to be any Star Wars games on the Genesis.

So far I've managed to gather these...

Super Nintendo
Super Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

N64
Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo
Star Wars Episode I: Racer
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

Sega 32X
Star Wars Arcade

Sega CD
Star Wars: Rebel Assualt

Dreamcast
Star Wars Demolition

PlayStation
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Star Wars: Demolition
Star Wars: Episode 1 The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Rebel Assault II

Xbox
Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars: Battlefront II
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Jedi Knight-Jedi Academy
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2
Star Wars: Obi-Wan
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Star Wars: StarFighter Special Edition

PS2
Star Wars Racer Revenge
Star Wars: Starfighter
Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing

GameCube
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
Star Wars: Rogue Leader II
Star Wars: Rogue Leader III

[Flack]

I made a list of all the known Star Wars games a while back. There are a ton if you include the PC, but the console-only ones shouldn't be too hard to complete.

I culled this from somewhere -- I forget where.

System Game
Atari 2600 The Arcade Game
Atari 2600 The Empire Strikes Back
Atari 2600 Jedi Arena
Atari 2600 Death Star Battle

System Game
Intellivision The Empire Strikes Back

System Game
NES Star Wars
NES The Empire Strikes Back

System Game
SNES Star Wars
SNES The Empire Strikes Back
SNES Return of the Jedi

System Game
N64 Battle for Naboo
N64 Racer
N64 Rogue Squadron
N64 Shadows of the Empire

System Game
Dreamcast Jedi Power Battles
Dreamcast Racer
Dreamcast Demolition

System Game
PSX Jedi Power Battles
PSX Rebel Assault II
PSX Masters of Teras Kasi
PSX Demolition
PSX Phantom Menace
PSX Dark Forces

System Game
Gamecube Bounty Hunter
Gamecube Clone Wars
Gamecube Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Gamecube Rogue Squadron II
Gamecube Rogue Squadron III

System Game
PS2 Clone Wars
PS2 Bounty Hunter
PS2 Super Bombad Racing
PS2 Starfighter
PS2 Jedi Starfighter
PS2 Racer Revenge
PS2 Battlefront
PS2 Battlefront II

System Game
Xbox Jedi Knight Jedi Academy
Xbox Jedi Knight II: Outcast
Xbox Clone Wars
Xbox KOTOR
Xbox KOTOR II
Xbox Jedi Starfighter
Xbox Battlefront
Xbox Battlefront II
Xbox Obi-Wan

System Game
PC Anakin's Speedway
PC Dark Forces
PC Dark Forces II
PC Droid Works
PC SWE1: Battle for Naboo
PC SWE1: Insider's Guide
PC SWE1: Racer
PC SWE1: The Phantom Menace
PC Force Commander
PC Gungan Frontier
PC Jar Jar's Journey
PC Jedi Knight
PC Math: Jabba's Game Galaxy
PC Night Shift
PC Pit Droids
PC Rebel Assault
PC Rebel Assault II
PC Rebellion / Supremacy
PC Rogue Squadron
PC Shadows of the Empire
PC Star Wars
PC Star Wars Battlefront
PC Chess
PC Galactic Battlegrounds
PC Monopoly
PC Behind the Magic
PC Jedi Knight I
PC Jedi Knight II
PC KOTOR
PC Making Magic
PC TIE Fighter / etc
PC X-Wing / etc
PC X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
PC Star Fighter
PC Super Star Wars
PC Yoda Stories
PC Yoda's Challenge
PC Dark Forces / Rebel Assault DEMO
PC Star Wars II - Shooter

[NE146]

Flack.. you're missing the Namco Star Wars for the Famicom(?)

It's funny because I bought that game for my Famicom and later on noticed it was different from the later released NES version. This of course were the pre-internet days so I when I went to the states I cruised around to Electronics Boutique and Software Etc. and would describe my Star Wars game to them... they all thought I was a clueless idiot! LOL I'd get snide.. "Nah there is no Star Wars video game like that" and pretty much thought I didn't know what I was talking about. :P

I even wrote to EGM about it (they didn't respond). Anyway, it made me think I had a really rare cart! .. course it turns out it wasn't really the case. Anyway, it was still a time when Japanese and U.S. gaming were worlds apart and somewhat oblivious to the other :)

One thing to know also is maybe the Star Wars handhelds. I got this one and it seems pretty rare (not my pic) :D

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tsukuda/Tsukuda-StarWarsBox.jpg

[cyberfluxor]

Xwing and then later Tie Fighter came on floppy discs. Four floppies for X-Wing sounds about right from what I remember...

You're right about the original releases of X-Wing and Tie Fighter coming out on 4 floppies, but Fluxor said 4 discs, plus he's offering to make ISO's (probably a no-no) which AFAIK refers only to CD-ROM's and not floppies, so I'm just responding to his claim in that context.

For that matter, the game doesn't strike me as that difficult to come by. Both X-Wing and TIE Fighter were re-released in CD-format including their expansion packs. And X-Wing was released a 3rd time around 1998 with enhanced graphics and music. I have this.

Well, my memory may not be too accurate because I haven't pulled that game out and played it since the 90's. I will go hunting for it and pull it out of hiding. The reason I said it is rare is because I have yet to find another of it in the wild or on eBay, in addition when I brought it up with a game store owner he said he hadn't seen that game in many years and is one of the harder to find Star Wars games on the PC.

But once again, I'll go hunting for it tonight and pull it out. And now that I think about it, I may have gotten it confused with Wing Commander, which is quite big.

[Ed Oscuro]

Flack.. you're missing the Namco Star Wars for the Famicom(?)
Both the games I mentioned aren't on that list.

[ghostangelofcky]

Flack.. you're missing the Namco Star Wars for the Famicom(?)
Both the games I mentioned aren't on that list.


Also I've seen star wars games for the following systems.

Commodore 64
Atari XE
Atari ST
Colecovision

[thetoxicone]

Also don't forget all the gba and older gameboy titles

[kainemaxwell]

Have:

Atari 2600- Empire Strikes Back
Atari 2600 Ewok Adventure (one the NECG 03 carts)
N64- Rouge Squadron
PS2- Jedi Starfighter

Love to get more, I really want Death Star Battle when I get a chance.

[Pantechnicon]

...now that I think about it, I may have gotten it confused with Wing Commander, which is quite big.

Wing Commander III was in fact 4 CD's long. I think I had a copy of that once myself but never got around to playing it. I might still have it but I think I gave it to Goodwill. Anyway, I could see where one could mix WCIII up with X-Wing, particularly since Wing Commander III has lengthy FMV segments featuring Mark Hamill LOL

[Flack]

Ok, I see what happened. That list I posted was incomplete because at the time I made a list of all Star Wars games for the systems I would be taking to OVGE (I didn't take my GBA for example, so no GB games appear on the list).

I got the list from "The Emulator Strikes Back", a website which {A} had every Star Wars game listed in a database and {B} is now apparently offline.

Old Links:

http://www.temusb.com/
http://www.echostation.com/esb/index.htm

I may try and use the wayback machine to try and get the complete list from the archives.

[Flack]

The list is there, only updated through 2004. The newer games will need to be added.

LINK: archive.org (http://web.archive.org/web/20050305091451/www.temusb.com/checklists.asp)

1980 The Empire Strikes Back Pinball A. Hankin & Co
1982 The Empire Strikes Back Atari 2600 Parker Bros
The Empire Strikes Back Intellivision Parker Bros
1983 Star Wars: Jedi Arena Atari 2600 Parker Bros
Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle Atari 2600 Parker Bros
Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle Atari 5200 Parker Bros
Star Wars Atari Coin-op Atari Inc
Star Wars Atari 5200 Atari Inc
Star Wars Commodore 64 Atari
Star Wars ZX Spectrum Domark
Star Wars Atari 400/800 Atari Inc
Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle Atari 400/800 Parker Bros
1984 Return of the Jedi Atari Coin-op Atari Inc
Return of the Jedi Commodore 64 Domark
Return of the Jedi ZX Spectrum Domark
Star Wars Colecovision Atari Inc
Star Wars Atari 2600 Parker Bros
1985 The Empire Strikes Back Atari Coin-op Atari Inc
The Empire Strikes Back Commodore 64 Domark
The Empire Strikes Back ZX Spectrum Domark
Star Wars Atari ST Domark
The Empire Strikes Back Atari ST Domark
Return of the Jedi Atari ST Domark
1986 Star Wars Apple Mac Br?und
1987 Star Wars Pinball Segasa d.b.a. Sonic
Star Wars Famicom Namco
Star Wars PC Br?und
Star Wars Amstrad Domark
The Empire Strikes Back Amstrad Domark
Return of the Jedi Amstrad Domark
Star Wars BBC Model B Domark
Star Wars Commodore Amiga Domark
1988 The Empire Strikes Back BBC Model B Domark
The Empire Strikes Back Commodore Amiga Domark
Return of the Jedi BBC Model B Domark
Return of the Jedi Commodore Amiga Domark
Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle ZX Spectrum Parker Bros
Star Wars Acorn Electron Domark
1990 Night Shift Apple Mac LucasArts
Droids: Escape from Aaron Amstrad Domark
Droids: Escape from Aaron ZX Spectrum Domark
Droids: Escape from Aaron Commodore 64 Domark
Droids: Escape from Aaron Atari ST Domark
Night Shift Commodore 64 LucasArts
Night Shift Amstrad LucasArts
Night Shift ZX Spectrum LucasArts
Night Shift Atari ST LucasArts
Night Shift Commodore Amiga LucasArts
Night Shift PC LucasArts
1991 Star Wars NES JVC
Star Wars - Attack on the Death Star Sharp X68000 Unknown
Star Wars GameBoy JVC
Star Wars Famicom Victor
1992 The Empire Strikes Back NES JVC
Star Wars Pinball Data East
The Empire Strikes Back GameBoy JVC
Super Star Wars SNES JVC
The Empire Strikes Back Famicom Victor
Star Wars: X-Wing PC LucasArts
1993 Star Wars: X-wing: B-wing PC LucasArts
Star Wars: X-Wing: Imperial Pursuit PC LucasArts
Star Wars Master System US Gold
Star Wars Game Gear US Gold
Super The Empire Strikes Back SNES JVC
Star Wars Arcade Sega Coin-op Sega
Star Wars Arcade Sega 32X US Gold
Rebel Assault Sega Mega CD US Gold
Rebel Assault Panasonic 3DO US Gold
Rebel Assault Apple Mac LucasArts
Rebel Assault PC LucasArts
1994 Super Return of the Jedi PC unknown
Super Return of the Jedi SNES JVC
Super Return of the Jedi GameBoy JVC
Star Wars Chess Sega Mega CD Software Toolworks
Star Wars Chess Panasonic 3DO Software Toolworks
Star Wars Chess (CD ROM) PC Software Toolworks
Star Wars: X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM Apple Mac LucasArts
Star Wars: X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM PC LucasArts
Star Wars: TIE Fighter PC LucasArts
Star Wars: TIE Fighter: Defender of the Empire PC LucasArts
1995 Star Wars: TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM PC LucasArts
Star Wars: TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM Apple Mac LucasArts
Dark Forces Playstation LucasArts
Dark Forces PC LucasArts
Dark Forces Apple Mac LucasArts
Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire Playstation LucasArts
Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire PC LucasArts
Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire Apple Mac LucasArts
Super Return of the Jedi Game Gear LucasArts
1996 Star Wars: Making Magic PC LucasArts
Super Star Wars PC SoftGold
1997 Shadows of the Empire N64 LucasArts
Shadows of the Empire PC LucasArts
X-wing vs TIE Fighter PC LucasArts
Rebellion/Supremacy PC LucasArts
Dark Forces II - Jedi Knight PC LucasArts
Masters of Ter䳠K䳩 Playstation LucasArts
Droid Works PC/Apple Power PC Lucas Learning
Star Wars Monopoly PC LucasArts
Star Wars Monopoly Apple Mac LucasArts
X-wing vs TIE Fighter: Balance of Power PC LucasArts
Yoda Stories PC LucasArts
Star Wars Trilogy Pinball Sega
1998 Star Wars: Behind the Magic (Vehicles Special Edition) PC LucasArts
Star Wars: Behind the Magic PC LucasArts
Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith PC LucasArts
Star Wars Trilogy Sega Coin-op Sega
Star Wars Millennium Falcon CD-ROM Interactive Playset PC Hasbro
1999 Rogue Squadron 3D N64 LucasArts
Rogue Squadron 3D PC LucasArts
X-wing Alliance PC LucasArts
X-wing Collector's Series PC LucasArts
Episode 1: Racer PC LucasArts
Episode 1: Racer Apple Mac LucasArts
Episode 1: Racer N64 LucasArts
Episode 1: Racer GameBoy Color LucasArts
Episode 1: The Phantom Menace Playstation LucasArts
Episode 1: The Phantom Menace PC LucasArts
Yoda Stories GameBoy Color LucasArts
Jar Jar's Journey PC/Apple Mac Lucas Learning
Yoda's Challenge PC/Apple Mac Lucas Learning
Gungan Frontier PC/Apple Mac Lucas Learning
Pit Droids PC/Apple Mac Lucas Learning
Episode 1: Insider's Guide PC LucasArts
Episode 1: Insider's Guide Apple Mac LucasArts
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Pinball Bally/Williams
2000 Star Wars: Obi-Wan's Adventures GameBoy Color THQ
Star Wars: Episode 1 Jedi Power Battles Playstation LucasArts
Star Wars: Episode 1 Jedi Power Battles Dreamcast LucasArts
Star Wars: X-Wing Trilogy PC LucasArts
Episode 1: Racer Sega Coin-op Sega
Episode 1: Racer Dreamcast Sega
Force Commander PC LucasArts
Anakin's Speedway PC LucasArts
Math: Jabba's Game Galaxy PC/Apple Mac Lucas Learning
Star Wars: Demolition Playstation LucasArts
Star Wars: Demolition Dreamcast LucasArts
Episode 1: Battle for Naboo N64 LucasArts
2001 Episode 1: Battle for Naboo PC LucasArts
Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing Playstation 2 Lucas Learning
Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing Dreamcast Lucas Learning
Star Wars: Obi-Wan XBox LucasArts
2002 Starfighter Special Edition XBox LucasArts
Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader Gamecube LucasArts
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II Outcast PC LucasArts
Starfighter Playstation 2 LucasArts
Starfighter PC LucasArts
Star Wars Racer Revenge Playstation 2 Rainbow Studios
Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles GameBoy Advance THQ
Jedi Starfighter XBox Lucasarts
Jedi Starfighter Playstation 2 Lucasarts
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga PC LucasArts
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga Apple Mac LucasArts
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II Outcast Apple Mac LucasArts
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Apple Mac LucasArts
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds PC LucasArts
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns Apple Mac LucasArts
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns PC LucasArts
2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars Playstation 2 LucasArts
Star Wars Bounty Hunter Playstation 2 LucasArts
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II Outcast XBox LucasArts
Star Wars: Clone Wars XBox LucasArts
Star Wars: Jedi Knight Jedi Academy XBox LucasArts
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic XBox LucasArts
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike Gamecube LucasArts
Star Wars: Clone Wars Gamecube LucasArts
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II Outcast Gamecube LucasArts
Star Wars Bounty Hunter Gamecube LucasArts
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones GameBoy Advance THQ
Star Wars: New Droid Army GameBoy Advance THQ
Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon GameBoy Advance THQ
Star Wars: Jedi Knight Jedi Academy PC LucasArts
Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided PC LucasArts
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic PC LucasArts
Star Wars Original Arcade Game Gamecube Atari
The Empire Strikes Back Original Arcade Game Gamecube Atari
Star Wars: Jedi Knight Jedi Academy Apple Mac LucasArts
Return of the Jedi Original Arcade Game Gamecube Atari
2004 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords XBox LucasArts
Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force GameBoy Advance LucasArts
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Apple Mac LucasArts
Star Wars Galaxies: Jump To Lightspeed PC LucasArts
Star Wars Battlefront PC LucasArts
Star Wars Battlefront Playstation 2 LucasArts
Star Wars Battlefront XBox LucasArts

[ghostangelofcky]

Wow! Thanx for the list Flack, that's really cool.

Now, the real queastion, to do a collection, would you just need to own a version of everygame, or every varaint.

ie for star wars arcade would owning the Colecovision copy be enough or would you also have to own the 2600, 5200 , 400/800 copies also?

[cyberfluxor]

...now that I think about it, I may have gotten it confused with Wing Commander, which is quite big.

Wing Commander III was in fact 4 CD's long. I think I had a copy of that once myself but never got around to playing it. I might still have it but I think I gave it to Goodwill. Anyway, I could see where one could mix WCIII up with X-Wing, particularly since Wing Commander III has lengthy FMV segments featuring Mark Hamill LOL

Yup, I have "The complete X-Wing collection on CD-ROM" according to the text on the left of the front cover. In addition there's 2 auctions on eBay that I see with the game, 1 is complete whereas mine is the case and CD-ROM. Pretty interesting because last I checked I didn't see it anywhere on-line, but that was quite a few years back.

[Porkchop]

Wow! Thanx for the list Flack, that's really cool.

Now, the real queastion, to do a collection, would you just need to own a version of everygame, or every varaint.

ie for star wars arcade would owning the Colecovision copy be enough or would you also have to own the 2600, 5200 , 400/800 copies also?

For a complete collection you need they all.