What is Star Wars (1987 video game)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox video game | title = Star Wars | developer = [[Namco]]<br>Piccari Games | publisher = Namco | director = Kazunori Sawano | producer = [[Masaya Nakamura (Namco)|Masaya Nakamura]] | designer = Wan Wan | programmer = Yoshihiro Kishimoto | artist = Shimada | composer = Hiroyuki Kawada | platforms = [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Family Computer]] | release = December 4, 1987 | series = ''[[Star Wars]]'' | genre = [[Platform game|Platform]] | modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]] }} '''''Star Wars''''' is a [[Platform game|platform]] [[video game]]. It was [[Video game publisher|published]] by [[Namco]] and was [[Video game developer|developed]] by Namco and Piccari Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/games/star-wars-namco-version|access-date=March 24, 2024|title=Star Wars [Namco Version]|publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref> The game was released on December 4, 1987 and was only released in [[Japan]]. The game was also only released for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Family Computer]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://worldcat.org/title/1148937764|title=The untold history of Japanese game developers|date=2014|publisher=SMG Szczepaniak|others=John Szczepaniak; Yusaku Yamamoto|isbn=9780992926007|location=Middletown, Delaware|oclc=910360574}}</ref> In the game, the player controls [[Luke Skywalker]] and they somewhat play through the events of the 1987 movie ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]''. However, a lot of the scenes in the game are changed and different from the movie. Some changes include Skywalker piloting the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' and during the Battle against [[Darth Vader]], he will change into a bunch of different animals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2013/02/star-wars-famicom/|access-date=March 24, 2024|title=Darth Scorpion Rules This Crazy Japan-Only Star Wars Game|publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]}}</ref> ==Reception== The game was given mixed reviews by game critics. ''[[Famitsu]]'' gave the game a 30 out of 40. ''[[Family Computer Magazi