What is Star Wars (1983 video game)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox video game | title = Star Wars | developer = [[Atari, Inc.]] | publisher = Atari Games | designer = Mike Hally | programmer = Greg Rivera<br>Norm Avellar | composer = Earl Vickers | platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]]<br>[[Atari 2600]]<br>[[Atari 5200]]<br>[[Atari 8-bit family|Atari 8-bit]]<br>[[ColecoVision]]<br>[[Commodore 64]]<br>[[Amiga]]<br>[[Atari ST]]<br>[[Amstrad CPC]]<br>[[Acorn Electron]]<br>[[BBC Micro]]<br>[[ZX Spectrum]]<br>[[MS-DOS]]<br>[[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] | release = May 5, 1983 <small>(North America)</small><br>May 1983 <small>(Japan)</small><br>September 1983 <small>(United Kingdom)</small><br>1983 <small>(Spain)</small> | genre = [[Rail shooter]] | modes = [[Single-player video game|One-player]] }} '''''Star Wars''''' is a [[rail shooter]] [[video game]]. It was both [[Video game publisher|published]] and [[Video game developer|developed]] by [[Atari, Inc.]] [[Sega, S.A. SONIC]] did the publishing in [[Spain]], with publishing of the ports being done by [[Parker Brothers]], [[Domark]], and [[Broderbund]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/games/star-wars-the-arcade-game|access-date=April 1, 2024|title=Star Wars: The Arcade Game|publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref> It was released in [[arcade]]s on May 5, 1983 in North America, May 1983 in Japan, September 1983 in the United Kingdom, and sometime in 1983 in Spain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov/|access-date=April 1, 2024|title=Star Wars (Registration Number PA0000428109)|publisher=[[United States Copyright Office]]}}</ref> This was during a time in the gaming industry known as the [[golden age of arcade video games]]. Outside of arcades, ''Star Wars'' would also be released for many consoles including the [[Atari 2600]], [[Atari 5200]], and [[ColecoVision]]. It would also be released for the [[Atari 8-bit family|Atari 8-bit]], [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Acorn Electron]], [[BBC Micro]], [[ZX Spectrum]], [[MS-DOS]], and [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] computers. In the game, the player co