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Room for improvement, but an overall good game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

For the time, the graphics were top notch. It included some 3D gameplay when over 98% of games were side-scrollers. The gameplay is a lot like Castlevania and Contra with a little bit of Starfox. The controls remind me of Castlevania too. They could've made them a little smoother. I don't like having to start all over again just because I miscalculate a jump and fall into the lava. Which brings me to the "Inside Sandcrawler" stage. Why is that one so much harder than the levels that come after? The stage is like a canker on the roof of my mouth. The "Outside Sandcrawler" doesn't bother me too much, but it does suck if you fall... if you fall, you have to climb that forsaken thing all over again. It gets better after that. You get to play as Han or Chewy, you get a lightsaber, you fight stormtroopers, and there's a tie fighter/death star battle at the end. The music's great. It sounds exactly like the movie, which I think was pretty new at the time. Before that, it was just simplified 8 or 16 bit music. Overall it's pretty fun. It's only about 4 bucks for a used game, so what can you lose? You can barely get coffee at 4 bucks anymore.

With the exception of the Sandcrawler level, this game rocks.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is definetly the start of something good. The two later Super Star Wars games were a lot more forgiving than this title, simply because the "Inside the Sandcrawler" stage is extremely difficult, due to difficult enemies and more difficult jumps ( it wouldn't surprise me if Luke's 'double jump' in the later games came after negative feedback here). If you manage to get past the sandcrawler stage, you're in for a very fun game, particularly when you're allowed to choose characters- Luke, Han or Chewie. Perversely, that Sandcrawler stage is the hardest in the game- and it's the 4th level! I recommend this game for the patient, skilled gamer.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Game rocks!!! Nice to be able to still get the oldies from Amazon. Thanks, Christopher

The Start of a Good Video Game Adaptation Trilogy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Many movies that get turned into Video Games do not fair well. More often than not they don't follow the movies very well at all or they simply fail at having decent gameplay. Sometimes even both. The Super Star Wars trilogy on the Super Nintendo has decent gameplay. They don't follow the movies to a tee (especially the first game) but they're good games nonetheless that many gamers are destined to like.

The game begins on the Dune Sea where you'll play as Luke Skywalker. You begin the game with a simple blaster and can power it up through the level. The first power up gives you flame. Afterwards you can power the blaster up to Heat Seekers, Rapid Ion and Plasma. You can't carry all five blasters at the same time however. They stack on one another. There are fifteen levels in Super Star Wars and as the game progresses so will the gameplay. Eventually Luke will be able to use a lightsaber and eventually you'll get to use Han and Chewbacca.

Super Star Wars is not an easy game, however. While no where near as difficult as "The Empire Strikes Back" the game provides a good challenge nonetheless. Many times you'll find yourself suffering from cheap deaths. Some levels are also populated with dangers that will kill you in one hit. To compensate the game has difficulty levels. Easy, Brave and Jedi. All of which are fairly challenging.

In terms of graphics, Super Star Wars looks very good for a video game released in 1992. There are a few moments of slowdown while playing and a few moments where certain aspects of the environment will be clipped, but nonetheless the levels are very detailed. Even better is the music in the game which sounds very close to the movie, only sixteen bit. If anything, the only big problem with the music is that there isn't much of a soundtrack to it. Many levels, especially in the later half of the game, make the same music over and over again.

Super Star Wars is still a brilliant game for its time. Gamers looking for a challenge and nostalgia will be happy to play this.

The best And Still going...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Empire Stikes Back is a sweet game. In this game you get to play Princess liea, wich is cool. and you get to face darth vader for the first time. This is a sweet game. any Star Wars fans should own it.

If you liked this game check out all of the star wars games

Jumping is terrible!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The gameplay is okay, but the jumping is terrible. On the first two levels, you just keep falling. It gets stupid after a while

Fun but long

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I first got this game about six or seven years ago when Super Nintendo was still "acceptbale" gaming. The main thing I remember about this game is that it was quite fun. I almost gave up on it however, when the ice levels at the beginning stretched on for so long. It didn't last that long in the movie. Anyways, The game is long and diverse. The different characters and different levels of blasters is interesting. Although the ship levels are meant as a diversion from the side scrolling, they are not as fun as the regular levels. The bosses are quite easy, but thats just in compliance with the overall trend of Super Nintendo games in which the levels are harder than the bosses they contain. Luke's force powers are an interestign idea, although most of them are completely worthless. The game gets a bit tedious in the middle, but picks up nicely towards the end. Good game throughout.

If you are a fan of Star Wars, this game is worth playing...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you are looking for an entertaining and challenging game, try playing Super Empire Strikes Back. If you're not a fan of Star Wars, you should pass on this game. The game has a lot of levels, and there are passwords for each level so that you don't have to start at the beginning every time. The hard part is getting past the levels. This game is a lot more challenging than Super Star Wars. If you don't have a game genie, I would recommend buying one for this game. The game is frustrating because it's almost impossible to pass a level without dying. Except for that, the game is pretty entertaining. You can get the passwords for each level by going to ... . There are other sites where you can get the passwords too.
So if you haven't played any of the Super Star Wars games, try playing this one after you've played Super Star Wars first. Super Star Wars is less challenging and you won't get as frustrated with it.

Wow! These opinions are amazing about the game!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I wouldn't dare insult people's opinions, but this game is my least favorite of the Super Star Wars Trilogy! Go and rent it at a store to see if you agree with me or not because this is the kind of game I think you need to know about in advance! Like all the Super Star Wars, it is hard to beat but is boring to me! I feel it in the force, it is not a good game! I love the classics, but they made it almost impossible to beat, even for a Brave, like me! ...

Excellent Action Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game for super nintendo. Most of the new games today concentrate on the graphics, but they don't care if the game isnt even fun. This is a really fun game,. It's challenging, so everytime you pass a level, you're excited. You get to play as Luke, Han, and Chewie. Luke is playable in a majority of the levels, while han and chewie are in a few levels. Luke's Lightsaber is great in this game. He can block and deflect laser bolts back to enemies that shoot at him. At the end of the game, you get to try and defeat Darth Vader. It's a really hard level too. i only beat the last level once, and it took about 10 minutes to do so. you get force powerups like elevation, and lightsaber throw, and Slow motion.

Han get's to run around Echo Base, pilot the millenium falcon, and wreak havoc in Cloud City with many cool weapons. He get's blaster powers to shoot fire, ionic laser, plasma laser, and a seeker missle. Chewie get's to find C-3p0 in the "junk pile" and chase after Boba fetts ship.

The best levels have to be Han chasing threw echo base, the battle of Hoth with luke piloting the snowspeeder, the millenium falcon chase, and the final battle with Darth vader. Great action game!

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