Super Star Wars
Super Star Wars is a 1992 action video game developed by LucasArts and Sculptured Software for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is based on the 1977 film Star Wars. It was released by JVC Musical Industries in Japan and Nintendo in North America in 1992 and Europe in 1993. The game was followed by two sequels based on the subsequent Star Wars films, Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1993) and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1994). The game was re-released in November 1996 as part of Nintendo's Player's Choice series. It was released on the Wii’s Virtual Console by LucasArts in 2009.
| Super Star Wars | |
|---|---|
North American SNES box art | |
| Developer(s) | Sculptured Software LucasArts Code Mystics (PS4/Vita) |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo Disney Interactive Studios (PS4/Vita) |
| Director(s) | Kalani Streicher |
| Producer(s) | Kalani Streicher |
| Designer(s) | Kalani Streicher |
| Programmer(s) | Peter Ward |
| Artist(s) | Harrison Fong Jon Knoles Michael C. Lott Lance Thornbland Les Pardew Lorin Nelson Rob Kemp Joe Hitchens |
| Composer(s) | Paul Webb |
| Platform(s) | Super Nintendo Entertainment System PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita |
| Release | Super NES PS4, PS Vita |
| Genre(s) | Run and gun |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
In 2015, Disney Interactive Studios re-released the game for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, with Code Mystics developing the ports. The port features enhanced options for saving, including cross-save, leaderboards and trophies, and modern displays and controllers. The game was also made a part of a bundle with the purchase of Star Wars Battlefront for the PlayStation 4, which included Star Wars: Racer Revenge, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter and Star Wars Bounty Hunter.
Super Star Wars features side-scrolling run and gun gameplay, although it has stages which feature other challenges, such as driving a landspeeder or piloting an X-wing. It also features multiple playable characters with different abilities.