"Base", Kev and TheFreak (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} kevservo) wrote,@ 2002-04-28 01:07:00 |
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SUPER STAR WARS ROM OF THE WEEK PART 1: SUPER STAR WARS
With Star Wars Episode 2 fast approaching, Kev and myself agreed that our next couple ROM of the week posts should be something special, so here we now give you part one of a special 3-Part SNES Super Star Wars ROM of the Week. We start with the original: Super Star Wars itself.
Consider me a sad case. No, I mean a terrible case. I didn't even bother to watch the Star Wars Trilogy until I was around 14 or 15. I just didn't care about movies. I've heard the name but assumed it was a B-movie cult of some sort, and not the best sci-fi action film series ever made.
Boy, did I miss out. Thankfully I was around for the Special Edition theatrical releases, so I feel I've made up for the loss of time somehow by actually getting to see it on a big screen.
But before Star Wars, I made my own conclusions to the series based off the storyline made in the SNES trilogy. When I saw the game at my video store, I thought "What the hell, everybody's talking about it. Let's see what it's about", and I rented it.
What I played was a rare combination of solid 2D platformer and blasting action, something you can only find nowadays with the "Treasure" label on it.
But this was Lucasarts, the guys behind Monkey Island. What were they doing going from PC adventure to console action?
Who knows? But they fucked with the Lucas liscence and somehow still managed to make a kickass game.
Luke uses his blaster on Tattooine...What the...?
By the way, nice mullet, Luke.
See, since Lucasarts wanted to keep the game moving along, they altered parts of the story here and there to give the characters better reasons to kick Jawa ass. This includes changing meeting scenes and adding beasts not found in the actual trilogy. And Lucas approved of it all. If that doesn't prove how mad George really is, I don't know what will. Jar Jar anyone?
Hey Skipper! Where's your little buddy?
A good example can be seen in the pic above. We all know that, after trudging through the sands of Tattooine a bit, C3PO and R2-D2 split up and go different directions. However, in the movie, C3PO is picked up by a sandcrawler and R2-D2 gets captured by Jawas, who transport the midget-bot to their sandcrawler.
R2-D2's fate doesn't change, but C3PO winds up much luckier in SSW.
Here's something new: Luke souped his landspeeder with laser cannons!
Thanks to C3PO, Luke can now complete the story cycle and grab R2-D2 from the Jawas. But first he'll have to do battle with... A HEAVILY-ARMED SANDCRAWLER!!
"But I was going to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters! What the fuck??"
Among Jawas and various defenses, you'll also be attacked by that trashcan junkbot seen being tortured in the trilogy. Sadly, it's still a wussy junkbot that you can pick off with a couple of blaster shots.
Yup! They even have mutant bio-beasts in the boiler room.
That's GOTTA violate a health code.
Eventually, you'll meet up with Ben Kenobi and fight your way through Mos Eisley, the Death Star and finally to the kickass climax of the game, the first Star Wars video game to give true justice to the Battle of Yavin since the color vector Arcade game.
But be warned. Super Star Wars is LONG! So long that it really could've helped to have some form of save/password feature, which it doesn't. Thank emulation, now that savestates can be made.
The music/speed synching in ZSNES is off, but that's okay, since the game still rocks. Oh yeah, and the SNES renditions of John Williams classic score also helps this game.
In the end, this game could've thrown in a love triangle between C3PO, Han Solo, and Chewbacca, and Lucasarts would STILL find a way to make it work in the game. That's why I'm giving Super Star Wars 5 Fuckin'-A-kumas.
You can download Super Star Wars by clicking the link, so get to it! Relive the days when Luke was a whining little douchebag!
-TF
Jedis are Hollywood's ninjas.
With Star Wars Episode 2 fast approaching, Kev and myself agreed that our next couple ROM of the week posts should be something special, so here we now give you part one of a special 3-Part SNES Super Star Wars ROM of the Week. We start with the original: Super Star Wars itself.
Consider me a sad case. No, I mean a terrible case. I didn't even bother to watch the Star Wars Trilogy until I was around 14 or 15. I just didn't care about movies. I've heard the name but assumed it was a B-movie cult of some sort, and not the best sci-fi action film series ever made.
Boy, did I miss out. Thankfully I was around for the Special Edition theatrical releases, so I feel I've made up for the loss of time somehow by actually getting to see it on a big screen.
But before Star Wars, I made my own conclusions to the series based off the storyline made in the SNES trilogy. When I saw the game at my video store, I thought "What the hell, everybody's talking about it. Let's see what it's about", and I rented it.
What I played was a rare combination of solid 2D platformer and blasting action, something you can only find nowadays with the "Treasure" label on it.
But this was Lucasarts, the guys behind Monkey Island. What were they doing going from PC adventure to console action?
Who knows? But they fucked with the Lucas liscence and somehow still managed to make a kickass game.
Luke uses his blaster on Tattooine...What the...?
By the way, nice mullet, Luke.
See, since Lucasarts wanted to keep the game moving along, they altered parts of the story here and there to give the characters better reasons to kick Jawa ass. This includes changing meeting scenes and adding beasts not found in the actual trilogy. And Lucas approved of it all. If that doesn't prove how mad George really is, I don't know what will. Jar Jar anyone?
Hey Skipper! Where's your little buddy?
A good example can be seen in the pic above. We all know that, after trudging through the sands of Tattooine a bit, C3PO and R2-D2 split up and go different directions. However, in the movie, C3PO is picked up by a sandcrawler and R2-D2 gets captured by Jawas, who transport the midget-bot to their sandcrawler.
R2-D2's fate doesn't change, but C3PO winds up much luckier in SSW.
Here's something new: Luke souped his landspeeder with laser cannons!
Thanks to C3PO, Luke can now complete the story cycle and grab R2-D2 from the Jawas. But first he'll have to do battle with... A HEAVILY-ARMED SANDCRAWLER!!
"But I was going to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters! What the fuck??"
Among Jawas and various defenses, you'll also be attacked by that trashcan junkbot seen being tortured in the trilogy. Sadly, it's still a wussy junkbot that you can pick off with a couple of blaster shots.
Yup! They even have mutant bio-beasts in the boiler room.
That's GOTTA violate a health code.
Eventually, you'll meet up with Ben Kenobi and fight your way through Mos Eisley, the Death Star and finally to the kickass climax of the game, the first Star Wars video game to give true justice to the Battle of Yavin since the color vector Arcade game.
But be warned. Super Star Wars is LONG! So long that it really could've helped to have some form of save/password feature, which it doesn't. Thank emulation, now that savestates can be made.
The music/speed synching in ZSNES is off, but that's okay, since the game still rocks. Oh yeah, and the SNES renditions of John Williams classic score also helps this game.
In the end, this game could've thrown in a love triangle between C3PO, Han Solo, and Chewbacca, and Lucasarts would STILL find a way to make it work in the game. That's why I'm giving Super Star Wars 5 Fuckin'-A-kumas.
You can download Super Star Wars by clicking the link, so get to it! Relive the days when Luke was a whining little douchebag!
-TF
Jedis are Hollywood's ninjas.
