| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Parker Brothers |
| Publisher(s) | Parker Brothers |
| Programmer(s) | Rex Bradford[1] |
| Platform(s) | Atari 2600, Intellivision |
| Release | 1982: 2600 1983: Intellivision |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | One or two players |
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is a scrolling shooter video game programmed by Rex Bradford for the Atari 2600 and published by Parker Brothers in 1982. It was the first licensed Star Wars video game.[2] An Intellivision version was released in 1983.
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- ^ Bogost, Ian; Montfort, Nick (2009). Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System. The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-01257-7.