In this two-part series we delve deep into Star Wars (or Star Wars:A New Hope for those who didn’t see the movie in the summer of 1977). We examine the movie’s affect on us as 70’s kids and how Atari’s 1983 coin-operated “Star Wars: The Arcade Game” finally gave us the chance to be Luke Skywalker.
See the photos from Sept. 26th, 1977 here:
http://www.8bitrocket.com/2019/09/22/s22es2e11-star-wars-and-atari-in-the-vertical-blank-part-1/
References:
-Coin Connection, May 1983
-Jed Margolin, Ed Rotberg “First Person Space War Memo” Dec 21, 1979
http://www.atarigames.com/safestuff/fpswidea.pdf
-Dane Flansburgh former Project Archivist at The Strong
https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/play-stuff/2015/07/star-wars-and-atari-documentation-of-a-classic-arcade-game
-Jed Margolin, Atari VAX Email March 7, 1983
Mike Halley Interview
https://www.jmargolin.com/vmail/Stat82.txt
-Jed Margolin “Unit Vector Math For 3D Graphics”
https://www.jmargolin.com/uvmath/uvmenu.htm
Mike Halley Interview
Lucasfilm memo to Atari Star Wars development team
http://www.atarigames.com/safestuff/lucasstarwars.pdf
- (Internal Atari email, Jan. 31 1984)
https://www.jmargolin.com/vmail/Vax84.txt
-(Internal Atari email response, Feb 1, 1984)
https://www.jmargolin.com/vmail/Vax84.txt
-Michael Blanchett, Electronic Fun, Nov. 1983
-Jostik, Nov. 1983
-Bill Kunkel, Electronic Games Magazine, March 1984
-Electronic Games, Jan. 1985
-Bob Smith on Antic The Atari Podcast #238
http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-238-bob-smith-video-pinball-imagic-co-founder-sleazy-adventure
-Electronic Games, Dec. 1984, Tracie Foreman
-Electronic Games, Jan. 1985
Atariprotos.com
http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/starwarsarcade/starwarsarcade.htm
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