The Star Wars arcade game was developed and released by Atari in 1983. Star Wars made use of vector graphics which were becoming pretty uncommon by 1983 but they were used to good effect and would also be used in the arcade sequel, The Empire Strikes Back.
Star Wars recreated Luke's attack on the Death Star and it was one of the most popular arcade games of all time. The bright vector wire frame graphics made for some impressive visuals. There were also voice and sound samples from Luke, Obi-Wan, Han, Chewbacca and R2-D2.
A number of home ports were created including for the Commodore 64, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, PC (DOS), Atari ST and Amiga among others. The Amiga and Atari ST versions were especially good and close to the arcade original. Much Later, the original was included as an unlockable bonus in Star Wars Rogue Squadron III for the GameCube.
It isn't terribly common to see ads for arcade games in home video game magazines but the above ad is from the August 1983 issue of Electronic Games.
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