Last Starfighter, The

Manufacturer: Atari Games
Year: 1984
Class: Concept
Genre: Shooter
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Medium Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 1
Gameplay: Single
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Steering: X-directional yoke
Buttons: 2 [Fire|Deathblossom]

Sound: Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp)

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Last Starfighter, The Description

Utilizing flat shaded polygons, the player shoots down enemy spaceships.

The screenshots shown here are not actual game screenshots, but frames from the CGI animation used in the movie "The Last Starfighter" for the 'Starfighter' Arcade Game.

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Cabinet Information

There was EMnoEM production cabinet manufactured. The prototype used a variation of the custom controller designed for the military IBattlezoneI project, and which was later used on the IStar WarsI vector game.

Game Play

The game started with shooting target bouys and then proceeded onto shooting enemy spaceships.

CAPS/VAPS Arcade Census

There are 6,452 members of the Classic Arcade Preservation Society / Video Arcade Preservation Society, 3,704 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 60,894 machines (3,615 unique titles).

Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by Last Starfighter, The collectors. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines

This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Wanted - No members have added this machine to their wish list. Please note that many collectors are not members or do not list their desires here, and it is likely that a number of collectors might purchase this machine if offered it at the right price.

This game ranks a 0 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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Trivia

To Clarify, and stop the rumors once and for all, this unit was EMneverEM produced. The actual game was about 75 percent completed when the project was cancelled due to numerous reasons. The closest anyone outside of Atari or the licensing company ever saw of the prototype is what you see on the arcade game screens in the film, which were based on the initial designs of the coinop game. There was EMoneEM set of wirewrapped prototype boards and those may have been reused in the creation of other games. The prototype software for the game may still exist in the archives at Atari, but getting access to it, and in turn using it, would be nearly impossible.PA version of The Last Starfighter game was created for the Atari 5200, however. The the ROM image for the game has recently become available and it can be played using a 5200 emulator.

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