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Instruction booklet · October 1993

Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

PlatformAdventure1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

Pursued across the galaxy, you and your Rebel Forces now marshall new strength on the remote ice world of Hoth. Although tracked by probe droids, attacked by ice monsters, and confronted by an army of gigantic Imperial Walkers, you must not give in. You are the Alliance's only hope.

Specifications

Released
October 1993
Developers
LucasArts, Sculptured Software
Publisher
JVC Musical Industries
Players
1
Genre
Platform · Adventure
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
Star Wars
Themes
Action · Science fiction
View
Side view

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players
77/100 (33 ratings)
IGN
7.5/10
AllGame
4.5/5
Super Gamer
85%
Electronic Gaming Monthly
28/40
Power Unlimited
92%
BE KIND, REWINDOctober 1993
#1 songDreamloverMariah Carey#1 albumIn PiecesGarth BrooksAdmit one · #1 movieMalice$9,232,650 weekend
Vol. 3 · No. 111Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
The Omaha World-Pixel
Week of October 1, 1993
Oct. 3

A large-scale battle erupts between U.S. forces and local militia in Mogadishu, Somalia; eighteen Americans and over 1,000 Somalis are killed.

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