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Star Battle

A surreptitious video game rehash of the Death Star trench sequence from Star Wars, the player controls an X-Wing shaped aircraft firing at a TIE-Fighter (human or CPU controlled). Before starting out a…

31 December 1979

Star Battle is an arcade developed by Dave Nutting Associates, released 31 December 1979 on Bally Astrocade.

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What Star Battle is

Star Battle is an arcade game developed by Dave Nutting Associates and released in 1979. It was published by Bally Manufacturing. It is available on Bally Astrocade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A surreptitious video game rehash of the Death Star trench sequence from Star Wars, the player controls an X-Wing shaped aircraft firing at a TIE-Fighter (human or CPU controlled). Before starting out a maximum score (1-999) is entered and the player that first reaches it wins the game. A single hit is enough to bring down the enemy ship and it is worth one point.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

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When did Star Battle come out?
Star Battle was released on 31 December 1979 for Bally Astrocade.

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