Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back adapts the Irvin Kershner film on Lucasfilm Games/JVC NES with Luke Skywalker facing the Empire on Hoth, Dagobah and Cloud City. The representation chains platform and fixed pattern combat with lightsaber and Force in an SF adventure film license formula. Honest for NES license fans, curiosity of the 8 bit JVC catalog.
Your verdict
Category
Action Adventure1 player7+
Description
Adaptation of the second film of the original trilogy, alternating action stages, snowspeeder flight and lightsaber duels. Published by JVC, released in 1992 in Japan. Lucasfilm Games production. Japanese cartridge.
Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back review
3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,3 MB📅01/01/1992
Published by JVC
Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back (NES) price, value & rarity
Japanese Famicom cartridge of the Star Wars sequel published by JVC, the least documented configuration of the three regions. In a Japanese market where the franchise carried little weight against local output, the print run stayed modest, explaining its relative scarcity despite a value below the PAL version. The appeal lies in the curiosity of a major Western license adapted for the Famicom audience.
