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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

From Wikipedia: "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is a video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. It is the sequel the original Star Wars for the NES. This is the second of three…

1 March 1992

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is an adventure developed by Lucasfilm Games, released 1 March 1992 on Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is an adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games and released in 1992. It was published by JVC. It is available on Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

From Wikipedia: "The object of the game is to destroy an Imperial Probe Droid, escape a Wampa-infested ice cavern, fight during the Battle of Hoth, meet Master Yoda on Dagobah to train with him, and attempt to rescue friendly characters in Cloud City from Darth Vader. The gamer controls the character of Luke Skywalker, who can fight with a blaster pistol or a lightsaber, and can also board a snowspeeder during the Battle of Hoth. As Luke learns about the Force, he develops multiple Force Powers to help during the mission."
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Star Wars series

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is the 18th of 334 entries we hold in the Star Wars series. The next entry was Super Star Wars in 1992.

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When did Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back come out?
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was released on 1 March 1992 for Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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