Super Star Wars

SNES, Wii, PlayStation 4, PS Vita1992

  1. JP—
  2. NA1992
  3. EU1993
  4. RU—

Super Star Wars kept the same title in North America and Europe. It was last re-released on PS4 and PS Vita in 2015, in a Code Mystics port with modern save options and trophies.

Super Star Wars is a 1992 side-scrolling run-and-gun and platform game for the SNES, based on the 1977 film Star Wars and broken up by vehicle stages. Sculptured Software and LucasArts developed it, JVC Musical Industries published it, and Kalani Streicher served as director, producer and designer. Composer Paul Webb arranged the film's music for the SNES's 8-channel sound chip using samples from Ensoniq keyboards.

Cartridge space shaped the game: a trash compactor level was cut, and planned character outlines were dropped because they looked too cartoonish. Other versions never made it at all. Sega Interactive worked on a Mega Drive version from late 1992 into 1993 before it was cancelled, and its prototype was dumped in 2020; a PC port was cancelled in 1995.

The game was followed by Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1993 and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in 1994. In November 2015 Code Mystics ported it to PS4 and PS Vita for Disney Interactive Studios.1

Names and releases

RegionTitle on the boxPlatformDatePublisherSrc
NA Super Star WarsEnglish Wikipedia gives November 1992, Spanish Wikipedia 1 June 1992 SNES 1992 JVC Musical Industries 1
NA Super Star WarsPlayer's Choice re-release SNES November 1996 Nintendo 1
NA Super Star WarsPort by Code Mystics; also PS Vita PlayStation 4 Nov 17, 2015 Disney Interactive Studios 1
EU Super Star WarsEnglish Wikipedia gives 2 April 1993 (unsourced) SNES 1993 JVC Musical Industries 1
WW Super Star WarsVirtual Console Wii 2009 LucasArts 1
EU Super Star WarsAlso PS Vita PlayStation 4 Nov 24, 2015 Disney Interactive Studios 1

Box art by region

  • Super Star Wars box art, North America release
    NA Super Star Wars
  • Super Star Wars box art, Europe release
    EU Super Star Wars

Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.

Version differences

  • GameplayPS4PS Vita

    The 2015 PS4 and PS Vita port by Code Mystics adds enhanced saving, cross-save, leaderboards and trophies, and supports modern displays and controllers.1

  • ContentSNES

    A trash compactor level was cut from the SNES game for lack of cartridge space.1

Reception

GameRankings lists an aggregate of 85%. Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it four 9/10 scores and named it Best Action/Adventure Game and Best Movie-to-Game of 1992, and Nintendo Power ranked it fourth among its top ten SNES games of 1992.1

Sources

  1. 1en.wikipedia.org
  2. 2es.wikipedia.org

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