Star Wars Trilogy Arcade

At the start of the game, you choose one of three different missions, each from a different film in the original trilogy. Each selectable mission consists of a few stages after you finish all stages, you may choose another mission. After you finish two missions, you enter a bonus round of lightsaber combat. After you finish the third mission, you enter another lightsaber combat round, and then you take on a fourth two-stage mission from Return of the Jedi.

In several of the modes, the red Event buttons will light briefly pressing the button will provide the opportunity for a bonus.

The Star Wars mission, Yavin, is all space combat, with you piloting an X-Wing. In the first stage, you confront a multitude of TIE Fighters in the second stage, you must destroy the first Death Star.

The Empire Strikes Back mission, Hoth, begins with you piloting a snowspeeder you must shoot down AT-STs and Probe Droids, and assist your squadron to destroy AT-ATs. The second stage is a first-person shooter you move through the Rebel Base, defending against snowtroopers and Wampa until you reach the Millenium Falcon.

The Retrun of the Jedi mission begins with a Speeder Bike sequence you must attempt to destroy the Imperial bikes that you encounter. The second stage is a first-person shooter make your way to the Imperial Bunker to destroy it. In a third stage, you take on an AT-ST with nothing but a blaster.

The first bonus stage, after your second mission, is a lightsaber phase where you must block blaster shots from Boba Fett.

The second bonus stage, after your second mission, is a lightsaber battle against Darth Vader.

After the Darth Vader duel, you enter a space combat mode, again flying an X-Wing to destroy the second Death Star.

The sound-test mode reveals several sound samples that are not a part of normal gameplay.

This game was released in either an upright cabinet (LX) or a deluxe sit-down model (DX). The DX machine uses a projection TV instead of a monitor.

This game uses a Sega Model 3 board, which can be converted into other Sega games like Virtua Fighter 3 and Top Skater.

The attract mode graphics include a LucasArts logo, a software company owned by Lucasfilm.