I remember that game like yesterday. The sit-down version was cool as hell, and the swiveling yoke with its light-up red thumb buttons was badass. Tough game, for me anyway. I always perfectly slammed into the crossbars on the 3rd stage like I was doing it on purpose.

Yeah this is a pretty significant cultural object for kids of my generation. It was the first time a great game was based on a movie... up to that point there had been almost no movie adaptations besides things that were already comic books, etc... and ET.

I used to go up to this machine without any quarters and just play with the controls. Totally felt like real spaceship controls to me. I even remember the very first time I saw it, at The Organ Grinder in downtown T.O. when my hockey team was celebrating. Was amazing. That visit to the Organ Grinder, which was absolutely crammed with people and arcade machines, where they served pizza with cheese that would stretch for a couple feet, is one of my happiest childhood memories.

I like the "that's what she said" joke right before the phallus field

Rarer still: Empire Strikes Back vector arcade

Damn we heavily relied on our imaginations in the 80s.

No, I can honestly say I do not.

One of my favorite arcade games.

*scifi *spacey *actionpack

Adding video to channels (Actionpack, Scifi) - requested by ant.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Rarer still: Empire Strikes Back vector arcade


Is that on MAME yet? You should submit this video to VS.