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''Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'' is a 1982 video game for the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} that was released by Parker Brothers, and was also ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}.

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''Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'' is a 1982 video game for the UsefulNotes/{{Atari Platform/{{Atari 2600}} that was released by Parker Brothers, and was also ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}.
Platform/{{Intellivision}}.



* FanRemake: The homebrew ''Battle Of Hoth'' for the UsefulNotes/{{ColecoVision}}.

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* FanRemake: The homebrew ''Battle Of Hoth'' for the UsefulNotes/{{ColecoVision}}.Platform/{{ColecoVision}}.

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* AttackItsWeakPoint: While the Walkers normally require forty-eight hits (thirty in the Intellivision) to take down, a flashing spot will occasionally appear on the Walker, which if the player strikes it will take down the Walker with one shot.

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* AttackItsWeakPoint: While the Walkers normally require forty-eight hits (thirty in the Intellivision) to take down, a flashing spot (described in the manual as a bomb hatch) will occasionally appear on the Walker, which if the player strikes it will take down destroy the Walker with one shot.shot if the player hits it. In some game variations (5-8 and 13-16 on the Atari 2600 version), however, the bomb hatch actually ''releases a Smart Bomb'', which then tracks you until you destroy it.
* CollisionDamage: Some game variations (9-16) feature Solid Walkers, which destroy your speeder if you touch them. However, this also severely damages the Walker (the equivalent of shooting it twenty-five times).



* EnemyDetectingRadar: Similar to ''Defender''.

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* EnemyDetectingRadar: Similar to ''Defender''.''Defender'', but unlike Defender, the radar is not centered on you, it always has the rebel base at the far right. Instead, there's a pair of brackets that indicate where you are relative to the landscape.



* HitPoints: Your speeder can only take several hits before it is destroyed. You can land down in the valley at the bottom of the screen and get your speeder repaired a few times per speeder.
* InvincibilityPowerUp: "The Force", which occasionally kicks on and gives you about several seconds of invulnerability while the ''Star Wars'' theme music plays.
* ScoringPoints: For each hit on the Imperial Walkers and for taking each one down.

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* HitPoints: Your speeder can only take several hits before it is destroyed. destroyed, the exact number being random (between 2 and 5), and Smart Bombs dealing more damage than normal attacks. You can land down in the valley at the bottom of the screen and get your speeder repaired a few times per speeder.
speeder. It's also automatically healed when The Force activates.
* InvincibilityPowerUp: "The Force", which occasionally kicks on in at approximately a minute and a half into the game (or each new life), and about every two minutes after the last one wore off. It gives you about several twenty seconds of invulnerability while the ''Star Wars'' theme music plays.
plays and your ship flashes rainbow colors.
* ScoringPoints: For each hit on the Imperial Walkers and for taking each one down.down, as well as for shooting down the Walkers' missiles and smart bombs. In games where the Walkers are Solid, you also get points for ramming them.
** EveryTenThousandPoints: You get an extra Snowspeeder every 2000 points.


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* ShowsDamage: The Walkers change color as they take damage (starting at black when undamaged, and then turning grey, blue, purple, red, and finally yellow, changing color every eight hits). They also move and fire more slowly with each color change. The speeder likewise turns yellow when it's been damaged, but it doesn't change color further as it gets more damaged.
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This game, along with ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheArcadeGame'' and two other ''Star Wars''-themed Atari 2600 games, were reviewed together in an episode of WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, as well as the first episode of ''[[JonTron Jontron's StarCade]]''.

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This game, along with ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheArcadeGame'' and two other ''Star Wars''-themed Atari 2600 games, were reviewed together in an episode of WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, as well as the first episode of ''[[JonTron ''[[WebVideo/JonTron Jontron's StarCade]]''.
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moved to YMMV subpage as it's a subjective, Just For Fun wick


* ThemeMusicPowerUp: See InvincibilityPowerUp above.
* XMeetsY: ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Defender}}''

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* ThemeMusicPowerUp: See InvincibilityPowerUp above.
* XMeetsY: ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Defender}}''
above.
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* FanRemake: The homebrew ''Battle Of Hoth'' for the UsefulNotes/{{ColecoVision}}.
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This game, along with ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheArcadeGame'' and two other ''Star Wars''-themed Atari 2600 games, were reviewed together in an episode of WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd.

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This game, along with ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheArcadeGame'' and two other ''Star Wars''-themed Atari 2600 games, were reviewed together in an episode of WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd.
WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, as well as the first episode of ''[[JonTron Jontron's StarCade]]''.
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* TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames
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'''Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back''' is a 1982 video game for the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} that was released by Parker Brothers, and was also ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}.

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'''Star ''Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back''' Back'' is a 1982 video game for the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} that was released by Parker Brothers, and was also ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}.
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This game, along with ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheArcadeGame'' and two other ''Star Wars''-themed Atari 2600 games, were reviewed together in an episode of WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd.
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* ThemeMusicPowerUp: See above.

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* ThemeMusicPowerUp: See InvincibilityPowerUp above.
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* EnemyDetectingRadar: Similar to '"Defender''.

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* EnemyDetectingRadar: Similar to '"Defender''.''Defender''.
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* EnemyDetectingRadar: Similar to '"Defender''.
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* InvincibilityPowerUp: "The Force", which occasionally kicks on and gives you about a minute of invulnerability while the ''Star Wars'' theme music plays.

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* InvincibilityPowerUp: "The Force", which occasionally kicks on and gives you about a minute several seconds of invulnerability while the ''Star Wars'' theme music plays.
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* ScoringPoints: For each hit on the Imperial Walkers and for taking each one down.
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In this game, you play Luke Skywalker, who must fly a snowspeeder across the snowy terrain of Hoth to keep the Imperial Walkers (AT-[=ATs=]) from reaching the Rebel base. A scanner at the bottom of the screen lets you know how many Walkers there are and how close they are getting to the base.

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In this game, you play Luke Skywalker, who must fly a snowspeeder across the snowy terrain of Hoth to keep the Imperial Walkers (AT-[=ATs=]) from reaching the Rebel base. A scanner at the bottom of the screen lets you know how many Walkers there are and how close they are getting to the base.
base, which is on the right side of the scanner.
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Not to be confused with the 1985 Creator/{{Atari}} arcade game of the same name.
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* ShootEmUp

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* ShootEmUpShootEmUp: Similar to ''Defender''.
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'''Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back''' is a video game for the Atari 2600 that was released by Parker Brothers, and was also ported to the Intellivision.

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'''Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back''' is a 1982 video game for the Atari 2600 UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} that was released by Parker Brothers, and was also ported to the Intellivision.
UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}.

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* AttackItsWeakSpot: While the Walkers normally require forty-eight hits (thirty in the Intellivision) to take down, a flashing spot will occasionally appear on the Walker, which if the player strikes it will take down the Walker with one shot.

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* AttackItsWeakSpot: AttackItsWeakPoint: While the Walkers normally require forty-eight hits (thirty in the Intellivision) to take down, a flashing spot will occasionally appear on the Walker, which if the player strikes it will take down the Walker with one shot.shot.
* EndlessGame: You play until you run out of speeders or the Walkers reach the Rebel base.



* HitPoints: Your speeder can only take several hits before it is destroyed. You can land down in the valley at the bottom of the screen and get your speeder repaired a few times per speeder.



* ThemeMusicPowerUp

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* ThemeMusicPowerUpThemeMusicPowerUp: See above.
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'''Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back''' is a video game for the Atari 2600 that was released by Parker Brothers, and was also ported to the Intellivision.

In this game, you play Luke Skywalker, who must fly a snowspeeder across the snowy terrain of Hoth to keep the Imperial Walkers (AT-[=ATs=]) from reaching the Rebel base. A scanner at the bottom of the screen lets you know how many Walkers there are and how close they are getting to the base.
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* AttackItsWeakSpot: While the Walkers normally require forty-eight hits (thirty in the Intellivision) to take down, a flashing spot will occasionally appear on the Walker, which if the player strikes it will take down the Walker with one shot.
* TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames
* InvincibilityPowerUp: "The Force", which occasionally kicks on and gives you about a minute of invulnerability while the ''Star Wars'' theme music plays.
* ShootEmUp
* ThemeMusicPowerUp
* XMeetsY: ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Defender}}''

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