Star Wars (1983) – Cane and Rinse No.562

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

Cane and Rinse

Hobbies, Leisure, Video Games, Games

4.8 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

“The Force will be with you. Always.” For the first time in its 11 plus year history, Cane and Rinse covers a game based upon the popular space opera franchise, Star Wars. Leon, Chris Worthington, Tony and guest Dean Swain of The Retro Asylum podcast climb into the less than comfy X-Wing cockpit for a blast of Atari's 1983 vector graphics arcade smash. As usual the panel and community contributors attempt to sum up what made the experience so special 40 years ago, but also discuss which aspects of the game hold up to this day - as well as a look at the myriad conversions, ports and emulations that allowed folks to 'be' Luke Skywalker in the comfort of their own bedrooms. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_562.mp3 Edit by Jay Taylor

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the Canaan Rinse podcast. This is volume 12 issue 562.
0:20.4	And remarkably for the first time ever on the Cana Rins podcast, after more than 11 years,
0:24.9	we're going to talk about a game based on Star Wars, specifically the 1983 arcade machine,
0:32.1	which was just called Star Wars, nice and simple.
0:35.5	Anyway, joining me, Leon Cox in this issue, Chris Worthington.
0:38.9	Use the force, Leon.
0:41.1	Tony Atkins.
0:42.3	Made a force be with you.
0:43.7	And welcome Dean Swain from Retro Asylum.
0:46.4	Use the fuck, Luke.
0:48.8	Sorry, my watch is still pinging away.
0:50.6	All right, I've got on silent.
0:52.2	I do apologize.
0:52.8	It sounded like R2. It's fine.
0:56.1	So Star Wars, as it was called and shall be referred to throughout this show for simplicity's sake,
1:04.2	is if you've never seen it or played it, it is possible.
1:07.8	But it is a first person on Rails arcade shoot-em-up based upon a popular
1:12.9	motion picture, which was released in 1977. The game came out six years after that.
1:19.2	Interestingly, it was marketed by Atari as the coin video experience because it's kind of,
1:26.1	the language was kind of different back then.
1:29.2	But yeah, it didn't, even though we were already on the, this came out around the same time as Return
1:34.4	of the Jedi to cinemas.
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