Producer: JVC
System: GameBoy
Year: 1994
Overview: A GameBoy release based on the final chapter of the Star Wars saga, much like an 8-bit version of the SNES game.
Story: Following the movie’s story quite well, enhancing it with decent cut scenes. A pretty good selection of characters is available, traveling though Tattoine, to rescue Han Solo and defeat Boba Fett and Jabba the Hutt, a speeder bike chase through Endor, followed by the destruction of the new Death Star’s shield generator, then Luke must travel to the Death Star itself and take out Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine once and for all, and finally, fly though the Death Star’s interior in the Millennium Falcon to destroy the behemoth space station for good.
Graphics: It’s sometimes a bit hard to distinguish what some things are supposed to be, but it’s not too bad overall.
Sound: Pretty good music for an 8-bit system, but don’t expect anything fancy.
Gameplay: At the start of each stage, you have a certain selection of characters to choose from, depending on which level you’re playing: Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, and Wicket the Ewok, each with their own methods of attack. Like the SNES games, this is mostly a platformer, with a few flying stages; namely the Endor speeder bike chase and the Falcon’s attack on the Death Star.
Challenge: Much easier than the GB versions of New Hope and Empire, but there are still plenty of tricky spots. There is a password save feature, so that takes a little bit of the pressure off.
Final Rating: 8/10 If you have a GameBoy system, this is certainly worth a play. However, since I think it’s similar to the SNES version (I honestly can’t say for certain, since I haven’t yet had the chance to play it), if you have it, you may want to stick with that one.