Super Star Wars is an action game based on the Star Wars series, developed by Sculptured Software and published by LucasArts for the Super Nintendo in 1992. As we can read on Wikipedia, the project is a remake of Star Wars, a lesser-known game released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Game Boy and Game Gear.
In the beta version, Super Star Wars’ characters had a dark black outline around their bodies, similar to Ultima VIII: Pagan. However, this idea was abandoned, as it was thought to make the characters too cartoonish-looking. There was also trash compactor level that was deleted from the game due to memory constraints. An image was published in an issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly around the time of the game’s release (does anyone have a scan of this?).
In the gallery below we can also notice an unused Luke’s sprite where he deflects a lazer beam from a training droid, just like in the film.
Thanks to Rod_Wod for the scans!
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U64 is an archive with articles, screens and videos for cancelled, beta & unseen videogames. Every change & cut creates a different gaming experience: we would like to save some documents about this evolution for curiosity, historic and artistic preservation.
6 Responses to Super Star Wars [SNES - Beta]
Yakumo
November 8th, 2010 at 10:47 am
I remeber those Trash Compactor screen shots. I also remember reading about some sort of playable version of them. How true this is though I don’t know.
monokoma
November 9th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Maybe the trash compactor can still be found hidden in the code?
57E
November 15th, 2010 at 10:39 am
That first screen shot looks like it’s from Super Return of the Jedi. Not from Super Star Wars.
Elian
May 18th, 2011 at 1:18 am
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VTZ438A3
LinkueiBR
June 12th, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Cara esse jogo é mto doido. Qria ver a fase do compactador de Lixo.
A minha fita num tem nada disso, mas quando você destroi a Death
Star, Acontece uma coisa interessante, o Nucleo do Death aparece todo
BUGADO. KKKK Tenho uma Fita TILTADA IHUUUUUUUUUUUU
Paulo Henrique
April 12th, 2013 at 12:06 am
Hey! Por Favor adicione essas Scans para essa matéria, pois há várias diferenças:
Nintendo Power Julho de 1992:
http://postimg.org/image/nwulxdigf/
EGM Agosto de 1992:
PG1 (TRASH COMPACTOR)
http://postimg.org/image/3qr3yhmsv/
PG2
http://postimg.org/image/bkrpjvulr/
Nintendo Power Setembro de 1992:
http://postimg.org/image/yv5vfk71r/