In 1987, Namco released Star Wars in Japan for the Famicom, a title that took more than a few liberties with the movie trilogyâs storyline. Sounds outrageous, but one look at the gameâs manual art and everything was suddenly OK.
Why? Because the lizards, scorpions and pterodactyls youâre fightingâand that arenât exactly canon âare so damn cute, thatâs why. As is cute little 80âs anime Luke, cute little 80âs anime Han Solo (and his GIANT EYEBROWS) and, best of all, a handy galactic map that Iâm sure many of you are already hastily pointing out is totally WRONG.
The complete manual to this game, never released outside Japan, can be viewed at the Video Game Den (via Game & Graphics and Fuck Yeah Famicom).
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