tag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:/games/7268Cheerful Ghost: Super Star Wars2024-03-28T13:52:42+00:002021-09-27T14:43:16Ztag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/46772021-09-27T14:43:16Z2021-09-27T14:43:16Z/jdodson/posts/4677/super-star-wars-trilogy-on-snes-a-gaming-renaissance-for-a-classic-franchiseSuper Star Wars Trilogy on SNES - A Gaming Renaissance For A Classic Franchise<div class='youtube-player' data-id='WuyLHrn2nN8'></div> <br/>I played Super Star Wars on the Super Nintendo a lot. A lot. It's one of the most fun Star Wars video games I've played and it's notoriously "Nintendo hard." I never really thought about it as a youth but when I come back to it now I do. If you practice at it you can beat it start to finish in one life, which I could do, but it takes a lot of effort to develop that. That all said, Super Star Wars and the subsequent two games are an example of fantastic Star Wars video games in a very crowded space. Lately, the quality of Star Wars games has gone up but it wasn't always so.2021-09-27T14:43:16Zjdodsontag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/7672012-11-28T01:18:48Z2014-05-12T23:48:14Z/jdodson/posts/767/let-s-play-super-star-warsLet's Play: Super Star Wars<div class='youtube-player' data-id='MK-ZQz5C1ww'></div> <br/>For today's Retro Tuesday radness I am sharing with your my latest Let's Play: Super Star Wars. I make it through four levels bulls-eying Wamprats and slaughtering Jawas. No, I didn't play as the Empire I was the farm boy from Tatooine.<br><br>I took a swing at this lets play once before but was seriously clobbered in the Sand Crawler level to the point that it wasn't fun to watch. So I played it up a bit and came at it fresh with this much more interesting video. Ultimately my rustiness took hold and stopped the video inside the Sand Crawler.<br><br>I put Super Star Wars pretty high on my list for really good Star Wars games next to Tie Fighter, Yoda Stories and... not much else. I have heard the Bioware Knights of the old Republic games were superb but I have yet to take them for a spin.<br><br>I want to apologize to everyone because during the video I say I am a pretty big "Star Trek" fan when I meant to say "Star Wars." When someone realized it I immediately subjected myself to a self imposed force choke.2014-05-12T23:48:14Zjdodsontag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/3552012-06-19T15:25:59Z2014-05-13T06:09:35Z/jdodson/posts/355/for-retro-tuesday-i-am-going-to-nerd-out-on-a-game-from-aFor Retro Tuesday I am going to nerd out on a game from a<div class='youtube-player' data-id='NXBv73Iu010'></div> <br/>For Retro Tuesday I am going to nerd out on a game from a galaxy far far away.... Queue John Williams please....<br><br>In a world where movie tie in games go horribly wrong Star Wars is one franchise that does pretty well for itself. More recently with the Knights of the Old Republic MMO Star Wars has had good luck with its tie-in games. One such game I played was Super Star Wars on the Super Nintendo.<br><br>Super Star Wars is a fast paced action side scroller where you played Luke Skywalker starting the game with a simple blaster. As you progressed you could upgrade your blaster and after meeting Obi-Wan you got the lightsaber. At one point you can play as Han Solo but I never opted to use him as Luke could use the blaster and lightsaber and all told the lightsaber was too good to miss. <br><br>One thing I really liked about Super Star Wars was that for two missions they tossed out the sidescrolling elements and you took a first person view for a Landspeeder run in Tatooine and ended the game in the Death Star trench in Lukes XWing. The Landspeeder run in Tatooine was fun as you spend your time collecting items and shooting Jawas and bullseying Wamprats.<br><br>A few months into owning the game I discovered an issue of Nintendo Power that dropped a hint on a secret area of the game where you could collect unlimited lives. Getting all these lives allowed me to replay certain hard levels to master them. After I mastered some harder levels beating the game with the standard life set wasn't too hard. The game didn't allow a continue at the level you left off at so losing all your lives was pretty annoying.<br><br>I really dug this game and as far as side scrolling action shooters go its one of the best I played on the Super Nintendo. I didn't pick up Super Empire Strikes back or Super Return of the Jedi though. Always looked cool to ride a Ton Ton though.<br><br>-<br><br>Want to know all the game secrets? Doesn't everybody?<br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/563218-super-star-wars/faqs/40138">http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/563218-super-star-wars/faqs/40138</a>2014-05-13T06:09:35Zjdodson