23 years later: the Starfighter arcade game (From The Last Starfighter)

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

A company called Rogue Synapse re-created the actual "Starfighter" game that was seen in the movie. Atari was supposed to bring the game to the arcades, but was never able to complete it, most likely due to the technological limitations of the computers back then. After they completed it, they were nice enough to make it a free download.
(I considered putting this in the Gaming Group, rather than here. I still might cross-post it there.)

Here's the link to the company that did the game and cabinet.
http://www.roguesynapse.com/games/last_starfighter.php


Sci Fi Tech's Link
http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2007/11/06/the_last_starfi.html">The Last Starfigher arcade cabinet is a blast from the past

And finally, a picture of the cabinet.


Now that's either a love of nostalgia or too much time on your hands. Probably both, but it's still amazing.

[AllegroRondo]

1. Wow, thats just awesome.

will they have an arcade version, or just download?

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

2. I think just the download.

I downloaded the game, but I haven't had a chance to give it a try yet.
I'll let you know how it goes.