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In the first half of 2023, I was challenged to design a unique ZX Spectrum game based upon the Star Wars movie The Empire Strikes Back. The idea was to create something that showed more of the movie, more faithfully than either the old Atari arcade game or the more recent - but still retro - games for the 8-bit and 16-bit consoles from Sega and Nintendo.

Here we have Princess Leia running toward Slave-1 for a face-off with Boba Fett. There would technically be no way to 'win' against this end-of-level boss, since he simply flies off when defeated.

The colourscheme here might be a little hard on the eyes, but I wanted to capture Bespin's unique atmosphere in an external shot of some kind...

Description
In the first half of 2023, I was challenged to design a unique ZX Spectrum game based upon the Star Wars movie The Empire Strikes Back. The idea was to create something that showed more of the movie, more faithfully than either the old Atari arcade game or the more recent - but still retro - games for the 8-bit and 16-bit consoles from Sega and Nintendo.

Here we have Princess Leia running toward Slave-1 for a face-off with Boba Fett. There would technically be no way to 'win' against this end-of-level boss, since he simply flies off when defeated.

The colourscheme here might be a little hard on the eyes, but I wanted to capture Bespin's unique atmosphere in an external shot of some kind...