The Last Starfighter Arcade Game Exists!

[ZXAmiga64]

great video steve its a dream of many to play this game, glad to see someone made a version, i had gave up years ago hoping to play it.

wonder if the idea of the machine calling out to the player came from the few early arcade shooters that had on board speech synthesis, Astro blaster's demo mode calls on the player to take part in a battle.

[izaurralde]

greatness, my good man

[TheBladeJunker]

It's only cheesy if you let the adult in you speak, my inner child is fully immersed when I watch The Last Starfighter ^_^. I like the reflection of you, it's like you're really in the cockpit of a Gunstar which did have glass in front of the pilot. I know it doesn't compare to modern standards but damn does it look cool, just like the movie :D. Thanks for the cool demonstration. :)

[jboypacman]

Wow that pretty awesome Steve thanks for putting this video up i was unaware of this actually existing plus having clips of the movie makes me want to watch it again. : )

[RetroGamerVX]

@jboypacman Glad to be of service Jayboy :o)

[summer20105707]

Wow. I've gotta fight Zur and the Kodan armada. Defender style dude.

[RetroGamerVX]

@summer20105707 Naa, it's ok, they already killed him in the movie lol :o)

[summer20105707]

@RetroGamerVX

Awww...... Got into my flight suit for nothing them... "Summer looks depressed." LOL ROFL

[Murphy6686]

I've gotta see that film!! 80's movies make me happy!!

[RetroGamerVX]

@Murphy6686 Yes, just the cheese value will make you happy lol :o)

[Androbbo13]

@RetrogamerVX How are cats

[RetroGamerVX]

@Androbbo13 Cats are good, one has gone missing this week, no sign of her unfortunatly :o(

[Androbbo13]

When's next video

[RetroGamerVX]

@Androbbo13 I'm not sure, probably thursday :o)

[Androbbo13]

Yes

[RetroGamerVX]

@Androbbo13 Good :o)

[Androbbo13]

Hi uncle it's Dom

[RetroGamerVX]

@Androbbo13 Hi Dom, hows it going, enjoy the video? :o)

[techguruuk]

Loved this movie as a kid, always wanted to

Play it, off to download now. Great vid as always matey!

[RetroGamerVX]

@techguruuk Hope youre enjoying it :o)

[ash81b4u]

Neat vid. A great and yes, cheesy film but that game looks hard to play.

[RetroGamerVX]

@ash81b4u I have to admit, the game is BLOODY hard to play lol :o)

[rhydermike]

I think if I played that, I'd soon be recruited by the Star League... to be the guy who cleaned the ships!

The film itself is quite cheesy. However, it does have an underdog quality due to the main character living in a trailer park and the early use of CGI.

[RetroGamerVX]

@rhydermike Yes, it was a bold attempt that seemed lacking in areas, which is what, as you say, makes it an underdog and why it's probably so loved.

I don't think I'd even get the cleanining position with my score ;o)

[atarileaf]

I gotta watch this movie again. I loved this when it came out. Great computer effects :)

Star Raiders II on the Atari 8-bit computers was originally supposed to be a Last Starfighter game.

This looks spot on fantastic. Wow.

[RetroGamerVX]

@atarileaf I'm inspiring people to watch it again :o) Thanks Atari :o)

[electricadventures]

Awesome find there. Last StarFighter is one of those special movies from back in the day that marked a progression forward in technology i.e. it's 2+ minutes of computer animation broke the current record for the most amount of 3d computer generated graphics. it beat the 1st movie to have computer generated 3D aka TRON. It held the record for a considerable amount of time too. Will definitely have to download and have a go - thanks.

[RetroGamerVX]

@electricadventures I didn't know it held the record. Also, the graphics moved on so much from Tron in just a couple of years :o)

[electricadventures]

@RetroGamerVX Yeah I remember all the press about the amout of computing power they put together so they could render one frame every couple of hours, so 2 minutes 20 seconds worth of graphics with the ray tracing/lighting they used, that's an long time to render. About 9 months worth from memory.

[28steryan]

A very amazing video, almost pornographic, good stuff dude.

[RetroGamerVX]

@28steryan Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes :o)

[brewt1mer]

great vid...i had no idea this actually got made...you learn something new every day...

[RetroGamerVX]

@brewt1mer Nore did I until last weekend, thats why I thought I would let people know :o)

[brewt1mer]

@RetroGamerVX sir..you have provided a great service to us old nerds...keep buggering on....

[RetroGamerVX]

@brewt1mer Rodger, wilco ;o)

[LarryBundyJr]

It looks a bit like a filled in version of Star Wars!

But it's a good job they didn't recruit you as the last starfighter! The galaxy would have had no chance ^_-

[RetroGamerVX]

@LarryBundyJr Yes, it does a bit doesn't it. Hey, he had more practise than me, I'm sure that with a bottle of vodka, I could have this beat!!

[0000Ishbo]

Oh man I love this video! Very informative!

[RetroGamerVX]

@0000Ishbo Thanks 0000

[0000Ishbo]

@RetroGamerVX You can call me Ishbo dude <3

[RetroGamerVX]

@0000Ishbo Lol, ok, ishbo then :o)

[AtsumaKarin]

Well, that was interesting. :)

I've never seen the film so I couldn't have even hazarded a guess as to what you were referring to.

Certainly does look pretty impressive and I could imagine how your: "inner geek" would've been excited by this. :D

[RetroGamerVX]

@AtsumaKarin Lol, yes, different, cheers me dears :o)

[Croooow111]

I must admit, I was really confused by the title of the video. I was thinking... of course it exists, it's on the NES! But here you're talking about the arcade game from the movie and that's a different story, lol.

[RetroGamerVX]

@Croooow111 Lol, yes, I am just going to change the title slightly :o)

[GamingWithStatoke]

I totally forgot about your videos after youtube updated the subscription box thing, so as I have a few hours of free time I'll have to watch all your videos I have missed =).

Is this free?

[RetroGamerVX]

@GamingWithStatoke Lol, thanks, yes, it's free!! :o)