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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.

This is my concept for the first phase of Level 1, set on Hoth. Luke is patrolling on his Tauntaun, and picks up a series of unidentified and unexpected signals... He goes to investigate and finds probes despatched by the Empire, which he then has to destroy. The end of level boss would be a Wampa.

Phase 2 would follow Han, again riding a Tauntaun, but out searching for Luke... possibly against a time limit, and probably without an end of level boss.

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.

This is my concept for the first phase of Level 1, set on Hoth. Luke is patrolling on his Tauntaun, and picks up a series of unidentified and unexpected signals... He goes to investigate and finds probes despatched by the Empire, which he then has to destroy. The end of level boss would be a Wampa.

Phase 2 would follow Han, again riding a Tauntaun, but out searching for Luke... possibly against a time limit, and probably without an end of level boss.