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Game Overview

Playing Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on the Game Boy feels like someone crammed the entire Hoth battle into that tiny gray brick—and somehow made it work. You’re Luke, sprinting through snow, slashing stormtroopers with your lightsaber (yes, it makes that iconic *vwom* sound in 8-bit), and desperately trying not to get stomped by AT-ATs. The controls are simple—jump, attack, repeat—but there’s something weirdly satisfying about deflecting blaster bolts back at enemies.

It’s janky in that classic Game Boy way—sometimes you’ll swear a wampa hit you from offscreen—but the chiptune Imperial March blasting through the speaker somehow makes up for it. The Boba Fett boss fight is hilariously tense when you’re squinting at pixels, and the snowspeeder level feels like a miracle they pulled off on this hardware. Not gonna lie, it’s tough as nails later on, but that’s part of the charm. If you’ve got a soft spot for retro Star Wars or just want to see how they pulled off a lightsaber duel on a screen smaller than your phone, this one’s worth digging up.