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Rumors persisted for many years that Atari had produced the game for commercial release. At the end of the movie there is a title that says "Video game available from Atari Inc." See the site listed in our links section for the definitive FAQ that answers this and many more questions.  I am not sure about the Atari 2600, but the game was completed for the Atari home computer system, remember the old Atari 400 or 800 then later the 800XL and XEGS game system (Atari's answer to the Sega and Nintendo game systems). How do I know this, I played it. The rumor was the game was smuggled out of Atari because of changes which were being made to it. I heard it was eventually released as Star Raiders II after the changes were made. The game actually started with the scrolling letters "Greeting Starfighter, you have been recruited by the star league to defend the frontier from Xur and the Kodan armada. It was fun to play, after your power level went down you would jump to a nearby sun to recharge via solar panels. I loved playing the game and eventually the disk was corrupted. This was pre-hard drive years. Those old 5 1/4 inch disks were terrible for that. Unfortunately, I no longer have a copy, nor do I have any Atari computers anymore. -Thanks to Michael JasmanUpdate: Wow! Thanks to some hard working people, you can now download and play the complete starfighter arcade game!! Click here for more... -Thanks to Keith LandryMarc Alaimo, the hitchhiker, went on to appear regularly as Gul Dukat in "Deep Space Nine". There is also a nintendo version (NES) of the "Last Starfighter" game. It is also a side scrolling game, but is packaged with the movie poster on the cover of the box. -Thanks to George DCatherine Mary Stewart, Lance Guest's girlfriend in the movie, starred in a 1983 movie called "Night of the Comet". She was also in "Mischief" (1985) with Doug Mckeon. -Thanks to GregAnother Star Trek connection is the woman who played Granny, Meg Wyllie. She was in the pilot of Star Trek that was later shown as a two parter called "The Menagerie". She played one of the aliens with the telepathic abilities. -Thanks to Louis InderbitzenActor Dan O'Herlihy, who played Alex Rogan's saurian Gunstar co-pilot Grigg, also went on to play- among many roles- the head of the mega-corporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) in ROBOCOP and ROBOCOP 2. -Thanks to Cory WilliamsChris Hebert, who played young Louis, is now a drama teacher who is happily married. -Thanks to ChanelNick Castle, the director played the 'Shape' in the original 'Halloween' movie. -Thanks to KyleActor Lance Guest can also be seen in the films 'Halloween 2' and 'Jaws: The Revenge'. -Thanks to Phantom PlanetThis was the final big-screen appearance for New York Stage actor Robert Preston, who passed away in 1987. Curiously, his character of intergalactic war recruiter Centauri, was a near-perfect spoof of his most famous Broadway role, Professor Harold Hill, the title character from "The Music Man". -Thanks to C.t. Warren« Click here to add some Last Starfighter trivia  Find much more great trivia in the filmmaker's commentary on the Last Starfighter DVD.Rediscover your favorites! If you like The Last Starfighter or 80's Sci-Fi / Fantasy classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Empire Strikes Back ..... Night of the Comet ..... Aliens ..... Back To The Future ..... Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ..... Circuitry Man ..... Brazil ..... Blade Runner ..... Thing ..... Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan ..... Return to Oz ..... Starman ..... Somewhere In Time ..... Strange Invaders ..... Short Circuit .....[More] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Featured Movie Location: The "Starlite, Starbrite" trailer park and general store.Wanna see the real life filming location used for The "Starlite, Starbrite" trailer park and general store. in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at An abandoned trailer park and small rural store called "Rio", located in Canyon Country, S. California. [New! Show Google Map] Craig kindly wrote in to say that the trailer park resturant/general store where many scenes of the movie took place is still standing. It is a small rural store called "Rio," located at 9411 Soledad Canyon Road. The place behind the store where "The Last Starfighter" video game stood is still recognizable but the small trailer park is gone... It is now mostly a storage lot, but the path leading down to it is still there as well as the steps that lead up to the rear of the store from the park. This area hasn't changed much since the film was made, and still looks like it could be a rural anytown USA. Also, Soledad Canyon road goes through tunnel about a mile west of this location, that looks like the one used in the movie, but on closer inspection, it may be a different one was used. The trip in the truck to the lake date was filmed on the road through Griffith Park that goes up to the observatory. Can you help? Do you know any of the S. California (or any other) filming locations used for The Last Starfighter, particularly the tunnel? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Craig Safan, who composed this massive symphonic work, did a excellent job. Like John Williams, the composer for Star Wars, Craig made "The Last Starfighter" a memorable treat. It's no secret that Safan was specifically asked to do a copy of the Star Wars music formula. Lucky for 80's film music fans, he achieved so much more. Just listen to the Starfighter theme, and the movie will come flooding back to you. The whole soundtrack can be bold, brassy, energetic, heroic, and at its core even strikingly romantic. So if you have the chance pick it up, do so, you won't regret this one. « Click here to add new music trivia for Last Starfighter Soundtrack Available: Used On CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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