It made Eurogamer's December 2016 list of notable Star Wars spinoffs.
It won the 1998 Software Publishers Association Award for "Best Use of Visual Arts in Multimedia". Monopoly Star Wars received mixed reviews upon its release. Hasbro Interactive launched a companion website for the game in October–November 1997. The game was officially previewed at the 1997 Children's Interactive Expo. Upon the title's announcement, Jack Sorensen, president of LucasArts, explained "the Star Wars franchise will expand to a much broader audience who will now have an opportunity to experience two cultural icons in a whole new way." Meanwhile, Hasbro Interactive President Tom Dusenberry commented that "both of these entertainment properties are so ingrained in our culture.together they create an even bigger, more thrilling entertainment experience". The game was officially finished on October 18, 1997. Due to the rushed development toward the end, certain features such as a user interface for trading immunities and futures was left out, while a Japanese version of the title was postponed. During the development process, the "simple but effective dialog boxes and 2D board were replaced by fancy animations, sound effects, and speech". Anthony Daniels, who portrays the droid C3PO in the Star Wars films, contributed his writing skills to the game. The 3D crew produced a sizzle reel to show Hasbro, and the project was approved. Smith was in charge of software design for the rules engine. Previously, Hasbro had created a board game version of Star Wars Monopoly, which has sold very well 1997 was the year of a Special Edition version of the Star Wars original trilogy, so it was decided to release a video game version for the Christmas season, to build on the Monopoly franchise. GameRanger has since enabled support for it, reviving its multiplayer functionality. Zone Support for CD-ROM games ceased on Juny 19, 2006. Players also had the option to compete in multiplayer LAN games, and observe such games through Microsoft's Internet Gaming Zone, through agreements with Microsoft and Sony Online Entertainment.
This sequence contains animation and clips from the films, which play out when players land on their designated space. Once a player rolls their turn, the camera shifts to a side-view perspective. Instead of building houses and hotels, players accumulate starports.
Traditional Monopoly properties are replaces with various Star Wars locales, whilst corner spaces such as Free Parking are kept the same. These starships display player's current funds and properties available, and also have an identical character piece attached to the side of the ship. C-3PO servers as narrator for the game, voiced by Anthony Daniels.Īfter character selection, play begins with a perspective view of the board, with a starship representing each player flanking each side. Several options allow players to customize the game to their preferences.
Players can choose up to four players, with up to three AI players if a person wishes to play solo. Whilst the game pieces appear to be cast metal during piece selection, during gameplay they are fully animated and are textured to look like their film counterparts. Playable characters consist of Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Darth Vader, Boba Fett and Stormtrooper. Players begin by selecting a game piece, each modeled after famous Star Wars characters. The gameplay closely resembles that of the original source material.
The game employs the same basic ruleset of traditional Monopoly gameplay, but the Star Wars theme includes famous characters and locales in place of the original game pieces and properties.
It was released exclusively for Microsoft Windows computers. The game was developed by Artech Digital Entertainment and published by Hasbro Interactive. It is one of many Monopoly video game adaptions. Monopoly Star Wars is the 1997 Monopoly franchise Star Wars video game based on the board game and set in the Star Wars fictional universe.