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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Empire Strikes Back (C64 version)

by Megastyle

  • Shooter

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Empire Strikes Back (C64 version) Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.03 to 0.00 (low 0.00, high 0.03).

Confidence 20%

Confidence is the share of Velocity’s four components that could be measured for this game, scaled down again when there is less than a fortnight to measure over. Here, ratings had a measurable acceleration on 2026-10-17. Topic views and comments did not. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 14 of the last 14 days. How this is computed.

Which counter moved first

Lead and lag

30 days

Not enough of the ladder to compare.

Only ratings could be plotted, so there is no second counter to compare the timing against.

Lead and lag for Empire Strikes Back (C64 version), 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-17, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 29 to 28, down 1, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 18Oct 17Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 30 days, so counters that differ by orders of magnitude can be compared by shape. The vertical gap is what matters: a line higher on the left took its change earlier. The real counts are in the legend, and the day-by-day numbers are below.

Series — over Sep 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared2928-1
  • Topic views are not recorded for this game, so that rung is unmeasured — not zero.
  • Comments are not recorded for this game, so that rung is unmeasured — not zero.
The numbers behind the chart

The counter as we recorded it that day, and beside it the share of the window’s change it had reached — the value the chart plots.

DayRatings
Sep 1829
Sep 1929
Sep 2029
Sep 2129
Sep 2228
Sep 2328
Sep 2428
Sep 2528
Sep 2628
Sep 2728
Sep 2828
Sep 2928
Sep 3028
Oct 128
Oct 228
Oct 328
Oct 428
Oct 528
Oct 628
Oct 728
Oct 828
Oct 928
Oct 1028
Oct 1128
Oct 1228
Oct 1328
Oct 1428
Oct 1528
Oct 1628
Oct 1728
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion280-1

A blank change is not a zero: the scoring pass refuses a window whose nearest observation is too stale to compare, rather than differencing two points that are not seven days apart.

Not our number

On itch.io's own charts

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · Shooter1680+28Position on itch.io's Top rated · Shooter chart across 50 readings: climbing, #196 to #168 (best #165, worst #197).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated5,333-36Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 24 readings: slipping, #5243 to #5333 (best #5243, worst #5359).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-29
Price
free
Average rating
4.89 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-29. itch.io publishes only the most recent devlog date, so anything posted before then leaves no trace here.

Go to the source

We hold counters and metadata only. Nothing on the game’s own page — its description, its screenshots, its build — is republished here, and everything worth reading about it is behind those links.