Need help on Echo Base level in TESB for NES!!

Yup, you read right! The 1991 Empire game for NES. I CAN'T beat the stage boss in it (or what I think is the stage boss)! He is the AT-ST with the huge rocket launcher attatched to him. You fight him after the probe droid. There are no boxes or anything to hide behind while your shooting at him, so basically, your stuck out in the open while he's firing his heat seeking rockets at you. If he walks after you, his legs "push" you at the same time. On top of all of this, I can;t use force powers because the pause button on my controller doesnt work. Can anyone help me here??

-saber holder

 

Don't you have grenades? Like in SuperTESB?

 

Ouch. Tough. IIRC, you first have to use one of your force powers (I think it's Saber Strength or something like that), and go for the legs like crazy with your lightsaber. But I'm not sure...

Anyway ESB NES is way too hard. You should already be proud you got that far...

EDIT : A little review of the game, courtesy of Gamefaqs :

"Empire Strikes Back is one of those games that is such a waste of time you wish you hadn't even thought about playing it. This is one example of how a game can almost be single-handedly horrible because of controls. On with the review!

---Graphics 5/10
Okay, so Luke is orange and plain. His kangaroo creature is gray and plain. The enemies are mostly gray, yellow, or white and plain. *yawns* And the levels are so drab. Light blue everywhere, at least in the beginning. The portraits of Star Wars characters aren't half-bad, but missing much color. Overall graphics are terribly mediocre

---Audio 2/10
*sighs* Is there even music? Just some notes here and there, breaking off for about 5 minutes. Sound consists of lasers being fired. Wow. This is the sound of the millennium. There's also the annoying enemy sounds that can drive you to the point of destroying this game. Overall the ruling is CRAPPY

---Story 5/10
I'm sorry, but I forgot most of the plot of the movie. At any rate, this game fails to tell you. ''Let's just put you in the middle of some ice with a kangaroo creature!'' Um, no thanks. I figure the plot is the same as the movie, so I'll give it a 5 anyway

---Controls 1/10
Awful decisions in the control department. First off, Luke has the jumping abilities of someone in a wheelchair. If you duck, you can jump very high! But this is an aggravating task to accomplish when being attacks by 3 droids. The worst mistake has to be the fact that Luke must fall down exactly straight. This is almost impossible to get used to, having to jump just to move forward in the air! Firing the gun is alright. But overall the controls are laughable

---Gameplay 3/10
Now this is where ESB really shines! Shines of crappiness! The kangaroo creature is all but useless, more of a burden than a help. Getting off is always best. And those stupid hovering droids! They take 10 hits to destroy while flying and shooting at you! ARGH! And they seem to attack in groups, something DEFINITELY unnecessary for an enemy like that. And don't get me started on those tiny Wampas. If they pin you against the wall, it's a near-kill. And when they roll, they are almost impossible to hit! Eventually, suffering unfair enemies, bad controls, and several dunks in the DEADLY water (damn you and your straight falls!!) I got a message telling me to use my Force Powers on the Wampa. Well what do you know, I pause the game and it tells me I have no Force Power. Strange, when a meter with the letter F above it is filled in. What else does F mean? Fleece powers? I think not. Anyway, the boss was about to crush me when I found a cheap trick to defeat him. To my horror, it took me about 500 laser shots to take him out. WHERE THE HELL IS MY FORCE POWER? He takes 500 shots to go down, and I take about 3 (I'm hit several times at a time.) Also, trying to exit to safety is not an option. Wampas must be really threatening the community. After killing him, I found myself traversing a cave that looked EXACTLY THE SAME! I keep dying, and soon I can't take it anymore. I stop playing and cast the game into the garbage pile. Bottom line: Craptastic gameplay

---Challenge 10/10
Gee, how could this game be hard? After all, the only difficult things are the control, enemies, overall layout of levels, bosses, and Luke's incompetence!

---Replay Value 1/10
Like I need a comment here

---Overall 2/10
The extra point is for the tiny, itty-biity amusement I found in this stinkfest. If this game never existed, that would be one less evil in the world. So stay far away from this game."

So very true.

 

Ok. Someone on the rebelscum.com boards told me the best trick for beating him. When you run down the corridor towards him, make sure you go VERY slowly. Once you get so far, you can see a tiny bit of him on the far right of the screen. Just stand there and fire at him until he dies. His health meter doesn't show, but you will still kill him.

Now I need to figure out how to beat the first Dagonah level!!!

-saber holder