It's the most basic flight sim imaginable.

But I suppose its true value comes from simulating a Star Wars experience. With great pseudo-3D graphics for its era, the ability to actually fly an X-Wing in the attack on the Death Star is something I imagine was quite spectacular in 1993 ('83 if we're talking the original arcade). This thing even has the title and the opening crawl, which is kinda funny. Imagine sitting there as a kid in 1993 reading that pixelated text on your TV when you probably have VHS tape of Episode IV on your shelf.

But yeah, this didn't age well. I wouldn't even look at it as a video game per se. More like one of those one-off interactive piloting scenes in Call of Duty. You'd get a better Star Wars experience even out of the space battles in Battlefront 2.