LEGO Racers (Game Boy Color video game)

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LEGO Racers
European box art
Developer(s)Climax
Publisher(s)LEGO Media
Director(s)Chris Nicholls
Producer(s)
  • Scott Sanders
  • Nick Clarke
Programmer(s)Dave Murphy
Artist(s)
  • Luc Verhulst
  • Shaun Pearson
Composer(s)Matt Simmonds
Platform(s)Game Boy Color
Release
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

LEGO Racers is a 2000 racing video game developed by Climax and published by LEGO Media International for Game Boy Color.

The Game Boy Color game released in December 2000, over a year after the original's August 1999 release.

Gameplay

Screenshot of a race with an opponent and Power Up visible

LEGO Racers is a racing game played with a behind-the-vehicle perspective in pseudo-3D environments. [3]: 16 [4][5]

Brick Colour Type Indicator with no brick Power Up Indicator with Power Plus brick +White Brick Power Plus brick sprite
Red brick sprite Red Projectile Indicator with Red brick Cannon Ball Indicator with Red and Power Plus bricks Guided Rocket
Green brick sprite Green Turbo Indicator with Green brick Turbo Boost Indicator with Green and Power Plus bricks Extra Turbo Boost
Blue brick sprite Blue Shield Indicator with Blue brick 3 Second Shield Indicator with Blue and Power Plus bricks 6 Second Shield

Tracks

LEGO Racers on Game Boy Color features ten unique tracks, down from the original game's thirteen. Knightmare-athon and Adventure Templeton Trail are not used, while Alien Rally Asteroid and Rocket Racer Run are merged into a single track with the former's visuals and music and the latter's name and function. The tracks are divided into seven circuits. Circuits 1–3 each feature three tracks; Circuits 4–6 repeat the first three circuits with each circuit's tracks in reverse order (though unlike in the original game, the tracks are not mirrored). Circuit 7 contains a single track.


Circuits 1 & 4

Imperial Grand Prix
Desert Dragway
Dark Forest Dash

Circuits 2 & 5

Tribal Island Trail
Amazon Alley
Royal Knights Raceway

Circuits 3 & 6

Pirate Skull Pass
Ice Planet Pathway
Magma Moon Marathon

Circuit 7

Rocket Racer Run

Opponents

Circuit Opponents
Circuit 1 Captain Redbeard Royal King The Admiral Pharaoh's Mummy
Circuit 2 King Kahuka Pharaoh's Mummy Nova Hunter Rob-N-Hood
Circuit 3 Basil the Batlord Rob-N-Hood Islander Achu
Circuit 4 Johnny Thunder Achu Commander Cold Cpt Blackjack
Circuit 5 Baron von Baron Cpt Blackjack Willa the Witch Alpha Dragonis
Circuit 6 Gypsy Moth Alpha Dragonis The Black Knight Cpt Broadside
Circuit 7 Rocket Racer —

Release

LEGO Racers was announced for Game Boy Color at E3 2000, alongside the Game Boy Color versions of LEGO Alpha Team and LEGO Island 2. At the time it was scheduled to be released in fall 2000.[6]

The game was released on 29 December 2000 in Europe[2] and on 18 January 2001 in North America.[1] In the United Kingdom, it was initially priced at £25.99[5]

Reception

LEGO Racers on Game Boy Color received little attention upon release. Total Game Boy reviewed the game positively, praising its presentation and racer building and calling it "the most original" of the then-recent "Mario Kart rip-offs".[5] GBX magazine gave it a more negative score, describing it as having "dull power-ups and poor action."[7]

Development screenshots

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Release Dates". GameBoy Station. January 29, 2001. Archived from the original on February 17, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lego Racers for GameBoy". Chipsworld. Archived from the original on 27 April 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Climax (2000). LEGO Racers Instruction Booklet. Enfield: LEGO Media International. Part no. 1033481.
  4. ↑ Harris, Craig (30 May 2000). "Lego Racers preview". IGN Pocket. Snowball.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Roberts, Nick (March 2001). "Review: Lego Racers". Total Game Boy. No. 15. Bournemouth: Paragon Publishing. p. 33. ISSN 1464-5904. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Leung, Jason (July 2000). "E3 2000 Report, Part 3". Nintendo Power. Vol. 134. Redmond: Nintendo of America. p. 88. ISSN 1041-9551. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Osborne, Ian, ed. (July 2001). "On the Shelves". GBX. No. 1. Stone: Thin Ice Media. p. 63. ISSN 1474-3558. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

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