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| {{Infobox video game | | {{Infobox video game |
| | title = LEGO Rock Raiders | | | image = SLES-01690-F-G.jpg |
| | developer = {{Unbulleted list|[[Data Design Interactive]]|GameWorld 7 <small>(NTSC levels)</small>}} | | | alt = |
| | publisher = [[LEGO Media International]] | | | caption = European front cover |
| | platforms = [[Wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] | | | developer = [[Data Design Interactive]] |
| | released = {{Unbulleted list|November 1999 <small>(EU)</small>|August 17th, 2000 <small>(NA)</small>}} | | | publisher = [[LEGO Media International]] |
| | genre = [[Wikipedia:Action game|Action]] | | | series = |
| | modes = [[Wikipedia:Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Wikipedia:Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] | | | engine = |
| | producer = {{Unbulleted list|Tomas Gillo|David Upchurch|Stewart Green}} | | | platforms = [[Wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] |
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| | | modes = [[Wikipedia:Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Wikipedia:Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] |
| | | director = |
| | | producer = {{Unbulleted list|Tomas Gillo|David Upchurch}} |
| | | designer = |
| | programmer = {{Unbulleted list|Tony Stoddart|Steve Deacon}} | | | programmer = {{Unbulleted list|Tony Stoddart|Steve Deacon}} |
| | artist = {{Unbulleted list|Rob Dorney|Dave Garbett}} | | | artist = {{Unbulleted list|Rob Dorney|Dave Garbett (animation)}} |
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| '''''LEGO Rock Raiders''''' is a 1999 [[Wikipedia:Action game|action]] and [[Wikipedia:Strategy video game|strategy game]] developed by [[Data Design Interactive]] and published by [[LEGO Media International]] for [[Wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. The game is based on and was developed alongside the LEGO theme [[LEGO Rock Raiders|of the same name]]. Like the Windows version of [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']], it features a team of space explorers mining for energy crystals on a hostile alien planet. Rather than managing a team of Rock Raiders, however, the player directly controls one character in each level, traversing challenges using their chosen character's skills and any vehicles they find.
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| Initially conceived as a strategy game akin to its Windows counterpart, development on the PlayStation version of ''Rock Raiders'' started over in early 1999 at the behest of LEGO Media International. Developers were given only six months to complete the new version of the game, which eventually became an action game similar to ''[[Wikipedia:Blast Corps|Blast Corps]]''. It releasing in Europe in late 1999 alongside the Windows version; however, the game was initially rejected by Sony's North American branch. The North American version went through a further period of development, receiving many adjustments and a new set of levels by GameWorld 7, before eventually releasing in mid-2000. Though the game was reworked due to concerns that strategy games would not be successful on PlayStation, it ended up receiving mixed reviews.
| | '''''LEGO Rock Raiders''''' is a 1999 video game. |
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| == Gameplay == | | == Gameplay == |
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| Characters
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| * [[Docs]]
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| * [[Sparks]]
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| * [[Axle]]
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| * [[Jet]]
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| * [[Bandit]]
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| Vehicles
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| * [[Chrome Crusher]]
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| * [[Hover Scout]]
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| * [[Large Mobile Laser Cutter]]
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| * [[Loader Dozer]]
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| * [[Rapid Rider]]
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| * [[Small Digger]]
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| * [[Small Mobile Laser Cutter]]
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| * [[Tunnel Scout]]
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| * [[Tunnel Transport]]
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| Alien lifeforms
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| * [[Spider]]
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| * [[Scorpion]]
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| * [[Slimy Slug]]
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| * [[Rock Monster]]
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| * [[Rock Whale]]
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| Other stuff like geysers and webs.
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| === Missions ===
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| In total, the two versions of the game have fifty unique missions between them, and sixty-three total missions, listed below:
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| ! colspan=2 | Europe (PAL)
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| ! colspan=2 | North America (NTSC-U/C)
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| ! Level
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| ! One-player
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| ! Two-player
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| ! One-player
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| ! Two-player
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| ! 1
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| * [[Easy Pickings]]
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| * [[Water Ways]]
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| * [[Rescue Mission]]
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| * [[Ore-some!]]
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| * [[Blown Away]]
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| * [[Crystal Crazy]] (boss)
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| * [[Easy Pickings]]
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| * [[Air Racing]]
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| * [[Team work!]]
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| * [[Lava Jumps]]
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| * [[Rescue Mission]]
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| * [[Whale World]]
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| * [[Jet's Mission]]
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| * [[Axle's Mission]]
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| * [[Docs' Mission]]
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| * [[Bandit's Mission]]
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| * [[Sparks' Mission]]
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| * [[Trapped]] (boss)
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| * [[There and Back Again]]
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| * [[Departure]]
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| * [[Web of Fire]]
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| * [[Building Bridges]]
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| * [[Crystal Isles]]
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| * [[Heavy Weights]]
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| ! 2
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| * [[Hot Scoop!]]
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| * [[High Flyer]]
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| * [[Slug Lake]]
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| * [[Into The Spiders' Nest]]
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| * [[Rapid Rush]]
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| * [[Trapped!]] (boss)
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| * [[Blown Away]]
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| * [[Into The Spiders' Nest]]
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| * [[Crystal Crazy]]
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| * [[High Flyer]]
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| * [[Water Ways]]
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| * [[Trapped!]]
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| * [[Supply Base]]
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| * [[River Run]]
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| * [[Thawed Out]]
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| * [[Web Space]]
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| * [[Move On Up]]
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| * [[Hot Rocks]] (boss)
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| ! 3
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| * [[Express Delivery]]
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| * [[Dozer Daze]]
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| * [[Smoke On The Water]]
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| * [[Ring Of Fire]]
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| * [[The Maze]]
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| * [[The Last Stand]] (boss)
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| * [[Formula 20,000]]
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| * [[Hot Scoop!]]
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| * [[Hop To It!]]
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| * [[Ring Of Fire]]
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| * [[Ore-some!]]
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| * [[The Last Stand]]
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| * [[Fire Canyon]]
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| * [[Fire Down Below]]
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| * [[The Lair of the Rockwhale]]
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| * [[Trouble Down the Mine]]
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| * [[Scarce Resources]]
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| * [[Last Man Out]] (boss)
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| ! 4
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| * [[Transport Crisis]]
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| * [[Whale Song]]
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| * [[Hop To It!]]
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| | {{center|–}}
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| | {{center|–}}
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| |}
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| == Development == | | == Development == |
| <!--Development on the PlayStation version of ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' began in July 1998. Like the Windows version, it was developed by the [[Wikipedia:Halesowen|Halesowen]]-based video game company [[Data Design Interactive]].{{R|WC memo|p=2}}
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| In early 1999, six months before the PlayStation version of ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' was supposed to be submitted to Sony, the head of LEGO Media International decided that a real-time strategy game would not sell on the PlayStation. Data Design was ordered to change the game to be an [[Wikipedia:Action game|action game]]. As senior producer Tomas Gillo{{R|credits EU producer}} did not have time to rework the PlayStation game while finishing the Windows version, David Upchurch was made the producer for the PlayStation version in March 1999.<ref name="Upchurch LRR"/> Upchurch had previously worked for LEGO Media as a producer for ''[[LEGO Chess]]'' and early versions of what would later become ''[[LEGO Island 2]]'',<ref name="Upchurch LC"/><ref name="Upchurch LI2"/> and had visited Data Design to playtest ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' several times.{{r|BNB28|p=10}} He later described his assignment as being handed "the poison chalice," and hypothesised that LEGO Media's desire to drastically change the game was due to poor sales of [[Wikipedia:Command & Conquer (1995 video game)|''Command & Conquer'']] on PlayStation.<ref name="Upchurch LRR"/>
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| |quote = ...every night I’d retire to my hotel room, exhausted, thinking to myself “That was a good day, we made good progress… but the game’s still going to crap.” All in all, it was a depressing and demoralising experience that soured my attitude towards working at LEGO Media.
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| |author = David Upchurch
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| |source = ''dupchurch.com''<ref name="Upchurch LRR"/>
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| After many strategy-focussed elements were removed from the PlayStation game, the developers were left with a 3D rendering engine that could render and deform terrain, some LEGO vehicle models, and small minifigure [[Wikipedia:Sprite (computer graphics)|sprites]]. Upchurch enjoyed controlling the vehicles and suggested making the game play like a hybrid between [[Wikipedia:Gauntlet (1985 video game)|''Gauntlet'']] and [[Wikipedia:Blast Corps|''Blast Corps'']], where the player could complete missions either on-foot or in vehicles, and could construct vehicles and decide how to best use them to traverse caverns.<ref name="Upchurch LRR"/>
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| As the game's submission date approached, Upchurch spent nearly two months living in Birmingham while he worked on it with Data Design Interactive, playtesting and designing levels for it. After finishing work on ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' in August 1999, Upchurch left LEGO Media, going on to launch [[Wikipedia:PlayStation World|''PlayStation World'']] magazine for Computec Media in 2000. He later cited his negative experience producing this game as a major reason for leaving.<ref name="Upchurch LRR"/><ref name="Upchurch PSW"/>
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| == Release ==
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| LEGO Media announced that ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' for PlayStation had shipped in North America on 15 August 2000. Its suggested retail price was initially US$19.95. LEGO Media's global director [[Mark Livingstone]] stated enthusiasm for the game's success, citing the reception that ''LEGO Racers'' received on PlayStation.<ref>{{cite web | author = Gamespot Staff | date = 15 August 2000 | url = http://www.gamespot.com/ps/adventure/legorockraiders/news_2616046.html | title = Lego Rock Riders Ship | website = [[Wikipedia:GameSpot|GameSpot]] | publisher = [[Wikipedia:CNET|CNET Networks, Inc]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20031004010547/http://www.gamespot.com/ps/adventure/legorockraiders/news_2616046.html | archive-date = 4 October 2003 | access-date = 30 May 2024}}</ref> According to ''[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN]]'', the North American version of ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' was officially available two days later on 17 August 2000.<ref name="Cleveland"/>
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| == Reception == | | == Reception == |
| {{Video game reviews
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| | GR = 59%<ref name="GRPS"/>
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| | Allgame = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Green"/>
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| | EPD = 3.5/10<ref name="Ashe"/>
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| | GSpot =3.2/10<ref name="Satterfield"/>
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| | IGN = 6/10<ref name="Cleveland"/>
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| | OPM = 1/5<ref name="Steinman"/>
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| ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' received mixed reviews on PlayStation according to the [[Wikipedia:Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Wikipedia:GameRankings|GameRankings]].<ref name="GRPS"/>
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| == References == | | == References == |
| {{Reflist|refs= | | {{reflist}} |
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| <ref name="GRPS">{{cite web | url = https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/197778-lego-rock-raiders/index.html | title = LEGO Rock Raiders for PlayStation | website = [[Wikipedia:GameRankings|GameRankings]] | publisher = [[Wikipedia:CBS Interactive|CBS Interactive]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190501070507/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/197778-lego-rock-raiders/index.html | archive-date = 1 May 2019 | access-date = 1 September 2023}}</ref>
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| <ref name="Ashe">{{cite web | last = Ashe | first = Suzanne | date = 30 August 2000 | url = http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=3037&full=1 | title = LEGO Rock Raiders (PS) | website = [[Wikipedia:EP Daily|The Electric Playground]] | publisher = Elecplay.com Productions, Inc | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20031114022132/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=3037&full=1 | archivedate = 14 November 2003 | access-date = 30 May 2024}}</ref>
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| <ref name="Cleveland">{{cite web | url = http://psx.ign.com/reviews/11740.html | title = Who knew playing with Lego's on your PlayStation could be fun? We sure were surprised | last = Cleveland | first = Adam | date = 16 August 2000 | website = [[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN PSX]] | publisher = Snowball.com | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20001215041100/http://psx.ign.com/reviews/11740.html | archive-date = 15 December 2000 | access-date = 30 May 2024}}</ref>
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| <ref name="Green">{{cite web | last = Green | first = Earl | website = [[Wikipedia:AllGame|All Game Guide]] | publisher = AEC One Stop Group, Inc | url = http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=20387&tab=review | title = LEGO Rock Raiders (PS) - Review | date = August 2000 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141117065632/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=20387&tab=review | archivedate = 17 November 2014 | access-date = 30 May 2024}}</ref>
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| <ref name="Satterfield">{{cite web | url = http://www.gamespot.com/ps/adventure/legorockraiders/review.html | last = Satterfield | first = Shane | date = 24 August 2000 | title = Lego Rock Raiders Review for PlayStation | website = [[Wikipedia:GameSpot|GameSpot]] | publisher = [[Wikipedia:CNET|CNET Networks, Inc]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030626124024/http://www.gamespot.com:80/ps/adventure/legorockraiders/review.html | archive-date = 26 June 2003 | access-date = 30 May 2024}}</ref>
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| <ref name="Steinman">{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Wikipedia:Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine|Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine]] | title = Reviews: Lego Rock Raiders | first = Gary | last = Steinman | page = 133 | date = October 2000 | issue = 37 | publisher = [[Wikipedia:Ziff Davis Media|Ziff Davis Media]]}}</ref>
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| == External Links == | | == External links == |
| * [[Wikipedia:Lego Rock Raiders (video game)|''Lego Rock Raiders'']] at [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] | | * [[Wikipedia:Lego Rock Raiders (video game)|''Lego Rock Raiders'']] at [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] |
| * [https://www.mobygames.com/game/191389/lego-rock-raiders/ ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' (1999 on PlayStation)] at [[Wikipedia:MobyGames|MobyGames]] | | * [https://www.mobygames.com/game/191389/lego-rock-raiders/ ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' (1999 on PlayStation)] at [[Wikipedia:MobyGames|MobyGames]] |
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