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The Windows version of ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' is a [[Wikipedia:Real-time strategy|real-time strategy]] game.
The Windows version of ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' is a [[Wikipedia:Real-time strategy|real-time strategy]] game.


Tutorials
{| class="wikitable"
# [[1. Moving Rock Raiders]]
|+
# [[2. Rock Types And Drilling]]
! Tutorials
# [[3. Building Rock Raider HQ]]
! Missions
# [[4. Moving Rock Raider Vehicles]]
|-
# [[5. Using Explosives]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
# [[6. Constructing Advanced Buildings]]
# [[Moving Rock Raiders]]
# [[7. Drilling With Vehicles]]
# [[Rock Types And Drilling]]
# [[8. Defending Rock Raider HQ]]
# [[Building Rock Raider HQ]]
# [[Moving Rock Raider Vehicles]]
# [[Using Explosives]]
# [[Constructing Advanced Buildings]]
# [[Drilling With Vehicles]]
# [[Defending Rock Raider HQ]]
|{{center|
[[Driller Night!]]<br>
[[The Path To Power]] • [[Rubble Trouble!]]<br>
[[A Breath Of Fresh Air]] • [[It's A Hold Up]] • [[Explosive Action]]<br>
[[Search 'n' Rescue]] • [[Breathless]]<br>
[[Frozen Frenzy]]<br>
[[Erode Works]] • [[Water Lot Of Fun]]<br>
[[Water Works]] • [[Rock Hard]] • [[Don't Panic!]]<br>
[[Ice Spy]] • [[Split Down The Middle]]<br>
[[Lava Laughter]]<br>
[[Oresome!]] • [[Fire 'n' Water]]<br>
[[Run The Gauntlet]] • [[Air Raiders]] • [[Lake Of Fire]]<br>
[[Back To Basics]] • [[Hot Stuff]]<br>
[[Rocky Horror]]
}}
|}


Missions
{| class="wikitable"
# [[Driller Night!]]
|+
# [[The Path To Power]]
! Tutorials
# [[Rubble Trouble!]]
! colspan=6 | Missions
# [[A Breath Of Fresh Air]]
|-
# [[It's A Hold Up]]
| rowspan=13 |
# [[Explosive Action]]
# [[Moving Rock Raiders]]
# [[Search 'n' Rescue]]
# [[Rock Types And Drilling]]
# [[Breathless]]
# [[Building Rock Raider HQ]]
# [[Frozen Frenzy]] (boss)
# [[Moving Rock Raider Vehicles]]
# [[Erode Works]]
# [[Using Explosives]]
# [[Water Lot Of Fun]]
# [[Constructing Advanced Buildings]]
# [[Water Works]]
# [[Drilling With Vehicles]]
# [[Rock Hard]]
# [[Defending Rock Raider HQ]]
# [[Don't Panic!]]
| colspan=6 | {{center|[[Driller Night!]]}}
# [[Ice Spy]]
|-
# [[Split Down The Middle]]
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[The Path To Power]]}}
# [[Lava Laughter]] (boss)
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Rubble Trouble!]]}}
# [[Oresome!]]
|-
# [[Fire 'n' Water]]
| colspan=2 | {{center|[[A Breath Of Fresh Air]]}}
# [[Run The Gauntlet]]
| colspan=2 | {{center|[[It's A Hold Up]]}}
# [[Air Raiders]]
| colspan=2 | {{center|[[Explosive Action]]}}
# [[Lake Of Fire]]
|-
# [[Back To Basics]]
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Search 'n' Rescue]]}}
# [[Hot Stuff]]
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Breathless]]}}
# [[Rocky Horror]] (boss)
|-
| colspan=6 | {{center|[[Frozen Frenzy]]}}
|-
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Erode Works]]}}
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Water Lot Of Fun]]}}
|-
| colspan=2 | {{center|[[Water Works]]}}
| colspan=2 | {{center|[[Rock Hard]]}}
| colspan=2 | {{center|[[Don't Panic!]]}}
|-
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Ice Spy]]}}
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Split Down The Middle]]}}
|-
| colspan=6 | {{center|[[Lava Laughter]]}}
|-
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Oresome!]]}}
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Fire 'n' Water]]}}
|-
| colspan=2 | {{center|[[Run The Gauntlet]]}}
| colspan=2 | {{center|[[Air Raiders]]}}
| colspan=2 | {{center|[[Lake Of Fire]]}}
|-
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Back To Basics]]}}
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Hot Stuff]]}}
|-
| colspan=6 | {{center|[[Rocky Horror]]}}
|}


=== PlayStation version ===
=== PlayStation version ===

Revision as of 05:27, 20 January 2023

LEGO Rock Raiders is a 1999 video game developed by Data Design Interactive and published by LEGO Media International for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation. The game is based on and was developed alongside the LEGO theme of the same name. It features a team of space explorers mining for energy crystals on a hostile alien planet.

Gameplay

Windows version

The Windows version of LEGO Rock Raiders is a real-time strategy game.

Tutorials Missions
  1. Moving Rock Raiders
  2. Rock Types And Drilling
  3. Building Rock Raider HQ
  4. Moving Rock Raider Vehicles
  5. Using Explosives
  6. Constructing Advanced Buildings
  7. Drilling With Vehicles
  8. Defending Rock Raider HQ

Driller Night!
The Path To Power • Rubble Trouble!
A Breath Of Fresh Air • It's A Hold Up • Explosive Action
Search 'n' Rescue • Breathless
Frozen Frenzy
Erode Works • Water Lot Of Fun
Water Works • Rock Hard • Don't Panic!
Ice Spy • Split Down The Middle
Lava Laughter
Oresome! • Fire 'n' Water
Run The Gauntlet • Air Raiders • Lake Of Fire
Back To Basics • Hot Stuff
Rocky Horror

Tutorials Missions
  1. Moving Rock Raiders
  2. Rock Types And Drilling
  3. Building Rock Raider HQ
  4. Moving Rock Raider Vehicles
  5. Using Explosives
  6. Constructing Advanced Buildings
  7. Drilling With Vehicles
  8. Defending Rock Raider HQ
Driller Night!
The Path To Power
Rubble Trouble!
A Breath Of Fresh Air
It's A Hold Up
Explosive Action
Search 'n' Rescue
Breathless
Frozen Frenzy
Erode Works
Water Lot Of Fun
Water Works
Rock Hard
Don't Panic!
Ice Spy
Split Down The Middle
Lava Laughter
Oresome!
Fire 'n' Water
Run The Gauntlet
Air Raiders
Lake Of Fire
Back To Basics
Hot Stuff
Rocky Horror

PlayStation version

The PS version is an action and strategy game.

50 levels (63 counting 2P versions)

Europe North America
Level One-player Two-player One-player Two-player
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2
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3
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4
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Development

Test

LEGO Rock Raiders was the first LEGO video game developed alongside LEGO construction sets.[1]

Development of the Microsoft Windows game began in October 1997, while development of the PlayStation game began in July 1998.

The game's atmosphere was inspired by Scandinavian mines.[2]

Graphics

Having previously created the FMV animation for LEGO Chess,[3] Data Design Interactive set up a sister company, Artworld UK, to serve as a dedicated graphics and animation team for LEGO Rock Raiders.[4] The team of twelve animators created most of the game's 3D models in animation with LightWave 3D, using a number of third-party plugins and running on high-end Windows NT workstations. Adobe Photoshop and Kai's Power Tools were used to create textures for the models.[1]

a database of colours used in the LEGO Rock Raiders sets

PlayStation revamp

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 [who?] decided that a real-time strategy game would not sell on the PlayStation. The game was ordered to be changed to an action game. As senior producer Tomas Gillo[note 1] did not have time to rework the PlayStation game while finishing the Windows version, David Upchurch, who had previously worked as producer on LEGO Chess and early versions of what would become LEGO Island 2, was made the producer for the PlayStation version in March 1999.[5][3][6]

...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.

David Upchurch, dupchurch.com[5]

After many strategy-focussed elements were removed from the PlayStation game, the developers were left with a 3D rendering engine that could deform terrain, some vehicle models, and small minifigure sprites. Upchurch enjoyed controlling the vehicles and suggested making the game a hybrid between Gauntlet and 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.[5]

As the game's submission date approached, he 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; he later cited his experience as producer for this game as a major reason why.[5]

Release

LEGO Rock Raiders was first announced on 10 February 1999, along with LEGO Racers, LEGO Friends, and LEGOLAND. It was initially scheduled for release on Windows and PlayStation in September 1999, with a planned retail price of US$40–$45.[7][8] In May 1999 all four titles were displayed at E3 1999 in Los Angeles, at the LEGO Media booth #1524 in the South Hall. A large LEGO model of Jet on a Hover Scout was built by model designers from LEGO Systems during the event. LEGO models of Rocket Racer's car and of PlayStation and Nintendo 64 controllers were also constructed before the event; the controllers were given to the winners of a contest involving the car.[9][10]

The game was published in November 1999. The North American PlayStation version was delayed until August 2000.

Reception

The game received mixed reviews.

Legacy

Write something about the game's modding scene, with links to pages about mods and modding.

In 2012, Data Design Interactive founder Stewart Green announced plans to develop a Rock Raiders sequel.[11]

Manic Miners

Notes

  1. ↑ Only listed as "the original Producer" by Upchurch; inferred from the game's credits, which lists Gillo as Senior Producer.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Moltenbrey, Karen (March 2000). "Legos Come to Life". Computer Graphics World. Volume 23, Issue 3. CGW Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Pickering, David; Turpin, Nick; Jenner, Caryn (eds.) (1999). "Media Magic". The Ultimate LEGO Book. DK publishing. pp. 26–27. ISBN 0-7894-4691-X.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Upchurch, David. "LEGO Chess (PC)". dupchurch.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Younghusband, Paul (February 2001). "A One Stop Digital Shop: Data Design Interactive and Artworld UK". Animation World Magazine. Vol. 5, No. 11. AWN, Inc. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Mirror available at Animation World Network.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Upchurch, David. "LEGO Rock Raiders (PS1)". dupchurch.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Upchurch, David. "LEGO Island 2 (Various)". dupchurch.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Fudge, James (10 February 2009). "LEGO Announces 4 New Titles". Computer Games Magazine. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on 29 November 2002.
  8. ↑ IGN Staff (11 February 1999). "It's a Snap". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023 (Oldest on 1 September 2000).
  9. ↑ Fudge, James (11 May 1999). "Lego Media at E3". Computer Games Magazine. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on 29 November 2002.
  10. ↑ IGN Staff (11 May 1999). "Lego Media's E3 Lineup". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023 (Oldest on 9 March 2000).
  11. ↑ StewartG (26 August 2012). "DDI looking for help with new Rock Raiders title". Rock Raiders United. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Original topic name archived 26 July 2013.

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