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| image        = Rock Raiders PC big box front scan.jpg
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| alt          = A scan of a PC CD-ROM "big box" front with the LEGO Rock Raiders logo at the top and a piece of CGI artwork; the art shows a LEGO minifigure piloting a small hovering craft through a cavern full of Energy Cyrstals, a large monster made of rock swinging its fist at him, and a large slug watching
| alt          = A scan of a PC CD-ROM "big box" front with the LEGO Rock Raiders logo at the top and featuring a piece of CGI artwork The art shows a LEGO minifigure piloting a small hovering craft through a cavern full of Energy Cyrstals; a large monster made of rock is swinging its fist at him, and a large slug is watching. The bottom of the cover shows LEGO Media's "Games" and "PC CD-ROM" logos.
| caption      = European "[[Wikipedia:Video game packaging|big box]]" front cover
| caption      = European "[[Wikipedia:Video game packaging|big box]]" front cover
| developer    = [[Data Design Interactive]]
| developer    = [[Data Design Interactive]]
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'''''LEGO Rock Raiders''''' is a 1999 [[Wikipedia:Real-time strategy|real-time strategy]] video game developed by [[Data Design Interactive]].
'''''LEGO Rock Raiders''''' is a 1999 [[LEGO]]-themed [[Wikipedia:Real-time strategy|real-time strategy]] video game developed by [[Data Design Interactive]] and published by [[LEGO Media International]] for [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]].


== Gameplay ==
== Gameplay ==
''LEGO Rock Raiders'' is a mission-based [[Wikipedia:Real-time strategy|real-time strategy]] game with elements of [[Wikipedia:Construction and management simulation|construction simulation]].<ref name="Mandel 2000"/><ref name="Lopez 2000"/>
=== Missions ===
''LEGO Rock Raiders'' features twenty-five different [[Wikipedia:Level (video games)|missions]]. The game's mission selection screen displays a cross-section of the alien planet, with individual missions represented by cavern openings. Playable missions display an image of the mission in the cavern, while locked missions are darkened and blocked by beams. Hovering the cursor over an available mission will display its name, and a completed mission will also display its completion status and the player's achieved score for it. When starting a new game, only the first mission can be played; completing it unlocks the missions below it. The deeper into the planet a mission is located, the more difficult it is intended to be.<ref name="Mandel 2000"/>{{sfn|McPhail|1999|p=13}}
Upon starting a mission, the character Chief presents a detailed briefing for the player, explaining the mission's situation and objective.<ref name="Park 2000"/>


== Development ==
== Development ==
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<ref name="Lopez 2000">{{cite web |url=http://pc.ign.com/reviews/13767.html |last=Lopez |first=Vincent |date=January 12, 2000 |title=LEGO Rock Raiders |website=[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN PC]] |publisher=Snowball.com |location=[[Wikipedia:San Francisco|San Francisco]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000612141712/http://pc.ign.com:80/reviews/13767.html |archive-date=June 12, 2000}}</ref>
<ref name="Mandel 2000">{{cite web |url=http://www.avault.com/reviews/print_review.asp?game=rockrad |last=Mandel |first=Bob |date=January 27, 2000 |title=Rock Raiders |website=[[Wikipedia:Adrenaline Vault|The Adrenaline Vault]] |publisher=NewWorld.com, Inc |location=[[Wikipedia:Irving, Texas|Irving, Texas]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021122080147/http://www.avault.com:80/reviews/print_review.asp?game=rockrad |archive-date=November 22, 2002}}</ref>
<ref name="Park 2000">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/legorockraiders/review.html |last=Park |first=Andrew Seyoon |date=January 28, 2000 |title=Lego Rock Raiders |website=[[Wikipedia:GameSpot|GameSpot]] |publisher=[[Wikipedia:ZDNET|ZDNet]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030620145837/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/legorockraiders/review.html |archive-date=June 20, 2003}}</ref>
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |editor-last=McPhail |editor-first=Jim |date=13 December 1999 |url=https://archive.org/details/LEGORockRaiders-manual-Win-EU-2299598/mode/1up?view=theater |title=LEGO Rock Raiders Instruction Manual |edition=UK FRONT, BACK, I/F & I/B COVER |publisher=[[LEGO Media International]] |location=[[Wikipedia:London|London]]}} Serial IB2G-ROC3 2299598.
* {{cite video game |title=LEGO Rock Raiders |developer=[[Data Design Interactive]] |publisher=[[LEGO Media International]] |date=November 1999 |platform=Windows |version= |file=[[Main Lego Config File]] |language=English |quote= }} File path: <samp>Rock Raiders\LegoRR1.wad\Lego.cfg</samp>. Last modified 25 September 1999.
{{refend}}


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 22:52, 4 February 2026

LEGO Rock Raiders
A scan of a PC CD-ROM "big box" front with the LEGO Rock Raiders logo at the top and featuring a piece of CGI artwork The art shows a LEGO minifigure piloting a small hovering craft through a cavern full of Energy Cyrstals; a large monster made of rock is swinging its fist at him, and a large slug is watching. The bottom of the cover shows LEGO Media's "Games" and "PC CD-ROM" logos.
European "big box" front cover
Developer(s)Data Design Interactive
Publisher(s)LEGO Media International
Director(s)Eamonn Barr
Producer(s)Tomas Gillo
Designer(s)
  • Karl White
  • David Allen
Programmer(s)
  • Tony Stoddart
  • Rob Wilson
Artist(s)
  • Rob Dorney
  • Dave Garbett (animation)
Composer(s)
  • Marl Boonyer
  • John Saull
Platform(s)Windows
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

LEGO Rock Raiders is a 1999 LEGO-themed real-time strategy video game developed by Data Design Interactive and published by LEGO Media International for Windows.

Gameplay

LEGO Rock Raiders is a mission-based real-time strategy game with elements of construction simulation.[1][2]

Missions

LEGO Rock Raiders features twenty-five different missions. The game's mission selection screen displays a cross-section of the alien planet, with individual missions represented by cavern openings. Playable missions display an image of the mission in the cavern, while locked missions are darkened and blocked by beams. Hovering the cursor over an available mission will display its name, and a completed mission will also display its completion status and the player's achieved score for it. When starting a new game, only the first mission can be played; completing it unlocks the missions below it. The deeper into the planet a mission is located, the more difficult it is intended to be.[1][3]

Upon starting a mission, the character Chief presents a detailed briefing for the player, explaining the mission's situation and objective.[4]

Development

References

  1. ↑ a b Mandel, Bob (January 27, 2000). "Rock Raiders". The Adrenaline Vault. Irving, Texas: NewWorld.com, Inc. Archived from the original on November 22, 2002.
  2. ↑ Lopez, Vincent (January 12, 2000). "LEGO Rock Raiders". IGN PC. San Francisco: Snowball.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2000.
  3. ↑ McPhail 1999, p. 13.
  4. ↑ Park, Andrew Seyoon (January 28, 2000). "Lego Rock Raiders". GameSpot. ZDNet. Archived from the original on June 20, 2003.

Sources

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