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''LEGO Fun to Build'' was developed at Sega Enterprises Ltd for the educational Sega Pico video game console. The game was designed for children between the ages of three and six. Akemi Kamata headed the game's production. Kamata thought that a game featuring LEGO bricks would work well on the Pico, believing that LEGO naturally fostered creativity.{{R|BNB 17|pages=5-6}} Development was completed during October 1995,<ref>{{cite video game |title = LEGO Fun to Build |developer = [[Wikipedia:Sega|Sega]] | date = December 1995 |platform = [[Wikipedia:Sega Pico|Sega Pico]] |code = [https://segaretro.org/Lego_Fun_to_Build/Technical_information#ROM_header ROM header], offset <samp>00000100</samp> |quote = SEGA PICO – (C)SEGA 1995.OCT – LEGO—FUN TO BUILD – LEGO—FUN TO BUILD – HPC-6032-00}}</ref> and the game was released in Japan in December 1995.<ref name="25 press"/> | ''LEGO Fun to Build'' was developed at Sega Enterprises Ltd for the educational Sega Pico video game console. The game was designed for children between the ages of three and six. Akemi Kamata headed the game's production. Kamata thought that a game featuring LEGO bricks would work well on the Pico, believing that LEGO naturally fostered creativity. Kamata later said about it, "I thought that if I could make my favorite LEGO bricks that could be played with interactively through a TV, children's dreams would spread."{{R|BNB 17|pages=5-6}} Most of the game's art is based on 1995 art assets from the marketing agency [[Advance]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rockraidersunited.com/topic/6290-lego-fun-to-build-the-first-lego-game-before-lego-island/?tab=comments#comment-111254 |author=emily/Pereki |date=2 January 2015 |title=The entire game is based almost exclusively on 1995 art assets from Advance |type=Comment in topic "LEGO Fun to Build: The first LEGO game?" |website=Rock Raiders United |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119200046/https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/6290-lego-fun-to-build-the-first-lego-game-before-lego-island/?tab=comments#comment-111254 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Development was completed during October 1995,<ref>{{cite video game |title = LEGO Fun to Build |developer = [[Wikipedia:Sega|Sega]] | date = December 1995 |platform = [[Wikipedia:Sega Pico|Sega Pico]] |code = [https://segaretro.org/Lego_Fun_to_Build/Technical_information#ROM_header ROM header], offset <samp>00000100</samp> |quote = SEGA PICO – (C)SEGA 1995.OCT – LEGO—FUN TO BUILD – LEGO—FUN TO BUILD – HPC-6032-00}}</ref> and the game was released in Japan in December 1995.<ref name="25 press"/> | ||
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Revision as of 19:58, 15 May 2024
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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Producer(s) | Akemi Kamata[1]: 6 |
| Platform(s) | Sega Pico |
| Release | December 1995[2] |
| Genre(s) | Edutainment |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
LEGO Fun to Build (furigana: ファン トゥ ビルド) is a 1995 educational children's game developed and published by Sega. Released exclusively in Japan for Sega Pico, it is the first official LEGO video game ever released, predating LEGO Island by nearly two years.
Gameplay
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Development and release
LEGO Fun to Build was developed at Sega Enterprises Ltd for the educational Sega Pico video game console. The game was designed for children between the ages of three and six. Akemi Kamata headed the game's production. Kamata thought that a game featuring LEGO bricks would work well on the Pico, believing that LEGO naturally fostered creativity. Kamata later said about it, "I thought that if I could make my favorite LEGO bricks that could be played with interactively through a TV, children's dreams would spread."[1]: 5–6 Most of the game's art is based on 1995 art assets from the marketing agency Advance.[3] Development was completed during October 1995,[4] and the game was released in Japan in December 1995.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crecente, Brian; Vincent, Ethan (31 March 2021). "Episode 17 – LEGO Video Games and Digital Play" (PDF). Bits N' Bricks (Podcast). Participants: Niels B. Christiansen, Julia Goldin, and Sean McEvoy. The LEGO Group. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2024. Audio version via YouTube.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "From Bricks to Bits: The LEGO Group Celebrates 25 Years of LEGO Video Games" (Press release). Billund: The LEGO Group. 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ↑ emily/Pereki (2 January 2015). "The entire game is based almost exclusively on 1995 art assets from Advance". Rock Raiders United (Comment in topic "LEGO Fun to Build: The first LEGO game?"). Archived from the original on 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Sega (December 1995). LEGO Fun to Build (Sega Pico). File/code: ROM header, offset 00000100.
SEGA PICO – (C)SEGA 1995.OCT – LEGO—FUN TO BUILD – LEGO—FUN TO BUILD – HPC-6032-00
External links
- Lego Fun to Build at Sega Retro
