LEGO Fun to Build
| LEGO Fun to Build | |
|---|---|
 Front cover | |
| 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[note 1] 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
LEGO Fun to Build is an activity center game. thing. Control with stylus and stuff.[3]: 4 It has four sections: Town, Aquazone, Castle, and Space, each accessed by turning the book. The Pico book.
Pages:
| Header text | Header text |
|---|---|
| Title sceeen | |
| Town (街シリ一ズ) | |
| Aquazone (アクアゾーン) | |
| Castle (お城シリ一ズ) | |
| Space (宇宙シリーズ) | |
| Building games (組み立て遊び) |
Minigames
| Header text | Header text |
|---|---|
| Racing game (レースゲーム) | The Racing game is accessed by selecting and assembling the Speedboat from the picture book. The player selects one of four vehicles and races three CPU opponents. If the player finishes in the top two they advance to the finals in a one-on-one race.[3]: 10 |
| Pizza delivery game (ピザ配達ゲーム) | [3]: 11 |
| Aqua Crystal Exploration Vessel game (アクアクリスタル探査艇ゲーム) | [3]: 14 |
| Aqua Mini Submarine game (アクアミニサブマリンゲーム) | [3]: 15 |
| Castle maze game (お城迷路ゲーム) | [3]: 18–19 |
| Ice Planet Mogul game (アイスプラネットモーグルゲーム) | [3]: 22 |
| Twin Falcon game (ツインファルコンゲーム) | [3]: 23 |
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. She 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 Much of the game's graphics are based on 1995 art assets from the marketing agency Advance; the front cover also uses a photograph from these assets.[4] Development was completed during October 1995,[5] and the game was released in Japan in December 1995.[2]
Notes
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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 LEGO Fun to Build ガイドブック [LEGO Fun to Build Guidebook] (PDF) (in 日本語). Sega Enterprises Ltd. 1995. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2024.
- ↑ 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
- LEGO Fun to Build at MobyGames
