LEGO Racers (video game)

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LEGO Racers
North American Nintendo 64 box art
Developer(s)High Voltage Software
Publisher(s)LEGO Media
Director(s)Kerry J. Ganofsky
Producer(s)Keith Morton
Designer(s)Kerry J. Ganofsky
Programmer(s)
  • Scott Corley
  • Dwight Luetscher
Artist(s)Cary Penczek
Composer(s)
  • Eric Nofsinger
  • D. Chadd Portwine
Platform(s)
ReleaseWindows
PlayStation
Nintendo 64
  • NA: October 1999
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

LEGO Racers is a 1999 racing video game developed by High Voltage Software and published by LEGO Media International for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64 and PlayStation. The game has a good article on wikipedia so copy sources from there

Gameplay

Screenshot of a race in LEGO Racers, showing the player-controlled vehicle and several computer-controlled opponents, a row of Power Up bricks, and the game's HUD

Describe the amazing gameplay of LEGO Racers here!

Champions

Maybe write a bit about the champions you race against

Vehicles

And a bit about the vehicles!

Maps

And probably the maps?


Circuits 1 & 4
Imperial Grand Prix
Dark Forest Dash
Magma Moon Marathon
Desert Adventure Dragway

Circuits 2 & 5
Tribal Island Trail
Royal Knights Raceway
Ice Planet Pathway
Amazon Adventure Alley

Circuits 3 & 6
Knightmare-athon
Pirate Skull Pass
Adventure Temple Trail
Alien Rally Asteroid

Circuit 7
Rocket Racer Run

Development

Here is a great place to write about the development process, probably starting with the 1995 pitch or what it was.

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Release

LEGO Racers was announced / released and yadda yadday. Promotion and launch events?

LEGO Media announced on August 19, 1999 that the Windows version of LEGO Racers was being shipped to retailers and would be available in stores during the week of August 23 at a price of US$39.95.[1][3]

Reception

The legacy of LEGO Racers was vast and spawned several sequels and follow-up LEGO Racing games. A lot of these went unreleased. See LEGO racing games. The sequels include a Game Boy Color port by Climax, a LEGO Racers arcade game in Legoland, LEGO Racers 2, and Drome Racers, all by Attention to Detail. There was also the unrelated LEGO Stunt Rally, the forgotten mobile game in 2006 or 2007, and LEGO 2K Drive in 2023. There were also several cancelled racers games, including Drome Racers 2, LEGO Racers CC, and LEGO Racers: The Video Game.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IGN Staff (August 19, 1999). "News Briefs". IGN PC. Snowball.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2000.
  2. IGN Staff (August 19, 1999). "Leggo My LEGO". IGN PSX. Snowball.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2000.
  3. Staff (August 21, 1999). "Shipping: LEGO Racers". GameSpot. ZDNet. Archived from the original on November 1, 2000.

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