LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation video game)

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LEGO Rock Raiders
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)LEGO Media International
Producer(s)
  • Tomas Gillo
  • David Upchurch
  • Stewart Green
Programmer(s)
  • Tony Stoddart
  • Steve Deacon
Artist(s)
  • Rob Dorney
  • Dave Garbett
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
  • EU: November 1999
  • NA: August 15, 2000[1]
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

LEGO Rock Raiders is a 1999 action and strategy game developed by Data Design Interactive and published by LEGO Media International for PlayStation. The game is based on and was developed alongside the LEGO theme of the same name. Like the Windows version of LEGO Rock Raiders, it features a team of space explorers mining for energy crystals on a hostile alien planet. Rather than managing a team of Rock Raiders, however, the player directly controls one character in each level, traversing challenges using their chosen character's skills and any vehicles they find.

Initially conceived as a strategy game akin to its Windows counterpart, development on the PlayStation version of Rock Raiders started over in early 1999 at the behest of LEGO Media International. Developers were given only six months to complete the new version of the game, which eventually became an action game similar to Blast Corps. It released in Europe in late 1999 alongside the Windows version; however, the game was initially rejected by Sony's North American branch. The North American version went through a further period of development, receiving many adjustments and a new set of levels by GameWorld 7, before eventually releasing in August 2000. Though the game was reworked due to concerns that strategy games would not be successful on PlayStation, it ended up receiving mixed reviews.

Gameplay

Characters

Vehicles

Alien lifeforms

Other stuff like geysers and webs.

Missions

In total, the two versions of the game have fifty unique missions between them, and sixty-three total missions, listed below:

Europe (PAL) North America (NTSC-U/C)
Level One-player Two-player One-player Two-player
1
2
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3
–
4
–
–
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Development

Release

LEGO Media announced that LEGO Rock Raiders for PlayStation had shipped in North America on 15 August 2000. Its suggested retail price was initially US$19.95. LEGO Media's global director Mark Livingstone stated enthusiasm for the game's success, citing the reception that LEGO Racers received on PlayStation.[1] According to IGN, the North American version of LEGO Rock Raiders was officially available two days later on 17 August 2000.[2]

Reception

LEGO Rock Raiders received mixed reviews on PlayStation according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gamespot Staff (15 August 2000). "Lego Rock Riders Ship". GameSpot. CNET Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on 4 October 2003. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cleveland, Adam (16 August 2000). "Who knew playing with Lego's on your PlayStation could be fun? We sure were surprised". IGN PSX. Snowball.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2000. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "LEGO Rock Raiders for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Green, Earl (August 2000). "LEGO Rock Raiders (PS) - Review". All Game Guide. AEC One Stop Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  5. ↑ Ashe, Suzanne (30 August 2000). "LEGO Rock Raiders (PS)". The Electric Playground. Elecplay.com Productions, Inc. Archived from the original on 14 November 2003. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  6. ↑ Satterfield, Shane (24 August 2000). "Lego Rock Raiders Review for PlayStation". GameSpot. CNET Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on 26 June 2003. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  7. ↑ Soropos, George (January 2000). "Lego Rockraiders". Official Australian PlayStation Magazine. No. 30. APC Publishing. p. 72.
  8. ↑ Steinman, Gary (October 2000). "Reviews: Lego Rock Raiders". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 37. Ziff Davis Media. p. 133.

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