Star Wars: Episode I - Racer (1999)
Star Wars: Episode I - Racer is a 1999 racing video game made by LucasArts and Aspyr Media.
Six hundred miles per hour, four feet off the ground, and no brakes worth mentioning. Episode I Racer turns The Phantom Menace's podrace into a full game: you pilot Anakin Skywalker or any of more than twenty racers, each strapped to twin engines that scream across desert canyons and alien tracks. Methane lakes, meteor showers, and rival pilots all try to end your run while you nurse overheating engines and hunt for shortcuts. It is pure speed spectacle, a racer built around the giddy, dangerous rush of the film's standout sequence.
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What is Star Wars: Episode I - Racer about?
Six hundred miles per hour, four feet off the ground, and no brakes worth mentioning. Episode I Racer turns The Phantom Menace's podrace into a full game: you pilot Anakin Skywalker or any of more than twenty racers, each strapped to twin engines that scream across desert canyons and alien tracks. Methane lakes, meteor showers, and rival pilots all try to end your run while you nurse overheating engines and hunt for shortcuts. It is pure speed spectacle, a racer built around the giddy, dangerous rush of the film's standout sequence.
When was Star Wars: Episode I - Racer released?
Star Wars: Episode I - Racer was released on 18 May 1999.
Who made Star Wars: Episode I - Racer?
Star Wars: Episode I - Racer was made by LucasArts, Aspyr Media and Nintendo.
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A few thoughts on Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
Best for players who want raw velocity over story. If the reckless speed thrills you, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas hands you a huge state to tear across at your own pace, cars and bikes and worse, whenever you feel like flooring it.
Racing and chase thrills at breakneck speed
Episode I Racer is built around one giddy feeling: going far too fast with no real brakes. If that podracer rush is what you want more of, chase it here, from a neon anime road race to open-world games that let you steal a car and floor it down the highway.
Explore vivid alien and fantasy worlds
Racer's tracks sprawl across desert canyons, methane lakes, and alien planets, and half the fun is the scenery blurring past. These games slow that down and let you wander instead, filling huge fantasy and science-fiction worlds with places worth stopping to look at, from frozen peaks to crumbling undersea cities.
Blockbuster action for a single-player night
If Racer was your gateway to big, glossy single-player games, these blockbusters carry that torch. Each stages the kind of spectacle Episode I Racer reached for, treacherous chases, narrow escapes, and stunts pulled off at speed, wrapped in campaigns you can lose an evening to.