Star Wars: Episode I Racer

Star Wars: Episode I Racer is a racing game released by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Macintosh, and Dreamcast platforms.

It is a racing game that is based on the podracing scene from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, putting the player in the cockpit of 23 (25 counting cheat code character replacements in the Nintendo 64 version) different podracers on 25 different tracks on 8 unique worlds. Jake Lloyd, Andrew Secombe, Lewis MacLeod, Greg Proops, and Scott Capurro all reprise their roles from the movie.

Tournament structure
Players can enter the tournament with a character, wherein placing first, second, or third earns the player prize winnings (if chosen) and unlocks the champion of the track. Not all tracks feature unlockable racers; however, winning a race also unlocks new tracks. With the prize money, players can buy upgrades for their podracers.

Amateur Podracing Circuit

 * 1) Boonta Training Course
 * 2) Mon Gazza Speedway
 * 3) Beedo's Wild Ride
 * 4) Aquilaris Classic
 * 5) Malastare 100
 * 6) Vengeance
 * 7) Spice Mine Run

Semipro Podracing Circuit

 * 1) Sunken City
 * 2) Howler Gorge
 * 3) Dug Derby
 * 4) Scrapper's Run
 * 5) Zugga Challenge
 * 6) Baroo Coast
 * 7) Bumpy's Breakers

Galactic Podracing Circuit

 * 1) Executioner
 * 2) Sebulba's Legacy
 * 3) Grabvine Gateway
 * 4) Andobi Mountain Run
 * 5) Dethro's Revenge
 * 6) Fire Mountain Rally
 * 7) The Boonta Classic

Invitational Podracing Circuit

 * 1) Ando Prime Centrum
 * 2) Abyss
 * 3) The Gauntlet
 * 4) Inferno

Planets

 * Tatooine
 * Mon Gazza
 * Ando Prime
 * Aquilaris
 * Malastare
 * Oovo IV
 * Ord Ibanna
 * Baroonda

PC version
The PC version has different cheat codes, as well as additional cut scenes for the racetracks introductions as well as an opening cinematic (scenes of which were re-created with in-game models and tracks in the N64 version). It should be noted that in the PC's opening movie, Gasgano is seen being knocked out of the Boonta Eve Classic by Sebulba, though other sources list Gasgano as having finished the race. The music is vastly superior in the PC version (it plays from the CD and is in WAV format), and the speedometer uses vector graphics instead of raster graphics in the N64 version, for a superior effect. Also, the title screen is different, and the PC version supports multiplayer over IPX, instead of multiplayer on the same platform.

Game Boy Color Version
The Nintendo Game Boy Color version of the game is notably different from the other versions. Tracks are played out like Drag Races, as in there are no laps. Players race against a track favorite, and winning will grant the player a new character to play as. In addition, at the game's start only Anakin Skywalker is available. All of the racers appear, but only a handful of the planets remain. However, each planet has four different courses. Upon beating four races on one planet, players may duel Sebulba. If they win, they gain Sebulba's pod. If they lose a future race, they lose Subulba's pod until they unlock it again.

Gameboy Color Planets and Courses

 * Tatooine
 * Tatooine drag course 1
 * Tatooine drag course 2
 * Tatooine drag course 3
 * Tatooine drag course 4
 * Ando Prime
 * Ando Prime drag course 1
 * Ando Prime drag course 2
 * Ando Prime drag course 3
 * Ando Prime drag course 4
 * Baroonda
 * Baroonda drag course 1
 * Baroonda drag course 2
 * Baroonda drag course 3
 * Baroonda drag course 4
 * Mon Gazza
 * Mon Gazza drag course 1
 * Mon Gazza drag course 2
 * Mon Gazza drag course 3
 * Mon Gazza drag course 4
 * Malastare
 * Malastare drag course 1
 * Malastare drag course 2
 * Malastare drag course 3
 * Malastare drag course 4

Behind the scenes
In the Episode I novel and movie, Anakin Skywalker's podracer was clocked at 941 kph (about 585 mph), granting it the title "Fastest Podracer in the Galaxy." Episode I Racer' disregards this information because of podracers, with maximum acceleration could achieve speeds of 1046.1 kph (650 miles per hour) without boosting.

Also, in the game, Ben Quadinaros's podracer had a boost thrust of +643.7 kph (400 mph), which is double the boost thrust of Anakin's pod, 321.9 kph (200 mph), thus granting Quadinaros's pod a stunning top speed of 1689.8 kph, (1050mph) which is the fastest speed of all podracers, on a flat surface.

Voice cast

 * Jake Lloyd&mdash;Anakin Skywalker
 * Andrew Secombe&mdash;Watto
 * Lewis MacLeod&mdash;Sebulba
 * Greg Proops&mdash;Fode
 * Scott Capurro&mdash;Beed
 * Dominic Armato&mdash;Ben Quadinaros/Clegg Holdfast
 * Bob Bergen&mdash;Ody Mandrell/Jinn Reeso/Cy Yunga/Gasgano
 * Gregg Berger&mdash;Wan Sandage
 * Dave Fennoy&mdash;Toy Dampner
 * Roger Jackson&mdash;Ark "Bumpy" Roose|/Ebe Endocott
 * Nick Jameson&mdash;Aldar Beedo
 * David Jeremiah&mdash;Dud Bolt/"Bullseye" Navior
 * Tom Kane&mdash;Elan Mak/Slide Paramita
 * Peter Lurie&mdash;Boles Roor/Neva Kee
 * Terence McGovern&mdash;Ratts Tyerell/Bozzie Baranta
 * Michael Sorich&mdash;Mawhonic/Teemto Pagalies
 * Jim Ward&mdash;Mars Guo/Fud Sang

Reception
In March 2004, GMR Magazine rated Episode I Racer the fifth best Star Wars game of all time.