Star Wars: Episode I Racer

Star Wars: Episode I Racer is a racing game released by LucasArts for the PC, 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 you in the cockpit of 23 (25 counting cheat code character replacements on the Console 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 and race for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place, which 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 podracer.

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 of the game appears to be nearly identical to the Nintendo 64 one, except that Toy Dampner races on a track called Executioner instead of Malevolent. The cheat codes are also different, 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.

Gameboy Color Version
The Nintendo Game Boy Color version of the game is notably different than 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 games 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 5
 * 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 Star Wars novel and the movie, Anakin Skywalker's Podracer clocked at 941 kph (about 584.7 mph), granting his Podracer the "Fastest Podracer in the Galaxy." The game Episode 1 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 321.9 kph (200 mph,) thus, granting Quadinaros's pod with 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

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