Game Boy Color

Star Wars: Episode I - Racer

All in all, this is a great game, and a HUGE improvement over the previous Star Wars game (also for Game Boy), Yoda Stories. This game is a good bet for anyone who likes racing, and of course, Star Wars. It was worth my thirty bucks. Hey, look! It even has a built-in rumble feature. Awesome!

While it may not be the same as turning the large household appliance of your choice into a real podracer, Star Wars Episode 1: Racer is one of the most intense GBC games out there. If you are really interested in racing titles or often drawn to anything Star Wars, this is likely a game you should purchase. Anyone else should try it out first, because the lack of depth may leave some gamers a bit unsatisfied.

Star Wars Racer is een van de weinige goede racgames op de GBC. Je moet flink oefenen om de POD te controleren, maar het is zeker te doen.

Racer for the Game Boy Color is a fun little game. It's not the sort of thing you'll find yourself playing for months on end, but it's one of the better racing games to grace the system.

Was I satisfied with what Racer presented? Well, the game is not without its flaws, but what game is...? If you want a decent GBC racer to give you 100% satisfaction, look no further because you probably won't find any. Ok, so the game may not complete this GBC genre, but it comes a hell of a lot closer then most have before.

Star Wars Episode I Racer isn't a bad game by any means. It's just not particularly exciting. The game has some neat surpises (just watch the introduction for an extremely slick five second video clip from the movie), but at the very core the game design is just too flat to be a "great" Game Boy Color racer. It'll just have to go on being "better than average."

Jag är inte säker på att LucasArts borde ha haft med power ups och vapen, men jag tycker i alla fall att man borde ha kunnat göra någonting mer än att gasa, bromsa och svänga. För på en Game Boy-skärm kan man inte se hur temposkillnader och gravitation påverkar en Pod-svävare. Och eftersom det inte kommer THX-ljud ur högtalaren förstår man inte hur hysteriskt dessa motorer faktiskt låter. Därför tycker jag att alla som vill se Pod-racing ska gå på bio. Vi andra kan vänta i foajén med varsitt svartvitt Super RC Pro-Am.

Décevant ? Non pas vraiment, car comme je le dis en intro, Star Wars : Episode One, Racer n'a jamais été un bon jeu, quelle que soit la machine, pas étonant donc de se retrouver avec un jeu aussi médiocre et superficiel sur Game Boy. L'excellente idée de la cartouche vibration (une pile est livrée avec le jeu) n'y fait rien : on a peine à prendre son pied, même à deux joueurs en connectant deux GBC.

Hey LucasArts, this look familiar? $$$$ You may have seen this symbol in meetings while discussing this game. See, this game doesn't need a license. It could be any two vehicles on that track, but in order to make $$$$ off of this wretched piece of plastic and silicon, it needed a license. Behold....Star Wars Racer...a game not even the designers cared to make.