Star Wars: Episode I Racer

Star Wars: Episode I Racer
Production information
Developer(s)	LucasArts
Publisher(s)	LucasArts (Nintendo published the N64 version)
Genre	Racing
Modes	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E)
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64 Dreamcast Game Boy Color PC Mac
Chronological information
Timeline	32 BBY

Warning: This infobox has missing parameters: composer, programmer, producer, upc, prev, director, next, writer, expansions, artist, closed, basegame, release date, series and unrecognized parameters: media, released, input, requirements, imageBG 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 you 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.

Opening crawl

EPISODE I RACER
For generations, the GALACTIC PODRACING CIRCUIT has thrilled citizens of the Outer Rim Territories with its fast and dangerous contests of repulsor and turbine-driven land vehicles. Amid the ruffian and racing elite, one champion stands above the rest. His name is Sebulba, a cunning and ruthless pilot who wins by any means necessary. To challenge him, all the best Podrace pilots gather on the desert planet Tatooine for the legendary BOONTA CLASSIC determined to claim the title of fastest podracer in the Galaxy...

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

Sebulba races through the winter terrain of Ando Prime.

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

Upgrades

Traction File:SWE1R (R-20).jpg R-20 Repulsorgrip 250 truguts File:SWE1R (R-60).jpg R-60 Repulsorgrip 400 truguts File:SWE1R (R-80).jpg R-80 Repulsorgrip 600 truguts File:SWE1R (R-100).jpg R-100 Repulsorgrip 1200 truguts File:SWE1R (R-300).jpg R-300 Repulsorgrip 2600 truguts File:SWE1R (R-600).jpg R-600 Repulsorgrip 6000 truguts

Turning File:SWE1R (Control Linkage).jpg Control Linkage 200 truguts File:SWE1R (Control Shift Plate).jpg Control Shift Plate 400 truguts File:SWE1R (Control Vectro-Jet).jpg Control Vectro-Jet 700 truguts File:SWE1R (Control Coupling).jpg Control Coupling 1600 truguts File:SWE1R (Control Nozzle).jpg Control Nozzle 3800 truguts File:SWE1R (Control Stabilizer).jpg Control Stabilizer 7500 truguts

Acceleration File:SWE1R (Dual 20 PCX Injector).jpg Dual 20 PCX Injector 800 truguts File:SWE1R (44 PCX Injector).jpg 44 PCX Injector 2200 truguts File:SWE1R (Dual 32 PCX Injector).jpg Dual 32 PCX Injector 5600 truguts File:SWE1R (Quad 32 PCX Injector).jpg Quad 32 PCX Injector 7000 truguts File:SWE1R (Quad 44 Injector).jpg Quad 44 Injector 10400 truguts File:SWE1R (Mag-6 Injector).jpg Mag-6 Injector 14000 truguts

Top Speed Plug2 Thrust Coil 1000 truguts Plug3 Thrust Coil 2400 truguts Plug5 Thrust Coil 6000 truguts Plug8 Thrust Coil 14000 truguts Block5 Thrust Coil 17500 truguts Block6 Thrust Coil 20000 truguts

Air Brake Mark II Air Brake 700 truguts Mark III Air Brake 1400 truguts Mark IV Air Brake 3600 truguts Mark V Air Brake 7000 truguts Tri-Jet Air Brake 10400 truguts Quadrijet Air Brake 14000 truguts

Cooling Coolant Radiator 50 truguts Stack-3 Radiator 100 truguts Stack-6 Radiator 300 truguts Rod Coolant Pump 900 truguts Dual Coolant Pump 2700 truguts Turbo Coolant Pump 5400 truguts

Repair Single Power Cell 150 truguts Dual Power Cell 300 truguts Quad Power Cell 800 truguts Cluster Power Plug 1400 truguts Rotary Power Plug 4000 truguts Cluster2 Power Plug 7000 truguts

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Bozzie Baranta (First appearance) Aldar Beedo Jar Jar Binks Dud Bolt Fenn Booda (First appearance) C-3PO Toy Dampner (First appearance) Ten-Abu Donba (First appearance) Ebe Endocott Maja Fey'ja (First appearance) Fodesinbeed Gasgano Dethro Glok (First appearance) Mars Guo Clegg Holdfast Jabba the Hutt Qui-Gon Jinn Neva Kee Elan Mak Ody Mandrell Mawhonic "Bullseye" Navior (First appearance) Nugtosh (First appearance) Teemto Pagalies Slide Paramita (First appearance) PT01 (First appearance) PT02 (First appearance) PT03 (First appearance) PT04 (First appearance) Ben Quadinaros R2-D2 Jinn Reeso (First appearance) (Nintendo 64 version only) Boles Roor Ark "Bumpy" Roose Wan Sandage Fud Sang (First appearance) Sebulba Anakin Skywalker Ratts Tyerell Unidentified Ithorian bartender (First appearance) Unidentified Jawa (First appearance) Nave Vengaris (First appearance) Watto Cy Yunga (First appearance) (Nintendo 64 version only) Groff Zugga (First appearance)

Organisms

Dewback Exogorth Gravel-maggot (Mentioned only) (as insult) Mee Opee sea killer Ronto Sarlacc

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2-series astromech droid DUM-series pit droid Power droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid P-100 salvage droid Salvage droid holding arm

Events

Boonta Eve Classic

Locations

Ando Prime (First appearance) Andobi Mountain (First appearance) Andobi Mountain Pipeline (First appearance) Andobi Village (First appearance) Ando Prime Centrum (First appearance) Beedo's Wild Ride (First appearance) Howler Gorge (First appearance) The galaxy (Mentioned only) Malastare Dug Derby (First appearance) Malastare 100 (First appearance) Methane lake (First appearance) Sebulba's Legacy (First appearance) Sketto Canyon Bend (First appearance) Sketto Leap (First appearance) Table Rock (First appearance) Mon Gazza system (First appearance) Mon Gazza (First appearance) Acre's Spaceport (First appearance) Mon Gazza Speedway (First appearance) Mon Gazza Spice Mines Miner's Town Spice Mine Run (First appearance) Zugga Challenge (First appearance) Outer Rim Territories (Mentioned only) Aquilaris system Aquilaris (First appearance) Aquilaris Classic (First appearance) Aquilaris Grand Arena (First appearance) Bumpy's Breakers (First appearance) Floating City (First appearance) Old City (First appearance) Sunken City (First appearance) Baroonda (First appearance) Baroo Baroo Coast (First appearance) Baroo Heads (First appearance) Fire Mountain Rally (First appearance) Golden Ravine (First appearance) Grabvine Gateway (First appearance) Hoodu Geyser Fields (First appearance) Inferno (First appearance) Nazwa ruins (First appearance) Swallow Mud Marsh (First appearance) Kessel (Mentioned only) Oovo (First appearance) Oovo asteroid belt (First appearance) Oovo IV (First appearance) Desolation Alley (First appearance) Cell Block D (First appearance) Executioner (First appearance) The Gauntlet (First appearance) Vengeance (First appearance)

Outer Rim Territories, continued Ord Ibanna (First appearance) Abyss (First appearance) Dethro's Revenge (First appearance) Scrapper's Run (First appearance) Tatooine Arch Canyon Beggar's Canyon Boonta Training Course (First appearance) Droopy Drop Dune Sea Ebe Drop Great Pit of Carkoon Hutt Flats Jag Crag Gorge Jawa Bend Jett's Chute Laguna Caves Mos Espa Mos Espa Grand Arena Mos Espa Podracer Cantina (First appearance) Mushroom Mesa Snaky Curve Starlite Flats Tusken Turn Watto's Shop Tund system (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Manta RamAir (Mentioned only) Order of Dai Bendu (First appearance) Pizer-Errol (First mentioned) Shelba (Sourcebook only) Turca (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Aleena Devlikk Dug Er'Kit Fluggrian Glymphid Gran Gungan Human Hutt

Ithorian Jawa Majan (First appearance) Navior's species (First appearance) Nosaurian Nuknog Phuii Ciasi (First appearance) Sneevel Talid (First appearance)

Toong Triffian Troig Toydarian Unidentified blue-skinned short-legged species (First appearance) Unidentified pudgy species (First appearance) Veknoid Vulptereen Xamster Xexto

Vehicles and vessels

910 Special (First appearance) Anakin Skywalker's Podracer BRE Block6 Tri-Ram (First appearance) BT310 quadra-Podracer Consular-class cruiser Cy Yunga's Podracer (First appearance) (Nintendo 64 version only) FG 8T8-Twin Block2 Special GPE-3130 IPG-X1131 Longtail J930 Dash-8, Split-X Configuration Jinn Reeso's Podracer (First appearance) (Nintendo 64 version only) KRT 410C KV9T9-B Wasp MARK IV Flat-Twin Turbojet Ord Pedrovia Plug-2 Behemoth engine

Plug-F Mammoth, Split-X Configuration Plug-8G 927 Cluster Array engine Quadrijet 4-Barrel 904E engine RQ 550C Dart (First appearance) Sandcrawler Digger crawler Shelba 730 Razor (First appearance) Spice mining crane (First appearance) Stinger 627 S (First appearance) Titan 2150 rocket engine Scatalpen Tribubble bongo TurboDyne 99-U engine Vulptereen 327 XL 5115 engine

Weapons and technology

44 PCX Injector (First appearance) Block5 Thrust Coil (First appearance) Block6 Thrust Coil (First appearance) Cluster Power Plug (First appearance) Cluster2 Power Plug (First appearance) Control Coupling (First appearance) Control Linkage (First appearance) Control Nozzle (First appearance) Control Shift Plate (First appearance) Control Stabilizer (First appearance) Control Vectro-Jet (First appearance) Coolant Radiator (First appearance) Dual 20 PCX Injector (First appearance) Dual 32 PCX Injector (First appearance) Dual Coolant Pump (First appearance) Dual Power Cell (First appearance) Holoprojector Mag-6 Injector (First appearance) Mark II Air Brake (First appearance) Mark III Air Brake (First appearance) Mark IV Air Brake (First appearance) Mark V Air Brake (First appearance) Power coupling

Plug2 Thrust Coil (First appearance) Plug3 Thrust Coil (First appearance) Plug5 Thrust Coil (First appearance) Plug8 Thrust Coil (First appearance) Power coupling Quad 32 PCX Injector (First appearance) Quad 44 Injector (First appearance) Quad Power Cell (First appearance) Quadrijet Air Brake (First appearance) R-20 Repulsorgrip (First appearance) R-60 Repulsorgrip (First appearance) R-80 Repulsorgrip (First appearance) R-100 Repulsorgrip (First appearance) R-300 Repulsorgrip (First appearance) R-600 Repulsorgrip (First appearance) Repulsorlift Rod Coolant Pump (First appearance) Rotary Power Plug (First appearance) Single Power Cell (First appearance) Stack-3 Radiator (First appearance) Stack-6 Radiator (First appearance) Tri-Jet Air Brake (First appearance) Turbo Coolant Pump (First appearance)

Miscellanea

Amateur Podracing Circuit (First appearance) Bendu Statue Chance cube (Mentioned only) Galactic Podracing Circuit (First appearance) Geyser Huttese Huttese (writing system) (Number system only) Invitational Podracing Circuit (First appearance) Podracing Quarterly (as Podracer Quarterly) Semipro Podracing Circuit (First appearance) Spice (Mentioned only) Trugut

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 (vs. Teemto Pagalies)
  • Tatooine drag course 2 (vs. Ark 'Bumpy' Roose)
  • Tatooine drag course 3 (vs. Mawhonic)
  • Tatooine drag course 4 (vs. Gasgano)
• Ando Prime
  • Ando Prime drag course 1 (vs. Slide Paramita)
  • Ando Prime drag course 2 (vs. Fud Sang)
  • Ando Prime drag course 3
  • Ando Prime drag course 4
• Baroonda
  • Baroonda drag course 1 (vs. "Bullseye" Navior)
  • Baroonda drag course 2 (vs. Toy Dampner)
  • Baroonda drag course 3 (vs. Wan Sandage)
  • Baroonda drag course 4
• Mon Gazza
  • Mon Gazza drag course 1 (vs. Ody Mandrell)
  • Mon Gazza drag course 2 (vs. Mars Guo)
  • Mon Gazza drag course 3 (vs. Ratts Tyerell)
  • Mon Gazza drag course 4
• Malastare
  • Malastare drag course 1 (vs. Dud Bolt)
  • Malastare drag course 2 (vs. Bozzie Baranta)
  • Malastare drag course 3 (vs. Elan Mak)
  • Malastare drag course 4 (vs. Ebe Endocott)

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

Reception

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

Review scores

Publication	Score
IGN	7.6 of 10 (N64)	8.0 of 10 (PC)
GameSpot	8.4 of 10
EGM	9.5/9.0/9.0/9.0 (N64)	8.0/8.0/8.0 (PC version)
Compilations of multiple reviews
Game Rankings	76 of 100

See also

• Star Wars: Episode I: Racer: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide
• Star Wars: Episode I Racer: Prima's Official Strategy Guide

Bibliography

• "Around the Galaxy: Dark Horse Unmasks The Phantom Menace" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 6
• "Around the Galaxy" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 7
• "A Celebration For The Ages" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 7
• "Jake Toys With Success" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 7
• "Around the Galaxy" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 8
• "Figure It Out: Podracing Potential" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 8
• Star Wars: Episode I: Racer official site on LucasArts.com (content now obsolete; backup link (products/starwarsracer/) not verified!)

External links

• Official Nintendo Japan Star Wars Episode I: Racer site
• Star Wars Episode I: Racer on Wikipedia
• Race Different - Racer for the Mac on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• New Games Available Now on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Star Wars: Episode I - Racer on MobyGames

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