Star Wars Episode 1: Racer

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Get ready, set, gungan for a remastered version of Star Wars Episode I: Racer, the actually very good retro racing game which has gained a new lick of paint.

This new version, spruced up by port specialists Aspyr, launches for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on 12th May. It costs $15 (about £12).

Originally released for PC and N64 back in 1999, this arcade-style racer took one of Phantom Menace's worst sections and turned it into a fun multiplayer game. There are tracks themed around various Star Wars worlds, not just Tatooine, and plenty of prequel characters to play as. Finally, Sebulba can beat that little brat Anakin!

The package is enhanced with 4K visuals (albeit with the original models), remapped controls and Trophy support on PS4.

 

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Episode 1: Racer was originally released on N64 and PC as a tie-in to The Phantom Menace back in 1999, adapting the movie's rather excellent pod racing sequence -- which isn't quite as good as the climactic lightsaber battle -- into a full-blown game. It's being spruced up for modern consoles by Aspyr, which also handled the recent Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy remasters. 

It'll cost $15, which is a little pricey for a 20-year-old game, but you can engage in the old-school joy that is split-screen multiplayer. It also has all those cool Star Wars music and sound effects, 25 playable characters and tracks that span eight planets.

 

Jake Lloyd and Lewis MacLeod, who portrayed rascally future galactic warlord Anakin Skywalker and massive jerk Sebulba in The Phantom Menace, played those characters in the game.

"It's a great game and it has emotional resonance," producer James Vicari told StarWars.com in April. "We really believe in reuniting fans with something they cherished, or connecting a new audience with something they may have missed."

The game got a PS2 sequel, Racer Revenge, in 2002 and that was re-released on PS4 in 2016.

 

 

Originali zaidimo versija pasirode dar senais senais 1999m.