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Toy Racer

Publisher: Sega

Developer: No Cliché

Peripherals supported: Broadband Adapter, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Keyboard, Dreamcast Modem, Race Controller, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	2000-12-15		MK-51149-50
DE	2000-12-15		MK-51149-50
FR	2000-12-15		MK-51149-50
UK	2000-12-15^[1]	£4.994.99^[1]^[2]	MK-51149-50

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Toy Racer is the sequel to Toy Commander. It was developed by No Cliché, published by Sega and only released in Europe for a budget price of £5 (where £1 of this would go to charity). £50,000 was raised for the ELSPA Entertainment Software Charity^[4]. In Austria 3DM from every game was donated to Saint Anna Children's Hospital in Vienna^[3]. It was marketed as being an online game, and as a result has no AI players to race against in single-player mode.

A North American version, set to debut shortly after the European copy, was seemingly announced^[5], but never materialised.

History

The online portions to the game where brought back online in 2014^[6]^[7] and supports both the Modem and the Broadband Adapter.

Production credits

No Cliché Credits

Creative Director: Frédérick Raynal
Art Director: Didier Chanfray
Project Manager, Main Programmer: Frantz Cournil
Network programming, Menus, Server: Pascal Dubois
Game & Track Design, Script Coding, Resources Manager: Lionel Chaze
2D Artist for Menus, Marketing Support: Sabine Morlat
Menus design: Olivier Martin
Hidden Vehicles: Romain Chavanne
Libraries, Optimization: Sébastien Viannay
Vehicles, Special F/X, Animation: Arnaud Lhomme
Physics, Dynamics, Algorithmic: Cédrick Collomb
Music, Sound F/X: Philippe Vachey
Executive Producer: David Chomard

Sega Credits

Director of Product Development: Naohiko Hoshino
Producer: Dave Nulty
Test Manager: Jason Cumberbatch
Lead Tester: Nick Bennett
Technical Support Manager: Serge Plagnol
Spanish translator: Roberto Parraga Sanchez
German Translator: Angelika Michitsch
Marketing Support:
- European Product Marketing Manager: Jim Pride
- European Product Marketing Executive: Mark Fisher
- UK: Tunde Orelaja, Stuart Turner
- France: Laurent Boby, Karine Marolle
- Germany: Kim Shon, Tina Sakowsky
- Spain: Begona Sanz, Ester Barral
Manual & Packaging:
- Senior Designer: Ross McLeish
- Desiger: Tom Bingle
- Localisation/Design Co-ordinator: Sarah Ward
Network Support & Marketing:
- Director - Network: Toshihiro Shibazaki
- Producer: Mark Horneff
- European Promotions Manager: Neil Russell
- Online Editor: Steve Bradley
- Internet Design Manager: Luc Houselander Operations & Manufacture
- European Operations Director: Naoya Tsurumi
- Product Planning Manager: Patrick Smith
- Technical services: Teruo Yaburnato
Sega Europe Management:
- Chief Executive Officer: Jean-Francois Cecillon
- Chief Operating Officer: Kazutoshi Miyake
- Special thanks to: Ito Ryusuke, Stephen Tan, Mark Maslowicz, Kats Sato

Source:

EU manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Toy Racer/Magazine articles.

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 Konzol (HU)

75

^[8]

Consoles Max (FR)

PAL

80

^[9]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

80

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

PAL

0

^[11]

Dreamzone (FR)

PAL

71

^[12]

Game Station (UK)

80

^[13]

Neo Plus (PL)

40

^[14]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

60

^[2]

PSX Extreme (PL)

20

^[15]

Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES)

PAL

60

^[16]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

73

^[17]

	58
Based on 11 reviews

Toy Racer

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 DC-UK, "February 2001" (UK; 2001-01-18), page 27
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "March 2001" (UK; 2001-02-08), page 80
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://www.sega.at:80/news/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-02-05 14:32)
↑ http://www.dreamcast-europe.com:80/english/news/000027/000027.php (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-01 14:48)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2000" (US; 2000-10-30), page 87
↑ http://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6647 (Wayback Machine: 2016-04-02 03:46)
↑ http://www.dcserv.org/?p=311 (Wayback Machine: 2016-04-20 15:30)
↑ 576 Konzol, "Április 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 37
↑ Consoles Max, "Janvier 2001" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 122
↑ Consoles +, "Mars 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 86
↑ Computer & Video Games, "February 2001" (UK; 2001-01-17), page 95
↑ Dreamzone, "Février 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 92
↑ Game Station (UK) (+0:00)
↑ Neo Plus, "Marzec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 42
↑ PSX Extreme, "05/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 67
↑ Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Febrero 2001" (ES; 2001-xx-xx), page 44
↑ Video Games, "02/2001" (DE; 2001-01-03), page 87

[:File:DCUK_UK_19.pdf_p27-1] 1.0 ^1.1 DC-UK, "February 2001" (UK; 2001-01-18), page 27

[:File:ODM_UK_17.pdf_p80-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "March 2001" (UK; 2001-02-08), page 80

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20010205143200.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega.at:80.2Fnews.2Findex.html-3] 3.0 ^3.1 http://www.sega.at:80/news/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-02-05 14:32)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20010701144802.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.dreamcast-europe.com:80.2Fenglish.2Fnews.2F000027.2F000027.php-4] ttp://www.dreamcast-europe.com:80/english/news/000027/000027.php (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-01 14:48)

[:File:EGM_US_137.pdf_p87-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2000" (US; 2000-10-30), page 87

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20160402034621.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fdreamcast-talk.com.2Fforum.2Fviewtopic.php.3Ft.3D6647-6] ttp://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6647 (Wayback Machine: 2016-04-02 03:46)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20160420153025.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.dcserv.org.2F.3Fp.3D311-7] ttp://www.dcserv.org/?p=311 (Wayback Machine: 2016-04-20 15:30)

[8] 576 Konzol, "Április 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 37

[:File:ConsolesMax_FR_18.pdf_p122-9] Consoles Max, "Janvier 2001" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 122

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_110.pdf_p86-10] Consoles +, "Mars 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 86

[:File:CVG_UK_231.pdf_p95-11] Computer & Video Games, "February 2001" (UK; 2001-01-17), page 95

[:File:Dreamzone_FR_21.pdf_p92-12] Dreamzone, "Février 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 92

[gamestationuk2001-02-09-13] Game Station (UK) (+0:00)

[:File:Neo_Plus_30_PL.pdf_p42-14] Neo Plus, "Marzec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 42

[15] PSX Extreme, "05/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 67

[:File:ROD_ES_14.pdf_p44-16] Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Febrero 2001" (ES; 2001-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:VideoGames_DE_2001-02.pdf_p87-17] Video Games, "02/2001" (DE; 2001-01-03), page 87

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+{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is the sequel to ''[[Toy Commander]]''. It was developed by [[No Cliché]], published by [[Sega]] and only released in Europe for a budget price of £5 (where £1 of this would go to charity). £50,000 was raised for the [[ELSPA]] Entertainment Software Charity{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010701144802/http://www.dreamcast-europe.com:80/english/news/000027/000027.php}}. In Austria 3DM from every game was donated to Saint Anna Children's Hospital in Vienna{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010205143200/http://www.sega.at:80/news/index.html}}. It was marketed as being an online game, and as a result has no AI players to race against in single-player mode.
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