Toy Racer

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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	DM 19.9519.95^[6]	MK-51149-50
ES	2001-01-18^[10]		MK-51149-50
FR	2001-01-05^[7]^[8]	69F69^[9]	MK-51149-50
UK	2000-12-22^[1]^[2]	£4.994.99^[3]^[4]	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). 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^[11], but never materialised.

History

Charity

A percentage of the game's sales were given to various children's charities across Europe.

In the UK £50,000 was raised for the ELSPA Entertainment Software Charity^[12]. Jean-Pierre Papin's Neuf de coeur (Nine of Hearts) foundation received 90,000 Francs from French sales^[13], where 10FF of the 69FF price was given to the charity^[9]. In Germany and Austria three Deutsche Marks from every game was donated to Herzenswünsche e.V. (Heart Wish)^[6] and Saint Anna Children's Hospital in Vienna^[5] respectively.

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

^[14]

Consoles Max (FR)

PAL

80

^[15]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

80

^[16]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

PAL

0

^[17]

Dreamzone (FR)

PAL

71

^[18]

Game Station (UK)

80

^[19]

Neo Plus (PL)

40

^[20]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

60

^[4]

PSX Extreme (PL)

20

^[21]

Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES)

PAL

60

^[22]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

73

^[23]

	58
Based on 11 reviews

Toy Racer

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, DE
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments

References

↑ http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=3674 (Wayback Machine: 2001-04-27 18:54)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/lPl70lSCGOY/m/n_2rAQB_VwYJ
↑ DC-UK, "February 2001" (UK; 2001-01-18), page 27
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "March 2001" (UK; 2001-02-08), page 80
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 http://www.sega.at:80/news/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-02-05 14:32)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Spielend-spenden-30079.html (Wayback Machine: 2016-07-06 06:02)
↑ http://www.micromania.fr/zooms/?ref=18536 (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-15 11:11)
↑ http://www.amazon.fr:80/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/557790/ref=vg_br_dp_2_lf/t/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-14 21:30)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 htt (Wayback Machine: 2001-06-19 00:39)
↑ http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha.asp?codmail=16365&codprov= (Wayback Machine: 2001-09-17 08:14)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2000" (US; 2000-10-30), page 87
↑ http://www.dreamcast-europe.com:80/english/news/000027/000027.php (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-01 14:48)
↑ http://www.dreamcast-europe.com/francais/news/000111/000111.php (Wayback Machine: 2001-06-28 18:40)
↑ 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

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[:File:DCUK_UK_19.pdf_p27-3] DC-UK, "February 2001" (UK; 2001-01-18), page 27

[:File:ODM_UK_17.pdf_p80-4] 4.0 ^4.1 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-5] 5.0 ^5.1 http://www.sega.at:80/news/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-02-05 14:32)

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[:File:EGM_US_137.pdf_p87-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2000" (US; 2000-10-30), page 87

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20010701144802.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.dreamcast-europe.com:80.2Fenglish.2Fnews.2F000027.2F000027.php-12] ttp://www.dreamcast-europe.com:80/english/news/000027/000027.php (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-01 14:48)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20010628184014.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.dreamcast-europe.com.2Ffrancais.2Fnews.2F000111.2F000111.php-13] ttp://www.dreamcast-europe.com/francais/news/000111/000111.php (Wayback Machine: 2001-06-28 18:40)

[14] 576 Konzol, "Április 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 37

[:File:ConsolesMax_FR_18.pdf_p122-15] Consoles Max, "Janvier 2001" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 122

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_110.pdf_p86-16] Consoles +, "Mars 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 86

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

[:File:Dreamzone_FR_21.pdf_p92-18] Dreamzone, "Février 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 92

[gamestationuk2001-02-09-19] Game Station (UK) (+0:00)

[:File:Neo_Plus_30_PL.pdf_p42-20] Neo Plus, "Marzec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 42

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

[:File:ROD_ES_14.pdf_p44-22] Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Febrero 2001" (ES; 2001-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:VideoGames_DE_2001-02.pdf_p87-23] Video Games, "02/2001" (DE; 2001-01-03), page 87

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Toy Racer

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Contents

History

Charity

Production credits

Magazine articles

Artwork

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References