Star Wars: Episode I Racer

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Star Wars: Episode I Racer

Publisher: LucasArts

Developer: LucasArts

Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Dreamcast Modem, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	2000-04-03^[1]^[2]	$39.9939.99^[3]	T-23001N
DE	2000-07-28		T-17719D-18
ES	2000-08-31^[7]		T-17719D-05
FR	2000-08-04^[6]		T-17719D-09
UK	2000-07-28^[4]	£39.9939.99^[5]	T-17719D-05

Non-Sega versions
Macintosh Nintendo 64 Windows PC

Star Wars: Episode I Racer is a racing game based on the film Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace. It was originally released for the Nintendo 64 and Windows PCs in 1999, then it was ported to the Sega Dreamcast in 2000. It is unrelated to the similarly themed Star Wars Racer Arcade.

Story

“

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

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...

„

— Opening crawl ^[8]

Gameplay

Racers

Starting

	Anakin Skywalker

	Dud Bolt

	Ebe Endocott

	Elan Mak

	Gasgano

	Ody Mandrell

Unlockable

	Aldar Beedo

	Ark "Bumpy" Roose

	Ben Quadinaros

	Boles Roor

	Bozzie Baranta

	"Bullseye" Navior

	Clegg Holdfast

	Fud Sang

	Mars Guo

	Mawhonic

	Neva Kee

	Ratts Tyerell

	Sebulba

	Slide Paramita

	Teemto Pagalies

	Toy Dampner

	Wan Sandage

Parts

Traction

	R-20 Repulsorgrip
	Cost: 250 truguts

	R-60 Repulsorgrip
	Cost: 400 truguts

	R-80 Repulsorgrip
	Cost: 600 truguts

	R-100 Repulsorgrip
	Cost: 1,200 truguts

	R-300 Repulsorgrip
	Cost: 2,600 truguts

	R-600 Repulsorgrip
	Cost: 6,000 truguts

Turning

	Control Linkage
	Cost: 200 truguts

	Control Shift Plate
	Cost: 400 truguts

	Control Vectro-Jet
	Cost: 700 truguts

	Control Coupling
	Cost: 1,600 truguts

	Control Nozzle
	Cost: 3,800 truguts

	Control Stabilizer
	Cost: 7,500 truguts

Acceleration

	Dual 20 PCX Injector
	Cost: 800 truguts

	44 PCX Injector
	Cost: 2,200 truguts

	Dual 32 PCX Injector
	Cost: 5,600 truguts

	Quad 32 PCX Injector
	Cost: 7,000 truguts

	Quad 44 Injector
	Cost: 10,400 truguts

	Mag-6 Injector
	Cost: 14,000 truguts

Top speed

	Plug2 Thrust Coil
	Cost: 1,000 truguts

	Plug3 Thrust Coil
	Cost: 2,400 truguts

	Plug5 Thrust Coil
	Cost: 6,000 truguts

	Plug8 Thrust Coil
	Cost: 14,000 truguts

	Block5 Thrust Coil
	Cost: 17,500 truguts

	Block6 Thrust Coil
	Cost: 20,000 truguts

Air brake

	Mark II Air Brake
	Cost: 700 truguts

	Mark III Air Brake
	Cost: 1,400 truguts

	Mark IV Air Brake
	Cost: 3,600 truguts

	Mark V Air Brake
	Cost: 7,000 truguts

	Tri-Jet Air Brake
	Cost: 10,400 truguts

	Quadrijet Air Brake
	Cost: 14,000 truguts

Cooling

	Coolant Radiator
	Cost: 50 truguts

	Stack-3 Radiator
	Cost: 100 truguts

	Stack-6 Radiator
	Cost: 300 truguts

	Rod Coolant Pump
	Cost: 900 truguts

	Dual Coolant Pump
	Cost: 2,700 truguts

	Turbo Coolant Pump
	Cost: 5,400 truguts

Repair

	Single Power Cell
	Cost: 150 truguts

	Double Power Cell
	Cost: 300 truguts

	Quad Power Cell
	Cost: 800 truguts

	Cluster Power Plug
	Cost: 1,400 truguts

	Rotary Power Plug
	Cost: 4,000 truguts

	Cluster2 Power Plug
	Cost: 7,000 truguts

Courses

Amateur Podracing Circuit

	The Boonta Training Course
	Planet: Tatooine Track favorite: Sebulba

	Mon Gazza Speedway
	Planet: Mon Gazza Track favorite: Teemto Pagalies

	Beedo's Wild Ride
	Planet: Ando Prime Track favorite: Aldar Beedo

	Aquilaris Classic
	Planet: Aquilaris Track favorite: Clegg Holdfast

	Malastare 100
	Planet: Malastare Track favorite: Dud Bolt

	Vengeance
	Planet: Oovo IV Track favorite: Fud Sang

	Spice Mine Run
	Planet: Mon Gazza Track favorite: Mars Guo

Semi-Pro Podracing Circuit

	Sunken City
	Planet: Aquilaris Track favorite: "Bullseye" Navior

	Howler Gorge
	Planet: Ando Prime Track favorite: Ratts Tyerell

	Dug Derby
	Planet: Malastare Track favorite: Elan Mak

	Scrapper's Run
	Planet: Ord Ibanna Track favorite: Wan Sandage

	Zugga Challenge
	Planet: Mon Gazza Track favorite: Boles Roor

	Baroo Coast
	Planet: Baroonda Track favorite: Neva Kee

	Bumpy's Breakers
	Planet: Aquilaris Track favorite: Ark "Bumpy" Roose

Galactic Podracing Circuit

	Executioner
	Planet: Oovo IV Track favorite: Toy Dampner

	Sebulba's Legacy
	Planet: Malastare Track favorite: Sebulba

	Grabvine Gateway
	Planet: Baroonda Track favorite: Anakin Skywalker

	Andobi Mountain Run
	Planet: Ando Prime Track favorite: Mawhonic

	Dethro's Revenge
	Planet: Ord Ibanna Track favorite: Ody Mandrell

	Fire Mountain Rally
	Planet: Baroonda Track favorite: Ebe Endocott

	The Boonta Classic
	Planet: Tatooine Track favorite: Sebulba

Invitational Podracing Circuit

This circuit becomes available after placing fourth or better in the seventh race of every other circuit.

	Ando Prime Centrum
	Planet: Ando Prime Track favorite: Slide Paramita

	Abyss
	Planet: Ord Ibanna Track favorite: Bozzie Baranta

	The Gauntlet
	Planet: Oovo IV Track favorite: Gasgano

	Inferno
	Planet: Baroonda Track favorite: Ben Quadinaros

History

Legacy

The game received a high-definition update for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2020.

Production credits

Project Leaders: Eric Johnston, Jon Knoles
Programmers: Justin Graham, Christopher Barnhouse, Mark Blattel
Production Manager: Reeve S. Thompson
Lead Tester: Julio Torres
Testers: Bryan Erck, Matthew McManus, Troy Mashburn, Joseph John Talavera II, Hans Larson

Voice Cast

Anakin Skywalker: Jake Lloyd
Watto: Andy Secombe
Sebulba: Lewis Macleod
Green Announcer: Greg Proops
Red Announcer: Scott Carpuro
Ben Quadinaros/Clegg Holdfast: Dominic Armato
Gasgano/Ody Mandrell: Bob Bergen
Cy Yunga/Wan Sandage/Jinn Reeso: Gregg Berger
Toy Dampner: Dave Fennoy
Ark "Bumpy" Roose/Ebe Endocott: Roger L. Jackson
Aldar Beedo: Nick Jameson
"Bullseye" Navior/Dud Bolt: David Jeremiah
Elan Mak/Slide Paramita: Tom Kane
Boles Roor/Neva Kee: Peter Lurie
Bozzie Baranta/Ratts Tyerell: Terry McGovern
Mawhonic/Teemto Pagalies: Michael Sorich
Fud Sang/Mars Guo: Jim Ward
Voices recorded at: AT Screen Music Studios
Studio City, CA
LucasArts Entertainment Co. LLC
The Sound Company, London

Star Wars music composed by John Williams. ©Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and Bantha Music. All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

The Sega Dreamcast Racer team would especially like to thank the PC and N64 Racer teams without whose work this version would not be possible. For a full list of Racer team members please view the in-game credits.

Thanks to: Bill Tiller
Very Special Thanks: George Lucas

Source:

US manual^[9]

Magazine articles

Main article: Star Wars: Episode I Racer/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #139: "April 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #130: "May 2000" (2000-04-04)^[10]
GamePro (US) #140: "May 2000" (2000-0x-xx)^[11]
GamePro (US) #141: "June 2000" (2000-0x-xx)^[12]

Print advert in Next Level (AR) #16: "Mayo 2000" (2000-xx-xx)

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #9: "No. 9" (2000-05-18)

Print advert in Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) #4: "Mai/Juin 2000" (2000-0x-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 Konzol (HU)

91

^[13]

Arcade (UK)

PAL

75

^[14]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-U

91

^[15]

Dreamcast Monthly (UK)

PAL

60

^[16]

DC-UK (UK)

PAL

70

^[17]

Dreamzone (FR)

NTSC-U

92

^[18]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[19]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

81

^[20]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

87

^[21]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[3]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

86

^[22]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[23]

Incite Video Gaming (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[24]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-U

81

^[25]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

80

^[26]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

60

^[27]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[28]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

85

^[29]

	79
Based on 18 reviews

Star Wars: Episode I Racer

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, UK
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, FR
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, DE
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, ES
Cover
Disc Sticker (on case) Manual supplement

Technical information

Main article: Star Wars: Episode I Racer/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

GD-ROM (US)

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

GD-ROM (EU)

External links

Sega of America webpage: Dreamcast

References

↑ http://www.sega.com:80/sega/catalog/SegaProduct.jhtml?PRODID=394 (Wayback Machine: 2002-02-06 15:56)
↑ http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/newReleases/morenr-DC.asp (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-21 08:01)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 GamePro, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 102
↑ http://www.segaweb.com/news/0800/011.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-01-08 01:57)
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 69
↑ http://www.micromania.fr/zooms/?ref=17219 (Wayback Machine: 2002-10-30 12:59)
↑ http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha.asp?codmail=15026 (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-21 05:44)
↑ File:Star Wars Episode I Racer DC, Opening Crawl.pdf
↑ File:StarWarsEpisodeIRacer DC US Manual.pdf, page 26
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 58
↑ GamePro, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 46
↑ GamePro, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 32
↑ 576 Konzol, "November 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 45
↑ Arcade, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-17), page 65
↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 90
↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-08-31), page 78
↑ DC-UK, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-09), page 80
↑ Dreamzone, "Mai 2000" (FR; 2000-05-xx), page 96
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 160
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 236
↑ Fun Generation, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-17), page 74
↑ Game Informer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 62
↑ Gamers' Republic, "June 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 78
↑ Incite Video Gaming, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 99
↑ MAN!AC, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 52
↑ MAN!AC, "10/2000" (DE; 2000-09-06), page 67
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 68
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "May/June 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 84
↑ Sega Magazin, "Juni 2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 14

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[:File:EGM_US_130.pdf_p58-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 58

[:File:GamePro_US_140.pdf_p46-11] GamePro, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 46

[:File:GamePro_US_141.pdf_p32-12] GamePro, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 32

[13] 576 Konzol, "November 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 45

[:File:Arcade_UK_22.pdf_p65-14] Arcade, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-17), page 65

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_102.pdf_p90-15] Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 90

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_13.pdf_p78-16] Dreamcast Monthly, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-08-31), page 78

[:File:DCUK_11.pdf_p80-17] DC-UK, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-09), page 80

[:File:Dreamzone_13_2000_Final.pdf_p96-18] Dreamzone, "Mai 2000" (FR; 2000-05-xx), page 96

[:File:EGM_US_131.pdf_p160-19] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 160

[20] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 236

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_53.pdf_p74-21] Fun Generation, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-17), page 74

[:File:GameInformer_US_086.pdf_p62-22] Game Informer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 62

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_25.pdf_p78-23] Gamers' Republic, "June 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 78

[:File:InciteVideoGaming_US_8.pdf_p99-24] Incite Video Gaming, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 99

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2000-06.pdf_p52-25] MAN!AC, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 52

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2000-10.pdf_p67-26] MAN!AC, "10/2000" (DE; 2000-09-06), page 67

[:File:ODM_UK_11.pdf_p68-27] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 68

[:File:ODCM_US_05.pdf_p84-28] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "May/June 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 84

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	Star Wars (1993)
	Super Star Wars (unreleased)
	Star Wars (1993) \| Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1995)
	Star Wars: Rebel Assault (1993) \| The Software Toolworks' Star Wars Chess (1994) \| Super Star Wars (unreleased)
	Star Wars Arcade (1994)
	Rebel Strike (unreleased) \| Alien Hive (unreleased)
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	Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga (2022)
Star Wars related media
	Homestar R2-D2 (2011) \| Homestar R2-D2 EX (2013) \| Homestar Darth Vader (2013)

Star Wars: Episode I Racer

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Racers

Starting

Unlockable

Parts

Traction

Turning

Acceleration

Top speed

Air brake

Cooling

Repair

Courses

Amateur Podracing Circuit

Semi-Pro Podracing Circuit

Galactic Podracing Circuit

Invitational Podracing Circuit

History

Legacy

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References