''Star Wars: Racer Arcade'' is a 2000 arcade racing game developed by
AM5 and
LucasArts and is the final ''Star Wars'' game released by
Sega
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. It is based on the
Podrace
The following is a list of fictional ''Star Wars'' terrestrial vehicles, including armoured fighting vehicles, military aircraft, and naval ships.
Vehicles appearing in the Original Trilogy
All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT)
The All ...
scenes in the 1999 film ''
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
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''.
Gameplay
![Star Wars Racer Arcade control panel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Star_Wars_Racer_Arcade_control_panel.jpg)
''Racer Arcade'' features four tracks:
Tatooine
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Bantha Tracks (Easy), Etti IV Smuggler's Cove (Normal),
Malastare
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Pixelito Challenge (Hard), which has four laps, and Tatooine
Boonta Eve Classic (Expert), which has three laps. Four Podracer pilots are playable:
Anakin Skywalker
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,
Ben Quadinaros,
Gasgano and
Sebulba. The player controls the podracer via two handheld throttle controls, similar to how pods are controlled in the film.
Unlike the home console video game ''
Star Wars Episode I: Racer'', the player's podracer is indestructible, although it can suffer slowdown from collision damage, and it is possible, yet difficult, to destroy opposing podracers.
Development and release
The game was unveiled at
ATEI in London in 2000.
It was available in multiple configurations, one of which was a twin type; two individual games joined in the center.
The deluxe cabinet featured a 50" screen and was molded to appear like the cockpit of Anakin Skywalker's podracer. Up to four cabinets could be linked for multiplayer.
Reception
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Star Wars: Racer Arcade'' on their August 15, 2000 issue as being the fifth most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month. In a 2020 retrospective,
Kotaku
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History
...
's Lewis Packwood called the arcade game a "beefier, fancier-looking version of ''Episode I: Racer''."
See also
* ''
Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
''Star Wars Trilogy Arcade'' is an arcade game developed by Sega's AM Annex subsidiary and released in 1998. It is a 3D rail shooter based on the original trilogy of '' Star Wars'' films, released alongside their special editions. Accompanied ...
''
* ''
Star Wars Battle Pod
''Star Wars Battle Pod'' is a 2014 arcade game based on the franchise '' Star Wars''. It was unveiled at the New York Comic-Con on October 8, 2014.
Gameplay
The game consists of multiple scenarios that correspond with major battles in the ori ...
''
References
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