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LEGO Racers (1999, PC)
LEGO Racers 🏁, a 1999 racing classic where you play as your own custom-built minifigure and car. Can you beat Rocket Racer? If you beat all 7 circuits, you become "the greatest LEGO racing champion of all-time" and dethrone Rocket Racer!
0:00 Intros
2:16 Creating Racer
15:31 Circuit 1: Captain Redbeard
24:59 Circuit 2: King Kahuka
34:41 Car 'upgrades'
38:36 Circuit 3: Basil the Bat Lord
50:28 Circuit 4: Johnny Thunder
1:00:21 Circuit 5: Baron von Barron
1:10:30 Circuit 6: Gypsy Moth
1:24:00 Circuit 7: Rocket Racer
1:28:46 Game Credits
1:30:58 Car 'upgrades'
1:35:29 Imperial Grand Prix
1:37:35 Dark Forest Dash
1:40:03 Magma Moon Marathon
1:42:03 Desert Adventure Dragway
1:44:12 Tribal Island Trial
1:46:14 Royal Knights Raceway
1:48:15 Ice Planet Pathway
1:50:28 Amazon Adventure Alley
1:52:45 Knightmare-athon
1:55:09 Pirate Skull Pass
1:57:32 Adventure Temple Trial
2:00:56 Alien Rally Asteroid
2:03:58 Car edit w/ all parts
2:12:44 Game Demo screen
The version of the game I'm playing in this video is from a 2005(ish) rerelease of the game which features no SecuROM DRM.
Game was played on Fedora Linux 42 using Lutris and Proton-GE. I've provided a tutorial on getting this game to work on my website.
Video edited using Kdenlive.
From the manual:
LEGO Racers is an action-packed, top speed racing game, filled with thrills, spills and exciting challenges. You will be up against the all-time greatest LEGO Racers, each one with a unique brand of clever driving skills and tricks to outwit you. You will have to master lots of driving manoeuvres, and find out just when and how to use them. Then you can win races and become a LEGO Racers champion yourself.
Notes from Brickipedia:
The original PC version was re-released on 2001, featuring bug fixes and compatibility with Windows NT-based operating systems.
The Knightmare-Athon track had at least two shortcuts in the beta-version of the game, however they were removed in the final version, but the bricks that were inside the shortcuts can still be seen behind the walls.
Rocket Racer is the only circuit leader without any relationship with another. The Islanders are part of the Pirates theme so Redbeard and Kahuka met each other. Baron von Barron is the arch-enemy of Johnny Thunder. The Insectoids and UFO are both Zotaxian factions and UFO invaded Castle Planet, which is where Basil's castle is.
Once a player finishes a circuit race in 1st place or 2nd or 3rd, the racer that a player chose at that time will show the trophy related to the circuit on its license, except when a player chose a pre-built racer.
This is the only LEGO game to be...
developed by High Voltage Software, except for Game Boy Color.
released (also) on Nintendo 64.
The following voice files are set or switched each other for the wrong hosts, usually for the ones that are the opposite:
Captain Redbeard's voice and Johnny Thunder's voice.
King Kahuka's voice and Baron von Barron's voice.
Basil the Bat Lord's voice and Gypsy Moth's voice.
In the PlayStation version, the soundtracks for "Dark Forest Dash" and "Royal Knights Raceway" are switched with each other, compared to the Microsoft Windows PC and Nintendo 64 versions.
The soundtrack when the player does not finish in 1st place on the console versions plays a different soundtrack compared to the Microsoft Windows PC version.
The Nintendo 64 version has a different introduction scene, even though it was developed by the same people from the same company (High Voltage Software).
This is likely due to the Nintendo 64's limitations.
In the Circuit 7 intro, Rocket Racer's left arm is blue and his right arm is red.
In the Circuit 7 intro, Captain Redbeard and Governor Broadside's hats make characters' faces invisible as the garage door opens.
In the Game Boy Color version, Alien Rally Asteroid is called Rocket Racer Run.
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By LEGO Racers 🏁, a 1999 racing classic where you play as your own custom-built minifigure and car. Can you beat Rocket Racer? If you beat all 7 circuits, you become "the greatest LEGO racing champion of all-time" and dethrone Rocket Racer!
0:00 Intros
2:16 Creating Racer
15:31 Circuit 1: Captain Redbeard
24:59 Circuit 2: King Kahuka
34:41 Car 'upgrades'
38:36 Circuit 3: Basil the Bat Lord
50:28 Circuit 4: Johnny Thunder
1:00:21 Circuit 5: Baron von Barron
1:10:30 Circuit 6: Gypsy Moth
1:24:00 Circuit 7: Rocket Racer
1:28:46 Game Credits
1:30:58 Car 'upgrades'
1:35:29 Imperial Grand Prix
1:37:35 Dark Forest Dash
1:40:03 Magma Moon Marathon
1:42:03 Desert Adventure Dragway
1:44:12 Tribal Island Trial
1:46:14 Royal Knights Raceway
1:48:15 Ice Planet Pathway
1:50:28 Amazon Adventure Alley
1:52:45 Knightmare-athon
1:55:09 Pirate Skull Pass
1:57:32 Adventure Temple Trial
2:00:56 Alien Rally Asteroid
2:03:58 Car edit w/ all parts
2:12:44 Game Demo screen
The version of the game I'm playing in this video is from a 2005(ish) rerelease of the game which features no SecuROM DRM.
Game was played on Fedora Linux 42 using Lutris and Proton-GE. I've provided a tutorial on getting this game to work on my website.
Video edited using Kdenlive.
From the manual:
LEGO Racers is an action-packed, top speed racing game, filled with thrills, spills and exciting challenges. You will be up against the all-time greatest LEGO Racers, each one with a unique brand of clever driving skills and tricks to outwit you. You will have to master lots of driving manoeuvres, and find out just when and how to use them. Then you can win races and become a LEGO Racers champion yourself.
Notes from Brickipedia:
The original PC version was re-released on 2001, featuring bug fixes and compatibility with Windows NT-based operating systems.
The Knightmare-Athon track had at least two shortcuts in the beta-version of the game, however they were removed in the final version, but the bricks that were inside the shortcuts can still be seen behind the walls.
Rocket Racer is the only circuit leader without any relationship with another. The Islanders are part of the Pirates theme so Redbeard and Kahuka met each other. Baron von Barron is the arch-enemy of Johnny Thunder. The Insectoids and UFO are both Zotaxian factions and UFO invaded Castle Planet, which is where Basil's castle is.
Once a player finishes a circuit race in 1st place or 2nd or 3rd, the racer that a player chose at that time will show the trophy related to the circuit on its license, except when a player chose a pre-built racer.
This is the only LEGO game to be...
developed by High Voltage Software, except for Game Boy Color.
released (also) on Nintendo 64.
The following voice files are set or switched each other for the wrong hosts, usually for the ones that are the opposite:
Captain Redbeard's voice and Johnny Thunder's voice.
King Kahuka's voice and Baron von Barron's voice.
Basil the Bat Lord's voice and Gypsy Moth's voice.
In the PlayStation version, the soundtracks for "Dark Forest Dash" and "Royal Knights Raceway" are switched with each other, compared to the Microsoft Windows PC and Nintendo 64 versions.
The soundtrack when the player does not finish in 1st place on the console versions plays a different soundtrack compared to the Microsoft Windows PC version.
The Nintendo 64 version has a different introduction scene, even though it was developed by the same people from the same company (High Voltage Software).
This is likely due to the Nintendo 64's limitations.
In the Circuit 7 intro, Rocket Racer's left arm is blue and his right arm is red.
In the Circuit 7 intro, Captain Redbeard and Governor Broadside's hats make characters' faces invisible as the garage door opens.
In the Game Boy Color version, Alien Rally Asteroid is called Rocket Racer Run.