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Star Wars Episode I: Racer

TitleStar Wars Episode I: Racer
First release1999
DeveloperLucasfilm Games
PublisherLucasfilm Games
PlatformsDreamcast, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PC (Windows)
Genreracing video game
Also known asStar Wars Episode 1: Racer
Players1 player
Co-opNo
ESRB ratingE Everyone
Releases
Nintendo 64: 1999-05-18 (NTSC-U), 1999-05-18 (NTSC)
PC (Windows): 1999-05-18
Game Boy Color: 1999-12-01
Dreamcast: 2000-04-04 (NTSC-U)
Wikidata IDQ55217

The game design of the Game Boy Color edition of Star Wars Episode I: Racer is loosely based on the Nintendo 64 version. The game still takes place over multiple planets in the Star Wars universe -- the deserts of Tatooine, the ice tracks of Ando Prime, and swamps of Baroonda. You take control of Anakin and try and defeat your "rival" on each of the game's tracks. When you come in first on any track, you can take control of that track's "rival" alien and his pod racer -- and each alien's Pod Racer controls and drives differently. The controls are of the simple Accelerate, Brake, Left Turn, Right Turn nature -- but like the N64 version of the game, you can activate an Engine Boost when your speed reaches a certain peak. But it's only for temporary use, and will cause damage to your engines if you leave it on for longer than a few seconds.

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q55217) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (21834) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (402,79828,107179) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (5594) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (11083) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Lucasfilm Games · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Sprites
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Videos
Dreamcast Longplay [033] Star Wars: Episode I Racer (US)
World-of-Longplays · Dreamcast version · longplay · 3:07:01auto-matched
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Game Boy Color Longplay [217] Star Wars: Episode I - Racer (US)
World-of-Longplays · Game Boy Color version · longplay · 59:18auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:43 UTC
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