Star Wars: Episode I: Racer (Nintendo 64, 1999)

Get behind the controls of a Podracer as Anakin Skywalker or any one of over 20 Podracers, as you feel the power of racing a twin-engine craft at 600 miles per hour. Visit eight distinctly detailed worlds as you make your way through Tusken Raider attacks, methane lakes, anti-gravity tunnels, and more. Each intense competition pits you against more than 20 opponents, as you do what you must to be the first to the finish line. With settings and sound effects taken directly from the Phantom Menace world, this one’s sure to thrill even the pickiest STAR WARS enthusiasts, while the voice of Jake Lloyd makes the whole event that much closer to being in a movie theater. Each pulse-pounding race has do-or-die stakes, and if you fail to finish in the top spot, it might just mean your peril. As with most STAR WARS games for the Nintendo 64, the details elevate it above ones of similar styles it’s not just a great STAR WARS game, it’s a great racing game.

As the title states this is a game based on the star wars: episode 1 movie, essentially on the part from the pod racing.
During gameplay, each contestant drives a vehicle made of a small cockpit that's literally dragged behind two or more huge starship engines. The racer goes about 600 MPH and they got just a few feet of the ground. In the movie there's just one race on the planet Tatooine, but in the game you have seven additional planets and more than twenty tracks in all to race, as well as more than twenty pilots besides Anakin Skywalker to race as.
I really recommend this game for any Star Wars fan or anyone who just wants to spend a good time playing.

What more can I say about a Star Wars game that hasn't been said in either the good or bad? I personally thought the game to be challenging once I got used to the gameplay and had alot of good times "racing all around the galaxy" at pod-racer track after pod-racer track. Mastering the Boonta Eve race was a snap, but some of the other tracks proved to be a menace (not punning the "Phantom Menace" episode really) but the race track on Malestaire proved a challenge (cannot recall the track name).

Star Wars Episode 1 Pod Racer is steeped in heavy space-age fun from a galaxy far, far away and rates a 4 out of 5 for being a typical racing game, but a load of fun and was ahead of its time in graphics and playability for the year it was released (1997).

Honestly, I purchased this game because of the "Star Wars" label and Star Wars games are usually sweet. Now that I own it I can tell you this is definetly one of the best racing and racing gameplay titles for the N64. Racers has several characters to choose from, upgrades, loads of tracks, and more that i wont say cuz i dont want to spoil the fun for you. Racers has great graphics too, considering its an N64 title. Anakin Skywalker is in this title but its not like your gonna pick him right? Heres how I see it: Fast and amazing graphics, excellent gameplay, lots of characters, and dude, its STAR WARS!

The other day I bought this game for the Nintendo 64 gaming console, the title is Star Wars: Episode I: Racer. This game is rated E by the ESRB, and it's about Anakin Sky walker and other racers that compete in a racing tournament using racing pods. I like this game because it uses all the power from the console's expansion pack, the graphics are excellent and detailed. I also like this game because of its superb gameplay, even though its a racing game, the speed in which the players travel is unlike any other racing game. I personally recomend this particular game to those who enjoy racing games and to those who would like to challenge their skills in racing games.