STAR WARS™ Episode I: Racer

I've been waiting for this day since the announcement was made that games from LucasArts will be added to the catalog and here it is. Finally! The game itself runs smoothly on Win7 x64 so far (I'm halfway into the first championship) and is as fun as ever. If I had to compare it to something else it's basically WipeOut (maybe not as polished) set in A Galaxy Far, Far Away. From the time when cheap videogame adaptations were churned out by the dozens for popular movies currently playing in theaters it captures the most liked aspect of the (generally) least liked movie in the prequel trilogy surprisingly well and is a decent racer all-in-all, even by today's standards (except graphically of course, although it still doesn't look horrible in my opinion). Go buy it!

Disclaimer: I played through this game on the N64 15~ years ago. The races are fast in the beginning, and super fast in the last half of the game. You can buy upgrades (speed, traction, brakes, cooling, etc.) from the shop with money you earn from the races. New vehicles are unlocked as you complete the tracks. It's a super fun game, but at least I managed a "complete" (all tracks beat #1, all money spent on upgrades) playthrough in less than 4 hours, after which you have nothing else to do but beat your own track records. I had strong nostalgia for this game, but it was suprisingly fun, even after seeming a bit simple in the beginning. As the races get faster and faster, the gameplay really sucks you in. The tracks are good and vary nicely, and the atmosphere is great! Due to the very short game span, I'd say it's well worth around 5$, more if you have have old nostalgia left for the game.

This game is so nice. I used play this game as a child and it was amazing to literaly feel the speed. Shortcuts. Changing envirnoment. Nice Sound and Soundtrack. When i was a child it was the perfect game, because i played it for long time and it challenged me. Today still beautyful to see it and makes a lot of fun, but not realy a challenge anymore. Took me 3 hours to complete the game. Always first try to win. Game crashed two times while reward screen. All in all for this small amount its an nice variety and everbody should play this game even once.

I just have to say THANK YOU GOG! Was a really great game back in 1999 and even now it's still fun. Go to settings before launching it. Have fun!

Perfect nostalgic fun. Honestly, this was my first ever boxed computer game (it came in one of those wonderful big boxes we used to see) at the age of 10, a massive influence on me growing up. The amazing variety of tracks (still better then any other racing game in my honest opinion), the huge variety of racers (Ebe Endecott for life) and the superb soundtrack from John Williams. Do not miss this, thank you GOG for bringing this back - worked straight away after download, no fiddling in options required and no issues as of yet. Such a blast from the past