Marriott, Scott Alan. "Star Wars: Episode I: Racer (N64) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 20, 2014 . Retrieved November 20, 2014. But given it was geared more towards little kids and not older kids or adults, it's basically impossible to lose. You have to find the plans to the Death Star from various locations in the movies (some done in an on-rails game engine, some literally being scenes from the movies that play on a loop, both of which have you find a red target reticle to scan). Star Wars 1: Episode 1 Racer [sic] (N64)". Game Informer. No.74. June 1999. Archived from the original on October 6, 2000 . Retrieved August 15, 2014. Say a Switch port didn't support handheld mode and someone doesn't buy it because of that, no one would say "you don't know how to sit in front of a tv?". If I don't like the trend of making games frustratingly hard, that doesn't mean I simply have to "get good". Nowadays I play a lot more casual than I used to, and I like options, and no punishment for selecting easy, for example (whatever achievements aside, I don't play for those anyway).

In Star Wars™ Republic Commando you are the leader of your elite squad of Republic Commandos. Your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. I won't stop whoever still does buys it however, and no one can force me to buy a game that I don't want to pay for. Gyro is here now, Switch in handheld greatly benefits from it (for those who want it), so the minimal effort required when porting a game over that requires aiming, for me to still consider buying it, is adding gyro options. For reference, these star wars games have also had PC re-releases on GOG after Disney's acquisition, meaning that all of the licensing hurdles for re-releasing on console have been navigated already. Most likely candidates for Switch ports: Multiplayer mode differs between the PC and console versions. The Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast versions feature a two player splitscreen mode, and the Windows and Macintosh versions allow play over a local area network (LAN). This Windows version uses the deprecated IPX protocol to accomplish this, [5] and the Macintosh version uses TCP/IP. The multiplayer mode can support up to eight players. [6] Development [ edit ]There were also "random encounter" levels where you had to escape asteroids, fight TIE Fighters, and maybe a couple of other ones, if I remember correctly. Those would pop up when you selected a regular level, and had to complete them before you got into said regular level. Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you. Star Wars Episode I: Racer". IGN. May 14, 1999. Archived from the original on April 13, 2001 . Retrieved March 8, 2017. Star Wars Episode I Racer: Choose from 25 playable racers including: Anakin Skywalker, Sebulba, and Ratts Tyerell. However, these niggles aside, Star Wars: Republic Commando is still one of our absolute favourite Star Wars games and something of a must-play for fans of the franchise who missed out first time around. This is a surprisingly dark and gritty tactical take on everyone's favourite space saga that's aged far better than it really had any right too, serves up a good few hours of top-notch pew-pew action and is a massively welcome addition to the Switch's currently rather paltry selection of Star Wars offerings.

Reiner, Andrew (May 5, 2016). "Ranking The Top 30 Star Wars Games". Game Informer. Archived from the original on July 14, 2016 . Retrieved March 8, 2017. Battle a variety of highly intelligent and deadly enemies—from brutal Trandoshan mercenaries to the flying insectoid warriors of Geonosis.

Star Wars Episode 1: Racer comes to Switch, PS4 on June 23". CNET. June 16, 2020 . Retrieved June 16, 2020. Third Interactive Achievement Awards - Console". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on October 11, 2000 . Retrieved January 11, 2023. Gameplay [ edit ] Episode I: Racer features all of the film's racers and the race course used in The Phantom Menace.

Twenty years after the release of the game, it received an HD re-release for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It was delayed from May 2020 to June 23 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] It was later released on Xbox One on October 27, 2020.Star Wars Episode I: Racer remaster gets another delay on Switch and PS4 • Eurogamer.net". Eurogamer. June 16, 2020 . Retrieved June 17, 2020. a b Guinness World Records 2011 - Gamer's Edition. Guinness World Records Ltd. 2010. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-4053-6546-8. a b "TN IPX Protocol". Microsoft. September 29, 2009 . Retrieved March 8, 2017. (removed by Microsoft in Windows Vista and above) Reppen, Erik (April 25, 2000). "Star Wars: Episode I Racer - Game Boy Color". Game Informer. Archived from the original on November 18, 2000 . Retrieved August 15, 2014.