Star Wars Racer Arcade is a podracing arcade game produced by Sega and released in 2000. There are four tracks in the game, each with their own level of difficulty: Bantha Tracks (Easy), Smuggler's Cove (Normal), Pixelito Challenge (Hard) and Boonta Eve Classic (Expert). The player can assume the role of either Anakin Skywalker, Ben Quadinaros, Gasgano or Sebulba.
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now this is podracing
GUEGAZO
Ever wanted to pretend that you are young Anakin Skywalk just after Jar Jar made his whole face numb by sticking his head in your...
You know what, nevermind, this is getting weird.
Star Wars: Arcade Racer is made to create the experience of driving a pod racer, complete with dual control arms but missing a young boy yelling "it's working!".
Like most flight/driving simulation arcade machines, the novelty really just comes down to having a control setup that mimics the real deal, but the gameplay is nothing to write home about. I'll pay a couple races any time I see one in the wild and it's a good time, but not a game I would care to see my name on the leader board for. Especially considering the home version is such a great racing game, the arcades only appeal is the control itself.
You know what, nevermind, this is getting weird.
Star Wars: Arcade Racer is made to create the experience of driving a pod racer, complete with dual control arms but missing a young boy yelling "it's working!".
Like most flight/driving simulation arcade machines, the novelty really just comes down to having a control setup that mimics the real deal, but the gameplay is nothing to write home about. I'll pay a couple races any time I see one in the wild and it's a good time, but not a game I would care to see my name on the leader board for. Especially considering the home version is such a great racing game, the arcades only appeal is the control itself.
A cool arcade version of the N64 game. They still have these at Dave & Busters.