Now THIS Is Podracing: ‘Star Wars: Episode I Racer’ Coming To PlayStation 4 And Nintendo Switch
Even though it’s easy to disregardStar Wars: The Phantom Menacewhen it comes to the legacy of the sci-fi saga, you’re able to’t deny that the Boonta Eve podrace is one of the most exhilarating and entertaining sequences in the entire franchise. Even more thrilling is the old school racing video game inspired by it,Star Wars Episode I Racer. The video game was released for Nintendo 64 and Microsoft Windows in 1999, and soon it will make a comeback by getting re-released on both PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.
StarWars.commade the exciting announcement about aStar Wars: Episode I Racerre-release coming to PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. Lucasfilm and developer Aspyr will bring the classic racing game back with modernized controls and everything that made the original game great to begin with. Here’s the breakdown:
It’s kind of a shame the game couldn’t be updated to allow for online play, but that’s probably not easy when you’re bringing that old of a game to current generation systems. They’d probably have to put in extensive work if they wanted to do that, and then we’d end up with something inferior like the disappointing sequelStar Wars Racer Revengefrom 2002. Plus there’s something extra nostalgic about seeing the retro graphics in these screenshots of the re-release:
This game was all the rage in 1999. I can’t tell you how many hours I spent racing against friends during sleepovers. I distinctly remember Mars Guo being my go-to race back in those days, taking his big green podracer off ramps and through shortcuts, smashing into fellow races to throw them off-course. I can’t wait to get back on those podracing tracks.
Unfortunately, all we know right now is that theStar Wars: Episode I Racerre-release is on the way. There’s no release date that has been announced, so we’ll just have to wait patiently for it to arrive, hopefully later this year.
