Lego Racers (N64)

Day 5 of  the Lego Video Games marathon 

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Game of the Day

Name: Lego Racers

Released: 1999

Developer: High Voltage Software

Platform: Nintendo 64

You're probably looking at this right now and thinking, "There was a racing game involving Lego?" Yep. And it was a good one. Racing games were plentiful on the Nintendo 64 including Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing (both of which resulted in critical and commercial success). So how did Lego Racers try and stand itself out from the crowd? Well, for starters the tracks are quite good with each track taking place in locations based on the Lego playsets. It also contains a similar power-up item mechanic that was utilised in Diddy Kong Racing and this makes for some interesting strategy. But the best thing about this game, by far, is the introduction of vehicular customisation. That's right, Lego allowed racers to customise their vehicles before it was cool. Good one Lego. But in all seriousness, the customisation in this game was quite a good feature since the better-made vehicles tended to perform better on the race-track. So yeah, the single-player was really solid. Shame about the lack of multiplayer though :/

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Anyway that concludes the Lego video game marathon. Hope you enjoyed it. Just before I go, don't forget to either comment or post what you believe the definitive Nintendo game is (remember: it doesn't have to be made by Nintendo - just has to have been played on one). Finally, stay tuned for the first vid on the NintendoQuest YT channel.

Happy gaming guys. Till' the next time.