<s>
Star	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
Episode	I-Device
I	I-Device
:	I-Device
Racer	I-Device
is	O
a	O
1999	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
podracing	O
sequence	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
–	I-Application
The	I-Application
Phantom	I-Application
Menace	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
game	O
holds	O
the	O
Guinness	O
record	O
as	O
the	O
best-selling	O
sci-fi	O
racing	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
worldwide	O
sales	O
of	O
3.12	O
million	O
units	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
series	O
like	O
Wipeout	O
and	O
F-Zero	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
,	O
an	O
arcade	O
game	O
featuring	O
many	O
similar	O
tracks	O
and	O
characters	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Star	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
Racer	I-Device
Revenge	I-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twenty	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
received	O
an	O
HD	O
re-release	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
Episode	I-Device
I	I-Device
:	I-Device
Racer	I-Device
features	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
tracks	O
spanning	O
several	O
different	O
planets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
and	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
versions	O
feature	O
a	O
two	O
player	O
splitscreen	O
mode	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Windows	O
and	O
Macintosh	O
versions	O
allow	O
play	O
over	O
a	O
Local	B-General_Concept
Area	I-General_Concept
Network	I-General_Concept
(	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
Windows	O
version	O
uses	O
the	O
deprecated	O
IPX	B-Protocol
protocol	O
to	O
accomplish	O
this	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
version	O
uses	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
Episode	I-Device
I	I-Device
:	I-Device
Racer	I-Device
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
LucasArts	O
for	O
Windows	O
in	O
May	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
completing	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shadows	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Empire	I-Application
,	O
two	O
of	O
its	O
project	O
leads	O
began	O
initial	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tools	O
included	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Max	I-Language
,	O
Alias	O
Wavefront	O
,	O
and	O
Autodesk	B-Device
Softimage	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
graphical	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
APIs	B-Application
)	O
were	O
tested	O
,	O
including	O
3dfx	B-Operating_System
Glide	I-Operating_System
,	O
OpenGL	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Direct3D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
the	O
game	O
shipped	O
with	O
only	O
Direct3D	B-Application
support	O
because	O
according	O
to	O
project	O
lead	O
Brett	O
Tosti	O
,	O
when	O
testing	O
Glide	B-Operating_System
and	O
OpenGL	B-Application
the	O
developers	O
"	O
did	O
n't	O
see	O
any	O
performance	O
increases	O
so	O
did	O
n't	O
add	O
support	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
titled	O
Star	O
Wars	O
:	O
Podracer	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
subtitle	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
Episode	B-Device
I	I-Device
Racer	I-Device
when	O
LucasArts	O
learned	O
that	O
another	O
company	O
owned	O
the	O
trademark	O
for	O
games	O
with	O
"	O
Pod	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actor	O
Jake	O
Lloyd	O
,	O
who	O
portrayed	O
Anakin	O
Skywalker	O
in	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Phantom	I-Application
Menace	I-Application
,	O
promoted	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
E3	O
1999	O
and	O
provided	O
voice-over	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
theatrical	O
score	O
and	O
various	O
sound	O
effects	O
from	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
–	I-Application
The	I-Application
Phantom	I-Application
Menace	I-Application
was	O
reused	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
multiplayer	O
code	O
from	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Knight	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Forces	I-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
utilized	O
for	O
Episode	O
I	O
:	O
Racer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
uses	O
the	O
deprecated	O
IPX	B-Protocol
protocol	O
to	O
accomplish	O
this	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
version	O
uses	O
the	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
stack	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Episode	O
I	O
:	O
Racer	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
several	O
other	O
platforms	B-Device
:	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announced	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
received	O
a	O
special	O
edition	O
Star	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
Episode	I-Device
I	I-Device
:	I-Device
Racer	I-Device
hardware	O
bundle	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
standard	O
gray	O
and	O
black	O
console	O
and	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
cartridge	O
can	O
optionally	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Expansion	O
Pak	O
memory	O
unit	O
to	O
display	O
additional	O
textures	O
,	O
the	O
limited	O
capacity	O
of	O
the	O
cartridge	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
all	O
pre-rendered	O
cutscenes	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	O
and	O
Macintosh	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
LucasArts	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
release	O
features	O
entirely	O
different	O
game	O
play	O
from	O
its	O
console	O
and	O
PC	O
counterparts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
hardware	O
is	O
technically	O
incapable	O
of	O
rendering	O
the	O
3D	O
graphics	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
other	O
versions	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
game	O
instead	O
features	O
one-on-one	O
racing	O
duels	O
on	O
abbreviated	O
,	O
linear	O
tracks	O
using	O
an	O
overhead	O
2D	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
an	O
additional	O
"	O
rumble	O
"	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
officially	O
re-released	O
in	O
both	O
a	O
standard	O
and	O
Collector	O
's	O
Edition	O
set	O
with	O
approval	O
by	O
Disney	O
and	O
Lucasfilm	O
in	O
limited	O
quantities	O
by	O
Limited	O
Run	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
26	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
versions	O
were	O
announced	O
for	O
May	O
12	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
delayed	O
by	O
two	O
weeks	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
May	O
26	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
11	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
exactly	O
one	O
day	O
before	O
the	O
Switch	O
version	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
both	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
versions	O
were	O
eventually	O
rescheduled	O
for	O
June	O
23	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Switch	O
version	O
supports	O
motion	B-Device
controls	I-Device
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
use	O
them	O
to	O
operate	O
the	O
individual	O
throttles	O
of	O
the	O
podracer	O
's	O
twin	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameRankings	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
75.78	O
%	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
;	O
75.42	O
%	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
version	O
;	O
73.79	O
%	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
;	O
and	O
69.44	O
%	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
game	O
holds	O
the	O
Guinness	O
world	O
record	O
for	O
the	O
best-selling	O
sci-fi	O
racing	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
worldwide	O
sales	O
of	O
3.12	O
million	O
units	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
other	O
series	O
like	O
Wipeout	O
and	O
F-Zero.Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
three	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Yes	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
fast	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
largely	O
customizable	O
,	O
features	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
options	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
's	O
fun	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
tough	O
to	O
shake	O
the	O
feeling	O
that	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
n't	O
for	O
the	O
Star	O
Wars	O
license	O
,	O
it	O
would	O
n't	O
otherwise	O
stand	O
out.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
nominated	O
Racer	O
for	O
their	O
1999	O
"	O
Racing	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Need	B-Application
for	I-Application
Speed	I-Application
:	I-Application
High	I-Application
Stakes	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Awards	O
)	O
,	O
Star	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
Episode	I-Device
I	I-Device
:	I-Device
Racer	I-Device
won	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
for	O
"	O
Console	O
Racing	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
Episode	I-Device
I	I-Device
:	I-Device
Racer	I-Device
also	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
Blockbuster	O
Entertainment	O
Award	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Favorite	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
Game	O
"	O
category	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
lost	O
to	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
64	I-Application
.	O
</s>
