History VideoGame / StarWarsEpisodeIRacer

->''[[TagLine "Two Engines. One Champion. No Limits."]]''

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: While Podracers could hardly be called realistic in the first place, the idea of vehicles floating off the ground needing traction or losing speed (and thus the ability to boost) over certain terrain, such as off-road plains, is a bit of a stretch.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Crashing your podracer in the first game is not uncommon, but the game instantly respawns your pod seconds later, although this may cause some parts to be damaged or set you behind a few racers. ''Revenge'' ultimately scrapped this mechanic by giving your pod a "health bar" of sorts that, when you deplete it, makes you crash and restart the race.

* AdaptationalBadass / LethalJokeCharacter: Ben Quadinaros, the guy with the four-engine pod that blew up at the beginning of the race in the movie. as might be expected from a pod four engines, he's one of the fastest racers in the game, though not the most maneuverable.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Crashing your podracer in the first game is not uncommon, but the game instantly respawns your pod seconds later, although this may cause some parts to be damaged or set you behind a few racers. ''Revenge'' ultimately scrapped this mechanic by giving your pod a "health bar" of sorts that, when you deplete it, makes you restart the race.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: 9 of the racers [[note]] 11 if you count the two racers, Cy Young and Nimm Reeso, who can only be unlocked by a cheat code[[/note]] from the original game do not return in ''Revenge'', but the sequel in turn gives six all new racers, plus five unlockable bonus racers in turn.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: 9 of the racers [[note]] 11 if you count the two racers, Cy Young and Nimm Reeso, who can only be unlocked by a cheat code[[note/]] from the original game do not return in ''Revenge'', but the sequel in turn gives six all new racers, plus five unlockable bonus racers in turn.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: 9 of the racers [[note:*: 11 if you count the two racers, Cy Young and Nimm Reeso, who can only be unlocked by a cheat code]] from the original game do not return in ''Revenge'', but the sequel in turn gives six all new racers, plus five unlockable bonus racers in turn.

* AdaptationalBadass / LethalJokeCharacter: Ben Quadinaros, the guy with the four-engine pod that blew up at the beginning of the race in the movie. His vehicle in the game rivals Sebulba's in terms of having the fastest top speed of all the racers.

* FrictionlessIce: Ando Prime has a frictionless frozen lake.

''Star Wars: Episode I: Racer'' is a RacingGame created by LucasArts, released originally for the {{Nintendo 64}} and later for PC, AppleMacintosh, GameBoyColor and SegaDreamcast, based on the Podracing scene from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.

* LogoJoke: A podracer breaks the LucasArts Gold Man, who is then repaired by some pit droids.

* TechnoWreckage: The abandoned gas mines on Ord Ibanna, which also qualify as a WorldInTheSky.

* AdaptationalBadass / LethalJokeChaaracter: Ben Quadinaros, the guy with the four-engine pod that blew up at the beginning of the race in the movie. His vehicle in the game rivals Sebulba's in terms of having the fastest top speed of all the racers.

* BraggingRightsReward: Completing the Invitational Circuit (whose courses are unlocked by completing the previous circuits) unlocks the JokeCharacter Ben Quadinaros[[hottip:*: for those not familiar with the name, he's the guy with the four-engine pod that blew up at the beginning of the race in Episode 1]].
** He was a JokeCharacter in the movie, but [[AdaptationalBadass in this game]], he's a LethalJokeCharacter because his vehicle rivals Sebulba's in terms of having the fastest top speed of all the racers.

A sequel, ''Star Wars: Racer Revenge'', was released in 2002 for the PlayStation2.

* BraggingRightsReward: Completing the Invitational Circuit (whose courses are unlocked by completing the previous circuits) unlocks the JokeCharacter Ben Quadinaros.
** Who is this in the movie, but [[AdaptationalBadass in this game]], he's a LethalJokeCharacter because his vehicle is the fastest of them all.

* BraggingRightsReward: Completing the Invitational Circuit (whose courses are unlocked by completing the previous circuits) unlocks the JokeCharacter Ben Quadrinaros.

Anakin Skywalker, Sebulba and 21 other Podracers compete on over two dozen different courses in a tournament which culminates in the Boonta Eve Classic race on Tatooine featured in the movie. Racing at speeds in excess of 600 mph can strain a Podracer's engines, but they can be repaired in flight. Vehicle upgrades can be bought at Watto's parts supply house.