Lego Stunt Rally

Lego Stunt Rally
Developers
PublisherLego Media
PlatformsWindows, Game Boy Color
Release
  • Windows
  • 4 October 2000
  • Game Boy Color
GenreRacing
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Lego Stunt Rally is a 2000 racing game themed around the Lego line of construction toys. The Windows version was developed by Intelligent Games and published by Lego Media.

Gameplay

Lego Stunt Rally is a racing game with slot car characteristics.[3] It is set on the fictional Stunt Island, which is split into four thematic parts: the city, desert, jungle, and ice worlds. Each world has four levels followed by a boss (Radium, Baron Flambo, Snake, and Glacia, respectively), plus a race against the island's proprietor Mr. X, making for a total of 21 levels.[4][5] Before each race, the player must choose from one of four player characters—Chip, Lucky, Barney, and Wrench—and customize their car to adjust speed and traction.[4] The player controls the car using the arrow keys.[6] Tracks feature stunts pieces like loopings, ramps, and fans that propel cars into the air, as well as hazards, including quicksand and ice, and a timed traps such as spikes and a car crusher.[5][7] Winning races grants the player additional cars and track pieces for the construction mode, in which the player can create custom tracks.[5][8][9]

Development

Intelligent Games began developing Lego Stunt Rally as Lego Moto in 1998. Prototypes featured free-form, as the lead designer Dee Jarvis had envisioned. As children veered off the road repeatedly in playtests, cars were locked to the road akin to the Scalextric toy line. A PlayStation port commenced at Intelligent Games before it was shifted to Asylum Entertainment under the lead programmer Manel Sort and eventually cancelled.[10][11] Lego Media released the game on 4 October 2000.[12] A Game Boy Color adaptation was developed by Graphic State.[3] In Poland, IM Group published a localized version in April 2001 used it for a tournament to promote the opening of the Empik megastore in Kraków in June.[13][14]

Reception

References

  1. ^ "Release Dates". GameBoy Station. 29 January 2001. Archived from the original on 17 February 2001. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Lego Stunt Rally for GameBoy". Chipsworld. Archived from the original on 6 March 2002. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b Thompson, Jon. "LEGO Stunt Rally – Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b Trevino, Susan (10 November 2000). "LEGO Stunt Rally". GameZone. Archived from the original on 10 December 2000. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  5. ^ a b c Mehl, Sharon. "KD Review: LEGO Stunt Rally". Kids Domain. Archived from the original on 9 February 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  6. ^ Sidener, Jonathan (22 December 2000). "A big kid gives games his Woo-hoo! test". The Arizona Republic. p. E1. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
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  8. ^ "Lego Stunt Rally". PCMag. 22 May 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  9. ^ Jenkins, Jevon (14 June 2001). "Lego Stunt Rally Takes the Win". Game Industry News. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  10. ^ "LEGO® Stunt Rally". Bricks to Bytes. Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  11. ^ Sort, Manel. "Lego Stunt Rally". Manel Sort Online Portfolio. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  12. ^ Fudge, James (4 October 2000). "LEGO Media Ships Three New Games News". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 November 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  13. ^ Bobrowski, Michał (17 March 2001). "Klockowe wyścigi..." Gry-Online (in Polish). Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  14. ^ Klamra, Mariusz (3 June 2001). "Nowy Megasklep". Gry-Online (in Polish). Retrieved 4 January 2026.