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[doniewhalberg]

INcredible, loved playing pod racing on the N64 <3

 

[posixvibes]

This looks fantastic.

 

[John Rabbit]

played this shit out of this on PC. definitely one of the best in the "futuristic racer" genre.

 

[Wishmaster92]

It's amazing how good UE4 can look.

 

[MarkV]

The author switched the engine some time ago, now the project runs on the Cryengine.

 

[i-Lo]

The author switched the engine some time ago, now the project runs on the Cryengine.

Cheaper and better vegetation?

 

[Markitron]

Pod racer is my favourite racing game of all time, would kill for another one especially as the PS2 sequel was pants.

How was the Dreamcast version? I have never played a Dreamcast and have always thought about picking one up on eBay, if it was a good upgrade on the N64 version that might push me over the edge

 

[darthvargi]

lol, everyone forgets podracing on Kinect Star Wars

He isn't playing it properly. You control it similarly to the jet ski game in Kinect Sports Rivals or just like the Sega Pod Racing arcade game. You move your arms towards and away from your body horizontally not vertically. The mode wasn't flushed out but was similar to the arcade game when you turned off assists and worked well. I recommend Star Wars Kinect just for this mode alone. I wish it had the depth of the N64/DC/PC version though.

 

[MarkV]

Cheaper and better vegetation?

I ported the entire scene from Unreal to CryEngine as it suited the style of the scene more, I was wasting a lot of time noodling in UE4 and not really making a lot of progress. I found the engine pretty cumbersome to use due to the long build times for lighting and now compiling materials which is really disappointing.

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2073408&postcount=29

 

[Growlie19]

Loved this game on the 64! I would buy a remake/sequel in a heartbeat, especially if it looked like this! (hint hint)

 

[LX_Theo]

Would love a new game or HD rerelease. Had it on PC and used a joystick. It was one of the few games my father actually also played.

 

[ComputerMKII]

I have good memories about this game.

 

[AmyS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBiKGc9ZOl4

Game on N64 was amazing.

Never played the N64 game, but did see others playing it a few times.

Always wanted a port of the Sega arcade game:

http://youtu.be/g0bF3kAVur4
http://youtu.be/69cIYQNRzaA

Framerate was so buttery smooth.

HIKARU board had custom graphics hardware with some components borrowed from Dreamcast / NAOMI.

CPU : 2 x Hitachi SH-4 128 bit RISC CPU with graphic functions @ 200 MHz 360 MIPS / 1.4 GFLOPS
Graphic Engine : Sega Custom 3D
Sound Engine : 2x ARM7 Yamaha AICA @ 45 MHz with internal 32-bit RISC CPU, 64 channel ADPCM
Main Memory : 64 Mbytes
Graphic Memory : 28 Mbytes
Sound Memory : 8 Mbytes
Media : ROM Board (max 352 MBytes)
Simultaneous Number of Colors : Approx. 16,770,000 (24bits)
Resolution : 24 KHz, 496x384, 31 KHz 640x480
Polygons : 2 Million polys a sec
Shading : Phong Shading
Lighting : Horizontal, Spot, 1024 lights per scene, 4 lights per polygon, 8 window surfaces.
Effects : (at least) Phong Shading, Fog, Depth Queueing, Stencil, Shadow, Motion blur
Others Capabilties : Bitmap Layer x 2, Calender, Dual Monitor (24 kHz)
Extensions : communication, 4 channel audio, PCI, MIDI, RS-232C
Connection : Jamma Video complient

Notes : This board was totally custom and very expensive to produce, it was only really designed for one game (Brave Fire Fighters) as it could do complex fire/water graphics.
There were eventually only 6 games made for this system beforce it was dropped in favour of the much cheaper Naomi 2.
It was also the first arcade board to be able to do phong shading.

http://system16.com/hardware.php?id=724

PC version was based on the N64 version tho higher resolution & framerate, but still inferior to arcade.

 

[Why would you do that?]

I hated that game. I'm genuinely surprised to see love for it. It looks great, though.

I loved it, actually. I don't like Star Wars movies and don't really know much about the series, but LucasArts made some pretty great Star Wars games. One thing I loved about this game specifically were its numerous and extremely long tracks.

Edit:
Wow, I did not know it was in the arcades. That's amazing.

 

[Monocle]

podracing is the best thing to come out of Ep1

Yeah, not Darth Maul or anything...

 

[LX_Theo]

Yeah, not Darth Maul or anything...

Yep, podracing is better

 

[block tower]

.

 

[GraveRobberX]

Those screenshots make me miss RAGE =/

 

[Neff]

Ahhhhh its Jake Lloyd. The destroyer of Episode 1.

I'd argue that Portman put a much bigger dent in it. She's hot, but she's only good at crying and looking bemused.

Spoiler

I still love the shit out of Episode I

 

[KHlover]

Man nostalgia just hit me HARD. Great game!

 

[Mariolee]

This + Oculus Rift would be glorious.

I need this in my veins.

 

[Fermbiz]

I had the PC version. The races were insane at extreme high speeds and playing in first person view.

I still have disc. I feel like playing it now, hopefully it works on Windows 7.

 

[RSB]

Looks great. It would be great to have a new game based on the Pod Races.

I still remember all those evenings playing the N64 game when I was a kid. So much fun.

 

[n0tail]

I want this. Will this be released and playable? Please let the Force make it so. I've been wanting this forever.

 

[NullPointer]

Pod Racer was one of my favorite games of all time, no bullshit. Would buy a remake or re imagining in a flat second if it could reproduce that crazy sense of speed again.

 

[soul creator]

He isn't playing it properly. You control it similarly to the jet ski game in Kinect Sports Rivals or just like the Sega Pod Racing arcade game. You move your arms towards and away from your body horizontally not vertically. The mode wasn't flushed out but was similar to the arcade game when you turned off assists and worked well. I recommend Star Wars Kinect just for this mode alone. I wish it had the depth of the N64/DC/PC version though.

If I recall correctly you can technically play it with a regular steering wheel motion, but yeah, it was primarily designed the way you mentioned it, pushing in/out.

For whatever reason, people find it hard to think in those terms though. Played KSR with a friend the other day and she kept doing the steering wheel motion, even after showing her the actual controls.

 

[desu]

I want this. Will this be released and playable? Please let the Force make it so. I've been wanting this forever.

It's just a diorama, a static scene and that guy is just an environment artist. Doubt there will ever come a game from this. It's more like portfolio work.

 

[RooMHM]

Ue4 looks to have the same problems as ue3. Always seeing glowy, over abundant designs. Never saw something that me think it looked good even if technically advanced.

 

[Transhuman]

I know it probably has aged HORRIBLY, but I really loved that game.

Pretty much the same. You're guaranteed a victory on the first 8 or so races, then there's a huge difficulty hump and you need to spend a lot of moolah on a pod to stand a chance. Or at least that's my experience.

 

[rashbeep]

I wish there was a way to have this run on newer versions of Windows. Game doesn't work for me.

 

[Yarbskoo]

The game is pretty good, but I don't love it as much now as I did when I was younger. It doesn't even come close to my favorite Star Wars games, like KOTOR or Dark Forces 2, most of which I played when I was much older.

Still, I'd love to see another developer take a shot at reviving it.

PC version was based on the N64 version tho higher resolution & framerate, but still inferior to arcade.

I grew up playing the PC version, but when I first played the arcade machine, I was really blown away. It didn't really have the depth of the home versions, but it looked and sounded great, and I loved the controls.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

I enjoyed this game in my N64 for quite a long time. And this in full HD would be glorious.

 

[Mass Effect]

I'd buy this day one. Well, since there's a PC version, it'd be possible to just release this as a mod right?

Ahhhhh its Jake Lloyd. The destroyer of Episode 1.

Nah, you can blame Lucas for that.

 

[epmode]

I don't understand projects like this. If they are planning on making it into a playable game, why not take the idea they like (Pod Racers arcade game) and just theme it differently / remove the visual similarities to Star Wars.

Some companies are sane and see fan games as the compliment they are. So long as the creator is not seeing any money from the project, anyway.

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Loved this game on N64 back in the day. Like these screens, too.

 

[TitusGroan]

Y'know, it says something about the scope of a film when it can produce a futuristic racer on par with F-Zero/Wipeout, a spaceship combat game, and a Jedi-themed brawler, allin addition to a regular film-license game. You'd never see a Dark Knight: Tumbler Racing game, that's for sure.

Would love to see some more Pod Racing action. Even if just an HD remaster with 60fps if a full-blown sequel is too risky. IIRC, even the PC cersion doesn't work nowadays thanks to compatibility issues.

 

[cZarKastic]

Let's get this to the new consoles EA

 

[DangerMouse]

I know it probably has aged HORRIBLY, but I really loved that game.

Yeah, played the hell out of it on N64.

 

[Chris R]

N64 game was fun, but damn that game was rough if you had a loose stick like me Those final tracks were basically impossible.

 

[Yoday]

This + Oculus Rift would be glorious.

Even better, this with Project Morpheous and two move controllers would blow my freaking mind!

I loved the hell out of this game. This is one of my favorite racing games ever made. The upgrade system was a ton of fun having to balance old and new parts with the money you had. What I wouldn't give for an HD remake of this game.

 

[lefantome]

Yeah it really has. I remember it looked really good to many other games out at the time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8FVL46rZm0

The count down noise hit me with major nostalgia

It looked awesome! i missed it back in '99

 

[gai_shain]

To this day this is still the only racing game besides fzero X that I actually enjoyed and could play for a longer time

 

[Xenon]

I would much rather have this game redone in UE4, since UE3 was a hot mess back then. 360 version only, the PS3 version was far too easy.
The The big roomy tracks were quite boring.

 

[btrboyev]

People forget the dreamcast had a port of this game and it was way better than the n64 port.

 

[Grief.exe]

I wish Disney had actually given a shit about the IPs. Instead of just contracting out wholesale to a shitty publisher in EA, put out contracts individually.

• Republic Commando 2 - Mikami
• Jedi Knight IV - Platinum
• Pod Racing - Bizarre Creations (boo)
• Battlefront III - Dice is probably still the best choice. Valve, Crytek, Splash Damage could also be interesting picks.
• Knights of the Old Republic - Obsidian or CD Projekt Red

 

[Nilaul]

 

[jim2011]

FYI there is an iOS app that is a combination of pod racing and a storybook.

Star Wars journeys: the phantom menace

 

[demolitio]

Amazing how many good Star Wars games existed in the old days. I still miss Rogue Squadron quite a bit too and always though that was a game that could have been done in the Wii quite well if need be.

So many good Star Wars series gone to waste and now I worry about Battlefront.

 

[Dictator93]

BTW, according to the artist, this is not UE4. This is Cryengine.

Thread title and OP are ... off

 

[ryamkajr]

Ahhhhh its Jake Lloyd. The destroyer of Episode 1.

Umm. Lucas was the destroyer of Episode One.