News: Lego Drome Racers Update
Posted 10 Feb 2003 at 08:46 by Tim Symons
Lego Drome Racers is set to be released April 11th in Europe on the Nintendo GameCube. In this game players take on the role of Max Axel who has trained intensely for the challenging Drome Championship and wants to take home the trophy. Racing, of course, is done in racing cars build from Lego.
Drome Racers is a fast-paced "anything goes" game that will appeal to all ages and abilities with its varied, realistic terrains; sleek, LEGO Technic style cars; and road, off-road or drag racing.
Click the image below for 29 new screens of this game and or scroll down for the list of game features.
Key Features
- Battle Mode new for the NINTENDO GAMECUBE - crunch the competition in a bruising multiplayer split-screen game. Two to four players battle it out in customised matches set in special arenas in the Drome. There are three arenas and three modes, but only one goal � to get the highest score!
- Multi-Challenge Races - a series of stages of all-terrain tracks set in incredibly detailed environments, including city, mountain and canyon.
- Eighteen playable cars based on the successful 2002 LEGO Racers construction toy range geared to 8 - 12 year olds. Cars are built to closely reflect models from each racing discipline of dragster, on- and off-road.
- As well as Battle Mode try; Arcade for instant play, Time Trial against the clock to beat the best lap time and Career for the story-based, multi-challenge racing league.
- Single- and multi-player capabilities; the latter supports up to four players on NINTENDO GAMECUBE.
- Car customization allows players to select, adapt and fine-tune their vehicles based on the terrain. Place well to earn upgrades on the engine, tires, turbo, aerodynamics and more. Compete in three of the top forms of world-class motor racing: the Formula 1 style 'Road', the intense 'Dragster', or the tough-nut 'Off-Road'
- Eight different power ups to help get players to the victory podium. Including a repulsor, which folds away the car wheels and replaces them with jets, an EMP Drone which disables the target car's electrical systems or the RC missile which as its name suggests inflicts serious damage!!