LEGO Racers 2 (Game Boy Advance)

This page details one or more prototype versions of LEGO Racers 2 (Game Boy Advance).

This prototype of LEGO Racers 2 is around two-thirds of the way through development; as such, many of the changes between it and the final game are related to bugs, graphics, or removing content.

Sub-Pages#

Story GameThe story mode was going to be closer to the console ports? Singleplayer GamesBarely functional in this prototype. RacetracksAll in varying stages of completion.

General Differences#

• Both the title screen and menu use Brickton's music tracks in the prototype, most likely as a placeholder.
• The A/B button sprites are colored in the prototype, but were made gray in the final game.
• The prototype is unable to save a few things, notably the custom character and the world (and position) the player was in in Story Game.

• If 'Sound Options' is selected during a race or minigame, the game hangs on this screen.

Title Screen#

Copyright Screens#

• The 'Licensed by Nintendo' screen was replaced with a blue screen which shows a slew of copyrights.
• The LEGO Software logo had some black pixels that were removed. (The two on the Minifig face were left unchanged, though.)
• A screen which shows the title of the game was removed.

Language Select#

Prototype	Final

At this point, the language select is bare-bones, defaults to French, and doesn't actually change the language.

Title Screen#

In the prototype, this little animation appears before the title screen. The player can dismiss it by pressing Start.

Prototype	Final

• A "PRESS START" message was added to the final game.
• The globe behind the racecars was given a dark-blue color.
• The game's logo was changed drastically; the LEGO logo was made larger and had its white border removed, while the "RACERS" part (and its spinning trophy animation) were made smaller and given a blur.
• The prototype title screen lacks the track demos that the final version has. Instead, if left idle for enough time, it'll automatically go to the main menu.

Menus#

All of the menus were changed in some way;

• Some graphics showing what the buttons do what was added to the final game.
• The text for the choices was changed from gold to silver.
• The green text above the menus were shifted up by a pixel.

• On rare occasions, the menus fail to load any text graphics after a reset.
• The sound for going back is not present.

Main Menu#

Prototype	Final

• The "Story Game" option was centered incorrectly.
• No Multiplayer option exists in the prototype. Because of this, Single Player has a different name, "Other Games".
• Because of the story mode's general incompleteness, the character customizer has been moved to the main menu.
• It's possible to back on this menu in the prototype. It doesn't return you to the title screen, however - it just displays the main menu again.

Other Games/Single Player#

The options themselves were reorganized; the bonus games were moved out of the Special Games menu, and had its position replaced with Battle Game. In addition, Build Something was renamed to Construction Game.

Build Character#

Prototype	Final

• No music plays at this screen in the prototype.
• The B-button graphic was changed and placed to the left of the arrow.
• The robotic arms on the side of the screen were given some white pixels in the final, most likely a visual bug.
• If a new shirt is selected in the prototype, the hissing noise made will never stop playing.
• If the randomize option is selected, a glitched graphic will appear near the shirt selector. This was fixed in the final version.

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• The player portrait has a purple background in the prototype, which was replaced with grey studs.
• Exiting the license screen is different, using A instead of Start. The graphic itself was moved down in the final.
• The text on the license is an unfortunate yellow instead of black.
• Letters with diacritics cannot be selected in the prototype.
• The arrow next to the B graphic was moved a tiny bit.
• The palette of the blue background is slightly lighter.

Options#

Prototype	Final

• The Music and Sound Effect options do not work in the prototype.
• "Clear Story Mode" and "Clear Hiscores" were combined into a separate menu in the final game.
  • Using these options in the final game gives a warning, which is not present in the prototype.
• The option to view the credits is not present.