Lego Rock Raiders (PlayStation)

mh:awesomegames:Lego Rock Raiders is a game developed by Data Design Interactive and published by Lego Media in 1999 for the PC and PlayStation, both of which are different games. The PC version is a real-time strategy game and the PlayStation version is an action game. The PC version has gained a cult following (including a modding community), but the PS1 version received negative reviews and faded into near-obscurity.

For reasons that have never really been cleared, the PAL and NTSC are very different from one another and will be covered separately.

General

 * 1) Drops the real-time strategy gameplay from the PC version and instead makes it a crappy and generic action game where you control a single Rock Raider.
 * 2) Levels can be annoying scavenger hunts.
 * 3) Extremely boring for anybody to play (even though the PAL version says it was "Kids tested, Kids approved")
 * 4) Slow analog controls. The cars control the worst, though.
 * 5) Generic music and poor sound effects.
 * 6) False advertising: The back cover uses images from the PC version.
 * 7) For a game from 1999, it somehow doesn't support the memory card. Instead, it has a password system, which is completely outdated even for a PlayStation game at the time.
 * 8) Generic character design.

NTSC

 * 1) Most missions repeat the same objectives compared to the much more varied ones found in the PAL version.
 * 2) The outer core bonus levels are missing.
 * 3) Only 6 multiplayer maps compared to the 18 ones present in the PAL version. (Even if 6 of them are just re-purposed single-player levels)
 * 4) A few of the enemies aren't present.

PAL

 * 1) Long load times compared to the NTSC game.
 * 2) The sliding puzzles on the loading screen aren't present, instead, it just repeats the mission objectives that you just read.
 * 3) Suffers in general from a lot more glitches.
 * 4) Weapons and ammo do not respawn in this version. Meaning that if you waste something like the dynamite too early, you will not be able to complete the level.
 * 5) A few missing sound effects.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Still contains the nicely animated cutscenes from the PC version.
 * 2) It's still unique that the game is different from another version in terms of gameplay.

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