Firebugs (video game)

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Firebugs
Firebugs PS1 Cover.jpg
Developer Attention to Detail
Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform PlayStation
Release
  • EU: 18 October 2002
Genre Racing
Modes Single-player, multiplayer

Firebugs is a 2002 racing video game developed by Attention to Detail and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. As it was released late into the console's lifespan and the PlayStation 2 had been out for 2 years, it was only released in Europe.

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Gameplay

Screenshot of a race in Firebugs Firebugs PS1 Gameplay Screenshot.jpg
Screenshot of a race in Firebugs

The player takes control of one of five vehicles in a futuristic race where speeds can reach over 400 miles per hour. [1] Weapons and defences are used to help the player win races. The game modes include 1 player mode where the player can race on 25 tracks in 5 distinct worlds (Archipelago, Droid Gardens, Sky Dunes, Sky Port and Cloud City). [1] There is 2 player mode which consists of the same basics as in one player mode.

Soundtrack

The game's soundtrack includes music from hip-hop group Bomfunk MCs, whose songs "We R Atomic" and "Put Ya Hands Up" are featured. These are of note because the album Burnin' Sneakers was not released in the UK,[ citation needed ] and so the songs have correlation to this game for many UK fans.

Critical reception

Firebugs received positive reviews in the Evening Chronicle , [2] the Birmingham Mail , [3] and the Waikato Times . [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Official UK Playstation Magazine - Issue 084 (Future Publishing)(GB). May 2002. pp.  5.
  2. ↑ (30 October 2002). "Firing up for some unorthodox overtaking", Evening Chronicle , p. 12.
  3. ↑ Levack, Jim (3 December 2002). "Firebugs, Playstation One", Birmingham Mail , p. 26.
  4. ↑ Pickering, Sid (21 November 2002). "The Wrap: Games: Firebugs (PlayStation)", Waikato Times , p. 9.


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