Firebugs (video game)

Firebugs is a futuristic racing video game developed by Attention to Detail and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for PlayStation.

Firebugs
Developer(s)Attention to Detail
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
  • EU: 18 October 2002
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay
Screenshot of a race in Firebugs
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 , 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. 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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