Firebugs (video game)

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

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

Gameplay

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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