The game also includes a Puzzle Maker feature, allowing players to create their own Pit Droids puzzles to play and exchange with others. Puzzle builders can stage their creations in any of the featured Tatooine locations, and utilize any of the pieces and tiles found in the game to create their own mind-twisters. Star Wars: Pit Droids (full title: Star Wars Pit Droids: Logic and Reasoning) is a puzzle game developed and published by Lucas Learning. It was originally released for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh on September 13, 1999. It was later ported to iOS and released on February 9, 2012. The game develops skills such as hypothesis testing and geometry. Skinner 2021-01-15 0 point Windows version. I launched the game the way PCGamingWiki says (I used DxWnd, set the renderer to SDL and forced VSync to 'ON' in the DirectX(2) tab) but my droid still can't climb an incline.
| Star Wars: Pit Droids | |
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| Developer(s) | Lucas Learning |
| Publisher(s) | Lucas Learning |
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| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Star Wars: Pit Droids (full title: Star Wars Pit Droids: Logic and Reasoning) is a puzzle game developed and published by Lucas Learning. It was originally released for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh on September 13, 1999.[1] It was later ported to iOS and released on February 9, 2012.[2] The game develops skills such as hypothesis testing and geometry.[3]
Plot[edit]
Pit Droids is an addictive puzzle game for players of all ages. Guide these manic mechanics through over 300 mind-bending mazes and puzzles as you race through Tatooine's treacherous environments. 3D graphics and original music tracks enhance gameplay.
Watto has bought a series of new pit droids, and tasks the player with transporting them to the Pod Racing arena by avoiding all the environmental obstacles.
Gameplay[edit]
The player maneuvers the pit droids through a series of puzzles such as road blocks and junk heaps. Players can also create their own puzzles and trade them online with other gamers.
Critical reception[edit]
Matt Diamond of Inside Mac Games praised the puzzle, variable difficulty, graphics, and music.[4] Brad Cook of All Game Guide complimented its detailed graphics, intricate gameplay, and jazzy soundtrack.[5]Just Adventure's Ray Ivey liked the aesthetic quality of the game manual.[6]The Scotsman said the game was very playable for a TV-tie in and offered educational opportunities.[7]IGN gave the game a rating of 7.5.[8]The Boston Herald thought the game offered an interesting test of children's logical abilities.[9]The Boston Globe thought it was a standout in the children's software genre, mentioning its animation, sound effects, and tutorial.[10]CVG said the game was easy to play, but added that its overly simple concept reduced its replayability.[11]
Pit Droids won Computer Games Strategy Plus's 1999 'Classic Game of the Year' award. The editors wrote, '[T]his game is not only mind-bogglingly fun for puzzle fans of all ages, it is also solid, well-designed, addictive, attractive, and arguably the year’s best use of the Star Wars Episode I license.'[12]
Pit Droids Game
References[edit]
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- ^Staff (March 6, 2000). 'The Computer Games Awards; The Best Games of 1999'. Computer Games Strategy Plus. Archived from the original on March 24, 2005.