Star Wars: Demolition (2000) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Star Wars: Demolition

Star Wars: Demolition is a vehicular combat game set in the Star Wars universe created by both Luxoflux and LucasArts using the Vigilante 8 game engine. The premise of the game is that the Galactic Empire…

40 12 November 2000

What Star Wars: Demolition is

Star Wars: Demolition is a racing game developed by Luxoflux and released in 2000. It was published by Activision. It is available on Dreamcast and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The galaxy is engulfed in a devastating civil war. But on the Outer Rim world of Tatooine, crime lord Jabba the Hutt continues to prosper amidst the chaos. Involved in almost every criminal venture, the Hutt has amassed a vast fortune through gambling, smuggling, and other vile acts. Yet his greed knows no bounds. The Empire has outlawed the dangerous Podraces, but Jabba has devised an even more dangerous underground contest to attract high-stakes gamblers from across the galaxy to his betting parlors on Tatooine....

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Star Wars series

Star Wars: Demolition is the 88th of 334 entries we hold in the Star Wars series. The next entry was Star Wars: Episode I - Obi-Wan's Adventures in 2000. Its critic score of 40 is 31 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Angry Birds Star Wars II at 100.

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How it was received

Star Wars: Demolition holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 6% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 32 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Star Wars: Demolition launched on 12 November 2000, within three weeks of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Counter-Strike and Escape from Monkey Island. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Counter-Strike, Escape from Monkey Island.

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