Star Wars Episode 1: Racer is a game by LucasArts that was released for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color, among other non Nintendo systems. Nintendo held the publishing rights for the games released on their systems. The game is a racing title that was released in 1999 to coincide with the film release of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. The concept of the game originates from the racing scene in the movie, and consists of many of the characters from the film. This was not the only game to be based off of the film.