The program is great in concept, but sorely lacking in interactivity and depth of content, and kids only played for a brief time before losing interest. In this racing game, children choose from four podrace drivers and three track settings a swamp, a desert and an ice planet. These locales are the program's strength with their wild and interesting Star Wars graphics. First, kids build the track they want by clicking on segments of the screen to change ramps to straight-aways, or corkscrew turns to tunnels. Then, it's off to the race a one person challenge in which players choose from three speeds, making track or speed adjustments when they crash.
Laps are counted, children can print out a few pod racer trading cards, and that's about it.
The level of interactivity is so low that children would set the races up and then go off to play with the dog or watch TV while the pods traveled and the laps were tallied. Educational claims made on the program's packaging are not fulfilled. We expect more from a company whose other products include Yoda's Challenge and the award winning Pit Droids. Sign up for a subscription to the Children's Software Revue. Back to FamilyEducation's Children's Software Revue home page.