LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

Rocket Racer, Veronica Voltage and the Legend of LEGO® Racers

LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

Show Notes

The first LEGO® video game to hit consoles outside of Japan was born of one man’s idea of allowing children to build LEGO brick cars and then race them around a track. This week’s episode dives into the three-year development of 1999's classic LEGO Racers.

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