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Toy Story Racer

2001 video game

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ2447854 ↗
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Toy Story Racer is a 2001 kart racing game developed by Traveller's Tales and Tiertex Design Studios and published by Activision. It was based on the Toy Story franchise, primarily the first film. The game was released in March 2001 for the Game Boy Color and PlayStation systems. The PlayStation version received "generally favorable reviews" according to Metacritic, and has been re-released through emulation in subsequent years.

Gameplay

The PlayStation and Game Boy Color versions of Toy Story Racer are distinct from each other. The PlayStation version of Toy Story Racer features 12 playable characters from the first film:

There are 200 soldiers to collect throughout the PlayStation version, gained by competing in the different types of races. Eight of the 12 characters must be unlocked by earning the required number of soldiers for that respective character. The initially unlocked characters are: Woody, Buzz, Bo Peep, and RC.

In the Game Boy Color version, the unlocked characters are Woody, Buzz, Bo Peep, and Mr. Potato Head. The game includes two unlockable characters: a little green man and an army soldier.

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“Toy Story Racer” enters the record as 2001 video game. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Story, Racer and video can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2001-02-28. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Story, Racer and video.
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