Bricks to Bytes

Uncover the history of LEGO® games. Bricks to Bytes is a community-led initiative to preserve, archive, and showcase the history of the LEGO video game franchise. Now available at brickstobytes.org

"We wanted to create an educational game that did not look like an educational game, but would make people understand the limitations that other people feel." -Scott Anderson, Senior Producer of LEGO® Island Interview: brickstobytes.org/games/lego-isl…

...And more!

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New: Game pages for LEGO® Stunt Rally, LEGO® Creator: Harry Potter, LEGO® BIONICLE™: Quest for the Toa, LEGO® BIONICLE™: The Legend of Mata Nui, BIONICLE™: Matoran Adventures, and more! Link: brickstobytes.org/blog/new-high-…

#DidYouKnow During the development of the unreleased LEGO® Island sequel, LEGO® Sea Challenge, developers consulted with experts from Monterey Bay Aquarium and renowned submarine maker Graham Hawkes, who told developers about ocean "snow" of organic matter that fell in the sea.

@snifflegully Unfortunately, that's unknown!

@Bricks_To_Bytes Did it still have the weird aliens?

#DidYouKnow LEGO® Racers 2 originally featured a completely different plot, with Baron Rosso being the game's main villain, while Rocket Racer was to serve a mentor role to the player.

Now available in high quality: the original soundtrack for LEGO® Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge, including themes for LEGO® Island, Castle Island, and more! Link: brickstobytes.org/games/lego-isl…

#DidYouKnow Island Xtreme Stunts was at one point known as LEGO® Island 3: Stunt Action.

Check out LEGO® Media's first attempt at scoring a soccer game with our page dedicated to the unreleased LEGO® Soccer 2000! Fully complete with concept art and design documents from the game's development at Data Design Interactive. Link: brickstobytes.org/games/lego-foo…

While the name Legobobs has been known by the public since the release of LEGO® Island, their appearances were unknown, until now. Finally properly meet the Legobobs in our latest article! Link: brickstobytes.org/blog/the-histo…

Look Ma, it (young) me! 😁

New to Bricks to Bytes: Images of the development room where LEGO Island 2's Game Boy Advance port was developed, including pictures of devkits, development PCs, layout maps, and more! Link: brickstobytes.org/games/lego-isl…

While many believe Brian Shrimp first appeared in Island Xtreme Stunts, this is not actually the case. To learn more check out our newest article, where we detail Brian and his friends' origins and their secret first appearances! Link: brickstobytes.org/blog/brian-shr…

Check out the LEGO® Chess page, the newest addition to Bricks to Bytes, featuring concept sketches for scrapped Adventurers content, scripts, pictures, and more for the game! Link: brickstobytes.org/games/lego-che…

Today we're unveiling the latest addition to Bricks to Bytes, with a LEGO® Friends page containing development artwork and documents containing ideas for sequels and other girl-focused software titles by LEGO® Media International! Link: brickstobytes.org/games/lego-fri…

The two tapes contain identical copies of an early version of the game's introduction shown at E3 1996, but only LEGO® Island Intro + LEGO® Kids has the live action portion of the E3 footage. Links: brickstobytes.org/games/lego-isl… brickstobytes.org/games/lego-isl… youtube.com/watch?v=5nOWPF…

Announcing some new additions to the website, including complete E3 1996 footage and track sheets for LEGO® Island! Link to track sheets: brickstobytes.org/games/lego-isl…