SpongeBob SquarePants and the Nicktoons Gravjet Racing (found build of cancelled Xbox Live Arcade racing game; 2009)

Official artwork of the game by Dave Aikins.

Status: Found

Date found: 02 Aug 2024

Found by: Alpha Archive

SpongeBob SquarePants and the Nicktoons Gravjet Racing was a racing game planned for release in 2009 featuring characters from SpongeBob SquarePants, Barnyard, Ren And Stimpy, Fanboy And Chum Chum, My Life As A Teenage Robot, The Mighty B and possibly more. Before its cancellation, the ESRB rated the game and gave it an E rating stating that it was intended to be released for the Xbox 360 and PC. The developer was confirmed to be Santa Cruz Games in a video about the company.

Gameplay

The game would have played similarly to the game series' Mario Kart and F-Zero in the sense that it would have played at a fast pace and had a feature for battling with weapons along with panels on the track which when a character drives over them, the kart would have slowed down or spin out. Every character would be assigned a unique kart which stayed in the art style of the series represented but made into futuristic versions.

Availability

The game did leave the beta stage and was ready to be released, but was cancelled due to financial difficulties.

For a while, no game builds were released online, only screenshots.

On August 1st, 2024, YouTuber Alpha Archive found a build of the game on an Xbox 360 development kit and uploaded it to Archive.org the following day.

Gallery

Gameplay Images

• 
• 
• 

  The title screen.

• 
• 
• 
• 

Promotional Images

• 
• 
• 
• 

Models

• 
• 
• 
• 

Concept Art

• 
• 

Animations

Animation reel featuring animation from the game.

Videos

Seeker of The Lost's video on the subject.

Alpha Archive's gameplay video of the build.

See Also

• A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (unproduced unauthorized direct-to-DVD mockumentary film; 2011)
• Astrology with Squidward (found series of "SpongeBob SquarePants" Nickelodeon animated shorts; early 2000s)
• SpongeBob Cartoon Creator (partially found original version of Flash game; 2008-2013)
• SpongeBob: Re-Hydrated (partially lost "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated short; 2003)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (partially lost deleted scenes of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999-present)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Ain't Life a Beach (partially found Nickelodeon press kit; 1999)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Happiness Squared (lost video game based on SpongeBob SquarePants; late 2000s)
• SpongeBob SquarePants "Sailor Mouth" (lost uncensored version of animated series episode; existence unconfirmed; 2001)
• SpongeBob SquarePants Saves the Krusty Krab 3D (found computer game; 2002)
• SpongeBob SquarePants "Shanghaied/You Wish" (lost English audio from alternate "Patchy the Pirate" segments; 2001)
• SpongeBob SquarePants "SpaceBob InvaderPants/Krabs' Army" (unfinished episodes of Nickelodeon animated series; 2015)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam (found Xbox Live Arcade game; 2007)
• SpongeBob SquarePants "War Blowers" (found full version of animated series music; 1999)
• SpongeBob's Truth or Square (found Nick Arcade party game; 2009)
• SpongeBob Town (lost build of cancelled massively multiplayer online game based on Nickelodeon animated TV series; 2012)

External Links

• Dave Aikins' website featuring the artwork.
• The webpage featuring the concept art.
• The Amino page featuring the images of the models.
• Source of the concept art.
• Source of the models.
• Screenshots from an unreleased trailer.