Test Drive (video game)

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Test Drive
Test Drive cover
Developer(s) Distinctive Software
Publisher(s) Accolade
Designer(s) Brad Gour, Don Mattrick
Artist(s) John Boechler, Tony Lee
Composer(s) Patrick Payne, Rick Millson
Series Test Drive series
Platform(s) Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS
Release date(s) 1987
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single player
Media Floppy Disk
Input methods Keyboard, Joystick

Test Drive is a cross-platform racing game in 1987. It is the first entry in the Test Drive series of video games.

[edit] Cars

Make Model Nat Produced Power (bhp) 0-60mph (secs) Top Speed (mph)
Porsche 911 Turbo Germany 1976- 282 5.0 157
Lamborghini Countach Italy 1974-89 455 5.6 181
Lotus Turbo Esprit United Kingdom 1980-04 215 5.6 153
Chevrolet Corvette United States 1953- 200 6.6 150
Ferrari Testarossa Italy 1984-96 385 5.7 171

[edit] Reception

The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #132 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lesser, Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk (April 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (132): 80-85.