Test Drive Returns
Posted by Marcel Klum on 22 April 2004 - 16:55 · 12 comments & 2032 views
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#1 Posted by netstarman on 22 Apr 2004 - 17:57
- Lets see if this new game of Test Drive works out was very bored with the last one.
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#2 Posted by imtoomuch on 22 Apr 2004 - 18:00
- Test Drive was always cool, but never good enough to be the best. Hopefully, this time around it can give NFS a run for it's money.
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#3 Posted by longwilli on 22 Apr 2004 - 19:01
- lol i remember playing test drive on the c64 as a child
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#3.1 Posted by SecretAgentMan on 23 Apr 2004 - 04:40
- Test Drive was actually pretty fun back then on the C64.
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#3.2 Posted by quanta on 23 Apr 2004 - 18:37
- Hell, remember The Duel: Test Drive II on the Amiga? That was great!
The sad thing is, the original developer of Test Drive and Test Drive II is long gone; they're EA Vancouver now. They (Distinctive Software Inc.) left Broderbund and went on to make the first 3 Need for Speed games for EA before being transferred to EA Sports. They made the SSX series too.
Ah well, with the news of NFS Underground 2 and a new Carmageddon, the more racing games on the market, the better, I say.
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#4 Posted by aalaap on 22 Apr 2004 - 22:16
- td6 or whatever on the dc suxxed so much i dont ever ever want to see another td game. nfs 0wnz.
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#5 Posted by kl33per on 22 Apr 2004 - 23:22
- I used to play Test Drive on my 286. It had like four cars and you had to get to a petrol station in the best time possible. It had cops and everything... classic.
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#6 Posted by DarkLordSouron on 22 Apr 2004 - 23:33
- BAD IDEA!!!!!!!!!!1
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#7 Posted by memNOC on 23 Apr 2004 - 00:14
- the "Test Drive" for the PC, the last release in the series (?), was incredibly bad.. i mean, un-****ing-believably bad.. the controls, graphics, bugs, presentation, fun (or lack there of)...... i repent every second it took me to download that POS.. Test Drive games aren't even worth pirating..
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#8 Posted by Skyfrog on 23 Apr 2004 - 02:35
- After Test Drive 4 this series just started getting worse and worse; Test Drive 6 is one of the worst racing games I have ever tried to play, and 5 wasn't much better. I don't have much hope for this one either. It will probably go straight to the bargain bin at Big Lots, next to the Deer Hunter games.
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#9 Posted by DaCoOlNeSs on 23 Apr 2004 - 05:30
- Test Drive 5 for PC..... that was a fun game
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#10 Posted by Galley on 23 Apr 2004 - 14:40
- With MGI (Viper Racing) developing this title, it might be pretty good.
"Test Drive: Eve of Destruction captures the heart and soul of what gamers want in an action-racing game - speed, thrills and hair-raising crashes," said Nancy MacIntyre, Vice President of Marketing for Atari's Beverly Studios. "Monster Games, the developer of NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona, has done a great job translating their realistic racing physics to this brand new evolution of the popular Test Drive brand."
There are 25 events in Eve of Destruction, with elements of racing and demolition mixed together. One mode is Demo Derby, where the last car standing wins. Another one, named Gauntlet, lets players climb behind the wheel of a hearse to try to finish a a set number of laps while the rest of the field attempts to stop them. Quite bizarre sounding is the Trailer Race mode, a new racing event where players compete while towing various types of trailers, trying to finish the race with something resembling a trailer still attached.
30 custom vehicles are available and a multiplayer split-screen mode allows races for up to four players. Test Drive: Eve of Destruction ships this fall for the PlayStation 2.
Beyond Divinity is already available Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and will soon be available in other territories including the Benelux,Scandinavia,Portugal, France, Australia, Poland, the Czech republic, the Russian speaking territories, China, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Beyond Divinity is being localized in French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Czech and Polish. Other languages and territories may soon be announced.