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Game info:
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Game title:
Test Drive III: The Passion
Platform:
MS-DOS
Author (released):
Accolade (1990)
Genre:
Racing, Simulator
Mode:
Single-player
Design:
Tom Loughry, Justin R. Chin, Roseann Mitchell, Jeff Rianda,
Test Drive III: The Passion is a racing game released in 1990. It was the third entry in the Test Drive series of video games. The game was radically different from the previous episodes by abandoning sprite graphics and using 3D graphics instead. Unlike previous games, it was available just for DOS.
Test Drive III: The Passion - DOS version
Test Drive had the concept of a free landscape. The player did not have to drive on a preset course, but could go wherever they want, i.e. drive off the road and onto the grass, hills, farms etc. The player would also have to watch out for the speed limit when a police car was in sight, otherwise he could get caught. A level also featured railroad crossings with a real train running in a loop.
Car radio, windscreen wipers and headlights were featured in this game. The game shipped with three cars to drive; the Lamborghini Diablo, Ferrari Mythos Pininfarina Concept, and the Chevrolet Corvette CERV III Concept.
While Test Drive and Test Drive II titles were developed by Distinctive Software, the third one was developed in-house at Accolade. This resulted in many differences over the first two games. The game was radically different from the previous two installments by abandoning sprite graphics and using a combination of bitmapped and polygon-fill 3D graphics, and digitized car interiors instead. Unlike the previous games which were released on a variety of platforms, it was released exclusively for DOS.
An add on package, 'Road and Car', was available as an extra purchase featuring a Cape Cod to Niagara road course, and the Acura NSX and Dodge Stealth R/T Turbo.
More details about this game can be found on
Wikipedia.org.
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Game controls:
All DOS games were controlled directly from the PC keyboard. Some newer DOS games also used a mouse or other more advanced game peripherals for control. However, each game was controlled by different keys. You can find a detailed description of how to control this version of Test Drive III: The Passion in the attached game manual. An overview of basic keyboard commands and keyboard shortcuts to control this game is summarized in the following table:
Keys
Action
↑
Acceleration
↓
Brakes
← or →
Turn left or right
A
Shift to a higher gear.
Z
Shift to a lower gear.
W
Turns wipers on/off.
H
Turns headlights on/off.
M
Retunes the radio to another station.
C
Turn ON/OFF automatic centering of the steering wheel.
← + →
Center the steering wheel whether automatic centering is ON or OFF.
D
Turn ON/OFF the display of speed shift pattern.
R
Turn ON/OFF the display of the rear view mirror.
Space or Enter
Activate a new car after a mishap.
F5
Displays bird's-eye view of your car's position.
F6
Returns the car back to the road.
F10
Instant Replay - review the last few seconds of your driving.
Ctrl + S
Sound ON/OFF (except for the radio)
Esc
Quit game (return to the main menu)
Platform:
This version of Test Drive III: The Passion was designed for personal computers with operating system MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System),
which was operating system developed by Microsoft in 1981. It was the most widely-used operating system in the first half of the 1990s. MS-DOS was supplied
with most of the IBM computers that purchased a license from Microsoft. After 1995, it was pushed out by a graphically more advanced system - Windows and
its development was ceased in 2000. At the
time of its greatest fame, several thousand games designed specifically for computers with this system were created. Today, its development is no longer continue
and for emulation the free DOSBox emulator is most often used. More information about MS-DOS operating system can be found
here.
Available online emulators:
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