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From: hollnbgh@coral.bucknell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: RE:  Test Drive III
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.195725.3092@coral.bucknell.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 91 00:57:25 GMT
Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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     A while back I purchased Star Control from Accolade.  I had many
problems getting it to work on my system (I think because of my hardware
configuration:  SupraRAM 2000(2Meg) and Microbotics HardFrame 2000).  I
ended up calling Accolade several times, and got to talking with the
tech rep, and in trying to find out why Star Control was Guruing on my
system, he actually connected me to the programmer who wrote Star Control.

     Well, I didn't get Star Control fixed (I got my money back), but I did
get to talk with the programmer, and asked him about Test Drive III.  He
said that he did not program it for MS-DOS machines, and that there was
no current plans to port it to the Amiga.  I told him that Test Drive,
and especially Test Drive II were great games on the Amiga - because of
their playability - and that I think they should port it over to the Amiga.
He agreed with me and said he would suggest it, but didn't really know
if they ever would.

     I have played Test Drive III on a 25 MHz, VGA equipped, 386 PC. Even
though the graphics are good, and the computer has the speed to display the
graphics ("animate") adequately, the gameplay leaves much to be desired.
The type of graphics is completely different than the previous Test Drives,
but probably not worth the sacrifice for playability.  I think that if it
were to be ported to the Amiga, with enhanced playability, it would be a
success.

 -Dale Hollenbaugh