Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge

Wow, I cannot believe you can now buy this for a mere 30 pence, that seems outrageous, considering that many moons ago you would have paid about £25.00 for this racing game. Amiga games are quite collectible, considering now they are viewed as retro and something of a nostalgic nature. The premise of this game was to drive a Lotus Esprit and complete a series of race tracks. You could play it in single player mode or as a two player and you would control it using a joystick. The playability was really good, though the game was pretty hard to master. The steering of the car would really put pressure on the hands and wrists and after half an hour of gaming you ...  Read the complete review

Genre: Racing Console: Amiga Released: 1990 This game was once of my favourite games for the Amiga and still is today. This was the first instalment of the Lotus games and was first released in 1990 (16 bit version). The aim of the game was to race using a lotus esprit turbo on many different tracks. The game was also multiplayer and spent hours playing against people but I wouldn't play if I could not be the red lotus. During the races themselves the gamer would come across obstacles and hazards e.g. road blocks, oil slicks and winter conditions. With two players the game becomes a lot better because the computer AI is not very ...  Read the complete review

I'm amazed to see the old Commodore Amiga games appearing on dooyoo. I guess they must still have some sort of following in the USA or UK. Perhaps people are using PC based emulators to run them. I had an Atari ST first, which in 1985 was probably top notch, costing £300 back then. 512KB ram! I bought the two Lotus games back in the late 1980's early 1990's. The Lotus challenge one was excellent as you could play two player head to head split screen. The graphics at the time were very good, although not a patch on something like GTA Vice City or the ultimate on the XBOX 360 - Test Drive Unlimited. I guess in 20 years time the games ...  Read the complete review