Test Drive (series)

Test Drive is a series of racing video games. Originally published by Accolade, which was later bought by Infogrames, the first game was released in 1987 and has since been followed by several sequels. The Test Drive games are now published by the Atari Inc. label, a subsidiary of Infogrames after being acquired in 2008 for an estimated eleven million dollars.[1]

In Test Drive, the player typically uses one of several exotic performance cars to race to a finish line against opponents or in a time limit, while avoiding traffic and police.

V-Rally 2 is a rally racing video game and sequel to V-Rally. It was succeeded by V-Rally 3. The PlayStation version is known in Europe as V-Rally 2 Championship Edition and in North America as Need for Speed: V-Rally 2. The Dreamcast and Windows versions are known in Europe as V-Rally 2 Expert Edition and in North America the Dreamcast version is known as Test Drive V-Rally.

Games

Main series

Title Year Platform
Test Drive 1987 Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS
The Duel: Test Drive II 1989 Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Apple Macintosh, Atari ST,
Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, SNES/Super Famicom, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, ZX Spectrum
Test Drive III: The Passion 1990 DOS
Test Drive 4 1997 PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
Test Drive 5 1998 PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
Test Drive 6 1999 PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast
TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed 2002 Xbox, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows
Test Drive: Eve of Destruction 2004 Xbox, PlayStation 2
Test Drive Unlimited 2006 Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable
Test Drive Unlimited 2 2011 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends 2012 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows

Off-Road series

Title Year Platform
Test Drive Off-Road 1997 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
Test Drive Off-Road 2 1998 PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
Test Drive Off-Road 3 1999 PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color
Test Drive Off-Road Wide Open 2001 PlayStation 2, Xbox

Spin-off series

Title Year Platform
V-Rally 2 1999 PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast
Test Drive Le Mans 2000 PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast
Test Drive Cycles 2000 Game Boy Color
Test Drive 2001 2000 Game Boy Color

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/infogrames-completes-atari-inc-acquisitiona