Because PC's of the era, especially when running DOS applications, performed nearly all graphics operations on the CPU (not to mention IO and most digital sound effects). The Amiga, on the other hand, had powerful dedicated IC's just for graphics and sound. In fact the Amiga had two for graphics (Agnus - a full coprocessor and - Denise). That this game ran as well as it did on a 386 is a testament to the hard work of the devs and hand coded assembler.
whar computer do you have? I ran this game on a 386dx 40 MHz with 4 mb ram an 512kb video card...in your video graphic is amazing...(my video card is realteck)
yeah the graphics are pants compair to the amiga also the music is a joke , smells like a pc to me lol lemmings was a joke to on the pc it just went beep. was only since directx came along that anything got good
wow, bringing back memories. playing 2player was awesome. for some reason i remember when playing 2 player on keyboard either the left or right buttons never worked for one person
omg i loved this game as a kid...a friend of mine had removed the protection and we used to play is crazy!! does anyone still have this game? reply to this message to let me know....thanks yo!
for some weird reason LOTUS 3 on the pc was just LOTUS - and im sure my brother will agree with me, but in comparison to the amigas lotus 3 (THE SAME GAME) the music is MILES better on the amiga - and what gets me is whats with the purple car on the dos version - lotus the eintire series was always based on the red lotus - i dont get that! and its not a dos limitation, this was running on vga 256 colours! someone lemme know about that1
The Esprit on the PC version is a Esprit 'S4', the one on all the other computers is a Esprit 'SE'. Dont know why, must be an "exclusive feature" of the PC version.
You're right about the music though... Amiga version was / is best!
@paulisthebest3uk Well, the Genesis ports ( LOTUS TURBO CHALLENGE and LOTUS II RECS) were the same red Lotus Esprit as the main car, but as far as I know, car colours could not be changeable.
And I do agree the AMIGA version was superior. On one side you had PC and Genesis, on the other side you had AMIGA and SNES. It was like that back then.
I used to love Lotus 3 on the ST, it was really easy to take the copy protection out too - was a plain text file on the root of the disk. Now whenever I fancy a burn I just hop in my 205 GTI 8)
What the FUCK was the goodbye at the end? If it's your own personal thing, i suggest you quit it, creepiest thing ever.
Boogieeeeeeee 8 months ago
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NexussVI 10 months ago
This is the best racing game ever created.
SjN85 1 year ago
Why did it require a 386 on the PC?
It run perfectly well on a 68000 7mhz on the Amiga.
ancalimonungol 2 years ago
Because PC's of the era, especially when running DOS applications, performed nearly all graphics operations on the CPU (not to mention IO and most digital sound effects). The Amiga, on the other hand, had powerful dedicated IC's just for graphics and sound. In fact the Amiga had two for graphics (Agnus - a full coprocessor and - Denise). That this game ran as well as it did on a 386 is a testament to the hard work of the devs and hand coded assembler.
smakfu 2 years ago 3
i played this game back on scool in 1998
johneymute 2 years ago
Really! I first played it in school in 1998 as well! Great fun it really was! :D
9/10
magicalzidane 2 years ago
who knows where can i find this game, my childhood game, please help me up
al3xxxxu 2 years ago
@al3xxxxu
you can download it from here:
abandonia-dot-com/en/games/55/Lotus+-+The+Ultimate+Challenge.html
SzFeri82 2 years ago
thank's a lot...
al3xxxxu 2 years ago
whar computer do you have? I ran this game on a 386dx 40 MHz with 4 mb ram an 512kb video card...in your video graphic is amazing...(my video card is realteck)
dancdt 2 years ago
was a lot slower on the 386, the difference in speed between the 386 and 486 versions of this game is pretty impressive...
paulisthebest3uk 2 years ago
my god! i wont that game! my old A: disk has broken :(
VwErik88 3 years ago
great memories :D
i need that game
send me pls :)
asd1as1 3 years ago
oh my God, last time I saw this game 12 years ago. great memories.
keletiblokk 3 years ago
Just a quick comment that the music you selected for the track is from ZOOL :-)
Keep up the great reviews m8.
eggstrememedia 3 years ago
haha lolz ur name is paul 2? kewl :)
ItIsMeET 3 years ago
reminds me of Top Gear for SNES
swaaye 4 years ago
Game plays as good as on my Amiga but the Adlib music really sucks
Tried it yesterday on my 386 PC with a Soundblaster 2.0 which rocks for Adlib compatibility but that doesn't help, lol
And it runs very smoothly on my 386DX 40mhz so Paul..you don't have to have a 486 to run it smootly :D
Jivemaster2005 4 years ago
please send this game (lotus 3)to me or give me link to download, I have been looking for this game for 2 years !! plz reply
seyavk 4 years ago
it's on abandonia(dot)com
jaimebakulic86 4 years ago
adlib music... SUCKS!!! AMIGA ROCKS
tekopaa 4 years ago 2
yeah the graphics are pants compair to the amiga also the music is a joke , smells like a pc to me lol lemmings was a joke to on the pc it just went beep. was only since directx came along that anything got good
tyronix 4 years ago
I had it on the pc and since i didn't know of the other versions i liked it. ;)
But you are right, the Amiga version is way better. Which i found out about 15 minutes ago. ;)
RaQnaR0ck 4 years ago
This game requires a 80286 as discostew says and 640kb of conventional memory.
Habieru84 4 years ago
aya callate shut your mouth
cacox94 4 years ago
wow, bringing back memories. playing 2player was awesome. for some reason i remember when playing 2 player on keyboard either the left or right buttons never worked for one person
deebuds 4 years ago
it did work on my old 286 man
probably because it was the demo version.
discostew1983 4 years ago
omg i loved this game as a kid...a friend of mine had removed the protection and we used to play is crazy!! does anyone still have this game? reply to this message to let me know....thanks yo!
sib1981 4 years ago
well yes i do if you mean the pc version
paulisthebest3uk 4 years ago
Whoah.. the music stinks in this version! The tunes are still good though just because the melodies are very nice.. but they sound like crap!
laffer35 4 years ago
troof
AlphaDream 4 years ago
for some weird reason LOTUS 3 on the pc was just LOTUS - and im sure my brother will agree with me, but in comparison to the amigas lotus 3 (THE SAME GAME) the music is MILES better on the amiga - and what gets me is whats with the purple car on the dos version - lotus the eintire series was always based on the red lotus - i dont get that! and its not a dos limitation, this was running on vga 256 colours! someone lemme know about that1
paulisthebest3uk 4 years ago
The Esprit on the PC version is a Esprit 'S4', the one on all the other computers is a Esprit 'SE'. Dont know why, must be an "exclusive feature" of the PC version.
You're right about the music though... Amiga version was / is best!
lunaticrik 4 years ago
@paulisthebest3uk Well, the Genesis ports ( LOTUS TURBO CHALLENGE and LOTUS II RECS) were the same red Lotus Esprit as the main car, but as far as I know, car colours could not be changeable.
And I do agree the AMIGA version was superior. On one side you had PC and Genesis, on the other side you had AMIGA and SNES. It was like that back then.
JackBandicootsBunker 1 year ago
I used to love Lotus 3 on the ST, it was really easy to take the copy protection out too - was a plain text file on the root of the disk. Now whenever I fancy a burn I just hop in my 205 GTI 8)
junosix 4 years ago