Test Drive By Accolade (Commodore 64)

[m3lyc]

Still have this, and a broken C64. Might buy a working one off ebay.

[TheYamarider1000]

I bought this game to my C64 (tape version) 1987. 24 years ago now , and i have it still .

[clarksonfan92]

nice start up music

[NortonR3]

Lots of memories.... thx dude!

[Shineypillz]

More realistic than foza!

[nemirn]

The Title theme is based on the guitar riff from "Drive My Car" on the album Rubber Soul by The Beatles.

[rtrgrl78]

I got 'Test Drive 2: The Duel, my hand is still up though. Waited an age for a brilliant game to load up.

[advancerorpheus]

Thanks for the Vid, I remember this game so well. We only had the tape drive on our commodore64 for ages and it took hours to load up but it was so worth it... well back then it was lol

[bmuralter]

absolutly cool i had this one of my first games

[byf43]

A CLASSIC! Used to play this game for hours and hours.

Autobahns are made for people like you! ;-)

[mwr0585]

Flash back to my childhood holly

[quelorepario]

Haha, who needs "Need For Speed"?

I Need For C64!

[spookypunky]

Thank you! Beat this game years ago! Love the music! takes me back.. Took so long to load!

[spookypunky]

Thank you! Beat this game years ago! Love the music! takes me back

[PetiteAristocrat]

I played this game about a hundred (probably more) times when I was a little girl... It's so boring. *Laugh* I still don't understand why I played it so much.

[zacsmum76]

I used to thrash my Dad in this game when I was a kid! He still remembers it...so do I! Looking back though, it seemed so much more complicated and intricate as a child! Still, once a classic, always a classic! Love it - will never forget the music!

[roskildahphreak]

LOL! Glad i had this shit on the Amiga!

[winhate]

Yessss Accolade presents :) C64 Rulez !

[nicolasmarinus]

I had this in CGA! I never really understood Test Drive, did it go anywhere or was it an endless games?

[kevinvc2]

My hand is up!! Lol

Had this game!! I used to drive the vette cause my dad had a 85' vette with the same exact interior lol

Thanks for the video!!!

[chinkashh]

@kevinvc2

Nice! Thanks! And good car choice too! 

[boostedmaniac]

I miss playing that old game. One of the only games with inside car view at the time.

[riftenbub]

well played, bro! the lamborghini ruled the game!! :-) thanks for uploading!

[Pookie2419]

thanks for putn up a classic. i truely remember this game. i use to have it myself.

[astrayamatu]

same here was a kiddo of the age around 5-6 years

lots of old games i can remember

boulder dash lots of them. ghost busters . spy v spy . fly game 1945 and some other . commando .lemmings. you got my point ^^ lots of tapes and flops ^^

i kinda stil mis this time ^^ ]

game`s were hard and fun to play ^^

oo yea my fav on cd64

spy hunter played that game the most i gues ^^

[locutus239]

Wow, the same "version" i had.

lol

[DarkHawk81]

i put my hands up.

used to have a Commodore 64.

[pslavi]

oh this brings back many memories! nice driving... lol the radar detector! 

[smtc5b]

rotfl - niec driving ! ;)



[friedchicken1981]

made me smile.. a lot of good memories :) :D

[themooddisorders]

I drove the corvette because it had a digital read out....The game made me mad because of pressing up all the time...... This is how I learned to drive a manual transmission

[RownyV]

and after that, need for speed was born :P

[hoques1432]

Congratulations! I got the exact same crack on my old floppy of test drive for the c64 :)

[BoStErO1905]

0:51 THE JOKER!

[gadgie3]

I remember!

I remember havin to choose your car then wait while the rest of the game loaded.

That and having the option to mimic gear lever movements.......and the white dot on the wheel XD

[TheHelgeland]

i used to be in to this game to, this and the last ninja games

[simonealex]

Holy crap, that was a blast from the past. I like the bit about the time to flip the diskette...as in a femme disk.

[SeenD]

I put my hands up! :)

I loved this game way back, I was like 6 couldnt really understand it, but played it nonetheless.

[chinkashh]

respect :p

[ViciousAlienKlown]

Thats impressive graphics for 1987.

[wdowa94]

Im just going for my C64 :D

[grinded77]

That brings back memories from my commodore 64. Great upload, thanks!

[martoMADDOG]

Thanks for uploading this... I had it on the C64 as well. I remember the Ferrari was the fastest but I always found it tough to handle. The Lambo normally got the job done.

Love the nostalgia. Don't let gaming history die!

[DerMessermann]

i was test-drive addicted. it was soooo hard. i love it.

thanks for upload

[chinkashh]

Ya, np. Thx for watching :)

[kinasko]

lol i remember this game.. first time i see it again since childhood.. i loved that turkish porsche!

[yuffi81]

I played this one to hell. So awesome. And I still love the SID music.

Thx for the share.

[c64gyro]

This was two years before the Soundblaster hit the market. The sound blew me away. It was totally worth the download time at 1200 baud!

[ZZombyWooff]

:D those were the days

[nemirn]

Awesome title track from Rubber Soul, no less

[supahdupahguy81]

"cracked on october the 6,1987"

Wow, i was 5 then........

[chinkashh]

No shit! Someone make good remix of it, please :p

[daftaddiction]

i dont get it how people couldnt get voice on a game but could get all that little music

please explain

[punkmonkey123]

Well, games back then were mostly stuck with MIDI files. If you did manage to get voice, it was usually really crappy voice, because the games were only able to use low-weight MIDI files for audio, as that was pretty much the only thing available. You could have voice, or you could have music, voice files were too large to use both, and most people preferred music.

[larsli]

You even know what MIDI is?

[Arkhandroid]

No of course he doesn't. If he did, he wouldn't have puked out that idiotic paragraph. :)

[MiracleKD18]

Yeah, but the C64 didn't use MIDI.... it used SID. The NES used NFS, the SNES used SPC, the Sega Genesis used GYM, and the Amiga used MOD.

PC games in the 90's used MIDI, Atari ST used MIDI, and Final Fantasy 7-8 (on the PlayStation 1) used MIDI.

Thats all for the MIDI....

But yeah, mostly you were right about MIDI music and voices....

[Arkhandroid]

uh.

MIDI isnt a sound chip. MIDI is digital data. PC games in the 90s used Adlib FM synthesis SB cards or external MIDI controllers like a roland MT-32.

Nothing you said is right.

NES/SNES/Genesis used custom players written by coders to send audio data to the sound chip. The file formats you mentioned are formats made after-the-fact for playback on PCs.

Amiga games didn't always use MODs either. That's another file format from trackers.

FF 7 and 8 use redbook CD audio, retard.

[MiracleKD18]

@Arkhandroid

Actualy, yeah, MIDI isn't a sound chip.

And FF7 and 8 didn't use redbook CD audio. It was one of them few PlayStation games that didn't use redbook CD audio.

Yeah, you are right about the NES, SNES and Genesis.

[Arkhandroid]

punkmoney123, you just hit the fail button hard.

Not a single 8 bit computer used MIDI. MIDI is digital data, you know they control lights with MIDI? Itis just data sent over cables to things that interpret it.

Just because music sounds similar to .mid files you download off the googlemachine doesnt mean its MIDI.

Look up FM synthesis, and wavetable synthesis...

christ.

All of these old computers used chips that generate a few waveforms and have some envelope control.

[MiracleKD18]

@Arkhandroid

I am convinced.

However a friend of mine is realy stupid.... I wish you could convince him about what MIDI realy is. Can I tell you his e-mail/msn adress?

[Arkhandroid]

sure just post it here in the comments so everyone else can make fun of him too.

[MiracleKD18]

@Arkhandroid

His e-mail and MSN adress is

tdaddict99 @ hotmail . com

(without the spaces)

[crazylevipinball]

Voices were digital samples...that takes up alot of room in a program and I assume taxes the 64 processor - on those games, when there was speech, nothing else on the game was moving. You didn't have alot of space on those discs so they didn't often waste it on speech samples.

[chinkashh]

Yeah, good one there.

[Arkhandroid]

Alot of games have samples and movement.

Giana sisters uses the patented hulsbeck snare sample in music....

other songs use samples as well, and the 6502 is completely capable of doing this while things are moving....

Also, yes theres not alot of space on the disKs, thats why games often came with more than one disk and had loading take place...?

Play a game like IK+. You'll see what I mean.

[gorescam]

Lol wow that takes me back. Cant really hear the video because it sounds garbled at the beginning but IIRC a voice said Accolade when the logo came up. At least on the C64. That was the first time I heard a voice in a video game. I thought that was so cutting edge back then, now I can't help but laugh at all of it.

[natsumicore]

gosh, loved it! my bro had a c64 n although I was only like 2 or 3 years, i LOVED to play THIS game! xD

[chinkashh]

Yup! Thanks for commenting! TD rules! :)

[Danish4ever77]

Forza 3 R.I.P

Accolade, King of the roads forever!

[tdrewman]

I still use a term from this game, when you drove to slow, it would say. "You drive to slow to own a sports car" and till this day still say that.

[ArneBergsch]

yeah might be true i'm from '92 so i only remember the first gameboy and nintendo 64 ^^

[mynameisleeyesitis]

Sorry but thats no excuse.

Im from 91 and I grew up with the ST then gameboy pc ps1 ps2 etc

[MangaMaximum]

Of all the game genres, driving games have aged the worst.

[ArneBergsch]

the engine sound sucks ^^

[chinkashh]

But back then it rocked! Nowdays it's nostalgic for us who played it!

[deimos2k6]

C=64 Rulez the World!!!!! And SID engine will be ALWAYS superior!.... Tnx for posting this vid!!

[Nintendavin]

it takes like 9 hours to select your car because of the dissolve transition XD

[KACU2]

C=64 version of Test Drive 1987 has better than MS-DOS pc speaker :D

[chinkashh]

Yeah! Music and engine is superior :p!!!

[mynameisleeyesitis]

Every computer system from like 1980 onwards pretty much had better sound than MS-DOS had until the 90's where WintelBM finally caught up.

Makes you wonder how they became dominant?! (though obviously keeping apple in business so they had somewhere to get ideas from and luckily linux appeared early 90's as another thing for microsoft to quietly copy features from in an inferior way.

Sorry i just am ranting against microsoft now.

But really they have always had the worst product available

[remurlocganker]

holy shit its like real life!!!Q_Q

[janeck123]

where im can get this game?

[chinkashh]

Check your messages, thanks!

[punkmonkey123]

Things like this make me want a new C64.

Emulators make everything move too fast.

[chinkashh]

Have you tried CCS64? Check your messages!

[rof670]

Who needs grand turismo???

[mrdavidjames]

Got it. AND my C64 AND it still all works !!!

[Fenderfan1975]

ohhh my God.... Fantastic and amazing....... The God Computer forever in my mind

[kevinvc2]

corvette and lambo for me......

ACCOLADE presents.......lol, i used to get so pumped to play this game after school... great video man thanks!

To HYPE!!

[activesack]

+1 for you. Lambo for the scissor doors. And Corvette for digital gauges!

[chinkashh]

Ya!

[RomanJockMCO]

thanks for posting! i had many fun days and nights playing this game at my friend's house back in the late 80's. would love to find a copy that can play on a modern computer. the Lotus was my all time favorite-its slowest speed kept me out of trouble-but definately loved the Countach as well.

[chinkashh]

Just add me as your friend, and I'll tell you where to get it!

[andreacameo]

I'm 24 too and I have to say..this video remind me so many good moments of my life...

I can't believe that I remember so many details about this game..

Loved the LOTUS

[fpvshitsonhsv]

well im 24 and been playing games for a very long time and altho i love my new games like TDU,COD4 and all types i still like to pull out my old games like test drive 2,sreet rod 2,the clasic 2d duke nuke em's,wolf 3d,larry 1,lots of dos games and also the old SNES,mk1,mk2,mk3,umk3.psx,ps2,­all types of games from all dates.its not all about the GFX its the game play and half the time its not that for us older people its not even that its about the memories and fun times we had playing them

[chinkashh]

Yup, true. Thank you for your comment!

[fpvshitsonhsv]

np i know why u posted this video its a reminisce of the old days,when the younger guys get older they will understand

[chinkashh]

hehe :)

[kvbrock82]

i wanna see the cop chases!!

ill never forget the test drive series. I used to love the cop's face in the mirror when they are chasing you. Anyone remember the game 'Skidmarks'? that was fun!

all the memories! i'm 26 so playing these games when you are 5-10 years old used to be another world!! They bring a tear to my eyes.

oh yeah, and barbarians was hilarious.

[adrian0000123]

It's all about the classics

[19FD89]

I remember this game... we got this for our C64

[chinkashh]

thats nice!

[DannieWild]

... if i could turn back the hands of time ... ;-)

[MorriLagadO]

i'm 16 and i can't believe people play this kind of ''game'' back in days this is bad...

[chinkashh]

Lol bad? in a negative way or? It's been over 20 years, pal! Thats a long time. Games have changed big time after those times. Who would have thought then, that games would be like what they are today? I'd say people who played these back there also respects today's games more, because they have seen the changes. Nowdays kids jump straight into Crysis etc HD -boosted ps3 games. Notice, that I dont want to offend anybody :)

[chinkashh]

Also keep in mind, that Test Drive is a nostalgic game with among many other games by then. Games were still making their record / coming. Stuff was new and unseen. It wasn't about graphics, it was about experimenting. It was the fun of learning! It's called retro nowdays. Nostalgia only remains from those times. Thanks for your opinion anyways.

[Partsi76]

Amen brother

[royalsteven]

True that. Real gamers (i'm an occasional one) respect the old and new skool. And know that the retro games (check Amiga/SNES/Sega) are maybe even better or at least more enjoyable then today's games. It's not ALL about graphics.

[superallye]

If it weren't for games like these you woudn't be playing your eye-candy games on your 360.

[Schnitz1]

I'm 27 and I can't believe people play those new kind of "games" nowadays. No innovation or new thinking, most of them are FPS, clones of each other. And every year a new fifa comes out looking exactly as last year plus 20 expansion packs for the sims. And EA has bought up every good company and ruined every game series that was once good. We didn't have these problems back then. BTW, enjoy your red ring of death!

[chinkashh]

Hey, that's very well said. Thanks!

~C

[mjdoomreviews]

im 15 i like both new and old games not everything was better in the good ol days games often get boring fast i like gta4 and sonic on the master systemi think everybody has there favorate console or generation for i have two the 8 bit and dreamcast(it was kinda inbetween) and had great 2d and 3d games and ive had my 360 since it came out and its never poot a foot wrong

[mynameisleeyesitis]

atari st, dreamcast, ps3 my 3 systems. All different kinds of games all excellent.

I played this game on the ST and its not much better than the c64 version :S

Still loved it though, the first ever Wintel pc game i played was test drive 5 this series is shit hot.

[royalsteven]

I think old games had better playability and today's games better graphics. But both are good. You can't compare a game like Call Of Duty to let's say Commandos aheh.

[royalsteven]

Very influential because it was one of the first game race series.

[UFHOES]

this title screen song was so sick back in the day

[llyyssyy]

i remenber, evry car, evry turn

[richkawaiipikachu]

& every needless fart you did while drunk as a skunk driving yeah .

I haven't forgotten what you did all those years ago .

[Zaanting]

:D!