This was one of my favorite games. Turbo has some of the most point-sensitive steering of any driving game ever, great speed, and some nice road effects for the time. Would love to have one of these machines.
Ah, for the days when cars blew up like movie-grade Pintos in video games... with all the excessive licensing nowadays, you can't even so much as scratch the paint with your keys!
Yet the car you hit moves on as nothing happened... sadly, that part hasn't changed much....
I've got one of those damn things if I can ever get it working! :) Just got done fixing the cab up cosmetically, now I've got to figure out the electronics.
This probably was one of my favorite arcade games to play. The local pool hall had one and you sat down in the cabinet. it may not look and sound like much (especially by today's standards)...but it was so intense when you were in the "zone" and would not have any wrecks and you're just passing people left and right. It was so damn cool driving on the bridge during the sunset and then speeding through the city....awesome.
@The91210user Yeah, the buildings warp a bit because perspective correction wasn't used in the graphics engine. This was before Sega perfected their Super Scalar technology that was used in their Outrun, Space Harrier and other 3D games.
@kevin12567 It's actually because Turbo Buck Rogers and Subroc 3D all used voltage controlled oscillators and image roms containing the sprite data for scaling. The speed at which the sprite was read out of ROM as the raster field was scanned onto the CRT controlled how large the object would be drawn. The slower it was read out of ROM, the larger the object appeared on screen. This was a weird way of scaling but digitally resizing images wasn't possible then.
Question.........how were you able to play & record this game? Do you own this game and you somehow hooked up a recorder to the board? Just wanna know.
I played this game every chance I got. It was never really plentiful...........you had to search arcades to find it and it disappeared quickly at the beginning of the 90s. Still, there was no other driving game like it at the time and it precluded (and prepared me for) games like Pole Position and Out Run. True lovers of the game will remember the "sit-down" version with gas and brake pedal.........and the stick shift by your right hip. That one costed 50cents instead of 25.
@GENE2407 - I hear that. It was always a favorite of mine back in the day. I certainly preferred the sit down version as you did. Thanks for sharing the memory. I love old arcade stories. Sometimes I wish I could go back to 1983, just to be in an arcade for the day.
@mikeferr107 I'm not sure what state you're from, but Cedar Point in Ohio has a huge arcade with modern games near the entrance, and retro games toward the back. This game was among them when I was there last year!
I used to play this in a convenience store when I was 7 years old, back in '81. I think this game was the first driving game I've ever play, and I would go on to play many more. I honestly think playing all those racing games may have have helped prepare me for driver's ed years later. As soon as I got behind the wheel of a real car, everything just came naturally! :)
That's a great story. I love arcade game stories. This is a classic. Some of the younger folks just don't know what they missed. The golden age of arcade games was the best. Thanks for checking in.
I love hearing old arcade game stories. Thanks for sharing that. I sure do miss the 80s sometimes. I appreciate that you liked the video, and that you commented. I'm about to sit down to some Punch-Out on MAME. Catch you later.
I have MAME_FX32 with about 180 games, and an X-Arcade Tankstick. Took me about three weeks to download and configure the controls and front end loader. I have to add this game to it.
It sounds like you have a great set-up. I was going to try to do a front end, but it looked really complicated. I decided to skip the front end. I do enjoy playing the games from time to time, though. Thanks again for checking out my video.
Finally got my machine working. Awesome game! It would be even better if it wasn't so loud!
AreYouLuckyWoW 4 days ago
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Picking up one of these machines this weekend. Everything works but the art needs some TLC.
AreYouLuckyWoW 1 month ago
Picking up one of these machines this weekend. Everything works but the art needs some TLC.
AreYouLuckyWoW 1 month ago
This was one of my favorite games. Turbo has some of the most point-sensitive steering of any driving game ever, great speed, and some nice road effects for the time. Would love to have one of these machines.
digiprez77 1 year ago
Ah, for the days when cars blew up like movie-grade Pintos in video games... with all the excessive licensing nowadays, you can't even so much as scratch the paint with your keys!
Yet the car you hit moves on as nothing happened... sadly, that part hasn't changed much....
NotABot55 1 year ago
@NotABot55 - Well said!
mikeferr107 1 year ago
I've got one of those damn things if I can ever get it working! :) Just got done fixing the cab up cosmetically, now I've got to figure out the electronics.
joesmoe71 1 year ago
@joesmoe71 - That's awesome that you have one. I hope you do get it working.
mikeferr107 1 year ago
@mikeferr107 Eventually, one way or another, fortunately parts aren't too rare for this game.
joesmoe71 1 year ago
This probably was one of my favorite arcade games to play. The local pool hall had one and you sat down in the cabinet. it may not look and sound like much (especially by today's standards)...but it was so intense when you were in the "zone" and would not have any wrecks and you're just passing people left and right. It was so damn cool driving on the bridge during the sunset and then speeding through the city....awesome.
NathanIVV 1 year ago
@The91210user Yeah, the buildings warp a bit because perspective correction wasn't used in the graphics engine. This was before Sega perfected their Super Scalar technology that was used in their Outrun, Space Harrier and other 3D games.
kevin12567 1 year ago
@kevin12567 It's actually because Turbo Buck Rogers and Subroc 3D all used voltage controlled oscillators and image roms containing the sprite data for scaling. The speed at which the sprite was read out of ROM as the raster field was scanned onto the CRT controlled how large the object would be drawn. The slower it was read out of ROM, the larger the object appeared on screen. This was a weird way of scaling but digitally resizing images wasn't possible then.
Atomicskull 8 months ago
i mostly remember this game appearing in the video for Rainbow's Death Alley Driver
figment1988 1 year ago
This was a great game - very playable and quite ground breaking at the time
DingKong 1 year ago
Question.........how were you able to play & record this game? Do you own this game and you somehow hooked up a recorder to the board? Just wanna know.
Thanks
GENE2407 1 year ago
I played this game every chance I got. It was never really plentiful...........you had to search arcades to find it and it disappeared quickly at the beginning of the 90s. Still, there was no other driving game like it at the time and it precluded (and prepared me for) games like Pole Position and Out Run. True lovers of the game will remember the "sit-down" version with gas and brake pedal.........and the stick shift by your right hip. That one costed 50cents instead of 25.
GENE2407 1 year ago
@GENE2407 - I hear that. It was always a favorite of mine back in the day. I certainly preferred the sit down version as you did. Thanks for sharing the memory. I love old arcade stories. Sometimes I wish I could go back to 1983, just to be in an arcade for the day.
mikeferr107 1 year ago
@mikeferr107 I'm not sure what state you're from, but Cedar Point in Ohio has a huge arcade with modern games near the entrance, and retro games toward the back. This game was among them when I was there last year!
kevin12567 1 year ago
@kevin12567 - It's nice to know that this game lives on in the arcade that you like. Thanks for sharing the info.
mikeferr107 1 year ago
I used to play this in a convenience store when I was 7 years old, back in '81. I think this game was the first driving game I've ever play, and I would go on to play many more. I honestly think playing all those racing games may have have helped prepare me for driver's ed years later. As soon as I got behind the wheel of a real car, everything just came naturally! :)
Akira625 2 years ago
That's a great story. I love arcade game stories. This is a classic. Some of the younger folks just don't know what they missed. The golden age of arcade games was the best. Thanks for checking in.
mikeferr107 2 years ago
I played this in a drug store back in '86 I remember they had a cabinet of Bomb Jack next to this. Good times indeed. Thanks for the upload (5 Stars)
TwinCityKillaz 2 years ago
I love hearing old arcade game stories. Thanks for sharing that. I sure do miss the 80s sometimes. I appreciate that you liked the video, and that you commented. I'm about to sit down to some Punch-Out on MAME. Catch you later.
mikeferr107 2 years ago
I have MAME_FX32 with about 180 games, and an X-Arcade Tankstick. Took me about three weeks to download and configure the controls and front end loader. I have to add this game to it.
TwinCityKillaz 2 years ago
It sounds like you have a great set-up. I was going to try to do a front end, but it looked really complicated. I decided to skip the front end. I do enjoy playing the games from time to time, though. Thanks again for checking out my video.
mikeferr107 2 years ago