Lotus Turbo Challenge

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Lotus Turbo Challenge

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1992-12^[5]^[6]	$49.9949.99^[7]	716301
EU	1992-12-14^[1]		E134SMXI
EU (Classics)	1996-09^[4]

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Lotus Turbo Challenge is a racing game developed by Magnetic Fields and published by Gremlin Interactive for the Sega Mega Drive. It is actually the second game in the Lotus series, and is titled Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 for Amiga and Atari ST computers.

As the original Lotus Turbo Challenge missed the Mega Drive, its sequel was renamed and advertised as being the first Lotus game. A similar situation would happen with its sequel, Lotus III, which was renamed Lotus II: RECS for its Mega Drive release. The game was distributed by Electronic Arts.

Similar to the likes of OutRun, it has the player race down a long stretch of road as quickly as possible. As the name suggests, the game was backed by British car manufacturer Lotus, and so all the cars in the game are either Lotus Esprit Turbos or Lotus Elans.

Magazine articles

Main article: Lotus Turbo Challenge/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

RoadRashIILotusTurboChallenge MD UK PrintAd.jpg

UK print advert

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #13: "Janvier 1993" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

Mega Force (FR) #14: "Février 1993" (1993-0x-xx)^[8]
Mega Force (FR) #15: "Mars 1993" (1993-0x-xx)^[9]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[15]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

67

^[16]

Bad Influence! (UK)

PAL

89

^[17]

Consoles + (FR)

47

^[18]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

81

^[3]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[10]

Computer + Video Giochi (IT)

81

^[19]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[20]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

87

^[21]

Freak (IL)

80

^[22]

GameFan (US)

75

^[23]

Game Mania (UK)

91

^[24]

Game Power (IT)

65

^[25]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[11]

Gamers (DE)

67

^[26]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

79

^[27]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

55

^[28]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

81

^[29]

Joystick (FR)

PAL

68

^[30]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

91

^[31]

Mega (UK)

PAL

83

^[12]

Mega Action (UK)

88

^[32]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

85

^[33]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

84

^[13]

Player One (FR)

89

^[34]

Play Time (DE)

83

^[35]

Power Play (DE)

64

^[36]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

81

^[37]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

91

^[38]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

89

^[39]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

79

^[40]

Sega Force (SE)

64

^[41]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

81

^[14]

Supersonic (FR)

88

^[42]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

79

^[43]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

71

^[44]

	78
Based on 36 reviews

Lotus Turbo Challenge

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU (EA Classics)
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	a3cf6e9c
MD5	c1ce374e4581e542e004aa52a4548165
SHA-1	b6944c40b7d7e7548942efb4a732ad20d4500c0c

1MB

1992-12

Cartridge (US/EU)

References

↑ File:GamesMaster UK 001.pdf, page 14
↑ File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf, page 69
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 File:CVG UK 134.pdf, page 18 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 134.pdf_p18" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:GamesMaster UK 047.pdf, page 11
↑ File:SegaVisions US 10.pdf, page 93
↑ File:GamePro US 041.pdf, page 175
↑ File:GamePro US 044.pdf, page 142
↑ Mega Force, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 6
↑ Mega Force, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 6
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 File:CVG UK 150.pdf, page 109 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 150.pdf_p109" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 File:GamePro US 044.pdf, page 141 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 044.pdf_p141" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 File:Mega UK 03.pdf, page 46 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Mega UK 03.pdf_p46" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 File:MeanMachinesSega03UK.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega03UK.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 119
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Februar 1993" (DE; 1993-01-11), page 139
↑ Bad Influence!, "Christmas 1992" (UK; 1992-11-19), page 54
↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Gennaio 1993" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 84
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "February 1993" (US; 1993-01-12), page 89
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 67
↑ Freak, "3/93" (IL; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 3: January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 10
↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
↑ Game Power, "Gennaio 1993" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 47
↑ Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 38
↑ GamesMaster, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-03), page 72
↑ Game Informer, "May/June 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 36
↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 90
↑ Joystick, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 231
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 24
↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 64
↑ MegaTech, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-20), page 50
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-12-10), page 142
↑ Play Time, "3/93" (DE; 1993-02-10), page 114
↑ Power Play, "3/93" (DE; 1993-02-10), page 108
↑ Sega Power, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-05), page 26
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 80
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Zone, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-xx), page 36
↑ Sega Force, "3/93" (SE; 1993-05-13), page 16
↑ Supersonic, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 20
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 108
↑ Video Games, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-27), page 92

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_001.pdf_p14-1] File:GamesMaster UK 001.pdf, page 14

[:File:SegaForce_UK_14.pdf_p69-2] File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf, page 69

[:File:CVG_UK_134.pdf_p18-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 File:CVG UK 134.pdf, page 18 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 134.pdf_p18" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_047.pdf_p11-4] File:GamesMaster UK 047.pdf, page 11

[:File:SegaVisions_US_10.pdf_p93-5] File:SegaVisions US 10.pdf, page 93

[:File:GamePro_US_041.pdf_p175-6] File:GamePro US 041.pdf, page 175

[:File:GamePro_US_044.pdf_p142-7] File:GamePro US 044.pdf, page 142

[:File:MegaForce_FR_14.pdf_p6-8] Mega Force, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 6

[:File:MegaForce_FR_15.pdf_p6-9] Mega Force, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 6

[:File:CVG_UK_150.pdf_p109-10] 10.0 ^10.1 File:CVG UK 150.pdf, page 109 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 150.pdf_p109" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:GamePro_US_044.pdf_p141-11] 11.0 ^11.1 File:GamePro US 044.pdf, page 141 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 044.pdf_p141" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:Mega_UK_03.pdf_p46-12] 12.0 ^12.1 File:Mega UK 03.pdf, page 46 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Mega UK 03.pdf_p46" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesSega03UK.pdf_p84-13] 13.0 ^13.1 File:MeanMachinesSega03UK.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega03UK.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaForce_UK_14.pdf_p68-14] 14.0 ^14.1 File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content

[15] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 119

[:File:ASM_DE_1993-02.pdf_p139-16] Aktueller Software Markt, "Februar 1993" (DE; 1993-01-11), page 139

[:File:BadInfluence.21_UK_01.pdf_p54-17] Bad Influence!, "Christmas 1992" (UK; 1992-11-19), page 54

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_016.pdf_p90-18] Consoles +, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 90

[:File:CVG_IT_22.pdf_p84-19] Computer + Video Giochi, "Gennaio 1993" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_05.pdf_p89-20] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "February 1993" (US; 1993-01-12), page 89

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p67-21] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 67

[22] Freak, "3/93" (IL; 1993-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0103.pdf_p10-23] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 3: January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 10

[:File:GameMania_UK_05.pdf_p80-24] Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80

[:File:GamePower_IT_13.pdf_p47-25] Game Power, "Gennaio 1993" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 47

[:File:Gamers_DE_1993-01.pdf_p38-26] Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 38

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_001.pdf_p72-27] GamesMaster, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-03), page 72

[:File:GameInformer_US_010.pdf_p36-28] Game Informer, "May/June 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:Joypad_FR_015.pdf_p90-29] Joypad, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 90

[:File:Joystick_FR_034.pdf_p231-30] Joystick, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 231

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p24-31] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 24

[:File:MegaAction_UK_01.pdf_p64-32] Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 64

[:File:MegaTech_UK_12.pdf_p50-33] MegaTech, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-20), page 50

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_026.pdf_p142-34] Player One, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-12-10), page 142

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1993-03.pdf_p114-35] Play Time, "3/93" (DE; 1993-02-10), page 114

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1993-03.pdf_p108-36] Power Play, "3/93" (DE; 1993-02-10), page 108

[:File:SegaPower_UK_37.pdf_p26-37] Sega Power, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-05), page 26

[:File:SegaPro_UK_16.pdf_p80-38] Sega Pro, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 80

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-39] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SegaZone_UK_02.pdf_p36-40] Sega Zone, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-xx), page 36

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1993_03.pdf_p16-41] Sega Force, "3/93" (SE; 1993-05-13), page 16

[:File:Supersonic_FR_06.pdf_p20-42] Supersonic, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 20

[43] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 108

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-02.pdf_p92-44] Video Games, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-27), page 92

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Lotus Turbo Challenge

From Sega Retro

Contents

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References