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Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge

General info

Amiga Original

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Stats

12,641

Genre

Conversions

Atari ST/E
PC (DOS)
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 2

Features

Credits

Hard Disk Installer

No

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1992
Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Licensed game approved and endorsed by British sports/racing car manufacturer Lotus.

[2] Distributed by Rushware in Germany and PPS (Publisher Pool System) in France for Gremlin.

Conversion Notes

PC versions: VGA

N.B. Confusingly, LOTUS III was released as LOTUS II: R.E.C.S. for the Sega Megadrive.

Screen info

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Box: ECS / OCS
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Disk: ECS / OCS
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UK Release

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UK Release (alt 1)

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UK Release (alt 2)

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German Release

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Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Game Poster

ECS no. 2

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 39, 10/1992, Page 37)

ECS no. 3

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 42, 1/1993, Pages 90 & 91)

ECS no. 4

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Special Issue 7, 1993, Page 16)

ECS no. 5

German Advert (Amiga Joker 10/1992, Page 2)

ECS no. 6

French Advert [Source: Atarimania]

Manual info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Manual (English/French/German/Italian)

ECS / OCS

Type in “GAMESMAST” into the code box and you’ll be able to play the special course designed for the program.

 

Type “BAKTOTHEFISH” for both players names and the game will always continue, no matter if time runs out in arcade mode or player didn't finish the race in the top ten in championship mode.

[Source: StingRay, via message posted on EAB]

 

Type “CU AMIGA” for the password for a bonus game.

 

Type “BIGCOUNTRY” and a level # to choose the starting level.

 

(CODES FOR TIMED RACES)

 

EASY LEVEL MEDIUM LEVEL HARD LEVEL

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RACE 01-“PWRWVWHNM-30” “ANNSMQLPN-60” “IYVVNVEQR-35”

RACE 02-“XMQIYSKAS-80” “VZVDOPHCY-50” “KAZZNIKAI-45”

RACE 03-“UVQSNPBCM-70” “RTLMYJKHB-60” “FGQLJGDAF-65”

RACE 04-“CWVBQPCAV-50” “ERRURV -67” “MFFSRPYDU-60”

RACE 05-“SFXUXXXXP-60” “NSSSXXXXS-60” “PLQTZQDPE-80”

RACE 06-“HSYWYSKCG-50” “WSVUQPCSJ-70” “ZKZGKJKKK-50”

RACE 07-“IVVEMMKOZ-50” “OUNDEFACG-99” “TGGJGGTTT-63”

RACE 08-N/A “GXWDYPACV-68” “AFZYBQCJT-70”

RACE 09-N/A “BZ ZF BAT-90” “JBOUKJHKA-99”

RACE 10-N/A “LWNJWKACN-90” “DASICOTET-80”

RACE 11-N/A N/A “XDNUSEECE-85”

RACE 12-N/A N/A “QDSCJVEBT-75”

RACE 13-N/A N/A “SKGYXXXXK-57”

RACE 14-N/A N/A “YKGJWVNAK-92”

RACE 15-N/A N/A “WJMEGMEQH-60”

 

(CODES FOR CHAMPIONSHIP RACES)

 

EASY LEVEL MEDIUM LEVEL HARD LEVEL

============== ============== ==============

RACE 01-“CRRIPWBXX-28” “RLQYDVAKA-48” “PPRGGQFVL-52”

RACE 02-“QPWMVQKCQ-34” “HDMOQFAKA-51” “JPIQKUHCE-65”

RACE 03-“XGPGPZHHS-42” “WXQBQMDXD-88” “EIIBGGAFE-48”

RACE 04-“FGWLSYCKM-51” “UDONAJHAL-47” “CIGIUQCLT-92”

RACE 05-“PRRUMPUMV-68” “NKWCXXXXK-33” “KNHUPHHKE-64”

RACE 06-“NANCXXXXZ-39” “AONGLQKTC-63” “VVOSHGSIS-86”

RACE 07-“IPWONWOBP-65” “ZXJGHBKHF-70” “RGHSVBRET-89”

RACE 08-N/A “DPGTQKBHQ-42” “YDOERACTJ-86”

RACE 09-N/A “IPMIJOBHQ-62” “GXQFSUMPP-45”

RACE 10-N/A “MUYURWFHA-86” “TVQLSYUFU-89”

RACE 11-N/A N/A “WMQHYMTVJ-85”

Atari ST/E
Conversion Atari ST/E

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PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

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Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Map info

ECS / OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
37 (Oct 1992)
90%
Alan Bunker
3
Amiga Computing
54 (Nov 1992)
84%
David
2
Amiga Format
40 (Nov 1992)
76%
Andy Nuttall
2
Amiga Games
Nov 1992
74%
Martin Klaus
2
Amiga Joker
Oct 1992
85%
Carsten Borgmeier
2
Amiga Mania
Nov 1992
85%
Damo Spendel
2
Amiga Power
18 (Oct 1992)
74%
Matthew Squires
2
Amiga Style
1 (Nov 1992)
Vanja Hrustic
0
CU Amiga
Oct 1992
86%
Tony Dillon
2
Datormagazin
No 19 (Nov 1992)
94%
Daniel Törnqvist
0
OZ Amiga
Vol 1 No 6 (Apr - May 1993)
David Reeves
1
Svenska Hemdatornytt
No 10 (Nov 1992)
79%
Clas
0
The One
49 (Oct 1992)
86%
Gary Whitta
2
The One
66 (Mar 1994)
70%
Simon Byron
Re-release
2

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Power
16 (Aug 1992)
Gary Penn
Preview (in-depth)
1
The One
46 (Jul 1992)
Jim Douglas
Preview (in-depth)
3
Zero
35 (Sep 1992)
Preview
0

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Lore Score: 82%

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