Test Drive 0.3.0

Amiga version

• tdport-amiga.exe: the whole Amiga release (title, car selection, the drive, gas station, results, high scores and the ending), run from the disk image (.adf) directly.
• The original's bugs are fixed by default; Original bugs in the launcher (--original-bugs) keeps them.
• The music plays at the original (PAL, 50 Hz) tempo; it was 20% fast.

Launcher

• Test Drive.exe: pick the version (EGA, CGA, Hercules or Amiga), the game folder and the options, then Play.
• Menus: File (Preferences with Always on top, Exit), Game settings, About.
• Game settings > Key Bindings: change the driving and game keys; they apply while you drive.

Picture

• Scaled with pixel-art sampling, so every source pixel has the same size (sharper Hercules detail).

Running it

No original game data is included. Put your own DOS Test Drive files in a Game folder, and/or the Amiga disk image in a Game Amiga folder, next to the exe - see HOW TO RUN.txt in the zip, or README.md for the options and controls.

test-drive-0.3.0-win64.zip is a 64-bit Windows build with all four versions and the launcher.

v0.2.0

Adds the CGA and Hercules graphics modes of the original release as separate builds (Windows x64).

Download	Mode	Needs from your game folder
tdport-v0.2.0-win64.zip	EGA, 16 colours	TDEGA.EXE, *.PES
tdport-cga-v0.2.0-win64.zip	CGA, 4 colours (TD.EXE choice 1)	TDCGA.EXE, *.CMP
tdport-herc-v0.2.0-win64.zip	Hercules monochrome (TD.EXE choice 3)	TDCGA.EXE, *.CMP

All builds also need CARS.TXT, SCORES, TDSND.SND and the car *.BIN / *.SS files. The original game files are not included.

Unzip and run the executable with --game-dir <folder with your Test Drive files>.

• The CGA and Hercules builds are ports of TDCGA.EXE. They share the game code with the EGA build.
• The Hercules build shows the card's 640×300 monochrome picture. Choose the monitor colour with --monitor green|amber|white (default green).
• To build them yourself, use the CMake options -DTDPORT_CGA=ON and -DTDPORT_HERCULES=ON (see the README).

Update (2026-09-17): the zips now include libiconv-2.dll, which SDL3.dll needs. Without it, the game did not start on PCs without MSYS2. If you downloaded a zip before this date, download it again. The libiconv licence (LGPL) is in LICENSE-libiconv.txt.

v0.1.0

First public build of the SDL3 port (Windows x64).

Unzip and run tdport.exe --game-dir <folder with your Test Drive EGA files>. The original game files are not included.

Includes held-key driving controls (--bios-keys for the original behaviour) and an emulated original frame rate (--frame-rate, default 8). See the README for all changes from the original.

Update (2026-09-17): the zips now include libiconv-2.dll, which SDL3.dll needs. Without it, the game did not start on PCs without MSYS2. If you downloaded a zip before this date, download it again. The libiconv licence (LGPL) is in LICENSE-libiconv.txt.