Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge

aka: Lotus II, Lotus II: R.E.C.S., Lotus III, Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge, Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge for your PC
Moby ID: 2020

DOS version

An excellent game.

The Good
Despite I like the Amiga version better (far better sound, plus, it runs just as fast on lesser hardware in one player mode), I must admit that the PC version is excellent to say the least.

From a visual point of view, Lotus has excellent graphics: great landscapes and good sprites. The menu interface is excellent, both functionally and visually, and the between-track pictures are way cool. The game itself is fairly fluid and actually looks very good, and two-player game is kind of fun.
Probably the best thing about Lotus, though, is its music: again, despite the obviously inferiour sound hardware (AdLib as opposed to the Paula chip on the Amiga) the game puts out great sound, and the tracks are magnificent (and very well performed on the PC as well).

The Bad
Well, it's a racing game and as such simply gets boring after a while. I also wish there'd be more variation inside the tracks (they're not particularly interesting).

The Bottom Line
A great racing game, one of the few I like. However, if you can get your hands on the Amiga version, get it instead.

by Tomer Gabel (4538) on July 22, 2000

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