Turbo Speedway

{{Short description|1995 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

| genre = Racing

|image = TurboSpeedway cover.jpg

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|publisher = Space Interactive

|developer = World Spy Software

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Turbo Speedway is a 1995 Czech racing video game developed by World Spy Software and published by Space Interactive for DOS compatible operating systems.{{Cite web|title=Turbo Speedway :: Score 40|url=https://www.oldgames.sk/mag/score-40/review/13481/|access-date=2021-04-19|website=www.oldgames.sk}}

It bears no relation to the 1994 German racing game of the same name.{{Cite web|title=Turbo Speedway Release Information for PC - GameFAQs|url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/216061-turbo-speedway/data|access-date=2021-04-19|website=gamefaqs.gamespot.com}}

The game, a remake of the 1983 title Rally Speedway was sold for CZK 300.{{Cite web|title=Výzva: Turbo Speedway|url=https://www.high-voltage.cz/2018/vyzva-turbo-speedway/|access-date=2021-04-19|website=high-voltage.cz|language=cs}} It was the first Czech racing game,{{Cite web|title=Turbo Speedway|url=https://visiongame.cz/hra/turbo-speedway/|access-date=2021-04-19|website=visiongame.cz|language=cs}} and one of two games published by Space Interactive in 1996, along with Oil Empire by 88 Panzer Division.{{Cite web|title=Space Interactive|url=https://visiongame.cz/studio/space-interactive/|access-date=2021-04-19|website=visiongame.cz|language=cs}} The game made a marginal profit.{{Cite web|title=České hry.net - Hrej! : Česká herní scéna|url=https://ceskehry.net/historie/hrej.htm|access-date=2021-04-19|website=ceskehry.net}}

The Hrej! newspaper wrote that Turbo Speedway was "one of the most daring [games] that has ever hit stores from Czech production". Score's Petr Slunéčko wrote the game was "characterized by its ugliness and lifelessness" and offered a scathing rating of 1/10.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-06|title=RETRO: Turbo Speedway byla první českou komerčně prodávanou závodní hrou|url=https://www.idnes.cz/hry/retro/turbo-speeway-recenze-hry-retro.A200123_150701_bw-novinky_srp|access-date=2021-04-19|website=iDNES.cz}}

iDNES commented that the game's only value from a modern perspective is that it illustrates the "spartan conditions in which the development of games took place in our country at that time".

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