Test Drive is covered here as part of the August 1999 POCG news archive. This Vault entry is a restoration stub tied to period news coverage, preserving the release, demo, beta, promotion, hardware tie-in or development update as it was reported at the time. The story connects the game to the late-1999 PC and console scene, when gold master announcements, demos, patches, online ladders, hardware bundles and retail shipments were all hitting at once. Further release details, platform notes, developer history and review context can be expanded during the full Vault restoration pass. For now, this entry exists so the news archive has a clean game relationship instead of leaving the story floating loose.
The Vault · 1999
Test Drive
A restored Vault stub from the August 1999 POCG news desk.
PlayStation 1Unknown
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In the News
Aug 62026
AYANEO is selling an $89 Game Boy Advance, and the screen is the reason to care
Pre-orders are live for the KONKR Pocket Advance at $89, shipping this month. The 960x640 panel is exactly four times a GBA screen, and that is the point.
HardwareAug 32026
MiSTer FPGA gets a console-style UI and a wave of new cores
Taki Udon's Console Mode gives MiSTer FPGA a home-console-style UI with box art and favorites, and it runs on any MiSTer. A batch of new cores includes Apple IIgs, Apple Lisa, and 3DO.
PreservationAug 22026
Lost self-deleting PokePark DS game surfaces on eBay for $9,100
A DS development cartridge said to hold PokePark Fishing Contest DS, a download-only game built to delete itself after 12 hours, is on eBay for about $9,100.
Preservation