Distinctive lawsuit. Distinctive Software won, so the rights to make the Test Drive games without the source code transferred to Accolade. The court also found that Accolade had failed to demonstrate that the balance of hardships was in its favor. Another sequel, Test Drive III: The Passion, was developed and published by Accolade in 1990. In 1997, Accolade distributed Test Drive: Off-Road, an off-road truck racing spinoff, and Test Drive 4, the first video game developed by Pitbull Syndicate. In 1998, Pitbull Syndicate developed two further Test Drive titles, Test Drive 4X4 (also known as Test Drive Off-Road 2), a sequel to the Test Drive: Off-Road spinoff, and Test Drive 5; both games were the two last entries in the series to be published by Accolade. In April 1999, Accolade was acquired by French video game company Infogrames Entertainment for a combined sum of , of which in cash and in growth capital, and was renamed Infogrames North America, Inc. The company chief executive officer, Jim Barnett, was named head of Infogrames Entertainment's American distribution subsidiary. As a result, Test Drive 6 was the first game in the series to be published by Infogrames in 1999. TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed (also known as Test Drive) was the last entry in the series to be developed by Pitbull Syndicate, and as a result, the next game in the series, Test Drive: Eve of Destruction, was developed by Monster Games in 2003. Reviews Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine v12 n7 (1988 07) References External links 1987 video games Accolade (company) games Amiga games Apple II games Atari ST games Commodore 64 games DOS games NEC PC-9801 games 1 Video games developed in Canada Distinctive Software games Single-player video games Electronic Arts games Pony Canyon games