Play Test Drive III: The Passion online — the original 1990 DOS game Works — the full original game runs via DOSBox in your browser
Guide updated October 2026 · Runs via DOSBox + WebAssembly
Test Drive III: The Passion — Accolade's 1990 game, the first in the series with full 3D roads you can drive off. Choose a car, then race through Californian countryside and towns with traffic and police. Click Play to start.
D-pad: steer, accelerate, brake · ENTER: menus · ESC: pause
⌨ Keyboard — for menus & name entry
Controls — what does what
| Action | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| Accelerate / brake | Up / down arrows |
| Steer | Left / right arrows |
| Menus | Enter |
Runs in your browser tab with DOSBox + WebAssembly — nothing is uploaded. Click the screen to capture input; press Ctrl+F10 to release mouse.
Test Drive III: The Passion is no longer sold anywhere, and its publisher is gone or has left it unsold for decades. It is hosted here on the same footing as the Internet Archive's software collections. That is a practical position, not a legal claim. This page carries no advertising. Provenance: /apps/test-drive-3/NOTICE.md. Rights holders: it comes down within 48 hours on request.
About Test Drive III: The Passion
Test Drive III swapped the earlier games' fixed roads for filled-polygon 3D, so you can leave the road, take short cuts and drive in any direction. It added weather, day and night, and a replay. The cars include the Lamborghini Diablo and Chevrolet CERV III.
How it runs here
This is the original DOS release of Test Drive III: The Passion, unmodified, running in DOSBox compiled to WebAssembly. The whole game is about 1 MB, so it starts within seconds on a normal connection. Sound and music play once you click into the game.
Frequently asked questions
Can I play Test Drive III: The Passion online for free?
Yes. Click Play and the original 1990 DOS version starts in your browser, running in a WebAssembly build of DOSBox. Nothing to install and no account.
Why is Test Drive III: The Passion hosted here?
Test Drive III: The Passion is not sold anywhere today; we checked the stores listed in its provenance note. It is preserved here the way the Internet Archive preserves old software. That is a practical position, not a legal claim. If the rights holder (Nacon (owner of the Test Drive series)) asks, it comes down within 48 hours.
Does my progress save?
Saved games persist in this browser between visits, best-effort. Clearing site data removes them.
Can I play on a phone or tablet?
Yes. Touch buttons for the keys Test Drive III: The Passion uses appear under the game on touch devices.
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Want a game like this on your own site?
Test Drive III: The Passion isn't ours to give away — we host it, we didn't write it. But eleven of the games here we did write from scratch, and those are free for anyone to put on their own page: one line of HTML, no account, no permission, no attribution beyond a credit line.