<s>
Designed	O
and	O
coded	O
by	O
Steve	O
Hanawa	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
with	O
praise	O
for	O
its	O
challenging	O
and	O
realistic	O
gameplay	O
,	O
2.5D	O
color	O
graphics	O
with	O
changing	O
scenery	O
,	O
and	O
cockpit	O
sit-down	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
topped	O
the	O
monthly	O
Play	O
Meter	O
arcade	B-Application
charts	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
ranking	O
highly	O
on	O
the	O
Game	O
Machine	O
arcade	B-Application
charts	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turbo	B-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Colecovision	B-Device
and	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turbo	B-Application
requires	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
navigate	O
a	O
road	O
race	O
through	O
different	O
urban	O
and	O
rural	O
locations	O
,	O
through	O
differing	O
weather	O
conditions	O
,	O
and	O
during	O
changing	O
times	O
of	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cars	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
resemble	O
Formula	B-Application
1	I-Application
race	O
cars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turbo	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
and	O
coded	O
by	O
Steve	O
Hanawa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Turbo	B-Application
required	O
such	O
a	O
difficult	O
and	O
protracted	O
schedule	O
of	O
coding	O
and	O
debugging	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
hospitalized	O
for	O
a	O
month	O
following	O
its	O
completion	O
due	O
to	O
stress	O
,	O
exhaustion	O
and	O
a	O
spontaneously	O
collapsed	O
lung	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
port	O
by	O
Coleco	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
and	O
advertised	O
by	O
Coleco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Turbo	B-Application
was	O
the	O
top-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
on	O
the	O
Play	O
Meter	O
arcade	B-Application
charts	O
in	O
May	O
1982	O
,	O
taking	O
the	O
top	O
spot	O
from	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Turbo	B-Application
as	O
the	O
18th	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1981	I-Application
(	O
tied	O
with	O
Defender	B-Application
and	O
Galaxian	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
the	O
19th	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1982	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Machine	O
later	O
listed	O
Turbo	B-Application
in	O
their	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
1983	O
issue	O
as	O
the	O
fifth	O
top-grossing	O
upright/cockpit	O
arcade	B-Application
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
received	O
highly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
1983	O
,	O
Turbo	B-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
by	O
Video	O
magazine	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
Arcade	B-Application
Alley	O
"	O
column	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
hailed	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
king	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
road	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
version	O
was	O
praised	O
for	O
the	O
effort	O
that	O
had	O
gone	O
into	O
replicating	O
the	O
visuals	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
,	O
with	O
reviewers	O
making	O
special	O
note	O
of	O
the	O
varied	O
,	O
non-repetitive	O
backgrounds	O
that	O
enticed	O
players	O
to	O
play	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
see	O
"	O
never-before-seen	O
play	O
scenes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arcade	B-Application
Express	O
reviewed	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
version	O
in	O
January	O
1983	O
and	O
scored	O
it	O
a	O
perfect	O
10	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
remarking	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
king	O
of	O
the	O
coin-op	O
driving	O
games	O
arrives	O
in	O
the	O
home	O
market	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
stated	O
that	O
while	O
it	O
is	O
n't	O
"	O
as	O
graphically	O
arresting	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
,	O
it	O
"	O
comes	O
reasonably	O
close	O
to	O
matching	O
the	O
multi-scenario	O
brilliance	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
the	O
special	O
control	O
panel	O
lifts	O
this	O
cartridge	O
to	O
greatness	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Turbo	B-Application
board	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Milton	O
Bradley	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
