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Something for you all to enjoy. But first, a headcanon.

"Due to the exponential demands of the cult following gained by the famed 'jealous sprite' incident that swept through the internet forums like wildfire and the chance to make a great profit, the developers at Tobikomi decided to finally rerelease Turbotime back into arcades for the first time in close to twenty years since its discontinuation. Not only that, an application would also available for download on any digital media available as a sort of 30th anniversary tribute to the game's inception. The rerelease for both arcade and app would include not just the original racing track, but other mini games like racetrack demolition, beat the clock pit crew, gasoline chemistry and even a series of obstacle courses, with new limited edition courses available each week for download for 50 cents extra at the time of initial purchase. A story mode even entered the gameplay, but all of the high scores had to be beaten and all of the tracks cleared in order to unlock it. Also, as an added bonus, the commercial arcade consoles would act like download stations for portable electronic devices. Anytime someone who had the Turbotime game downloaded onto their phone, tablet or portable game console passed by a Turbotime arcade unit, both systems would exchange information and grace both portable and commercial consoles with new content, new scores and new tracks, in order to keep the game fresh and fun and to really connect the gamers with the gameplay.

However, early on into the development of this grand moneymaking endeavor, the programmers hit a snag. As with many other games that have been rereleased, it was the intention of the programmers to enhance the graphics of the original and thus remaster it in order to expand their demographic to more than just the nostalgia crowd. But, as silly as it sounds, the game's code template just would not cooperate. Any type of remastering attempts, like clearing up the graphics, adding more colors or even trying to change the clarity on the sprite always resulted in the game stalling, the Turbo avatar seemingly 'refuse' to be driven, or even the whole game would revert back to the start screen. One developer swore that when he'd tinkered with the mechanics so the game's sprite was forced to comply with the controls, instead of showing his signature thumbs up and grinning at the end of the race when he'd won, the Turbo sprite had instead scowled and flashed a very rude hand gesture.

At that point, the other developers told him to go home and to stop drinking so much caffeine for breakfast.

Eventually, the production team gave up. It seemed that no matter they tried, the game would not have anything to do with being remastered, even to the point of crashing on purpose, though for the reason it did was anyone's guess.

It was probably for the best, though. The only people who would be interested in the archaic pile of code that was Turbotime would be the cult fanatics and the conspiracy theorists and the game probably wouldn't have made the transition to HD well.

That, and the original sprite was terrifying.

All was almost given up on until one of the programmers came up with an idea. Instead of releasing a remastered version of the original, creating a sequel with the same name would be a much better use of their time and energy.

Yes, they'd promised a remastered release to the masses at the game conference the spring before, but the original Turbotime had been discontinued from production in the early nineties' anyway. No one would know the difference. So they quickly set to work at creating the brand new sequel that would take over as sort of a vengeful tribute to the cantankerous old game that wouldn't cooperate in the first place.

Other than the ones they'd already promised the masses, and more importantly, the stock holders, the developers did try to stay true to a good portion of the gameplay. Though, if they were to remake the game, certain changes had to be made in order to make the game palatable, specifically in the terms of Turbo's appearance. The old design of the sprites, especially Turbo, inside Turbotime were... well, for lack of a better word, downright nightmare fuel. So, some favors called in, specifically to the department down the hall, and with their help, grudging as it was, a new set of designs were drafted and put into creation.

Cuter, smaller, younger characters that greatly resembled those of Sugar Rush were put into the place of the haunting glare of the original's game over placard, and by the time the game finished completion, each of the racers had their own personality, appearance, strengths, weaknesses and backstories, despite there being one lead character and three side characters. While they did share strong resemblances to the SR sprites, the new creations were slightly older, ten instead of nine and two inches taller, and kept the same coloration of the skin and eyes of the original's design, along with the same racing suits and helmets. So, while many in the building of Tobikomi figured that the programmers were preemptively covering their own rears should anyone cause a ruckus, no one could call them on not being authentic-ish towards their muse and praised one another on their reinvention.

Though, they made sure that this batch did in fact have eyebrows.

Despite the trouble that the original program had given them during the early stages of development, the programmers kept many of the original traits of the lead sprite that were displayed in the gameplay and even went so far as to include some of the original code within the new lead as a sort of a tribute. It was probably a sentimental gesture on their part more than anything else, since it was the 30th anniversary and all. However, in order to make sure their sentimentality would not become a hazard to the game, and thus a potential lawsuit, a failsafe was also installed, just in case the Turbo sprite decided to 'act up'. Whether or not that would come back to bite them later would be anyone's guess."

"Thus in 2011, Turbotime X was born, ready to be shipped out and mass produced in both digital and physical form."

End headcanon.

I've seen App!Turbo be a teen, or an adult, or even an age that I can't even tell. But in my head canon, he's ten. I think it has something to do with the whole downloadable into the phone thing.

He's travel sized for our convenience.

Description
Something for you all to enjoy. But first, a headcanon.

"Due to the exponential demands of the cult following gained by the famed 'jealous sprite' incident that swept through the internet forums like wildfire and the chance to make a great profit, the developers at Tobikomi decided to finally rerelease Turbotime back into arcades for the first time in close to twenty years since its discontinuation. Not only that, an application would also available for download on any digital media available as a sort of 30th anniversary tribute to the game's inception. The rerelease for both arcade and app would include not just the original racing track, but other mini games like racetrack demolition, beat the clock pit crew, gasoline chemistry and even a series of obstacle courses, with new limited edition courses available each week for download for 50 cents extra at the time of initial purchase. A story mode even entered the gameplay, but all of the high scores had to be beaten and all of the tracks cleared in order to unlock it. Also, as an added bonus, the commercial arcade consoles would act like download stations for portable electronic devices. Anytime someone who had the Turbotime game downloaded onto their phone, tablet or portable game console passed by a Turbotime arcade unit, both systems would exchange information and grace both portable and commercial consoles with new content, new scores and new tracks, in order to keep the game fresh and fun and to really connect the gamers with the gameplay.

However, early on into the development of this grand moneymaking endeavor, the programmers hit a snag. As with many other games that have been rereleased, it was the intention of the programmers to enhance the graphics of the original and thus remaster it in order to expand their demographic to more than just the nostalgia crowd. But, as silly as it sounds, the game's code template just would not cooperate. Any type of remastering attempts, like clearing up the graphics, adding more colors or even trying to change the clarity on the sprite always resulted in the game stalling, the Turbo avatar seemingly 'refuse' to be driven, or even the whole game would revert back to the start screen. One developer swore that when he'd tinkered with the mechanics so the game's sprite was forced to comply with the controls, instead of showing his signature thumbs up and grinning at the end of the race when he'd won, the Turbo sprite had instead scowled and flashed a very rude hand gesture.

At that point, the other developers told him to go home and to stop drinking so much caffeine for breakfast.

Eventually, the production team gave up. It seemed that no matter they tried, the game would not have anything to do with being remastered, even to the point of crashing on purpose, though for the reason it did was anyone's guess.

It was probably for the best, though. The only people who would be interested in the archaic pile of code that was Turbotime would be the cult fanatics and the conspiracy theorists and the game probably wouldn't have made the transition to HD well.

That, and the original sprite was terrifying.

All was almost given up on until one of the programmers came up with an idea. Instead of releasing a remastered version of the original, creating a sequel with the same name would be a much better use of their time and energy.

Yes, they'd promised a remastered release to the masses at the game conference the spring before, but the original Turbotime had been discontinued from production in the early nineties' anyway. No one would know the difference. So they quickly set to work at creating the brand new sequel that would take over as sort of a vengeful tribute to the cantankerous old game that wouldn't cooperate in the first place.

Other than the ones they'd already promised the masses, and more importantly, the stock holders, the developers did try to stay true to a good portion of the gameplay. Though, if they were to remake the game, certain changes had to be made in order to make the game palatable, specifically in the terms of Turbo's appearance. The old design of the sprites, especially Turbo, inside Turbotime were... well, for lack of a better word, downright nightmare fuel. So, some favors called in, specifically to the department down the hall, and with their help, grudging as it was, a new set of designs were drafted and put into creation.

Cuter, smaller, younger characters that greatly resembled those of Sugar Rush were put into the place of the haunting glare of the original's game over placard, and by the time the game finished completion, each of the racers had their own personality, appearance, strengths, weaknesses and backstories, despite there being one lead character and three side characters. While they did share strong resemblances to the SR sprites, the new creations were slightly older, ten instead of nine and two inches taller, and kept the same coloration of the skin and eyes of the original's design, along with the same racing suits and helmets. So, while many in the building of Tobikomi figured that the programmers were preemptively covering their own rears should anyone cause a ruckus, no one could call them on not being authentic-ish towards their muse and praised one another on their reinvention.

Though, they made sure that this batch did in fact have eyebrows.

Despite the trouble that the original program had given them during the early stages of development, the programmers kept many of the original traits of the lead sprite that were displayed in the gameplay and even went so far as to include some of the original code within the new lead as a sort of a tribute. It was probably a sentimental gesture on their part more than anything else, since it was the 30th anniversary and all. However, in order to make sure their sentimentality would not become a hazard to the game, and thus a potential lawsuit, a failsafe was also installed, just in case the Turbo sprite decided to 'act up'. Whether or not that would come back to bite them later would be anyone's guess."

"Thus in 2011, Turbotime X was born, ready to be shipped out and mass produced in both digital and physical form."

End headcanon.

I've seen App!Turbo be a teen, or an adult, or even an age that I can't even tell. But in my head canon, he's ten. I think it has something to do with the whole downloadable into the phone thing.

He's travel sized for our convenience.