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    Rebecca and Robert are back and this time they are serving intergalactic travelers hungry for Mexican cuisine in Turbo Fiesta.  Like the rest of the Turbo series, Turbo Fiesta is an addictively, crazy-fast time management game with great graphics. Although the gameplay has not drastically changed and offers few new twists from the two previous Turbo games, this fast-paced clickfest still offers a ton of fun for those of you who love the click management genre.

After conquering the lightning-fast delivery of pizzas and subs to starving patrons, Rebecca and Robert have decided to take their restaurant business to outer space and this time they’re serving Mexican fare consisting of robo-prepared burritos (with the option of atomic-baked or laser-fried of course), nachos, beans, ice cream, and soda pop. Of course this wouldn’t be considered turbo if not for the almost overwhelming number of orders to fill.

You’ll be responsible for moving Rebecca from food station to food station, placing orders for food as well as picking it up, handing menus and dropping orders off to customers, and collecting your hard-earned tip all before the restaurant’s closing time. The faster you are able to fill your patrons’ orders, the happier they’ll be, and the more tip they’ll leave. Have the customers wait too long and they will leave angry. If you’re able to collect enough tip money to fulfill the daily quota, you’ll be able to help Rebecca and Robert keep the eatery open for another busy day of work.

Although the levels start out slow and easy, Turbo Fiesta quickly ramps up when word of your delicious Mexican cuisine spreads around the galaxy and you become bombarded with wave after wave of customers. The time waiting for the robo-chef to cook up the burritos as well as putting certain foods in the atomic ovens or laser fryers quickly adds up and can soon overwhelm poor little Rebecca.

Fortunately for Rebecca, there is turbo mode! By chaining together actions to make combos, the turbo meter fills up. Once the meter is full, Rebecca moves extra fast and is able to deliver the food to the hungry patrons in no time. Trigger turbo mode three times and turn the restaurant into a fiesta, where customers stay happy listening and dancing to the mariachi music and Robert and the rest of restaurant is able to deliver the food in an instant.

In addition to turbo capability, all that tip money that Rebecca has saved up can be used to purchase upgrades that allow her to move faster or even add an extra robo-arm to help her carry more food at once. Other upgrades not only spruce up the restaurant, they also provide boosts such as increasing the tip from customers or filling up the turbo meter at the beginning of each level.

Jealous of the success of the Turbo restaurant franchise, the greedy Mr. Von Simoleon orders the crafty Raven sisters to sabotage the Turbo Fiesta operation by constantly cutting the circuits to the lighting system. As various points, Rebecca will be required to reconnect the lighting circuits in a quick mini-game. This mini-game is a welcome change of pace once because it allows you to rest that clicking finger for a little bit.

The art for Turbo Fiesta has definitely received an upgrade from its predecessors, making what was already a good-looking game fantastic. The comic-style drawings are wonderful and the music soundtrack is definitely very catchy. The hyper-fast clicking gameplay may be too much for some but it definitely gets yours truly excited.