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| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out Run | Sega (AM2) | 1986 | The world's fastest car's high performance features are depicted on the screen in the most minute detail, with your machine's steering, speed and other movements authentically reproduced in the cockpit, thus allowing your whole body to actually experience the sensation of high-speed driving. Every aspect of each course is unconventional to say the least, having been specially created to give you the most in scenic variety, realism and a host of exciting challenges. Every time you take a branch road, you find yourself totally immersed in a completely different setting.***BACKGROUND: Recognised as being the most successful coin-op of the Eighties, Outrun took the Space Harrier 'Super-Scaler' technology and adapted it for use in a driving game. Not surprisingly, the graphics amazed all who saw them, but the real innovation was the soundtrack which was based on Yu Suzuki's desire to get studio-quality music in videogames. Innovation in the gameplay (such as decent power drift and opposing cars travelling at different speeds) coupled with sheer atmosphere made Outrun a deserved classic. NAVIGATING THOSE TRACKS The easiest routes to complete the game are two outermost tracks. The two easiest routes are as follows: Take a left out of Coconut Beach Boulevard and keep taking the left turn-offs which will take you through Gateway, Desert Drive, Wilderness Drive, and Vineyard Avenue before reaching your goal. Take a right out of Coconut Beach Boulevard and keep taking the right-turns which will take you through Devils Canyon, Cloudy Mountain Pass, Seaside Town, and Lakeside, before reaching your goal. THAT LOVELY MUSIC The Outrun soundtrack has to be a collection of some of the most recognisable out of all videogame ditties. If you don't recognise the Outrun tunes, you'll be hard-pressed to convince others of your gaming knowledge. There were four tunes in the Outrun score. These were: Magical Sound Shower (in-game) Splash Wave (in-game) Passing Breeze (in-game) Last Wave (high score board) The Sega Sound Team recently produced some fantastic remixes of the above tracks which, if you liked the original arcade music, you will absolutely love. I am led to believe that the Japanese Sega Saturn release of Outrun featured these remixes, but you can get hold of them with relative ease as a fair few Napster users have them available for download. HOME CONVERSIONS Such was the popularity of Outrun, that it was converted to most major home computer and console formats including Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad, Commodore 64, Atari ST and Amiga. The most accurate conversion was released on the underrated Sega Saturn console. This was nigh-on arcade perfect, and a reason on its own to hunt down and pick up a second-hand machine and a copy of the game. POINTS OF INTEREST Depending on which finishing point you complete the game with, you are treated to a different and slightly amusing (if a little basic looking) animation sequence. Once the game ends, you enter your score as normal, but next to your final total a total laptime is also displayed. As you go through a checkpoint, look out for a split-second graphical glitch. It's hard to notice, but it is there. This is even present on the Sega Saturn conversion which leads me to believe that the conversion may use the original arcade game ROMS. Keep an eye out on the background featured on the high score board. You'll notice that there are a number of different background images used during a multiple gaming session. | labelimagesubject |
| Turbo OutRun | Sega | 1989 | Turbo Out Run takes you on a 16 stage race across America. Along the way you will battle bumper to bumper with good guys and bad guys, police cars, Porsches and blown engines. Numerous scenes will take you through congested city streets, over snow and icy mountain passes and across sunbaked deserts. Drive daytime and night time - go for manual or auto gearbox selection, even customise your Ferrari F40 with High Grip Tyres, but whatever else you do... use the Turbo booster power sparingly - THIS BABY'S HOT AND RARING TO GO!! TURBO OUT RUN "NO OTHER CAR RACING GAME COMES CLOSE."*** [49]*** [85]*** [22] | labelimagesubject |
| OutRunners | Sega | 1993 | labelimageminimize | |
| OutRun2 | Sega (AM2) | 2003 | The player controls a car (Ferrari), listening to great music and enjoying roadside scenery in the company of a gorgeous female passenger, all while racing towards the goal before time is up. The time limit is extended at each checkpoint. The game ends when the player runs out of time or reaches the goal, Each game stage ends with a fork in the road where the player must decide the route using the car during the race. There are a total of fifteen stages, and five separate goal areas. The three single player game modes are OutRun Mode, HeartAttack Mode, and Time Attack Mode. The games’ Versus Mode accommodates play for up to four players | labelimagesubject |
| OutRun2 SP | Sega | 2004 | labelminimizeminimize |
