OutRun

Description

Race across varied terrain in this conversion of one of the most famous arcade racing games. Your Ferrari is at the ready, complete with female passenger, over a series of short tracks.

Gameplay is viewed form just above and behind the car, so you can see it. The roads are full of sharp bends and hazards, contact with which can cause the car to roll and lose you time. On each section of track there is a fork in the road, allowing you to choose which direction you go in. You have to complete 5 track sections in total, out of the 15 in the game.

Alternate Titles

• "Sega Ages: OutRun" -- Saturn title
• "Out Run" -- Common title
• "アウトラン" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Group

• Outrun series

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User Reviews

A Catastrophe	Atari ST	Stephen N (12)
In my book, it's among the top 5 racing games.	SEGA Master System	J. David Taylor (30)
A faithful conversion of the popular arcade racing game.	DOS	Trixter (8865)
I'd steer clear of this version if I were you	Amiga	Black Wolf (37232)
Help! I'm in racing game hell.	Amstrad CPC	Neville (462)
All the criticisms you've heard are true	Atari ST	Martin Smith (64035)
Another opportunity missed	DOS	Stephen N (12)

The Press Says

Abandonia	DOS	Apr 29, 2006	5 out of 5	100
The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Jun, 1988	79 out of 100	79
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	Jan, 1989	75 out of 100	75
The Games Machine (UK)	SEGA Master System	Feb, 1988	72 out of 100	72
ST/Amiga Format	Atari ST	Jul, 1988	71 out of 100	71
Games-X	Genesis	Aug, 1991		70
The Games Machine (UK)	Commodore 64	Feb, 1988	67 out of 100	67
Games-X	Game Gear	Aug, 1991		60
The Video Game Critic	SEGA Master System	Dec 14, 2000	C+	58
Defunct Games	SEGA Master System	Jul 10, 2005	55 out of 100	55

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Trivia

There was a patent case over the DOS port by Unlimited Software, the porting division of Distinctive Software. Accolade, for whom Distinctive had written The Duel: Test Drive II sought a preliminary injunction against Distinctive Software. It did not deal with the general look of the game, but rather the underlying source code.

Distinctive used some of the underlying "computer code" from The Duel for the OutRun DOS port, which Accolade challenged as an infringement of their copyright. Distinctive argued that these were standard libraries and routines, re-used in different games only for the sake of not having to reprogram them. Also, they claimed Accolade never contemplated the transfer of copyright in the library codes and, even if it did, the codes were not subject to copyright protection in the first place.

Ultimately, Accolade lost the case because the licensing agreement only referred to the concept and design of the game, but not the underlying codes.

The full case can be read through a link in the related links section.