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

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 (8873)
I'd steer clear of this version if I were you	Amiga	Black Wolf (37274)
Help! I'm in racing game hell.	Amstrad CPC	Neville (420)
All the criticisms you've heard are true	Atari ST	Martin Smith (64127)
Another opportunity missed	DOS	Stephen N (12)
A Catastrophe	Atari ST	Stephen N (12)

The Press Says

Abandonia	DOS	Apr 29, 2006	5 out of 5	100
The Video Game Critic	Genesis	Jun 05, 2008	A	100
Sega-16.com	Genesis	Jul 20, 2004	9 out of 10	90
The Games Machine (UK)	SEGA Master System	Feb, 1988	72 out of 100	72
Retrogaming.it	SEGA Master System	Jan 22, 2008	7 out of 10	70
The Games Machine (UK)	Commodore 64	Feb, 1988	67 out of 100	67
Power Play	TurboGrafx-16	Apr, 1991	63 out of 100	63
The Games Machine (UK)	ZX Spectrum	Feb, 1988	61 out of 100	61
VideoGame	SEGA Master System	Mar, 1991		60
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Jan, 1988	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

The classic red racer you use in the game is quite obviously a convertible Ferrari Testarossa (right down to the "Cavallino Rampante" logo featured in the back of the car), however SEGA had not licensed the likeness of Ferrari products and got into a series of legal issues with Ferrari. The eventually settled but it wouldn't be until OutRun 2 that the car would become an "official" Ferrari.