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Franck Sauer on "voxel" engine of Outcast: "We've all misused the term voxel for what actually is just an height field with some software raycasting". (From an interview for "Strana Igr" gaming magazine).
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In the German gaming magazine GameStar (issue 03/2000) Outcast received a special award for the "Best Sound in 1999".
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The main character's appearance is based on Bruce Willis.
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A lengthy gameplay demonstration of Outcast was shown on the main projection screen at the Belgian demo party Wired 1998, nearly a year before Outcast's official release.
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The crystalline object used to save your game is called a "Gaamsav." Carefully listening to that name makes its use more than apparent.
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In the German release of the game, Manfred Lehmann is doing the voice acting for the main character. Like in the French version this is the dubbing voice for Bruce Willis.
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Outcast has been awarded GameSpot's Adventure Game of the Year award in 1999.
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In the french version, the actor doing the main character's voice is the same as the voice behind Bruce Willis in movies which are dubbed in french.
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On November 1999, Appeal announced a sequel: Outcast 2 - The lost paradise, a PS2 game with a PC release to follow. Unfortunately, Appeal declared its bankruptcy on August the 12th of 2002 and the game was canceled. A major part of the team moved to a new studio and a petition was started to persuade Infogrames to allow Elsewhere Entertainment to use the Outcast license, but with no result so far.
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If you listen closely, you'll recognize the main notes of "Luke's Theme" from the Star Wars soundtrack being played by some of the flute players in Okriana, particularly those west and east of the palace. Fitting, considering the city is in the desert.
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Infogrames had apparently made a very big bet on Outcast, hoping that the game would not only be a commercial success but also become a cultural phenomenon like Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Quake, etc. For that, prior to the game's release, plans were underway to propel the lead character Cutter Slade to the status of multimedia star like Lara Croft, Duke Nukem, etc. As it turns out, the poor sales of the game threw a wrench into those plans, but several press-releases still got released to hype our man Cutter. Here's a part of one that made it's way to several magazine previews:

"Resembling a young Robert Redford, with a Sam Sheperd personality and an Indiana zest for life, Cutter Slade has all the qualities of a leading man that men want to emulate and women just want."

A-ha... I think we should all be thankful that Cutter-mania never caught on.
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A Dreamcast version was planned by Infogrames which would feature a brand new, fully polygonal engine to replace the original one. However, thanks in no small part to Outcast's small sales and the self-destruction of the Dreamcast console, on sept. 22, 2000 Infogrames announced the cancellation of the port's development. This is sad indeed since Infogrames had hinted that a 3D acceleration patch for the PC version would be available thanks to the Dreamcast port (since the console uses DirectX as it's core API for 3D acceleration).
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There's a special dvd edition of the game which features remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 surround music, a making of video, the complete remastered soundtrack on separate tracks, and a series of outakes as well as several language options and additional bonuses like wallpapers, etc.
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Appeal has created 15 hilarious movie outtakes for Outcast. They can be downloaded as mpg-files from the official website, http://www.outcast-game.com Be warned, however: You should have played Outcast to understand the puns.
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