OutRun Europa

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Description

The third game in the OutRun series, which revolutionised the third-person perspective style of racing games. The levels are set across Europe, as you bid to escape from the police. Unlike other titles in the series, you use a different vehicle on each level, with motorbikes and jet-skis adding variety and taking different skill to use. You must complete each level within the strict time limits, and the routes are dogged with other vehicles to avoid and overtake. You can choose between sound effects or music.

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Alternate Titles

• "OutRun Europe" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Automobile: Ferrari F40
• Automobile: Porsche 911
• Drivable Vehicle: Jet Ski
• OutRun series

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Critic Reviews

ST Action	Atari ST	Nov, 1991	87 out of 100	87
Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Nov, 1991	83 out of 100	83
Datormagazin	Amiga	Nov 07, 1991	81 out of 100	81
Amiga Format	Amiga	Dec, 1991	78 out of 100	78
Amiga Power	Amiga	Nov, 1991	74 out of 100	74
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Game Gear	May, 1992	26 out of 40	65
Play Time	Atari ST	Dec, 1991	63 out of 100	63
Mean Machines	SEGA Master System	Dec, 1991	63 out of 100	63
Play Time	Game Gear	Dec, 1992	62 out of 100	62
Video Games	Game Gear	Nov, 1992	37 out of 100	37

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Trivia

Development

Development on the game (which is an original product based on OutRun, not an arcade conversion) originally began not long after the Amiga conversion of the first OutRun was released in 1988. By early 1989 it was previewed in magazines of the day, but the release of the Turbo OutRun arcade game, and US Gold's subsequent conversion, meant that it was pushed aside and not completed for another 2 1/2 years.

Version differences

The various formats' versions share a theme but are all essentially different games. The Master System/Game Gear title uniquely features "Road Rash" style punching when on your motorbike and rocket firing when in Porsche, and has a front end strongly resembling the C64's earlier, unreleased "OutRun".

Mysterious ZX Spectrum version

In the May 1989 issue of Your Sinclair, the magazine ran a two-page preview on a forthcoming third "OutRun" game for home computer formats, and the first one not to be based on a coin-up. Promising 15 stages divided across five European countries, stacks of new features and almost three times the frame-rate of the original ZX Spectrum version. However the game shelved two years later bears no resemblance to the previewed one that was featured in a magazine.

Awards

• Commodore Format
  • July 1993 (Issue 34) - Modern Classics: Driving Games

Related Web Sites

• IGCD Internet Game Cars Database (Game page on IGCD, a database that tries to archive vehicles found in video games.)