Out Run
Developer(s)	Sega-AM2
Publisher(s)	Sega
Designer(s)	Yu Suzuki
Release date(s)	September 1986
Genre(s)	Arcade style racing
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Arcade, Sega Master System, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, PC-DOS, PC Engine, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Sega Saturn, Mobile Phone, PlayStation 2, PSP, Game Boy Advance
Input	Steering wheel; 2-position Shifter (Low/High); 2 Pedals (Accelerator and brake)
Arcade cabinet	Sit-down, upright
Arcade CPU(s)	(2x) 68000 (@ 12.5 MHz)
Arcade sound system(s)	CPU: Z80 (@ 4 MHz) Chips: YM2151 (@ 4 MHz), Sega PCM (@ 15.625 kHz)
Arcade display	Raster, 320 x 224 (Horizontal) Palette Colors 12288

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Description

The player controls a man behind the wheel of a Ferrari Testarossa convertible who is driving with his girlfriend in the passenger's seat. Starting at a coastal area entitled Coconut Beach, he must pass through four checkpoints between five laps within a set time limit. The Ferrari Testarossa is a 12-cylinder mid-engined sports car made by Ferrari, which went into production in 1984 as the successor to the Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer. ... Saab 900 Convertible 1962 Rambler American Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible (sometimes called cabriolet in British English) is a car body style with a folding or retracting roof (aka soft top or top in USA, hood in UK). ...

The other cars that you pass while driving in this game are:

• 1972 Volkswagen Beetle
• 1971 Chevrolet Corvette
• 1985 Porsche 911
• 1985 BMW 325i Cabriolet E30
• There is also a generic truck.

At the time of its release, the game was unique in that it was possible to choose the stages in which the race took place, save for the initial one. Before every checkpoint, there was a fork in the road, allowing the player to enter one of two different environments. (A similar branching system was also used in the 1983 Atari/Tatsumi racer TX-1, though in that game the choice of fourth stage determined the fifth stage as well.) 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Volkswagen Type 1, more commonly known as the Beetle, Fusca (in Brazil and Uruguay), Coccinelle or Cox, Vocho (Spanish), Bug, Volky or Käfer (German), Escarabajo (beetle in Spanish) is an economy car produced by the German automaker Volkswagen from 1938 until 2003. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... The Chevrolet Corvette is the sports car that has been manufactured by Chevrolet since 1953. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Porsche 911 in hillclimb The Porsche 911 (pronounced as nine eleven) is a sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The BMW 3 Series is an entry-level luxury car / compact executive car manufactured by the German automaker BMW since May 1975. ... The term checkpoint may refer to: A place at which vehicles or pedestrians are stopped in order to enforce laws or security measures. ... A fork in the road is a place where one road divides into two, without either of them clearly being a turn off the main route. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Tatsumi is a Japanese game manufacturer also known as Tazmi. ... TX-1 was a video arcade automobile racing game originally created by Tatsumi, then licensed by Atari and released in the United States (also UK, Ireland and mainland Europe via Atari Ireland) in 1983. ...

There were two upright and two sit-down arcade cabinet designs. All were equipped with a steering wheel and stick shift (instead of a joystick and buttons) plus acceleration and brake pedals. The sit-down versions looked roughly like a Testarossa and used a drive motor to move the main cabinet. These machines turned and shook according to the action onscreen, much like Sega's After Burner II. There were two versions of the sit down: the Deluxe featured a 26-inch color monitor and a custom molded seat, while the Standard featured a 20-inch color monitor with a more simplified design. The upright also came in two versions: normal and mini. Not to be outdone by the sit-downs, the upright also featured a DC motor that would shake the steering wheel violently when the player hit a car or drove off the road. Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... This arcade cabinet, containing Centipede, is an upright. ... A modern road cars steering wheel Steering wheels from different periods A steering wheel is a type of steering control used in most modern land vehicles, including all mass-production automobiles. ... A manual transmission (also known as a stick shift or standard transmission) is a type of transmission used in automotive applications. ... Joystick elements: 1. ... A small flat button Metal, plastic, and leather shank buttons. ... Acceleration is the time rate of change of velocity, and at any point on a velocity-time graph, it is given by the slope of the tangent to that point In physics or physical science, acceleration (symbol: a) is defined as the rate of change (or derivative with respect to... A brake is a device for slowing or stopping the motion of a machine or vehicle, and to keep it from starting to move again. ... After Burner II is an arcade-style flight game released by Sega in 1987. ...

The game was a major hit with arcade-goers. Its popularity can be attributed to the innovative moving cabinet, to the choice in both soundtrack and route, and to the graphics. Many previous racing games had an overhead perspective, as if watching the player-controlled car from a helicopter. Like other Sega games of the time, such as After Burner, Space Harrier, and Power Drift, it made use of a sprite-scaling technique called 'Super-Scaler Technology' to achieve its 3D effects. Along with Space Harrier and After Burner, Out Run was famed for its ability to give players the sensation of forward motion in a video game long before true polygonal 3D was possible. The price arcade operators charged for a credit highlights the significance of the advancements in technology at the time. Out Run was one of the first games to cost more per play than other arcade games, often requiring three or more tokens. After Burner is a 1987 Japanese arcade game by Sega. ... Space Harrier is a forward scrolling shooter game, released by Sega in 1985. ... Power Drift is an arcade game released by Sega in 1988. ...

Route names

Out Run sit-down cabinet

A total of sixteen route variations are possible. The most time-efficient route is via Coconut Beach, Devil's Canyon, Alps, Wheat Field and Autobahn, completing the game at goal D. The five goals have different finishing animations to encourage players to attempt different routes. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1470x1533, 355 KB) Beskrivning Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Out Run ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1470x1533, 355 KB) Beskrivning Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Out Run ... A vineyard Vineyard with bird netting Wine grapes with netting as protection against birds A vineyard (vignoble in French, vigna or vigneto in Italian, vinha in Portuguese, viña or viñedo in Spanish, Weinberg in German) is a place where grapes are grown for making wine, raisins, or table... Wilderness is generally defined as a natural environment on Earth that has not been modified by human activity. ... This article is about arid terrain. ... Death Valley and Panamint Range The salt lake at Badwater, Death Valley is the lowest point in western hemisphere. ... The history of New York City (1784-1854) started with the establishment of the city as the temporary capital of the new United States in 1785. ... The west face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ... Devils Canyon may refer to: Devils Canyon; a 1935 Western film. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

As can be seen from the properties of Pascal's Triangle, if a route through the game is chosen at random, the player is most likely to end up at goal C ("Desolation Hill", 3/8 probability); "Death Valley" (goal B) and "Autobahn" (goal D) each have a probability of 1/4; whilst "Vineyard" (goal A) and "Lakeside" (goal E) each have a 1/16 probability. 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 4 6 4 1 1 5 10 10 5 1 The first six rows of Pascals triangle In mathematics, Pascals triangle is a geometric arrangement of the binomial coefficients in a triangle. ...

It is possible to see all fifteen stages by playing only five games. It is also possible to see all five endings whilst avoiding the stage "Alps" and one (but not both) of "Old Capital" and "Wheat Field".

In the PC-DOS version, the route that scores the most possible points (about 76.5 million) is Coconut Beach-Gateway-Desert-Old Capital-Desolation Hill.

Music

The gameplay was backed up by a soundtrack of laid-back beach music (very similar in style and tone to Chris Rea's 'On The Beach' single), and featured three selectable tracks in all that were broadcast through imaginary FM Radio channels received by the radio receiver in the Testarossa. The music was composed by Hiroshi "Hiro" Kawaguchi, who also did the soundtracks for other Sega arcade games. The tracks were called: // In film formats, the sound track is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... Christopher Anton Rea (born 4 March 1951) is a successful English singer-songwriter, from Middlesbrough. ... On the Beach is an album by Chris Rea, released in 1986. ... FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ...

• Splash Wave
• Magical Sound Shower
• Passing Breeze
• Last Wave (high-score music)

Additionally, the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis port featured an extra track entitled Step On Beat and the Sega Master System Out Run 3D contained the additional Shining Wind and Midnight Highway. The Sega Mega Drive was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world. ... The Sega Master System (SMS for short) is an 8-bit cartridge-based gaming console that was manufactured by Sega. ...

The home computer versions of Out Run (for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Atari ST) came bundled with a bonus cassette tape featuring the original arcade versions of these tunes, the idea being that the player could listen to the true versions while playing rather than the limited home computer renditions, if available at all. The Commodore 64 is the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. ... The ZX Spectrum is a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ... The Amstrad CPC was a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad during the 1980s and early 1990s. ... The Atari 520ST Atari 1040STF with SC1224 color monitor The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. ... The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply a tape. ...

Releases

• Arcade (1986)
• Sega Master System (1987)
• Commodore 64 (1987, ported by Amazing Products and US Gold. Missing: road forks, map and Passing Breeze)
• Amstrad CPC (1987, ported by Probe. Missing: map, in-game music -available through audio tape- and car-flip)
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987, ported by Probe. Missing: map, in-game music on 48K, Passing Breeze and car-flip)
• MSX (1987, ported by Probe)
• MSX2 (1988, ported by Ponycanyon)
• Commodore Amiga (1988, ported by Probe)
• Atari ST (1989, ported by Probe)
• PC-DOS (1989, ported by Unlimited Software, Inc.)
• NEC PC Engine (1990, ported by NEC)
• Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis (1991, ported by Sanritsu)
• Sega Game Gear (1991, ported by Sanritsu)
• Sega Saturn (1996, ported by Rutubo Games - released as a standalone product in Japan, part of SEGA Ages elsewhere))
• Mobile Phone (2004)
• PlayStation 2 (2006, SEGA ages vol. 13)

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As part of other titles

• Sega Dreamcast, inside Shenmue II (2001), and the compilation Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol. 1 (2001)
• Game Boy Advance, part of Sega Arcade Gallery compilation (2003, ported by Bits Studios)
• Xbox, inside Shenmue II (2002) and also inside Out Run 2 (2004)

In the video game Shenmue II you can discover an Out Run arcade machine, which is faithfully reproduced, aside from minor changes to the sound samples and the car graphics (the original game didn't possess an official Ferrari licence). The Dreamcast , code-named Dural, Dricas and Katana during development) is Segas fifth and final video game console and the successor to the Sega Saturn. ... Shenmue II is the sequel to the Sega Dreamcast Modern Action Adventure, RPG, FREE game Shenmue, written and directed by Yu Suzuki. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... Shenmue II is the sequel to the Sega Dreamcast Modern Action Adventure, RPG, FREE game Shenmue, written and directed by Yu Suzuki. ...

The original Out Run is hidden inside the Xbox game Out Run 2 and can be accessed by using the code NINETEEN86 and also by completing all routes in arcade mode. However, the original arcade had sprites with one translucent color, used for shadows, which is not replicated in this emulation. The emulated version renders this color opaque.

Sequels

In the arcades, Out Run was followed up in 1989 by Turbo Out Run. Turbo Out Run was a checkpoint racer in which the player drove from New York City to Los Angeles in 16 stages. It also featured a rock-infused soundtrack. As with all Out Run games aside from OutRun 2, this is named by Yu Suzuki as an unofficial sequel. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Turbo OutRun is a videogame by Sega released to arcades in 1989. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... OutRun 2 is a racing game released by Sega in 2003. ...

Another unofficial sequel came in 1992 with OutRunners, returning the game to its roots by bringing back the forks in the road. Head-to-head support appeared in the game for the first time, and if arcade cabinets were linked, up to eight drivers could race against each other. The game also featured eight different cars for people to drive in. It was the most successful game released for Sega's System Multi 32 hardware, and one of the last successful 2D games released by Sega. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... OutRunners is an arcade game released by Sega in 1992. ... The System 32 was an arcade platform released by Sega in the early 1990s. ...

Out Run benefited from 3D graphics in the game's first official sequel in 2003, when OutRun 2 (featuring actual licensed vehicles from Ferrari, including a Testarossa) was released to the arcades. Yu Suzuki, the creator of the original game, was on hand to bring his vision up to date, and to great critical acclaim. The game was later ported to the Xbox with added features such as new cars, new audio tracks and even a fully-playable version of the original OutRun. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... OutRun 2 is a racing game released by Sega in 2003. ... Yu Suzuki (Japanese: , , born May 10, 1958) is a Japanese game designer and producer who has spent his entire career with Sega Enterprises. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ...

An updated version of OutRun 2 was released in arcades in 2004 entitled "OutRun 2 SP". This expanded upon the original by offering a plethora of tracks to drive through, including the original map. It also improved on graphics and added more tunes to listen to while driving. It featured the 512 BB and 250 GTO, which were also featured in the Xbox version of the original OutRun 2. OutRun 2 is a racing game released by Sega in 2003. ...

In turn, OutRun 2 was succeeded by OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast, developed for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. The game combines all the courses from OutRun 2 and OutRun 2 SP while adding additional features of its own, such as special car models, new game modes and more audio tracks. It also contains an OutRun 2 SP mode, which offers an exact arcade port of OutRun 2 SP. The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... It has been suggested that GoMax be merged into this article or section. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ...

There are three other unofficial Out Run sequels that were only released for home systems: OutRun Europa, Battle Out Run, and Out Run 2019. On the Sega Master System, there is also a special version of Out Run which makes use of the 3D glasses add-on. Battle Out Run was a 1989 videogame released by Sega on the Master System. ... Out Run 2019 (Japanese: アウトラン 2019) is a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis-only psuedo-sequel to Out Run that takes place in the future. ... Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging or 3-D (three-dimensional) imaging is a technique to create the illusion of depth in a photograph, movie, or other two-dimensional image, by presenting a slightly different image to each eye. ...

Other appearances

Out Run has made appearances in other media. In the 2001 film Donnie Darko, Donnie is playing Out Run at an arcade with his girlfriend. The scene shows him crashing his car during their discussion. Donnie Darko is a 2001 psychological thriller containing elements of science fiction and horror, directed and written by Richard Kelly. ...

An MTV public service announcement against drunk driving shown in the mid '90s shows a gamer playing Out Run while under the influence of alcohol, and cuts to each point where the gamer crashes until the end of game. MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... A public service announcement (PSA) or community service announcement (CSA) is a non-commercial advertisement typically on radio or television, ostensibly broadcast for the public good. ...

It is still debatable if a portion of the song, "Put it in the Air" by Talib Kweli featuring DJ Quik, uses a sample of one of the music tracks of OutRun. The sample is quite short but strikes similar resemblance.

Hip-hop group People Under the Stairs released an ode to the game on their 2003 EP ...Or Stay Tuned. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... ...Or Stay Tuned is an EP by the People Under the Stairs. ...

The original arcade game contains in-game billboards advertising KTM motorcycles. Kronreif, Trunkenpolz, Mattighofen (KTM) is an Austrian motorcycle manufacturer // The company was founded in 1934 by engineer Hans Trunkenpolz [1] in Mattighofen. ...

External links

• Out Run FAQ at Mike's Arcade
• System 16 Out Run Hardware
• Out Run at the Killer List of Videogames
• OutRun.org (fan site)
• Out Run at MobyGames
• Out Run at World of Spectrum
• [1] info at Hardcore Gaming 101