I saw Outrun motion cabinet in Blackpool in 1986, and it blew me away. I was 10 and knew then I wanted to get into making games which I was lucky enough to do as a job 10 years later and still am! Thank you Sega!
THIS was the game that got me hooked on video games. When I saw it walking by the arcade, I couldn't resist. I had to try it. It was love at first coin.
+eupher2 the Sega Saturn Out Run port didn’t only come out in Japan it was included in a collection (compilation) Sega Ages outside Japan with After Burner ll + Space Harrier late 1990’s (1997 or 1998)
It's actually better than the arcade version cause it runs at 60fps vs the arcades 30fps. Plus dat kickass CD quality instrumental OST was a sweet bonus.
I've just played outrun 2 in the arcade again, I've a real hankering to buy some steering wheels etc to recreate the experience, damn I love the drifting in that game!
The best racing game of the 80s and maybe the best from the arcades. Played a lot the C64, and in those days it gave me a lot of enjoyment even if was far from the arcade quality. Great video man!
the more i see of the zx spectrum the more happy i am we did not get those slow computers over here. my dads work had a sega turbo and outrun arcade and at night he would set it in free play and leave me alone with them all night long.
It was actually faster for 3D titles (wire frame 3D and Isometric 3D) than say the C64, but yeah, awful AY soundchip, colour clash, dead flesh keyboards 🤣
Allow me a critisism on this awesome video. It's a shame you scaled the game footage breaking the aspect ratio instead of centering it with a background or just black at the sides. You also lost the opportunity of mentioning the open source Cannonball that can run the original ROM in widescreen, 60fps and other improvements.
yeah i also missed the mention of Cannonball. this was for the first time i really got into Outrun, playing it everyday on my PS Vita when going to work. i must say it took some time to complete all the stages
It really is amazing (and sad at the same time) how the 8-bit Master System port was so much better than those for the (16-bit) Atari, Amiga, and PC. The PC one doesn't look too bad, but supporting AdLib would have made it so much better.
If you run it on a Tandy 1000 system (now easily done with emulation through DOSBox or its derivatives), you get 3-voice sound and even digitised sound effects, including speech.
So I'm gonna assume you've never played OutRunners? You really should if you haven't already. It was never given a home release, but it's TOTALLY worth emulating on MAME. It's even better than the original Outrun in my opinion.
1:32 You found that "playable"? On Spectrum "playable" were titles like "Manic Miner" or "Jet Set Willy" etc. - but surely not such atrocious "port" of "Outrun". Maybe you meant "...having no other choice"?
for the 8bit era i always had my hopes high each time a arcade conversion came out, and i was always sold by the coverart of the cames, but always ended with a disappointment, though i think the Rainbow Island was one of the best conversions
I remember having to write down all the levels tape counter numbers, a nightmare the first playthrough. and at 4:09 is that the I,T Crowd reference on the right-hand pinball table and if so why?
From a self confessed arcade nut, more arcade games please! Although I like the original Outrun now, it didn't amaze me when I was younger. My favourite Sega racer nostalgia wise was Virtua Racing. Playing that game in an arcade in 1992 when I was 10 years old blew me away. The graphics were unreal. Somehow, I still think they look futuristic now!
I bought the Spectrum version with my earned pocket money thanks to the generous 'sponsored' magazine reviews and ended up playing the music cassette more than the game. It's then that I learned to treat reviews with more caution!
i think 32X version of Out Run was in development then cancelled (scrapped) because of hardware limits and/or a Ferrari license fee disagreement (issue)
Became obsessed with this on the arcades and pier in Hastings when it first came out. There were 2 motion sitdowns and 1 fixed, these were always busy, so if unlucky had to use the standup, especially in the hols!
I also played this in the arcade in Hastings and also in Folkestone, I used to spend my Tuesday nights in Saturdays nightclub listening to john digweed play, Later I ripped off Hang on and made my own C64 game called Max Torque. I then changed the bike into a Porsche and made an Outrun style demo, I showed that to Geoff Brown at US Gold and the rest is History, I lived in Appledore and had the machine in my parents garage, nearly 40 years later I ended up being the 17 year old that made the c64 version of Outrun. Who would of thought!
Out Run defined and set the standards for racing games. 30 years later I'm still impressed with the graphics and soundtrack of Out Run. I've always considered Sega being the Master of Arcades.
I first played OutRun at the arcades in Australia loved it and later on my dad got me a Sega master system console with OutRun as one of the games oh the great memories growing up back in the good old days 👍👍👍👍 video
great video as usual! I love showing my nephew's your videos. They are 19 and 17 years old and thoroughly convinced that an OLD game is COD Modern Warfare 2, and that each and every COD is the next greatest game of all time. I don't know why this bothers me, but it really does. I'm 34 and started my gaming life on a 2600. They are in their teens and started out with a super Nintendo, and have absolutely no respect for their roots. They don't even get nostalgic playing old SNES games. They consider those games to be nothing more than a time killer until COD arrived. I tried to explain Doom and its significance to the world of FPSs but again they don't care who invented what. They said it doesn't matter who came up with FPSs, COD would have done it eventually, and done it better. These kids have the nerve to wear shirts proclaiming things like "Uber Gamer" "Die Hard (back off filthy casuals)", and yes, they are that kind of nerds. Anyway, I got sick of trying to explain that the world doesn't revolve around COD, and just reccomended they watch some of your videos if they don't want to be called out as liars while wearing those dumb shirts. As it turns out, the older one did watch a few of your videos. He liked them and that led to a few other videos which led him to ask me about The Elder Scrolls games. After a short explanation I gave him a copy of Skyrim and what do you know? he liked it! It's his first non COD game in years and hopefully his new found curiosity will propel him and his brother out of the shit gutter that is rabid COD fanboy-ism. It's all thanks to your videos too! You sparked just enough interest to make him curious, and as far as I'm concerned, that's all it takes. Finally, now every family gathering or holiday party won't be spent playing COD. With any luck maybe, just maybe we can play something different. Anything at all... Thanks again man!
Only 12, started with a GameCube. Yet I get nostalgia from Genesis and Super Nintendo games. How the hell do I get nostalgia from playing them but your nephews who literally started with the SNES don't?
well i'm 32 and my 5 yo nephew appreciate the classics just as much as new games. i hope he stays this way when he grows up because i want to play age of empires, starcraft and diablo with him and those games are a bit too difficult for a 5 year old. and i want to be able to play games with him without boring my self to death from holding back too. ugh i hate it.
Not only is it not sexist, if you live in the UK (where the driver side is on the right), the woman is the driver. Cries of “sexism!” and “racism!” have lost all meaning these days (thanks to all the cries of wolf).
Yeah i mean what is the hell was that all about? I went back thinking i miss heard, nope he just went full dum dum. These ism/ist's have to chill for a time now, people are just using them far too irresponsibly. Still appreciated the video though 👍
@@franciscor390 And the comment about the world ending appeared to refer to Trump and/or Brexit as this was made in 2016. Love NN anyway. It did make me laugh as there has been such an over-reaction to Trump and Brexit. Hopefully, we will all laugh together about it in 30 years. Assuming anybody is around then ;) Maybe if NN and I are around I will follow up to this comment then :)
my first ever sega interaction was OUTRUN in the arcades.....i was a pure nintendo boy but this game amazed me, years later, OUTRUNNERS blew me away....and i started to think that sega might be awesome, unlike nintendo, sega arcades were easyto find, so i compensated my nintendo games at home with sega games at the arcades, shinobi, golden axe and so much more....today i play these old games in 3D on my nintendo new 3ds and they still hold up...
At least you had music! On my Amstrad version I had feck all. Just the tape. Fortunately, being 13 in 1987, I did play the arcade version first, so all home versions(excluding the Megadrive) that I had(including the Atari ST version), were pants, until much later.
Curiously, this videeo made me want to play a game of Outrun, and then another game when you reminded me of my (and everyone else's) impending doom. So I did! Considered emulating the cabinet, but went with the PC-Engine port instead. It's a good one.
Nice retrospective look back at one of my favourite game series ever. Like yourself I started off with the Speccy 128k version before moving on the Sega Master System version. The next version of Outrun I owned after that though was the Saturn version and it finally felt like I was really playing an arcade perfect port albeit with a joypad. You should check out Cannonball, the enhanced Outrun Engine. It's the original game re-written to include lots of enhancements, like widescreen a 60 fps mode and best of all working force feedback for racing wheels.
I'd wish I could say my first experience with Outrun was on the actual arcade machine but luckily it was on the Sega Saturn port of it I got shortly after getting my system and I guess it's one of the best ports of the game ever made (nearly arcade perfect). Very fun addictive simple game play with amazing music to go along with the ride. Classic Sega arcade action.
I LOVED the arcade version of this game, all the local arcades had the sit down moving version of the game back then and it's the first place I'd always go as a kid. For home consoles I had the C64 version and I remember loving it - in particular how good the music was on it. As you said it didn't have branching, which was terrible, but until the Genesis version came out, it was the best out there (well assuming there wasn't an Amiga version, but if there was I never saw it).
frankly, I'm a little disappointed you didn't even mention the 3DS version, which does include a exact replica of the original arcade version, as well as an updated version that runs at 60FPS, and included two brand new music tracks. Next time, I would suggest you do a little more research.
New to his videos? This just joins an existing long list where even the most fundamental research is missing, yet is presented as something of an authority on the subject matter.
I dunno why but I had the Atari ST version but it didn't have any of the menus and had the forks in the road. Not sure if my memory was failing me or if there were 2 versions of Atari ST Outrun. Got mine of that same Atari ST pack you seem to have in your video but my disks were blue.
Great video about my most favorite oldschool arcade racer. It still is my favorite racer from the good old times. I never knew the Atari ST version did not had forks in the road, as the Amiga version was based on this game, but did had the forks in the road, but it did not matter, as the game was much less fun to play than the Commodore 64 version! Graphics does not matter when a racing game feels slow and cumbersome. The MegaDrive version on the other hand did surprise me how good it was, except for the sprite design and collor, but it still resambles the game good enough, and i just loved how much better it played than on the Amiga. It was faster, more responsive, and much more fun, and the extra tune did grew on me. Do you have a Nintendo 3DS (or NEW 3DS)? the OutRun port from M2 is the best i've played, even better than the Japanese Saturn version. I do realize the Saturn version has the proper Testarossa in it, and the 3DS version has a close aproximation of that car, but the 3D effect, and the 60 fps frame rate combined with all those unlockable extras makes me come back to the 3DS version even more so than playing it on my Saturn (Japanese version, also with 60 fps, but you have to unlock it) Thanks for sharing, thumbs up!
You were lucky I had the 48k version & had to play the arcade music in cassette player while i played it hahah. Love this games so much from the first time in the sit down arcade machine to the 3DS version
Thank you for this gift, you should checkout Outrun on Nintendo 3DS prob the best I've ever played, with new coloured cars that have improved handling / speed. It also has a 3D feature that looks good. Of course the sit down with pistons is very nice, I've actually played on an enclosed sit-down back in the day, this is the rarer version, I think it might be a Japanese machine?
Oh, all the memories! I played this game every weekend in the arcade. It was the full sit-in moving machine and absolutely the most amazing thing *ever*.
True, the xbox version is great, I have Outrun 2 and coast 2 coast and worked well on the 360 before the update, but still have my old xbox and will be playing it again soon, great work keep it up ;)
Great video! I hold OutRun dear in my heart :) One note though! No biggie, but I think you meant to say the original Xbox, and not the Xbox 360, when you talked about OutRun 2! Or am I wrong? I don't believe it was released on 360... does OutRun Online count?
Too bad it didn't have all the content of Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast. Even more too bad that it never got a physical release and it has been delisted for many years. :(
I had a blast playing Outrun 2 in an arcade last summer. I finished the entire run and got the top high-score... probably because no one ever plays it :S
I guess that spectrum screen shot with the big trucks was in Your Sinclair? I definitely remember that - what a con! Riddle me this Batman, if they could make a superb, fast arcade port of the quality of Chase HQ, then why couldn't they pull-off Out Run? Regrets of my childhood...
Outrun 2019? Where's MY rocket-boosted red Italian sports car, eh? I've got a Red FIAT Panda, but it's not got a rocket on the back... Great vid as always!
One of my favourite arcade games ever. What a shock when I saw it for the very first time!
The FM on the reg plate was for Probe Software's (now sadly deceased) programmer Fergus McGovern - Not for the STFM.
Magical Sound Shower is the greatest video game audio track of all time.
Streching a 4:3 image is punishable by law!
Not if you stretch it to 16.9 then select wide zoom if available 😀.
I saw Outrun motion cabinet in Blackpool in 1986, and it blew me away. I was 10 and knew then I wanted to get into making games which I was lucky enough to do as a job 10 years later and still am! Thank you Sega!
THIS was the game that got me hooked on video games. When I saw it walking by the arcade, I couldn't resist. I had to try it. It was love at first coin.
"Unless we're all dead by then, which is looking very likely" - Covid19 predictions from 2016!
Yes, as soon as he said that I thought, "If you only knew!"
Covid19 is barely killing anyone.
Oh, I was thinks geopolitics or climate crises, my you might be right.
Great video, Nostalgia Nerd! Love meeting other OutRun fans on RUclips!
The Saturn version is a perfect arcade port. But that was much much later.
Yeah the Sega Version is the closest to the arcade. Sucks that version only came out in Japan, so I didn't get to play it until 2006.
3DS version is the definitive version now. M2 did a hell of job.
if Out Run was released on 32X in 1994 or 1995 it would’ve been the 1st perfect port before the Saturn version
+eupher2 the Sega Saturn Out Run port didn’t only come out in Japan it was included in a collection (compilation) Sega Ages outside Japan with After Burner ll + Space Harrier late 1990’s (1997 or 1998)
It's actually better than the arcade version cause it runs at 60fps vs the arcades 30fps. Plus dat kickass CD quality instrumental OST was a sweet bonus.
the ending track gave me an eargasm. jesus that was beautiful
@4:15, to the right of the Out Run cabinet. Is that IT Crowd pinball? If that's not Moss and Roy, it sure looks like them.
30 years!?! I now REALLY feel old...
I love the originals, but I loved the arcade 3D version. Many happy memories of playing with my friends.
I've just played outrun 2 in the arcade again, I've a real hankering to buy some steering wheels etc to recreate the experience, damn I love the drifting in that game!
The best racing game of the 80s and maybe the best from the arcades. Played a lot the C64, and in those days it gave me a lot of enjoyment even if was far from the arcade quality. Great video man!
the c64 version apart from the obvious lack of route choices was a really quite a marvel that really captured the fast arcade feel imo.
Ace video. Outrun is in the post to me. Looking forward to it. This video was just the ticket old chap. :)
the more i see of the zx spectrum the more happy i am we did not get those slow computers over here. my dads work had a sega turbo and outrun arcade and at night he would set it in free play and leave me alone with them all night long.
It was actually faster for 3D titles (wire frame 3D and Isometric 3D) than say the C64, but yeah, awful AY soundchip, colour clash, dead flesh keyboards 🤣
OutRun the ultimate classic!
Just simply incredible amount of nostalgia and kick ass for SEGA Master System fanboys here in the States👌💯🎮🎮🎮🎮🎮
Allow me a critisism on this awesome video. It's a shame you scaled the game footage breaking the aspect ratio instead of centering it with a background or just black at the sides. You also lost the opportunity of mentioning the open source Cannonball that can run the original ROM in widescreen, 60fps and other improvements.
+ignacio More info if you don't mind.
+The Mass Debator Here is all the info you need for running it github.com/djyt/cannonball/wiki
***** Thanks!
... Masturbator?
yeah i also missed the mention of Cannonball. this was for the first time i really got into Outrun, playing it everyday on my PS Vita when going to work. i must say it took some time to complete all the stages
Outrun... Saw it first time in the late 90's in an arcade in the mall where I lived. Loved the game ever since.
Those 2 arcade endings are adorable, I never knew about them!
I love how Peter Griffin is driving the car in the Atari ST version.
It really is amazing (and sad at the same time) how the 8-bit Master System port was so much better than those for the (16-bit) Atari, Amiga, and PC. The PC one doesn't look too bad, but supporting AdLib would have made it so much better.
That's what you get when US Gold get the conversion rights and give the conversion to Probe Software to handle 😭
If you run it on a Tandy 1000 system (now easily done with emulation through DOSBox or its derivatives), you get 3-voice sound and even digitised sound effects, including speech.
It's curious that this video omits the best versions, the Saturn port of Outrun and Outrun 2006 on the original Xbox.
Just realised we are just 2 years away from the futuristic Outrun 2019! Great video btw. Played the original alot on arcades and my Megadrive!
So I'm gonna assume you've never played OutRunners? You really should if you haven't already. It was never given a home release, but it's TOTALLY worth emulating on MAME. It's even better than the original Outrun in my opinion.
man, is this my dream cab or what.
planning on getting one hopefully next year
Um, what about Outrunners?
1:32 You found that "playable"? On Spectrum "playable" were titles like "Manic Miner" or "Jet Set Willy" etc. - but surely not such atrocious "port" of "Outrun". Maybe you meant "...having no other choice"?
Thats one way to end a video, predict the deaths of all your viewers. lol. Nice Video BTW :-)
It made me chuckle. I only think a handful of viewers possibly this side of the water understand the comment :)
I always enjoyed the music to Outrun back then.
Loved outrun.....fave racer ever.
Thanks for this, enjoyed it !!
for the 8bit era i always had my hopes high each time a arcade conversion came out, and i was always sold by the coverart of the cames, but always ended with a disappointment, though i think the Rainbow Island was one of the best conversions
I remember having to write down all the levels tape counter numbers, a nightmare the first playthrough. and at 4:09 is that the I,T Crowd reference on the right-hand pinball table and if so why?
Enjoyed the video, well done.
From a self confessed arcade nut, more arcade games please! Although I like the original Outrun now, it didn't amaze me when I was younger. My favourite Sega racer nostalgia wise was Virtua Racing. Playing that game in an arcade in 1992 when I was 10 years old blew me away. The graphics were unreal. Somehow, I still think they look futuristic now!
I bought the Spectrum version with my earned pocket money thanks to the generous 'sponsored' magazine reviews and ended up playing the music cassette more than the game. It's then that I learned to treat reviews with more caution!
It's a crime that outrun wasn't made on the sega 32x alongside afterburner and space harrier, which were superb versions.
Yeah, it's bizzare they never made a 32X version. The 32X versions of Space Harrier and After Burner II were the first almost-arcade perfect ports.
i think 32X version of Out Run was in development then cancelled (scrapped) because of hardware limits and/or a Ferrari license fee disagreement (issue)
I still have the Amstrad version, it came with the ost on a cassete. I made my dad play it in the car a lot!
no mention of the OutRunners game ? i thought it was part of the outrun saga...
I Love this game!
Out Run on C-64 Datasette was the first game I ever owned.
Became obsessed with this on the arcades and pier in Hastings when it first came out. There were 2 motion sitdowns and 1 fixed, these were always busy, so if unlucky had to use the standup, especially in the hols!
I also played this in the arcade in Hastings and also in Folkestone, I used to spend my Tuesday nights in Saturdays nightclub listening to john digweed play, Later I ripped off Hang on and made my own C64 game called Max Torque. I then changed the bike into a Porsche and made an Outrun style demo, I showed that to Geoff Brown at US Gold and the rest is History, I lived in Appledore and had the machine in my parents garage, nearly 40 years later I ended up being the 17 year old that made the c64 version of Outrun. Who would of thought!
Out Run defined and set the standards for racing games. 30 years later I'm still impressed with the graphics and soundtrack of Out Run. I've always considered Sega being the Master of Arcades.
I first played OutRun at the arcades in Australia loved it and later on my dad got me a Sega master system console with OutRun as one of the games oh the great memories growing up back in the good old days 👍👍👍👍 video
I love Final Freeway 2 on iOS. It's a great Outrun clone!
"Unless, of course, we're all dead by then. Which is looking increasingly likely!" Well, this video aged well.
I have a original Outrun upright arcade game myself, still my nr 1 driving game !
I have a number of versions of this game including the PC-Engine version which I quite enjoy.
What about the Arcade perfect Saturn version???!!!!
In the celebratory prize-awarding animation, it looks like the female passenger is telling the male driver that his fly is open.
Ports of Outrun2 Special Tours (or Coast2Coast - NOT regular OR2) had the original tunes in the code as well as different colours for the cars.
great video as usual! I love showing my nephew's your videos. They are 19 and 17 years old and thoroughly convinced that an OLD game is COD Modern Warfare 2, and that each and every COD is the next greatest game of all time. I don't know why this bothers me, but it really does. I'm 34 and started my gaming life on a 2600. They are in their teens and started out with a super Nintendo, and have absolutely no respect for their roots. They don't even get nostalgic playing old SNES games. They consider those games to be nothing more than a time killer until COD arrived. I tried to explain Doom and its significance to the world of FPSs but again they don't care who invented what. They said it doesn't matter who came up with FPSs, COD would have done it eventually, and done it better. These kids have the nerve to wear shirts proclaiming things like "Uber Gamer" "Die Hard (back off filthy casuals)", and yes, they are that kind of nerds. Anyway, I got sick of trying to explain that the world doesn't revolve around COD, and just reccomended they watch some of your videos if they don't want to be called out as liars while wearing those dumb shirts. As it turns out, the older one did watch a few of your videos. He liked them and that led to a few other videos which led him to ask me about The Elder Scrolls games. After a short explanation I gave him a copy of Skyrim and what do you know? he liked it! It's his first non COD game in years and hopefully his new found curiosity will propel him and his brother out of the shit gutter that is rabid COD fanboy-ism. It's all thanks to your videos too! You sparked just enough interest to make him curious, and as far as I'm concerned, that's all it takes. Finally, now every family gathering or holiday party won't be spent playing COD. With any luck maybe, just maybe we can play something different. Anything at all... Thanks again man!
Only 12, started with a GameCube. Yet I get nostalgia from Genesis and Super Nintendo games. How the hell do I get nostalgia from playing them but your nephews who literally started with the SNES don't?
well i'm 32 and my 5 yo nephew appreciate the classics just as much as new games.
i hope he stays this way when he grows up because i want to play age of empires, starcraft and diablo with him and those games are a bit too difficult for a 5 year old.
and i want to be able to play games with him without boring my self to death from holding back too. ugh i hate it.
Male driver and female passenger is sexist?! Ookay, could you tell that to my wife? For once, I may be able to have a drink when we go to a party.
Not only is it not sexist, if you live in the UK (where the driver side is on the right), the woman is the driver.
Cries of “sexism!” and “racism!” have lost all meaning these days (thanks to all the cries of wolf).
Words can lose their meaning through overuse and misuse.
A white male at that 😱
😂
Yeah i mean what is the hell was that all about? I went back thinking i miss heard, nope he just went full dum dum.
These ism/ist's have to chill for a time now, people are just using them far too irresponsibly.
Still appreciated the video though 👍
@@franciscor390 And the comment about the world ending appeared to refer to Trump and/or Brexit as this was made in 2016. Love NN anyway. It did make me laugh as there has been such an over-reaction to Trump and Brexit. Hopefully, we will all laugh together about it in 30 years. Assuming anybody is around then ;) Maybe if NN and I are around I will follow up to this comment then :)
Arcade version is without question an all time top 10 game for me and I'm going back to my first gaming experiences as a kid with TV Pong.
The Saturn version is a perfect arcade port agreed
Another win for Megadrive. Thank you
Out Run on the Sega Genesis/Mega-Drive could’ve been better in some areas graphics, music, sound, visuals
I would've liked this three times if I could.
I literally saw a copy of this TODAY and didn't pick it up
my first ever sega interaction was OUTRUN in the arcades.....i was a pure nintendo boy but this game amazed me, years later, OUTRUNNERS blew me away....and i started to think that sega might be awesome, unlike nintendo, sega arcades were easyto find, so i compensated my nintendo games at home with sega games at the arcades, shinobi, golden axe and so much more....today i play these old games in 3D on my nintendo new 3ds and they still hold up...
Loved this game back in the 80s
At least you had music! On my Amstrad version I had feck all. Just the tape.
Fortunately, being 13 in 1987, I did play the arcade version first, so all home versions(excluding the Megadrive) that I had(including the Atari ST version), were pants, until much later.
My first experience was an arcade cabinet on the ferry to France!
The DOS version sounded a lot better on the Tandy 1000 because of the Tandy sound card.
Curiously, this videeo made me want to play a game of Outrun, and then another game when you reminded me of my (and everyone else's) impending doom. So I did! Considered emulating the cabinet, but went with the PC-Engine port instead. It's a good one.
9:14 This is my childhood, Outrun 2 SP arcade game (the version shown is the Xbox port of the same game)
Played the Sega Master version to death back in the days. Made it to all the endings.
What about the GBA port? That was my fave game on the gba :)
Outrun or death! What a combination 👍
One of the best driving games ever.
Nice retrospective look back at one of my favourite game series ever. Like yourself I started off with the Speccy 128k version before moving on the Sega Master System version. The next version of Outrun I owned after that though was the Saturn version and it finally felt like I was really playing an arcade perfect port albeit with a joypad. You should check out Cannonball, the enhanced Outrun Engine. It's the original game re-written to include lots of enhancements, like widescreen a 60 fps mode and best of all working force feedback for racing wheels.
I'm pretty sure the version you keep showing as the Arcade ROM, isn't...
Looks like the Saturn Version...
Excelent commentary and video,,,,,Saludos Mundo Makina......Great GAME,Fenomenal and Marvelous Game,,,,Sega Saturn Excellent Version......
I'd wish I could say my first experience with Outrun was on the actual arcade machine but luckily it was on the Sega Saturn port of it I got shortly after getting my system and I guess it's one of the best ports of the game ever made (nearly arcade perfect). Very fun addictive simple game play with amazing music to go along with the ride. Classic Sega arcade action.
I LOVED the arcade version of this game, all the local arcades had the sit down moving version of the game back then and it's the first place I'd always go as a kid. For home consoles I had the C64 version and I remember loving it - in particular how good the music was on it. As you said it didn't have branching, which was terrible, but until the Genesis version came out, it was the best out there (well assuming there wasn't an Amiga version, but if there was I never saw it).
frankly, I'm a little disappointed you didn't even mention the 3DS version, which does include a exact replica of the original arcade version, as well as an updated version that runs at 60FPS, and included two brand new music tracks. Next time, I would suggest you do a little more research.
New to his videos?
This just joins an existing long list where even the most fundamental research is missing, yet is presented as something of an authority on the subject matter.
C64: can't choose your route, but got a playable game with decent graphics and music. :-D
5:40 schrodinger's junction - just a fuzzy probability wave until you pick a path :)
I dunno why but I had the Atari ST version but it didn't have any of the menus and had the forks in the road. Not sure if my memory was failing me or if there were 2 versions of Atari ST Outrun. Got mine of that same Atari ST pack you seem to have in your video but my disks were blue.
You forgot the awesome Saturn version.
Great video about my most favorite oldschool arcade racer. It still is my favorite racer from the good old times. I never knew the Atari ST version did not had forks in the road, as the Amiga version was based on this game, but did had the forks in the road, but it did not matter, as the game was much less fun to play than the Commodore 64 version! Graphics does not matter when a racing game feels slow and cumbersome. The MegaDrive version on the other hand did surprise me how good it was, except for the sprite design and collor, but it still resambles the game good enough, and i just loved how much better it played than on the Amiga. It was faster, more responsive, and much more fun, and the extra tune did grew on me.
Do you have a Nintendo 3DS (or NEW 3DS)? the OutRun port from M2 is the best i've played, even better than the Japanese Saturn version. I do realize the Saturn version has the proper Testarossa in it, and the 3DS version has a close aproximation of that car, but the 3D effect, and the 60 fps frame rate combined with all those unlockable extras makes me come back to the 3DS version even more so than playing it on my Saturn (Japanese version, also with 60 fps, but you have to unlock it)
Thanks for sharing, thumbs up!
My first memory of Outrun was on Commodore 64
Also I notice you have something to nit pick about with every version
You were lucky I had the 48k version & had to play the arcade music in cassette player while i played it hahah. Love this games so much from the first time in the sit down arcade machine to the 3DS version
Thank you for this gift, you should checkout Outrun on Nintendo 3DS prob the best I've ever played, with new coloured cars that have improved handling / speed. It also has a 3D feature that looks good. Of course the sit down with pistons is very nice, I've actually played on an enclosed sit-down back in the day, this is the rarer version, I think it might be a Japanese machine?
That is one version I really do want to play. You've reminded me!
Can confirm: extremely good version.
Remember Outun in the arcades. Childhood memories are flooding back lol.
The PC version of that is good too, having not played it on the Xbox I can't compare but I have to say it is my favourite Outrun game so far.
Oh, all the memories! I played this game every weekend in the arcade. It was the full sit-in moving machine and absolutely the most amazing thing *ever*.
True, the xbox version is great, I have Outrun 2 and coast 2 coast and worked well on the 360 before the update, but still have my old xbox and will be playing it again soon, great work keep it up ;)
Great video! I hold OutRun dear in my heart :)
One note though! No biggie, but I think you meant to say the original Xbox, and not the Xbox 360, when you talked about OutRun 2! Or am I wrong? I don't believe it was released on 360... does OutRun Online count?
Outrun 2006 - best version. Like the ps arcade port he featured in the video, but for PC, and with tons of new cars, features, songs, and modes.
Wowz the C64 version looked Decent!
Outrun Online Arcade on XBLA and PSN is one of the greatest projects I've had the pleasure to work on :)
Too bad it didn't have all the content of Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast. Even more too bad that it never got a physical release and it has been delisted for many years. :(
it's a shame the coast to coast didn't come with the genesis version as well
I'm kind of impressed with the ZX Spectrum's version of Outrun. But then, I love seeing really deconstructed versions of classic games.
I had a blast playing Outrun 2 in an arcade last summer. I finished the entire run and got the top high-score... probably because no one ever plays it :S
I found an Outrun 2 cab in Birmingham airport last week, awww yeah!
There's one in Bury @ Arcade Club, Eli Mill.
£10 in, all games free play.
I guess that spectrum screen shot with the big trucks was in Your Sinclair? I definitely remember that - what a con! Riddle me this Batman, if they could make a superb, fast arcade port of the quality of Chase HQ, then why couldn't they pull-off Out Run? Regrets of my childhood...
Outrun 2019? Where's MY rocket-boosted red Italian sports car, eh? I've got a Red FIAT Panda, but it's not got a rocket on the back...
Great vid as always!
Aw FIAT or as we mechanics call them, Fix it again tony
best racing ever, still play the xbox and PSP version today
Isn't the 360 version the same one released for the original XBOX (Outrun coast 2 coast 2006) with improved graphics?