Out Run

Manufacturer: Sega
Year: 1986
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Racing
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 1
Gameplay: Single
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Steering: Wheel
Shifter: 2-position (low, high)
Pedals: 2

Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel)

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Out Run Description

You drive a Ferrari Testarossa through various stages each with a checkpoint at the end of the stage that must be reached within the time limit. The player can choose which route to take through the game. The driver also has a choice of three different themes to listen to while driving.

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Cabinet Information

There are four different style cabinets: a car shaped sit-down which uses a hydraulics system to move the cabinet about during game play with a 25" monitor , a second big sit-down version, with no hydraulics and simpler car and simple left to right movement with a 20" monitor, a deluxe upright with custom plastics, and a mini upright.

Cheats, Tricks and Bugs

If the Start button is pressed while approaching a checkpoint the following message will be displayed: "Program by Yu Suzuki 1986 Sep." That this "easter egg" will not work on all versions of the game, however.

Conversion

The game can be converted to Turbo Out Run with the relevant upgrade kit.

VAPS Arcade Census

GAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Very Common - There are 131 known instances of Out Run owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 114 of them are original dedicated machines, 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 15 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 57,121 video games (3,420 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 48 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - There are 10 VAPS members currently looking for Out Run.

For Sale - There are 9 VAPS members with Out Run machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

Technical

The game uses dual 68000 CPU's. The sound CPU is a Yamaha YM2151.

Trivia

The three of the four soundtracks are called "Magical Sound Shower", "Passing Breeze" and "Splash Wave", all of which can be selected at the start of play. The final tune is called "Last Wave" and it is only played on the high-score board.

The game was converted to the Spectrum, Amstrad, Commodore, Atari ST and Amiga computers by US Gold (now Eidos) in 1987. These home computer versions were supplied with an extra cassette featuring the arcade music.

An Out Run Soundtrack CD was also released.

Out Run was the second Sega release to feature "Super-Scaler" technology; the first was Space Harrier.

Fixes

Some versions of the game have a suicide battery present on the game board, while others were manufactured without. For more details, check out "The Dead Battery Society" at: http://www.arcadecollecting.com/dead/dead.html

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Legacy

Manuals

Owner's Manual 46 Pages, 4331 KB File.

Photo contributed by: Morden

Out Run - Title screen image

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