Out Run
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- This game is part of a series. For more information, see Out Run series.
| Out Run | |
|---|---|
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| Composer(s) | Jason Brooke |
| Team(s) | Probe |
| Publisher(s) | U.S. Gold |
| Music Format(s) | Soundtracker Jason Brooke |
| Year published | 1988 |
The original arcade version of Out Run was a landmark in arcading history, boasting large, colourful, scaled sprites with fast, smooth gameplay and a memorable soundtrack. Probe, creators of the Amiga version, appeared to have overlooked all of these things!
Although the interface resembled the Atari ST version, the rest of the graphics weren't exactly the same. So it's possible that the Amiga version wasn't just another lame ST port, which was normally a good excuse for a bad Amiga game.
The arcade version had an original feature that allowed you to choose one of three pieces of music before you started the race. Probe probably thought the converted music was so dire that you would opt to turn the music off! As such, no music select screen was present and only two of the three main themes were converted to the Amiga.
The arcade version had plenty of scenery whizzing by the track as you raced from stage to stage, to help generate a feeling of speed. The Amiga version had sparse detail, which begs the question of why did it take so long to load between each stage?
It would take another three years before the Amiga had a similar looking car racing game that showed what could be done. That game was Lotus Turbo Challenge 2.
Contents |
Gallery
 Shown during a demo race, like the arcade version. |
 Hey! Where have all the crowds gone? |
 This stage looked awesome at the arcade. It just looks awful on the Amiga! |
 Shows your progress when you run out of time. I'd just reset the Amiga and remove the disk if I were you! |
 Almost faithful to the arcade version - but come on! Where's the copper gradient? |
UnExoticA Music Files
Game/Brooke_Jason/Out_Run.lha
Download archive Game/Brooke_Jason/Out_Run.lha (ftp)
Subsong 3 (Passing Breeze) appears to be unfinished.
| Filename | File Size | Composer | Game | Year | Team / Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out_Run | |||||
 jcb.out_run | 57186 | Jason Brooke | Out Run | 1988 | U.S. Gold / Probe |
 mod.outrun wordsfirst | 182752 | Jason Brooke | Out Run | 1988 | U.S. Gold / Probe |
- Updates
- Sunday 25 February 2001 (XtC): Added to collection
See Also
Out Run - See how the original arcade version looked on other platforms.
External Links
| Out Run series | |||||
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Out Run | Turbo Out Run | Out Run Europa | |||
| 1988 | 1989 | 1991 | |||
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