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}}{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is an unreleased [[Sega Mega Drive]] fitness action driving game scheduled to be published by [[HeartBeat Corporation]] sometime in late 1994 or early 1995. Specifically designed to utilize the fitness sensor-integrated Mega Drive peripheral the [[HeartBeat Catalyst]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210414054316/http://videogamekraken.com/heartbeat-personal-trainer-catalyst}}{{magref|sv|15|110}}, it would have been one of very few games to feature compatibility with the unique exercise hardware, but ultimately went unreleased.{{ref|https://trademarks.justia.com/744/08/outworld-2375-ad-74408230.html}}

==Gameplay==
''{{PAGENAME}}'' was described in a February 1994 ''[[wikipedia:The Chicago Tribune|Chicago Tribune]]'' article as allowing players to "choose from five drastic environmental conditions on a planet wracked by natural disasters".{{ref|https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-02-24-9402240306-story.html}} The faster the user exercises, the faster the player ship travels. Exercise too fast and the ship will overheat and explode, and exercise too slowly and it will lose momentum and crash.{{magref|mega|18|12}}

==History==
[[File:Outworld2375AD MD advertisementdetail.png|thumb|right|360px|One of the game's only known appearances, published in ''[[Sega Visions]]'', issue 15.{{magref|sv|15|110}}]]
''{{PAGENAME}}'' was advertised alongside ''[[NHLPA Hockey '93]]'' as "the second wave of HeartBeat games".{{magref|sv|15|110}} While the latter did see the light of day (notably lacking [[HeartBeat Catalyst]] support), the former had its release cancelled.

Preview copies of the game were sent to a number of video game magazines for review, with most articles commenting on it's unique fitness capabilities: The faster the user exercises, the faster the player ship travels. Exercise too fast and the ship will overheat and explode, and exercise too slowly and it will lose momentum and crash.{{magref|mega|18|12}}

===Legacy===

==Development==
Originally known under the working tile '''''Outworld'''''{{ref|https://trademarks.justia.com/743/41/outworld-74341709.html}}{{ref|http://videogamekraken.com/heartbeat-personal-trainer-catalyst}}, ''{{PAGENAME}}'' progressed as far along into development as to acquire an official UPC code, and photographic slides were produced and sent to a few contemporary video game magazines. Additionally, a collector in Lansing, Michigan owns a prototype copy of the game.

While the company which developed ''{{PAGENAME}}'' is unknown, Heartbeat Corporation's only other original video game, ''[[Outback Joey]]'', was developed by [[Western Technologies]].

==Images==
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Outworld2375AD MD advertisementdetail.png|One of the game's only known advertisements, appearing in ''[[Sega Visions]]''.
Outworld2375AD MD promotionalfilms.png|Promotional films distributed to game magazines for capturing screenshots.
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==Magazine articles==
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==Promotional material==
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===ROM dump status===
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==External links==
*''[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-02-24-9402240306-story.html Technology adds new thrills to boring exercise equipment]'' article by Bob Condor at ''[https://www.chicagotribune.com The Chicago Tribune]''

==References==
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