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{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (アウトランナーズ) is a [[System 32]] driving game developed by [[Sega AM1]]{{fileref|Sega Arcade History JP EnterBrain Book-1.pdf|page=127}} and manufactured by [[Sega]]. The sequel to the classic 1986 arcade game ''[[OutRun]]'', it was first released to Japanese arcades in May 1993{{fileref|Sega Arcade History JP EnterBrain Book-1.pdf|page=127}}, and like its predecessor, features extensive sprite scaling to simulate three-dimension scenery.
 
{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (アウトランナーズ) is a [[System 32]] driving game developed by [[Sega AM1]]{{fileref|Sega Arcade History JP EnterBrain Book-1.pdf|page=127}} and manufactured by [[Sega]]. The sequel to the classic 1986 arcade game ''[[OutRun]]'', it was first released to Japanese arcades in May 1993{{fileref|Sega Arcade History JP EnterBrain Book-1.pdf|page=127}}, and like its predecessor, features extensive sprite scaling to simulate three-dimension scenery.
  
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The following year, ''OutRunners'' was ported to the [[Mega Drive]] courtesy of [[Sega CS]], and is most notable for its downgraded presentation and forced splitscreen.
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The following year, ''OutRunners'' was ported to the [[Mega Drive]] courtesy of [[Sega CS3]], and is most notable for its downgraded presentation and forced splitscreen.
  
 
==Gameplay==
 
==Gameplay==

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OutRunners
System(s): Sega System Multi 32, Sega Mega Drive
Publisher:
Arcade (System 32)
Sega
Sega Mega Drive
Sega (Japan)
Sega Mega Drive
Data East (US)
Developer:
Sound driver:
Sega Mega Drive
SMPS Z80
Genre: Racing[2][3]

















Number of players:
Arcade
1-4
Sega Mega Drive
1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (System 32)
JP		 ¥? ?
Arcade (System 32)
US		 $? ?
Arcade (System 32)
UK		 £? ?
Arcade (System 32)
DE		 DM ? ?
Arcade (System 32)
AU		 $? ?
Arcade (System 32)
PL		 6000[4]PLN ?





























Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥7,8007,800 G-4119
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$69.9969.99[6] T-13096
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega Drive
KR 		GM94007JG

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OutRunners (アウトランナーズ) is a System 32 driving game developed by Sega AM1[1] and manufactured by Sega. The sequel to the classic 1986 arcade game OutRun, it was first released to Japanese arcades in May 1993[1], and like its predecessor, features extensive sprite scaling to simulate three-dimension scenery.

The following year, OutRunners was ported to the Mega Drive courtesy of Sega CS3, and is most notable for its downgraded presentation and forced splitscreen.

Gameplay

OutRunners follows a similar format to OutRun, in which the player is tasked with driving across the world within a specified amount of time. There are, however, twice as many areas as OutRun in OutRunners, as the world is divided into east and west (selectable after the first stage). Whereas OutRun took place in Europe and Turbo OutRun North America, OutRunners spans the entire globe.

The superior System 32 hardware allow for vastly improved graphics, eight selectable cars (a scrapped plan for the original OutRun) and more music tracks (including those featured in the original OutRun game). It was always distributed as a two player deluxe cabinet (hence the "System Multi 32" name), and it is possible to link two cabinets together to create a four-player racing experience. It was the first OutRun game to allow more than one player to compete at once.

Cars

Easy Handling
Smooth Operator
Bad Boy
Road Monster
Quick Reactor
Wild Chaser
Mad Power
Speed Buster
The Ferrari Testarossa from the original OutRun, albeit with any unlicensed Ferrari badges removed and some differences in bodywork.

Track Layout

Like the original OutRun, the journey in OutRunners contains many forks in the road, leading to one of ten possible endings. Players all begin at the same location, but are given a choice whether they want to take the eastern or the western routes. Some areas are repeated for both sides, though it is impossible to visit the same location twice in one outing.

Goal Stage Number Goal
5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5
A Northern Europe Russia F
Germany Germany
B Switzerland China Switzerland China G
France Hawaii Niagara Falls France
C Atlantic Ocean Underwater Tunnel Japan San Francisco Start Grand Canyon Atlantic Ocean Underwater Tunnel Japan H
Mediterranean Sea Pacific Ocean Crossway Bridge South America Mediterranean Sea
D Spain Hong Kong Spain Hong Kong I
Egypt Egypt
E Kenya Australia J

Versions

Though it was the most popular game for Sega's Multi 32 hardware, unlike its predecessors OutRunners only received one home console port, to the Sega Mega Drive in 1994. In this port, the screen is split horizontally into two in an attempt to mimic the two screens of the System Multi 32 platform. This, along with the reduced graphics quality and scaled back special effects, meant this version of the game is often the subject to harsh criticism. For some reason, Data East published the game in the US; it was not released in Europe.

There would not be another OutRun game released until 2003, when OutRun 2 was brought to Sega Chihiro hardware.

Comparisons

Main article: OutRunners/Comparisons.

Production credits

Main article: OutRunners/Production credits.

Arcade version

Source:
In-game credits (hidden)[7]

Additionally, the name Miyu Tsukamoto is present in the ROMs.

Mega Drive version


Digital manuals

  • Mega Drive Mini 2 US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: OutRunners/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: OutRunners/Promotional material.

Artwork

  • OutRunners MD US Art Cover.jpg

Photo gallery

  • Cabinet

Physical scans

System 32 version

Arcade, US
OutRunners System32 US Manual.pdf
Manual
Arcade, JP
Arcade, DE

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
Sega Mega Drive
 Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
58
[8]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[9]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC
48
[10]
Digitiser (UK) NTSC
41
[11]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
50
[12]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[13]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
50
[14]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
41
[15]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
78
[6]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[16]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
65
[17]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
20
[18]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
28
[19]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
52
[20]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
50
[21]
Power Unlimited (NL)
43
[22]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
76
[23]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-J
45
[24]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
80
[25]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
61
[26]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
73
[27]
Video Games (DE)
45
[28]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
40
[29]
Sega Mega Drive
 52
Based on
23 reviews

OutRunners

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
OutRunners MD JP Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, US
OutRunners MD US Box.jpg
Cover
OutRunners MD US Cart.JPG
Cart
Mega Drive, KR
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Cover
Mega Drive, AS† (NTSC)

Technical information

Main article: OutRunners/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 127
  2. ↑ File:Outrunners md jp cover.jpg
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
  4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/gambler_magazine-1997-04/page/n39/mode/2up?view=theater
  5. ↑ Harmony, "1994 5-6" (JP; 1994-05-23), page 39
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 GamePro, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
  7. ↑ @gosokkyu on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2023-08-13 12:15)
  8. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 18
  9. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 150
  10. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 97
  11. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-07-21)
  12. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 70
  13. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 346
  14. ↑ Famitsu, "1994-05-20" (JP; 1994-05-06), page 38
  15. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 8 August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 50
  16. ↑ Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 62
  17. ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
  18. ↑ Mega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 47
  19. ↑ Mega Fun, "08/94" (DE; 1994-07-20), page 62
  20. ↑ MegaTech, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 48
  21. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 64
  22. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaagang 3, Jul/Aug 1995" (NL; 1995-06-28), page 54
  23. ↑ Sega Pro, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 44
  24. ↑ Sega Zone, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-xx), page 38
  25. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 109
  26. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  27. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 131
  28. ↑ Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 116
  29. ↑ VideoGames, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 74


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OutRun series of games
Arcade
 OutRun (1986) | Turbo OutRun (1989) | OutRunners (1992) | OutRun 2 (2003) | OutRun 2 SP (2004) | OutRun 2 SP SDX (2006)
Sega Master System
 OutRun (1987) | OutRun 3D (1988) | Battle OutRun (1989) | OutRun Europa (1991)
Windows PC
 OutRun (1987) | Turbo OutRun (1989) | OutRun Europa (1991) | OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006)
MSX
 OutRun (1988)
FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
 Turbo OutRun (1989)
LCD handheld game
 OutRun (1989) | OutRun F-1 (19xx)
Sega Mega Drive
 OutRun (1991) | Turbo OutRun (1992) | OutRun 2019 (1993) | OutRunners (1994) | Arcade Legends OutRun 2019 (200x)
Sega Game Gear
 OutRun (1991) | OutRun Europa (1992)
Sega Saturn
 Sega Ages OutRun (1996)
i-mode 503i
 OutRun (2001)
Sony PlayStation 2
 Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 13: OutRun (2004) | OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006) | OutRun 2 SP (2007)
Xbox
 OutRun 2 (2004) | OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006)
Sony PlayStation Portable
 OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006)
Xbox 360
Sony PlayStation 3
 OutRun Online Arcade (2009)
Nintendo 3DS
 3D OutRun (2014)
Nintendo Switch
 Sega Ages OutRun (2018)
OutRun-related media
Music
 OutRun (1992) | Virtua Racing & OutRunners (1993) | Yu Suzuki Produce OutRun (1997) | Sega Presents OutRun 2: Music Through the Ages (2004) | OutRun 2 Sound Tracks (2004) | OutRun 2 Sound Tracks: Side B (2005) | OutRun Sound Tracks: Complement (2007) | OutRun 20th Anniversary Box (2007) | OutRun (2016) | Sega Ages OutRun: Music Collection (2019)
Film
 OutRun (1987) | OutRun (1988) | Super Monaco GP / Turbo OutRun (1989) | Out Run/Turbo Out Run Strategy Movie ＆ S.S.T. Band Live+1 (2007)
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