OutRunners

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OutRunners

System(s): Sega System Multi 32, Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega, Data East (MD/US)

Developer: Sega AM1

Sega CS

Sound driver:

SMPS/Z80

Genre: Racing

Number of players:

1-4

1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993	$?	?
UK	1993	£?	?
DE	1993	DM ?	?
AU	1993	$?	?

JP	1994-05-13	¥7,8007,800	G-4119
US	1994-07^[1]	$69.9969.99^[1]	T-13096

VRC

OutRunners (アウトランナーズ) is a sequel to the 1986 Sega classic OutRun and was developed in 1992 and released in early 1993 for the Sega System Multi 32 arcade platform.

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.

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
Goal	5	4	3	2	1	0	1	2	3	4	5	Goal
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

The Mega Drive port of OutRunners is always displayed as a two-player game, but it does have a secret car from Virtua Racing.

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 are some slight differences between the Japanese and North American versions. Entering at the title screen of the Japanese Mega Drive version, selecting arcade mode with and then pressing allows the user to play as a secret car, "Virtua Formula", otherwise known as the car from Virtua Racing. This option comes complete with a selection of sound effects and music jingles from the game. Whereas the North American option allows you to input the code (and get a confirmation noise), you cannot drive this car.

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

Arcade version

Planner: Makoto Sugawara
Programmer: Kazunari Tsukamoto, Hidetoshi "Wiz" Takeshita, Yoshimi Aikawa, Kazutomo "Manchi" Sanbongi
Designer: Masaki Kondoh, Taku Makino, Takahiro Ohtsuka, Kazunori Hidaka, Yuiko Aki, Atsushi Shimamura, Tetsu Nakajima, Akira Watanabe, Toshiyuki Mukaiyama, Katsuhisa Satoh
Sound Composer: Takayuki Nakamura, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

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

Mega Drive version

Producer: Ossiy
Director: JUN Tsu Chi
Planner: Moririn
Programmer: Waka!!, Koba, KenKen
Designer: George, KumoPU, TsuNo.1
Sound Composer: Hata, Milpo, Pomtaro, Shirako
Special Thanks: Sarnin, Miya, Q-Taro, Yosshi, YUI CHAN, Four

Magazine articles

Main article: OutRunners/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Arcade US flyer

PDF

Arcade JP flyer

Arcade DE flyer

Arcade AU print advert

Mega Drive print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #59: "June 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

VideoGames (US) #66: "July 1994" (1994-0x-xx)^[2]
EGM² (US) #1: "July 1994" (1994-07-19)^[3]
EGM² (US) #2: "August 1994" (1994-0x-xx)^[4]

Mega Drive print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #62: "September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)^[5]

Artwork

Photo gallery

Cabinet

Physical scans

System 32 version

Arcade, US

Manual

Arcade, JP

Arcade, DE

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[9]

Cool Gamer (RU)

60

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

NTSC

48

^[6]

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

^[1]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[16]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

65

^[7]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

20

^[17]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

28

^[18]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

52

^[19]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

50

^[8]

Power Unlimited (NL)

43

^[20]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

76

^[21]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-J

45

^[22]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

80

^[23]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

61

^[24]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

73

^[25]

Video Games (DE)

45

^[26]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

40

^[27]

	52
Based on 23 reviews

OutRunners

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, KR

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:GamePro US 061.pdf, page 46 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 061.pdf_p46" defined multiple times with different content
↑ VideoGames, "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
↑ EGM², "July 1994" (US; 1994-07-19), page 70
↑ EGM², "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 50
↑ EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 72
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:CVG UK 153.pdf, page 97 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 153.pdf_p97" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:Joypad FR 034.pdf, page 38 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 034.pdf_p38" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:MeanMachinesSega22UK.pdf, page 64 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega22UK.pdf_p64" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 18
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 150
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-07-21)
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 70
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 346
↑ Famitsu, "1994-05-20" (JP; 1994-05-06), page 38
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 8 August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 50
↑ Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 62
↑ Mega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 47
↑ Mega Fun, "08/94" (DE; 1994-07-20), page 62
↑ MegaTech, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 48
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaagang 3, Jul/Aug 1995" (NL; 1995-06-28), page 54
↑ Sega Pro, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 44
↑ Sega Zone, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-xx), page 38
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 109
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 131
↑ Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 116
↑ VideoGames, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 74

OutRunners

Music: Virtua Racing & OutRunners (1993)

OutRun series of games
	OutRun (1986) \| Turbo OutRun (1989) \| OutRunners (1992) \| OutRun 2 (2003) \| OutRun 2 SP (2004) \| OutRun 2 SP SDX (2006)
	OutRun (1987) \| OutRun 3D (1988) \| Battle OutRun (1989) \| OutRun Europa (1991)
	OutRun (1987) \| Turbo OutRun (1989) \| OutRun Europa (1991) \| OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006)
	OutRun (1988)
	Turbo OutRun (1989)
	OutRun (1989) \| OutRun F-1 (19xx)
	OutRun (1991) \| Turbo OutRun (1992) \| OutRun 2019 (1993) \| OutRunners (1994) \| Arcade Legends OutRun 2019 (200x)
	OutRun (1991) \| OutRun Europa (1992)
	Sega Ages OutRun (1996)
	OutRun (2001)
	Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 13: OutRun (2004) \| OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006) \| OutRun 2 SP (2007)
	OutRun 2 (2004) \| OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006)
	OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006)
	OutRun Online Arcade (2009)
	3D OutRun (2014)
	Sega Ages OutRun (2018)
OutRun-related media
	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)
	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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[:File:VideoGames_US_66.pdf_p38-2] VideoGames, "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:EGM2_US_01.pdf_p70-3] EGM², "July 1994" (US; 1994-07-19), page 70

[:File:EGM2_US_02.pdf_p50-4] EGM², "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 50

[:File:EGM2_US_05.pdf_p72-5] EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 72

[:File:CVG_UK_153.pdf_p97-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:CVG UK 153.pdf, page 97 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 153.pdf_p97" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-06.pdf_p18-9] Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 18

[10] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 150

[digitiser1994-07-21-11] Digitiser (UK) (1994-07-21)

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_22.pdf_p70-12] 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

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0708.pdf_p50-15] 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

[:File:Mega_UK_22.pdf_p47-17] Mega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 47

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-08.pdf_p62-18] Mega Fun, "08/94" (DE; 1994-07-20), page 62

[:File:MegaTech_UK_31.pdf_p48-19] MegaTech, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 48

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_023_199507.pdf_p54-20] Power Unlimited, "Jaagang 3, Jul/Aug 1995" (NL; 1995-06-28), page 54

[:File:SegaPro_UK_34.pdf_p44-21] Sega Pro, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 44

[:File:SegaZone_UK_21.pdf_p38-22] Sega Zone, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-xx), page 38

[23] Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 109

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-24] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[25] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 131

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-11.pdf_p116-26] Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 116

[:File:VideoGames_US_69.pdf_p74-27] VideoGames, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 74

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OutRunners

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Track Layout

Versions

Comparisons

Production credits

Arcade version

Mega Drive version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Photo gallery

Physical scans

System 32 version

Mega Drive version

References