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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.
 
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.
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===Track Layout===
 
===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.
 
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.

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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		 $? ?





























Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥7,8007,800 G-4119
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$69.9969.99[4] T-13096
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega Drive
KR 		GM94007JG

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.

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

Arcade version

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

Mega Drive version


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
58 [5]
61 [6]
48 [7]
50 №283, p38
41
40 №1994-06, p62
65 [8]
50 [9]
20 [10]
43
76 №34, p44
Sega Mega Drive
 50
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
58
[11]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[12]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC
48
[7]
Digitiser (UK) NTSC
41
[13]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
50
[14]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[15]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
50
[16]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
41
[17]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
78
[4]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[18]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
65
[8]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
20
[10]
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
[6]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
73
[26]
Video Games (DE)
45
[27]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
40
[28]
Sega Mega Drive
 52
Based on
23 reviews

OutRunners

Mega Drive, JP
Outrunners md jp cover.jpg
Cover
OutRunners MD JP CartTop.jpg
Outrunners md jp cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, US
OutRunners MD US Box.jpg
Cover
OutRunners MD US Cart.JPG
Cart
Mega Drive, KR
OutRunners MD KR cover.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 ede636b9
MD5 dad0322e38b9efaa5551c0aa881fd633
SHA-1 5d00ad7d9dccd9067c4bd716c2ab9c0a18930ae2
2MB 1994-03 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 e164a09f
MD5 c1024e8e850cfc1c0894b394bf863520
SHA-1 4225162ed3cf51e16bfe800ae74a9b026f5dee56
2MB 1994-03 Cartridge (JP)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 GamePro, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
  5. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 16 (18)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 97
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
  9. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 64-66 (64)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Mega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 47
  11. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 18
  12. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 150
  13. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-07-21)
  14. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 70
  15. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 346
  16. ↑ Famitsu, "1994-05-20" (JP; 1994-05-06), page 38
  17. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 8 August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 50
  18. ↑ Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 62
  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. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 131
  27. ↑ Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 116
  28. ↑ 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 20th Anniversary Box (2007) | OutRun Sound Tracks: Complement (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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