Turbo OutRun

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For non-FM Towns home computer versions, see Turbo OutRun (home computers).

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Turbo OutRun
System(s): Sega OutRun hardware, Sega Mega Drive, FM Towns
Publisher: Sega,
FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
CRI
Developer:
Genre: Racing

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,0006,000 G-4053
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		1123
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
AU
(Gold) 		FTUR06SMC

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Turbo OutRun (ターボアウトラン) is an arcade sequel to OutRun released in 1989. Though not the first sequel to OutRun, Turbo OutRun is considered to be the first "true" sequel, having been built by a similar team at Sega AM2 with the arcades in mind.

Gameplay

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Turbo OutRun has the player make a journey across the United States of America, from New York to Los Angeles. It is a more linear game than its predecessor, offering no forks in the road and therefore less of an incentive to play the game again after completion.

For the most part, the game is very similar to its predecessor, save for new graphics and music. Turbo OutRun offers several new features however, such as weather effects and obstacles which can slow your journey down. Like its predecessor, the player drives a car which looks suspiciously like Ferrari, however rather than being a Ferrari Testarossa, it is a Ferrari F40. You are also set against a rival opponent, driving what appears to be a white Porsche 959 (a nod towards the rivalry between Ferrari and Porsche at that time).

The game is divided into four "sub-goals". Upon reaching a goal, the player is able to upgrade their car. If the opponent gets to the goal first, the player's girlfriend will sit in the opponent car in the next race, however if the player gets there first, a 1,000,000 point bonus is given.

The other major addition to Turbo OutRun is the inclusion of a "Turbo" feature: the back of the car has a rocket-type exhaust on the back and the player is given a "boost" button, which allows the car to travel faster. If the boost is left on for too long however, the car will overheat, and will be punished with slowdown. It is also the first OutRun game to offer an automatic transmission option.

After each goal, the player is taken to a shop where they can apply one of three upgrades to their car: a better engine, high-grip tires, or a better turbo. Each upgrade may be applied only once, and since there are four sections, the player will eventually have a maxed-out car.

The arcade version also allows you to continue from the beginning of the stage if you lose, a feature that did not survive into later OutRun games.

There are four stage songs: "Rush a Difficulty", "Keep Your Heart", "Shake the Street", and "Who Are You". Unlike in other OutRun games, the player cannot choose the song currently playing — they are tied to each section. Additionally, every version of the game appears to use a different song order, and the Sega Mega Drive port changes the song titles ("Insanity", "Highway", "Main Theme", and "Funky run", respectively, in addition to having its own songs).

Stages

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History

Development

Though very different to the rest of the series, Turbo OutRun is arguably closer to Yu Suzuki's vision for the original OutRun, being set in the United States of America and featuring various scrapped ideas such as a checkpoint system.

Like OutRun Ferrari were not consulted during the development of this game, although the Ferrari brand is used on Turbo OutRun arcade cabinets.

Release

Turbo OutRun was released as both a stand-alone arcade cabinet and as an upgrade kit to the original OutRun. The upgrade kits offer very minor aesthetic changes - a different marquee and extra "Turbo" stickers. Some Turbo OutRun cabinets were converted back into regular OutRun machines as the prior game proved more popular - Turbo OutRun cabinets can be identified by the use of Ferrari branding.

Legacy

The game was ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1992 exclusively in Japan and Europe, and was brought to the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS computers and ZX Spectrum too. Each of these ports suffer from cutbacks as sprite scaling is not supported by these systems.

Production credits

OutRun hardware version

  • Presented by: ©Sega


Magazine articles

Main article: Turbo OutRun/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

TurboOutRun Arcade US Flyer.pdf

PDF
Arcade US flyer
TurboOutRun Arcade US Flyer.pdf
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Arcade US flyer (conversion kit)
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TurboOutRun Arcade JP Flyer.pdf

PDF
Arcade JP flyer
TurboOutRun Arcade JP Flyer.pdf
TurboOutRun MD JP PrintAdvert.jpg
Mega Drive JP print advert
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-04: "April 1992" (1992-03-07)
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Photo gallery

  • Upright cabinet

  • Sit-down cabinet

  • Upright cabinet (converted from OutRun)

  • Standard cabinet (converted from OutRun)

Merchandise

  • Telephone card

Physical scans

Arcade version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 [2]
Arcade
 80
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Arcade
 N/A
Based on
0 reviews

Turbo OutRun

Arcade, US
Arcade, JP

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
55 [3]
51 [4]
72 [5]
40 №1992-04, p84
68 [6]
74 [7]
75 [8]
12 №5, p95
53 №9, p23
65 [9]
41 [10]
42 [11]
42 [12]
31 №30, p38-39
77 [13]
52 №18, p68
89 [14]
Sega Mega Drive
 55
Based on
17 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
55
[15]
Consoles + (FR)
72
[16]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[17]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
42
[18]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[19]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
68
[20]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
74
[21]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
75
[8]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
12
[22]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
60
[23]
Mega (UK) PAL
53
[24]
Mega (UK)
53
[25]
Mega Force (FR)
65
[26]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
41
[27]
Mean Machines (UK)
42
[28]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
42
[29]
Play Time (DE)
70
[30]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
31
[31]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
77
[32]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
52
[33]
Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)
72
[34]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
51
[4]
Supergame (BR) NTSC-U
89
[14]
Supersonic (FR)
72
[35]
Video Games (DE)
47
[36]
Sega Mega Drive
 57
Based on
25 reviews

Turbo OutRun

Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
TurboOutRun MD jp manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, AU (Sega Gold Collection)
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Cover

FM Towns version

FM Towns, JP
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Cover

References

  1. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-02), page 39
  2. ↑ Commodore User, "May 1989" (UK; 1989-04-26), page 96-97 (96)
  3. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-07), page 34 (36)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  5. ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 72-73 (72)
  6. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Julio 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 90 (82)
  7. ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-05-1x), page 70-71 (70)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Joystick, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 142
  9. ↑ Mega Force, "Mayo 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 78-79 (78)
  10. ↑ MegaTech, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-20), page 36-37 (36)
  11. ↑ Mean Machines, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-27), page 78-79 (78)
  12. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 127
  13. ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-16), page 40-41 (40)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Supergame, "Junho 1992" (BR; 1992-06-xx), page 39
  15. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-07), page 36
  16. ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 72
  17. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 229
  18. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 111
  19. ↑ Hippon Super, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-04), page 84
  20. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Julio 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 90
  21. ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-05-1x), page 70
  22. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
  23. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "June 1992" (JP; 1992-05-08), page 83
  24. ↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 21
  25. ↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 65
  26. ↑ Mega Force, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-06-05), page 78
  27. ↑ MegaTech, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-20), page 36
  28. ↑ Mean Machines, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-27), page 78
  29. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 142
  30. ↑ Play Time, "7/92" (DE; 1992-06-03), page 91
  31. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-02), page 38
  32. ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-16), page 40
  33. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  34. ↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 207
  35. ↑ Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 12
  36. ↑ Video Games, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-29), page 55


Turbo OutRun

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Sega Mega Drive
Prototypes: 1991-12-09



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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