Status BMO Apr 21, 2025
OutRun (1986)
3.37 from 339 ratings
723 members have it in their collection · 8 playing now · 70 backlogged · 42 wish listed
How long? Main story 3h · with extras 6h (from 2 logged playthroughs)
OutRun is a racing game originating in the arcades. The player can race across varied terrain in a readily available Ferrari, complete with a female passenger, over a series of short tracks.
Gameplay is viewed form just above and behind the car. The roads are full of sharp bends and hazards, contact with which can cause the car to roll …
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OutRun is a racing game originating in the arcades. The player can race across varied terrain in a readily available Ferrari, complete with a female passenger, over a series of short tracks.
Gameplay is viewed form just above and behind the car. The roads are full of sharp bends and hazards, contact with which can cause the car to roll and lose the player's time. On each section of track there is a fork in the road, allowing the player to choose which direction he or she wishes to go in. The player has to to complete five track sections in total, out of the fifteen in the game.
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Details
- Developers
- Sega AM2
- Publishers
- Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Genres
- Arcade, Racing
- Themes
- Action, Non-fiction
- Series
- OutRun
Release dates
- Sep 25, 1986 (Full Release) (Japan) Arcade
- Nov 1986 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
- Dec 1986 (Full Release) (Europe) Arcade
- TBD (Cancelled) (Japan) Sharp X68000
Also available on
- OutRun (1987) · SMS
- OutRun (1987) · C64
- OutRun (1987) · CPC
- OutRun (1987) · SPEC
- OutRun (1988) · AST
- OutRun (1988) · AMI
- OutRun (1988) · MSX
- OutRun (1988) · MSX2
- OutRun (1988) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- OutRun (1989) · DOS
- OutRun (1989) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- OutRun (1990) · TG16
- OutRun (1991) · GG
- OutRun (1991) · GEN
- Sega Ages Vol. 3: OutRun (1996) · SAT
- OutRun (2003) · GBA
- 3D OutRun (2015) · 3DS
- Sega Ages Out Run (2018) · NSW
Related
Bundled in
- Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol. 1 (Dec 2001) · DC
Remakes
- Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 13: OutRun (May 2004) · PS2
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
35
4 stars
105
3 stars
154
2 stars
37
1 star
7
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Reset_Tears Jun 20, 2023
Always a good day when a new Splash Wave video hits! And this time we get to learn about the making of three arcade classics: Hang On, Space Harrier, and Out Run. Great timing for this, as I just bought a bunch of Sega Ages titles on the Switch (which includes the latter two games).
Status scoopings Dec 17, 2022
I am going to play this on MAME some day so I kept it on backlog. I played it on the original arcade machine but the sound was off. And I kept dying lol. Absolutely gorgeous though, the Look as a whole is phenomenal from the Boot Store sprite to the colors and backgrounds, and I love the way you …
Read moreI am going to play this on MAME some day so I kept it on backlog. I played it on the original arcade machine but the sound was off. And I kept dying lol. Absolutely gorgeous though, the Look as a whole is phenomenal from the Boot Store sprite to the colors and backgrounds, and I love the way you crash lol (then get right back to it), so I wanna give this another try
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Status AlfredoSalza Feb 27, 2021
A timeless classic. A game which gives you an exciting feeling of speed. Difficult, but not impossible, getting every time that feeling of "dang I couldn't do it, but next time I'll beat it!"
I liked having to adapt to the mechanics of the game, some very subtle, to obtain small advantages that were adding up to allow you to …
A timeless classic. A game which gives you an exciting feeling of speed. Difficult, but not impossible, getting every time that feeling of "dang I couldn't do it, but next time I'll beat it!"
I liked having to adapt to the mechanics of the game, some very subtle, to obtain small advantages that were adding up to allow you to reach the goal. I played Outrun on emulator (default arcade settings), without savestates / rewind. First I completed Route E without help. Then I tried to complete Route A but for this I had to watch a speedrun to know what to do to get enough speed to reach the checkpoints. After many attempts, I finally got past Route A, which was very satisfying.
One of the aspects that surprised me the most is that despite having only 3 music options, it feels like enough. It's an excellent soundtrack!
Status Jusfei Dec 14, 2020
Reached goal
- Settings: Difficulty on 3 and Time on 4
- Path: All left
Final thoughts: I'm well aware of this game's historical legacy to the racing genre. It's easily the best-looking 80's arcade game back when home consoles had 8-bit NES graphics at best. Also to mention the soundtrack is incredibly catchy and memorable, I'm a fan of every Magical …
Reached goal
- Settings: Difficulty on 3 and Time on 4
- Path: All left
Final thoughts: I'm well aware of this game's historical legacy to the racing genre. It's easily the best-looking 80's arcade game back when home consoles had 8-bit NES graphics at best. Also to mention the soundtrack is incredibly catchy and memorable, I'm a fan of every Magical Sound Shower & Splash Wave versions out there. The Switch version also adds many more songs, including new original songs, remixes from future games (Even OutRun 2!), and Driver's Megamix which is such a good medley containing all three original songs in one.
Even so, the game is definitely dated to play for someone who was born a decade later. While the sense of speed is amazing, I found the game to be impossible to finish until you really memorized the track layout as you often can't see far enough into the distance to anticipate turns. It's also very unforgiving on the original difficult settings, as one crash and you're most likely not going to finish. I'm glad the Switch version has difficulty options, but it's a bit saddening to know I'll probably never beat this game as intended.
Status Reset_Tears Nov 28, 2018
Outrun is one of those games I was always aware of, but never really got to play. Now I have though (on the Genesis), and it's a fantastic racing game that definitely deserves its status as a classic. A simple, easy-to-pick-up arcade title. You race against the clock in this one, rather than against other drivers. Your red-hot Ferrari is …
Outrun is one of those games I was always aware of, but never really got to play. Now I have though (on the Genesis), and it's a fantastic racing game that definitely deserves its status as a classic. A simple, easy-to-pick-up arcade title. You race against the clock in this one, rather than against other drivers. Your red-hot Ferrari is easy to control, and you shift between two gears to maneuver safely down the highway. (You don't want to crash into signs or other vehicles, as you'll lose lots of valuable seconds.) Slow down at the turns, speed up on the straightaways.
The music for this game is superb. You get to pick which track you want to listen to before you start driving. My favorite is Magical Sound Shower. Just the perfect feel-good road trip cruising Californ-I-A chiptune. The other tracks are great too though. Also worth mentioning is how you select different paths to take via a fork in the road that appears every couple minutes. Each "section" will change the scenery around you, and part of the fun is to try driving down new areas each time you play. There are different "endings" depending on where you finish your drive, which is a fun little detail.