Turbo Outrun (Racing) (Arcade)

1989 · racing · Arcade · The Data Archivist V0.01

PLAY ONLINE : https://archive.org/details/arcade_toutrun VIDEO LONGPLAY : https://archive.org/details/turbo-out-run-sega-arcade-pal-gameplay-full-game-longplay-by-zeusdaz Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Outrun Turbo OutRun (ターボアウトラン) is a 1989 arcade racing game released by Sega . A follow-up to 1986's Out Run , it was released as a dedicated game, as well as an upgrade kit for the original Out Run board . Like its predecessor, Turbo OutRun has players driving a Ferrari, this time a Ferrari F40 . Players traverse a set route across the continental United States from New York City to Los Angeles. In addition to a time limit, Turbo OutRun also adds a computer-controlled opponent driving a Porsche 959 . The "Turbo" in the title plays a factor as players can press a button to receive a brief turbo boost of speed. Various power-ups which increase the vehicle's attributes can be chosen at various stages of the game. Ports of Turbo OutRun were released for home computers as well as Sega's own Mega Drive . Gameplay In Turbo OutRun the player controls a male driver sitting alongside his girlfriend in a Ferrari F40 , racing against the clock and a computer-controlled opponent in a silver Porsche 959 in a race across the United States. The goal is to reach Los Angeles from the starting point of New York City. Unlike the original Out Run , there are no branch roads to choose from. Instead, there is only one path that can be taken to reach the goal. The player can increase speed by using turbo boost by pressing a button on the side of the console-mounted shifter; the engine temperature will increase in kind on the on-screen gauge . When the gauge reaches "OVERHEAT!" turbo boost cannot be used until the temperature decreases. Police cars occasionally appear that try to stop the player. They have to either be outrun by using the turbo boost or destroyed by the player by ramming them off-road and into an object on the side of the road. Turbo OutRun offers the player a choice between automatic transmission or two-speed manual transmission . [ 1 ] At every sub-goal (reached after passing through about four cities), an upgrade can be chosen, the three being: Hi-Power Engine, Special Turbo, and Super Grip Tires. If the CPU opponent reaches the sub-goal before the player, at the next race, the driver's girlfriend will move to the opponent's car. He can still win the girl back if he beats the CPU opponent to the next sub-goal. If the player beats the opponent with the girl in hand, a 1,000,000 point bonus is given. Also, the girl kisses the driver in front of his CPU opponent. If the player reaches the final checkpoint, in the process, the player will pass the CPU opponent and the ending scene is played. It was available in a stand-up cabinet, and a sit-down cabinet with decals giving it an appearance of a Ferrari F40 , the car featured in the game. There were also conversion kits available to convert original Out Run machines to Turbo OutRun . Computer ports of the game were received with varying degrees of enthusiasm. While the Commodore 64 version was widely seen as a good game, the 16-bit conversions got very negative reviews. Turbo OutRun Japanese arcade flyer Developer(s) Sega AM2 Publisher(s) Sega EU : U.S. Gold (computers) Designer(s) Satoshi Mifune Composer(s) Arcade Hiroshi Kawaguchi Yasuhiro Takagi Commodore 64 Jeroen Tel Series Out Run Platform(s) Arcade , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , Amiga , ZX Spectrum , Amstrad CPC , MS-DOS , FM Towns , Mega Drive Release Arcade JP : February 1989 NA : 1989 Amstrad CPC EU : 1989 Commodore 64 EU : November 1989 ZX Spectrum EU : 1990 Mega Drive JP : March 27, 1992 EU : 1992 Genre(s) Racing Mode(s) Single-player Arcade system Out Run hardware