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Turbo Outrun

Turbo OutRun(ターボアウトラン) is a 1989arcaderacing gamereleased bySega.A follow-up to 1986'sOut Run,it was released as a dedicated game, as well as an upgrade kit for the originalOut Runboard.

Turbo OutRun
Turbo OutRun
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)Sega AM2
Publisher(s)Sega
Designer(s)Satoshi Mifune
Composer(s)Arcade
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Yasuhiro Takagi
Commodore 64
Jeroen Tel
SeriesOut Run
Platform(s)Arcade,Atari ST,Commodore 64,Amiga,ZX Spectrum,Amstrad CPC,MS-DOS,FM Towns,Mega Drive
ReleaseArcade
  • JP:February 1989
  • NA:1989
Amstrad CPC
Commodore 64
  • EU:November 1989
ZX Spectrum
Mega Drive
  • JP:March 27, 1992
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player
Arcade systemOut Runhardware

Like its predecessor,Turbo OutRunhas players driving a Ferrari, this time aFerrari 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 OutRunalso adds a computer-controlled opponent driving aPorsche 959.The "Turbo" in the title plays a factor as players can press a button to receive a brief turbo boost of speed. Variouspower-upswhich increase the vehicle's attributes can be chosen at various stages of the game.

PortsofTurbo OutRunwere released for home computers as well as Sega's ownMega Drive.

Gameplay

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InTurbo OutRunthe player controls a male driver sitting alongside his girlfriend in aFerrari F40,racing against the clock and a computer-controlled opponent in a silverPorsche 959in a race across the United States. The goal is to reach Los Angeles from the starting point of New York City. Unlike the originalOut 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 usingturboboost by pressing a button on the side of the console-mounted shifter; the engine temperature will increase in kind on the on-screengauge.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 OutRunoffers the player a choice betweenautomatic transmissionor two-speedmanual 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 aFerrari F40,the car featured in the game. There were also conversion kits available to convert originalOut Runmachines toTurbo OutRun.

Computer ports of the game were received with varying degrees of enthusiasm. While theCommodore 64version was widely seen as a good game, the 16-bit conversions got very negative reviews.

Music

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The game's background music plays in a predetermined order, depending on region.

In the 1993arcade gameDaytona USA,a song fromTurbo OutRuncan be played on the name entry screen by entering the initials TOR. The result is the opening couple of bars of "Rush A Difficulty".

Commodore 64 soundtrack

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The Commodore 64 home version soundtrack, composed and arranged byJeroen Tel,was well received. The soundtrack won the "Best music on 8-bit computer 1989" award onEuropean Computer Trade Show.The title track is a remix of "Magical Sound Shower" fromOut Run,featuring sound samples from Jeroen Tel himself; due to sampling quality, he was actually saying "One, two,tree... hit it, Out Run "while recording, instead of" three ", to avoid it sounding like" free ".[2]

Reception

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In Japan,Game MachinelistedTurbo OutRunon their March 15, 1989 issue as being the third most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month.[13]In North America, by August 1989, the arcade game had reached number two on thePlay Metervideo game charts and number six on theRePlayupright cabinet charts.[14]

Turbo OutRunreceived positive to mixed reviews, depending on the version. The arcade and Commodore 64 versions were well received.Commodore Userreviewed the arcade version and scored it 8 out of 10.[7]The C64 version was awarded 93% fromC+VGand 97% inZzap!64.[15]The Spectrum version of the game received 70% fromYour Sinclair,78% fromSinclair Userand 79% fromCrash.[6]

Mean Machinesdismissed the Mega Drive version with an overall rating of 42%. The only aspect of the game to receive genuine praise was the high-scores screen design. The review pointed to "hopeless, mega-jerky 3-D graphics, juddery scrolling, dreadful tunes, naff sound effects, and badly drawn sprites", and concluded it to be a "clapped outRobin Reliantof a race game ".[10]Megaplaced the Mega Drive version at #3 in their list of the 10 Worst Mega Drive Games of All Time.[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Lemon64 - Commodore 64 Games - C64 Reviews & Music".lemon64.Retrieved16 January2016.[title missing]
  2. ^Brock-Nannestad, Laust (2006-01-18)."SID Tune Information List v44".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-10-12.Retrieved2006-07-31.
  3. ^"Archive – Magazine viewer".World of Spectrum.Retrieved2012-08-06.
  4. ^"CVG Magazine Issue 097".December 1989.
  5. ^"Archive – Magazine viewer".World of Spectrum.Retrieved2012-08-06.
  6. ^ab"Turbo OutRun".Ysrnry.co.uk. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-04-27.Retrieved2012-08-06.
  7. ^ab"Commodore User Magazine Issue 68".May 1989.
  8. ^"Zzap!64 100th Issue Pull-Out Special Page 5".Zzap64.co.uk.Retrieved2012-08-06.
  9. ^Mega rating, issue 9, page 23,Future Publishing,June 1993
  10. ^abMean Machines,Issue 18, March 1992, pp. 78-9
  11. ^MegaTech rating,EMAP,issue 5, page 79, May 1992
  12. ^"Archive – Magazine viewer".World of Spectrum.Retrieved2012-08-06.
  13. ^"Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット hình TVゲーム cơ (Upright/Cockpit Videos)".Game Machine(in Japanese). No. 352.Amusement Press, Inc.15 March 1989. p. 21.
  14. ^"Pedal To The Metal: Sega Set To Speed, Swing, Sidekick Into The 1990s With New Fall Line".Vending Times.Vol. 29, no. 10. August 1989. pp. 52–5.
  15. ^See box art for the C64 conversion.
  16. ^Mega magazine issue 1, page 85,Future Publishing,Oct 1992
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