Descpription:
OutRunners is the third game in the Out Run series, following
Turbo Outrun. After Turbo Outrun's departure from Out Run's laid-back, charming
atmosphere, fans wanted a game that captured the spirit of the original.
OutRunners succeeded in doing this; it brought back the ability to take
different paths through forks in the road, returned to a lighthearted
atmosphere, and distanced itself well from the "serious" Turbo Outrun.
The game featured head-to-head support, and with enough cabinets, up to eight
players could challenge each other. It was also the only game in the Out Run
series to feature various selectable cars and multiple endings until OutRun 2.
OutRunners was the most successful game released for Sega's System Multi
32 hardware, and one of the last successful 2D games released by Sega.
OutRunners was also known for having some of the best looking graphics seen at the
time, thanks to creative sprite design and a very skillful use of parallax
scrolling, similar to that found in Power Drift, released four years earlier.
The game holds up very well today, and plays very similarly to a modern polygon
based 3D racer, something not common in a racing game that utilises 2D graphics.
