Turbo OutRun Longplay (Arcade) [60 FPS]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- Developed and published by Sega in 1989.
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Having taken the arcades by storm with the original OutRun back in 1986, it made good commercial sense to capitalise on it's success by developing a sequel. Sure enough, Sega unveiled the successor to OutRun in 1989, calling it Turbo OutRun.
The core game remains very similar to the original game. You're still driving across America in a Ferrari in a point-to-point race against the clock through heavy traffic with a hot, blonde, female passenger at your side. The one main difference this time is that you're now competing head-to-head with another racer.
Your adversary is a moustachioed beach-bum driving what appears to be a Porsche and is clearly vying for the attention of your female passenger. Whoever completes the next leg of the race first will have the honour of her company for the next stage; fail to be first and she will drop you like a hot potato and hitch a ride with your rival, leaving you to complete the next section solo.
One of the new features added in this game is the addition of the turbo mode. As if your car wasn't already fast enough, you can activate the turbo for a several seconds of additional, tarmac-scorching speed. Activating the turbo will cause your engine to build up heat (shown by the heat bar at the bottom of the display) and continued use of the turbo will cause your car to overheat, temporarily preventing use of the turbo until it cools down. Although the turbo is great for powering along the straights, it's suicide to try and take corners whilst it's active as you'll simply slide right off the track and end up crashing; the best players will know when to activate the turbo for the best effect.
After each stage of the race, you'll be given the opportunity to upgrade an aspect of your car. Upgrades include better handling, a more powerful engine and improved turbo. You can only pick one upgrade at a time, but it stays permanently fitted to the car; my advice is to pick the upgraded tyres as soon as possible to make cornering easier.
Despite these additions to the gameplay, I can't help but wonder whether Sega was suffering from DSAS (difficult second album syndrome). Rather than improving on the original (which would have been a very difficult task considering just how damn good the original was), it feels worse than the original game in every conceivable way.
The biggest problem here is the positioning of the player's car sprite on the screen. It's considerably higher than the original game (presumably to fit the overheat bar at the bottom), so the result is that there is very little distance between the car and vanishing point, which gives you very little time to react to corners or oncoming traffic. The player car sprite is quite large, so the problem is made worse by the fact that what part of the road remains is filled up with your own car!
Perhaps to combat this issue, the developers changed collisions with other cars so that there's less of a speed decrease and less of a loss in handling. While it's a welcome change, it makes the game feel more like a Demolition Derby than a racing game.
More screen space is lost to the horrid speedometer dials in the bottom left of the screen. Not only to they look terrible, but actually make it harder to work out what your speed is when compared to the simple, digital read-out from the original game.
The branching course paths from the original game have been removed and a single, linear set of stages introduced instead, drastically reducing replay value. The designers of the original game cleverly designed stage changes so that the change occurred whilst you were driving round a corner; the sky colours change gradually and the background landscape actually glides into view as you turn the corner. Turbo OutRun doesn't even attempt to handle the transition gracefully; you cross the checkpoint and the background graphic and clouds simply change.
It feels as though Sega were trying to emphasise the sense of speed in this game as much as possible and the end result is a game that is simply less controllable and less enjoyable to play.
The music from the original game was brilliant and one of the most memorable soundtracks of all time. The music in this game is average at best and not particularly memorable. The cars engine sound is rather whiny and overshadows the rest of the audio, mainly because you spend so much more time braking/crashing/accelerating than the original.
I suppose that, had the original OutRun never existed, this would have been considered to be a much more impressive game. As it is, it's attempts to step out from the shadow of it's predecessor by being bigger, bolder and brasher, but the end result is a poorer gaming experience.
At the end of the day, Turbo OutRun isn't a terrible game, but neither is it the sequel that the original game deserved.
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As a kid, this and Chase HQ had me believe that all turbocharged cars had a big red boost button on the gear lever. As an adult i'm disappointed they don't.
I like the way the mechanic comes up carrying the engine like it was a suitcase
I live near Atlanta and I can say first hand it does not have a desert as far as I know.
Yeah from Freezing Capped mountains to a hot desert only a checkpoint away.
I live in ATL and BELIEVE U ME we have deserts around. I lived in one of them for decades and moved to the city at age 9. The heat was insane, but beautiful landscapes surrounded me. My family and I used to ride horses naked across the desert and play hide and seek through the cactuses. XOXO
“Take a hike, pal!”
That got a laugh out of me the first time I played not gonna lie. The original game is better for a number of reasons but I do like some aspects of this game.
Wow. Did SEGA ever make a dull looking game? The use of vibrant colors is fantastic. Also made Virtua Fighter 2 one of my favorites because of the colors used
Only ever seen the C64 of this. Impressive! The rock band at the end of each stage is a cool touch.
I remember playing this game I choose manual transmission because of the turns as for tune-ups when I reach Chicago, Illinois I choose the Hi-Grip Tires, when I reach Miami, Florida I choose the Special Turbo and the Oklahoma city, Oklahoma I keep the Hi-Power Engine to last. Furthermore, before I reach the checkpoint I use the Turbo boost to make sure the police car don't get in my way
Loved this in the Arcades, back in the days!!!!
I remember how annoying it was when you went over a hill and basically couldn't see where you're going, so crashed into a car you couldn't see.
American adaptation of OutRun almost legendary as Out Run, when sports car was drove by man who loves woman is speeding at the American freeways/highways is gonna be death like a 'movie'.
Good to see the "ouch" from Space Harrier's getting recycled.
Definitely best review I read so far. Totally agree, player car sprite size, scaling, placement, crappy speedometer, musics, gameplay etc... Way to go!
This game screams 80's.
That's my favorite supercar in the game, that F40, there's a non-playable car, that Corvette, I like that vette too, a back in the days of the arcades.
that ending music is everything nostalgia needs
Why in many games such as this,Super Hang-On,and others use the Fantasy Zone as shop soundtrack?
In the days before Sonic, Opa-Opa (protagonist of Fantasy Zone) was one of Sega’s unspoken mascots alongside Alex Kidd
Always felt this looked far rougher than the original and car was always way too fat for road and the viewpoint was too low also, making it hard to see obstacles ahead, game just looked a mess to me :-(
It was a mess, which is why it was never as well received as the original Out Run.........
you are definetly right about that
The design of the tracks with all its obstacles, backgrounds and mechanics looks refreshing for an "only" 80s racing game :-)
Makes it quite challenging altogether.
The coloring also feels very pleasant.
My ultimate love game in my childhood
Whoa, don't criticise the music like that, Rush A Difficulty is a fantastic composition and I like it far above anything in OutRun.
Rush a Difficulty is THE SHIT! Without question with OR favorite track.
Is it just me or is Outrun Turbo comfier than the original?
LOVE this game!!
The car upgrade music is the same tune as in Hot Rod!
It's the shop music for a lot of Sega games but it started in Fantasy Zone.
Back when video was fun
Hey it’s the Sega shop song!
They just don't make games like Turbo Outrun anymore and it's a shame, kids today are really missing out.
Going to have a go at this on MAME - never played it in the arcades back in the day. However, may I correct you on something. You've stated in the description ....You're still driving across America... While this may be true of Turbo OutRun, it's not in the case of the original OutRun. Yu Suzuki went on a extended driving trip though western and central Europe to get his ideas for OutRun, some of it is American, most of it was Europe.
At start in the checkpoint the girl loves ferrari guy makes porsche guy cry
Arcade = Superb (only through emulation ha ha )
그냥 아웃런이 모든면이 좋음!
Five people couldn't catch up.
Я на игровом автомате играл в эту игру!!!)))))
Why are the tunnels composed of multiple arches instead of a solid continuous tunnel?
The game is all sprites. They couldn't do a single continuous tunnel like that.
Turbo Outrun is 2FAST 2Furious arcade game 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
I prefer the original Out Run from 1986. I don't why but find this one disappointing. I also really enjoyed Outrunners.
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I feel bad for the blonde bloke.
It's Big Ian This game is EPIC. You guys are nut
This an emulator not the arcade version
It's the arcade version emulated.
the emulator is mame32
Its emulated so no it isnt the arcade version
Do you start shit just to start shit? It may be emulated, but it’s still using the arcade ROM.
@@BF4pawntard 3 years later and I bet your IQ is still in single figures.