OutRun (C64)

OutRun

Platform: Commodore 64 Year: 1987 Developer: Amazing Products Ltd.

Out Run (also stylized as OutRun) is a racing video game released in arcades by Sega in September 1986. It is known for its pioneering hardware and graphics, nonlinear gameplay, and a selectable soundtrack with music composed by Hiroshi Kawaguchi. The goal is to avoid traffic and reach one of five destinations.

The game was designed by Yu Suzuki, who traveled to Europe to gain inspiration for the game's stages. Suzuki had a small team and only ten months to program the game, leaving him to do most of the work himself. The game was a critical and commercial success, becoming one of the best-selling video games of its time and Sega's most successful arcade cabinet of the 1980s. It was ported to numerous video game consoles and home computers and spawned a number of sequels. Out Run has been cited as an influence upon later video games.

Screenshots

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The European title screen. The USA title screen.

Music

The game used the music from other ports of OutRun, including the SMS and arcade versions, and were arranged by Jason Brooke, a freelance composer, who had to enter the music in assembly, which was converted to his sound driver.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
101	Splash Wave	Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Jason Brooke	1:58		Download
102	Magical Sound Shower	Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Jason Brooke	3:14		Download

There are issues with the timing of this recording.

Credits

• Ripper: High Voltage SID Collection
• Recorder: Duc4Wikmedia
• Game Credits:
  • Music and FX By: Jason Brooke credited as Jas.Brooke
  • Music & f/x by: Jason Brooke credited as Jas. Brooke
  • Not Credited Composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi
  • Not Credited Programmer: Jason Brooke

(Source for composer: Recognizable from OutRun (ARC). Source for arranger and foley artist: PAL main menu, NTSC loading screen. Source for programmer: Code recognition.)

Game Rip

Format	Download
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Audio Devices

This game uses the computer's built-in SID chip and sounds the same on every one of them.

Releases

UK Title: OutRun Platform: Commodore 64 Released: 1987-1?-?? Publisher: U.S. Gold Ltd.     UK Title: OutRun Platform: Commodore 64 Released: 1987-1?-?? Publisher: U.S. Gold Ltd.     USA Title: OutRun Platform: Commodore 64 Released: 1988-??-?? Publisher: Mindscape, Inc.     UK Title: OutRun Platform: Commodore 64 Released: 1990-??-?? Publisher: Kixx

Links

• mobygames.com/game/c64/outrun - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.gamespot.com/c64/577942-outrun - GameFAQs.

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Notable Songs	Magical Sound Shower • Passing Breeze • Splash Wave • Last Wave
Notable Personnel	Hiroshi Kawaguchi
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