OutRun (GEN)

OutRun

Platform: Genesis Year: 1991 Developer: Hertz Co. Ltd Buy: Amazon

For other games in the series, see OutRun.

OutRun is a third-person driving game where you drive a Ferrari Testarossa down various roads in a race against time. As you reach the end of a road, you come to a fork where you can merge left for an easier road or right for a harder road. You must avoid other cars on the road and the numerous buildings and structures on the sides of the road. Crashing slows you down and wastes precious time. You can adjust the car's speed by moving between high and low gear.

The Genesis port is a faithful rendition of the game, but has the expected lower fidelity found in arcade-to-Genesis conversions.

Screenshots

The title graphic. The Genesis game has several options and a sound test. The starting line. An iconic scene for Sega racing gamers. Driving down the sunny tropical beach road. The game map. Not my best lap, I must admit.

Music

OutRun made history by being the first game to let the player pick a radio station to listen to. When you start the game, you get to pick which music to hear as you drive. The Genesis port keeps the arcade game's three tunes, and adds another song as well, Step On Beat.

The original music was composed by Hiroshi Kawaguchi and was ported to the Genesis by Shinichiro Sato. The songs keep their rather off looping timing. The extra driving track is the work of Masayoshi Ishi.

Recording

VGMPF Album Art

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	Splash Wave	Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Shinichiro Sato	5:55		Download
02	Magical Sound Shower	Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Shinichiro Sato	5:21		Download
03	Passing Breeze	Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Shinichiro Sato	5:45		Download
04	Step On Beat	Masayoshi Ishi	Shinichiro Sato	4:25		Download
05	Last Wave	Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Shinichiro Sato	1:51		Download

(Source)

Credits

• Ripper: DJ Square Wave
• Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru
• Game Credits:
  • Sound: T's Music
  • Not Credited Composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi
  • Not Credited Composer: Masayoshi Ishi
  • Not Credited Arranger: Shinichiro Sato

(Source: The game lacks credits, but the 25th Anniversary soundtrack credits Masayoshi Ishi and Shinichiro Sato.)

The game's ROM credits "T's Music" for sound. There are also other credits found in the ROM which may be accessible in-game.

"MIY" in the high score list is short for Kawaguchi's first family name, Miyauchi.

Albums

S.S.T. Band Live! -G.S.M. SEGA- 1990-10-31 S.S.T. Band: Live 1990-11-21 Sega Arcade Selection D-RAM Remix 1995-12-01 Segacon: The Best of Sega Game Music, Vol.1 2001-10-24 Back In the S.S.T. Band!! ~The Very Best~ 2003-11-19 OutRun2 Sound Tracks 2004-01-21 OutRun2: Music Through the Ages 2004-??-?? OutRun2 Sound Tracks -Side B- 2005-01-07 Sega Piano Nocturne 2005-01-26 S.S.T. Band: Live History 2006-09-20 OutRun Sound Tracks -Complement- 2007-02-07 OutRun 20th: Anniversary Box 2007-02-08

Game Rip

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The VGM logs were made during game play and recorded with VGM Input v0.40 in Winamp. A true program rip does not yet exist.

Audio Devices

OutRun uses a YM2612 chip for music, which wasn't quite as powerful as the arcade version's YM2151. Because of this, the music suffers a bit in fidelity. Also, unlike the arcade game where the wave crashes in Last Wave were played on a separate chip, the Genesis synthesizes the wave effects and music on the same audio chip.

Releases

Japan Title: アウト ラン (OutRun) Platform: Mega Drive Released: 1991-08-09 Publisher: Sega     USA Title: OutRun Platform: Genesis Released: 1991-??-?? Publisher: Sega     EU Title: OutRun Platform: Mega Drive Released: 1991-??-?? Publisher: Sega

Links

• mobygames.com/game/genesis/outrun - Moby Games.
• gamefaqs.com/genesis/586363-outrun - GameFAQs.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_Run - Wikipedia.