Turbo Out-Run , a sequel to this game, was officialy anounced for MSX by ERBE Software 1989 product catalog , but never released ..
by Navi | 1 decade ago
Out Run -the arcade- was quite revolutionary at that time (1986). It had awesome graphics, music, intro and ending scenes and better sense of speed than any other racing game. Unfortunately the arcade of the eighties was ported poorly to home computers and consoles. Only Sega Saturn, PC Engine and Sega Genesis/Megadrive have acceptable versions that appeared quite late (1996, 1990 and 1991 respectively).
Two verions of the game were released for MSX: this direct port by Probe from ZX Spectrum with nice PSG tunes and awful gameplay and the one from Pony Canyon with better gameplay, not so good PSG tunes and nice ending scenes. The Pony Canyon version seems to be a direct port from Master System, though.
by Wataru | 1 decade ago
The arcade version of Out Run is the granddaddy of al modern racing games on today's platforms. The MSX version was converted into the so called 'English disease' or 'English style', which means that al the sprites and drawings were in one or two colours only.
The MSX1 version had convincing and persuasive music.
by MajorTOM | 3 years ago
Turbo Out-Run , a sequel to this game, was officialy anounced for MSX by ERBE Software 1989 product catalog , but never released ..
by Navi | 1 decade ago
Out Run -the arcade- was quite revolutionary at that time (1986). It had awesome graphics, music, intro and ending scenes and better sense of speed than any other racing game. Unfortunately the arcade of the eighties was ported poorly to home computers and consoles. Only Sega Saturn, PC Engine and Sega Genesis/Megadrive have acceptable versions that appeared quite late (1996, 1990 and 1991 respectively).
Two verions of the game were released for MSX: this direct port by Probe from ZX Spectrum with nice PSG tunes and awful gameplay and the one from Pony Canyon with better gameplay, not so good PSG tunes and nice ending scenes. The Pony Canyon version seems to be a direct port from Master System, though.
by Wataru | 1 decade ago
The arcade version of Out Run is the granddaddy of al modern racing games on today's platforms. The MSX version was converted into the so called 'English disease' or 'English style', which means that al the sprites and drawings were in one or two colours only.
The MSX1 version had convincing and persuasive music.