Out Run

Information

Genre

Racing - Cars

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick, Mouse

Players

1, Demo

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Morrison, Ian

Graphic Artist(s)

McMillan, Stuart, Grier, Alan, Tomkins, Alan

Game design

Sega

Musician(s)

Brooke, Jason C.

Sound FX

[unknown]

Year

1988

Publisher

US Gold

Distributor

-

Developer

Probe

Licensed from

SEGA

Country

United Kingdom

Software

English

Box/Instructions

English, French

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, TT, 0.5MB

Number of Disks

1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 5.5/10 · Votes: 51 · Downloads: 6,032 · Hits: 24,411

Screenshots (26)

Cover Art (3)

Ads (8)

Article (1)

News

Tips (3)

Trivia (7)

Awards:

Golden Joystick Awards: Game of the year 1988
Golden Joystick Awards: Arcade style game of the year 1988

Origins

Based on Sega 1986 coin-op.

Version differences

European and USA versions of Out Run has some small differences like the title screen, extra music track, a different demo mode and a few extra graphics here and there.
European version on the left and US version on the right.

The first and highest selling 16-bit game version

Atari ST version of Out Run was the first ever 16-bit home computer game to reach UK's TOP-10 charts of best selling games at position 6. It was also the highest selling version of the game in mid May, leaving behind not only Out Run, but also every other game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 or Amiga.

In the same issue Amiga was the only machine to feature TOP-5 list instead of TOP-10 that the other platforms enjoyed. C+VG wrote that at the time Commodore 64 marketshare was also fastly dropping below 20% of total game sales first time in its history.

Source: Computer + Video Games issue July 1988

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 1 (8/1988, 9/1988), 3 (4/1991 budget)
Months on charts: 11 between 8/1988 - 4/1991

Sales

Out Run ST version had sold over 25000 copies by mid 1988
Source: Crash issue August 1988

Releases

The Atari ST version was released first on the 16 bit market in Europe. Published later for other 16 bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.

Book / Magazine Reviews (4)

ST Action · July, 1988 · Rating: 84 %

ST / Amiga Format · July, 1988 · Rating: 71%

Trioposti · 2, 1988 · Rating: Preview

ST Format · April, 1991 · Rating: 38%