I remember mine came with 2 cassettes one was game the other contained the Coin Op Arcade sound track, i used to use the Arcade music cassette in my ZX for better music.
i used to have the 48k version of this, the aracde music came on a seperate cassette tape for you to play while you were playing the game. it looks good on the Spectrum but i agree it is a bit slow. I have the version on the Saturn - best version in my opinion (runs at full 60hz - better than Dreamcast one) and very cheap nowdays.
@rainxxxx it does lol - in Shenmue 2. and also on Yu Suzuki's GameWorks disc. They changed the car a bit because they no longer had the Ferrari licence at that time. You can also get Powerdrift, Space Harrier and Hang-On.
@PhoenixRisen7 omg did they lose the ferrari lisence, even though they had no problem with it in the 80's and 90's, they made or2 since then, sounds a bit wierd to me!
@rainxxxx they didnt have it then - not for outrun anyway. i think they would have had to licence it again. they made Ferrari 360 challenge not long before but you prob need to apply for a licence for each game. it wouldnt have been worth the cost i guess - just for a game in Shenmue. The PS2 Outrun around that time also had a different car, not sure if it was ferrari or not but it wasnt a Testarossa
@PhoenixRisen7 but sega still had the license at some point othewise they would not have been allowed to have a testarossa in the game with the horse on the back!
@rainxxxx they probably got it again when they decided to make outrun 2. something similiar happened with Rainbow Islands - Taito no longer had the licence for the 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' theme tune so the version released on PS2/Xbox etc has a different theme tune. its a shame really. i heard Taito also had trouble re-releasing Chase HQ because all the cars are based on real-life cars. and they never had a licence in the first place. not sure if that one is true though.
@PhoenixRisen7 lol theres some penny pinching bastards in this world, if yer cant have "somewhere over the rainbow" as a little theme tune in a game, they should be paying taito to be "advertising it" in the game
@rainxxxx i agree. Outrun was also an amazing advert for Ferrari. Although admittedly none of us could probably afford one when we were 10 years old or whatever...
Great !playing this game since the 80's,the logo move's like that because it did in the arcade version,thats about all they got right................................
@mynameisleeyesitis you need to do a little more research before you go replying to things Amstrad took over Sinclair in the Mid to late 80's and upgraded the ZX Spectrums Hardware
look up ZX Spectrum +2 on Wiki if you don't believe me
Loved Out Run in the arcades, try as i might i just couldnt get into the Speccy one. Just seemed so slow. You look at Enduro Racer/WEC Le Mans or Chase HQ and theyre very fast, Out Run was just too slow. Real shame
The original US Gold 48k version actually came with an audio-tape of the arcade soundtrack, that you'd have to play on a second tape deck, since the 48k version was multiload. You can find an MP3 of the tape over at the World of Spectrum.
the original arcades sound chip was the Zilog Z80 so its not suprising the speccy which is based around the z80 range was capable of cloning the sound , the fact it can almost clone the graphics as well as having enough room for the sound is what impresses me most heh
Z80 is a CPU, not sound chip! ZX128 use AY-8912 for sound, arcade - more complex set (YM2151 + custom PCM). Z80 is used only for sound player there, not for sound _generation_.
I'm as big a C64 head as they come, but even I have to concede the Spectrum conversion at least looked better that the C64 version in this instance even if the 64 version was faster. Ultimately, not even the Amiga conversion did this game any justice.
Yeah, it is great music! The type of thing you want to play after a shit day at work . Lol @ tank! Not exactly in the same class as Chase HQ or WEC Le Mans.
i remember rushing to the shops after school with my hard earned paper money to buy this game after being blown away by the arcade version. i thought it was ok. only had the 48k version so had the soundtrack playing on my tape deck at full blast. also the multi load as usual was a complete pain in the arse.
The arcade version was great but too tough for me like most of them. I had the 48K version as well, on loan may I add, and it was great to play the music along with the game. I don't know how we put up with the multiload back then! Just getting into the game and then "Press play on tape".
Great Sound Hardware on the Speccy. Never saw one in action by myself but according to the video I´d say music is very close to the master system version. And I like the graphics, reminds me of the good old tiger lcd games :-) I want a Speccy - NOW!
i think the master system version with the electronic 3d glasses is better than the arcade game lol master system 3d games r better than modern 3d because those glasses were awausome in lightgun games felt like the bullets were gonna hit u lol shame they only released bout 6 games 4 it
Better than the C64 version which was all blocky and grey stripes. I could never get this (copied) to load on my +2. Think it used Speedlockfucker 4 or something.
For copied games that wouldn't load the conventional way I used to put the lead into the other socket on the back of the speccy so that you couldn't hear it loading. Worked every time!
I might have the latest playstation 3 but how i miss staring at a screen of green and blue, the spectrum was the best computer ever, cant forget chase H.Q. either what a classic!!
I don't play those things! Loved the loading screens on the speccy - would get you in the mood for the game. Used to be good at Chase HQ. Not anymore!
You could never escape the feeling that the road was moving towards you rather than you moving through the course. The Spectrum did have the best music though.
Skidding sounds like a dog with a sore throat. But is the road moving towards you or are you moving towards the road. One for all the Einsteins out there!
I remember watching kids play the actual Arcade game at the Seaside. I'd have pocket money for £1 (note) and wish to be like the other kids that played it for hours. Where did they get the money from?
I would be on the arcade machine for about a minute after watching some guy complete the game. I was never any good at it. I suppose you'd have to spend loads on it to be good.
Remember the first laser disc game that came out Dragon's Lair? An unheard of 50p a game! Pool games at the time where 20p. It use to stand in the corner of the pub. Every couple of hours someone would put in 50p and around 50 secs later
音源がとっても素敵です！ 原曲にはないイマジネーションを感じますね。それとも世代のせいなのかなァ・・・♪
Van60000 4 months ago
I remember mine came with 2 cassettes one was game the other contained the Coin Op Arcade sound track, i used to use the Arcade music cassette in my ZX for better music.
BanjoKiD2K 4 months ago
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paulisthebest3uk 4 months ago
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paulisthebest3uk 4 months ago
What a SLOW conversion.. how could people believe that you're driving at >200mph ??
EttoreFerretti 6 months ago
i need a ferrari with this song!!!
ganirintiniano 7 months ago
i used to have the 48k version of this, the aracde music came on a seperate cassette tape for you to play while you were playing the game. it looks good on the Spectrum but i agree it is a bit slow. I have the version on the Saturn - best version in my opinion (runs at full 60hz - better than Dreamcast one) and very cheap nowdays.
PhoenixRisen7 1 year ago
@PhoenixRisen7 dreamcast dont have an outrun!
rainxxxx 9 months ago
@rainxxxx it does lol - in Shenmue 2. and also on Yu Suzuki's GameWorks disc. They changed the car a bit because they no longer had the Ferrari licence at that time. You can also get Powerdrift, Space Harrier and Hang-On.
PhoenixRisen7 9 months ago
@PhoenixRisen7 omg did they lose the ferrari lisence, even though they had no problem with it in the 80's and 90's, they made or2 since then, sounds a bit wierd to me!
rainxxxx 9 months ago
@rainxxxx they didnt have it then - not for outrun anyway. i think they would have had to licence it again. they made Ferrari 360 challenge not long before but you prob need to apply for a licence for each game. it wouldnt have been worth the cost i guess - just for a game in Shenmue. The PS2 Outrun around that time also had a different car, not sure if it was ferrari or not but it wasnt a Testarossa
PhoenixRisen7 9 months ago
@PhoenixRisen7 but sega still had the license at some point othewise they would not have been allowed to have a testarossa in the game with the horse on the back!
rainxxxx 9 months ago
@rainxxxx they probably got it again when they decided to make outrun 2. something similiar happened with Rainbow Islands - Taito no longer had the licence for the 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' theme tune so the version released on PS2/Xbox etc has a different theme tune. its a shame really. i heard Taito also had trouble re-releasing Chase HQ because all the cars are based on real-life cars. and they never had a licence in the first place. not sure if that one is true though.
PhoenixRisen7 8 months ago
@PhoenixRisen7 lol theres some penny pinching bastards in this world, if yer cant have "somewhere over the rainbow" as a little theme tune in a game, they should be paying taito to be "advertising it" in the game
rainxxxx 8 months ago
@rainxxxx i agree. Outrun was also an amazing advert for Ferrari. Although admittedly none of us could probably afford one when we were 10 years old or whatever...
PhoenixRisen7 8 months ago
As any US Gold game = SHIT.
TheOldschool81 1 year ago
@TheOldschool81 you dont know your games, ever played california games? 720? street sports football, basketball, baseball, soccer?
rainxxxx 9 months ago
Great !playing this game since the 80's,the logo move's like that because it did in the arcade version,thats about all they got right................................
justin3425 1 year ago
This was one of only 2 driving games I ever liked, the other one was Crazy Cars.
RichXbox360 1 year ago
I had a commodore 16, not surpisingly it didn't appear on that format!
martybhoy72 1 year ago
This looks like a surprisingly good port considering the hardware, but it's just so sloooow!
But the music is niiiice.
null1023 1 year ago
Great graphics and music, but 2 fps is really too slow for a driving game. :)
Darkmoor9 2 years ago
This doesn't sound like a ZX Spectrum Did Amstrad upgrade the sound hardware on the machine
ninelivecat 2 years ago
@ninelivecat Why would Amstrad upgrade the spectrums sound hardware?
That would be like Sony upgrading the Microsoft Xbox360
mynameisleeyesitis 2 years ago
@mynameisleeyesitis you need to do a little more research before you go replying to things Amstrad took over Sinclair in the Mid to late 80's and upgraded the ZX Spectrums Hardware
look up ZX Spectrum +2 on Wiki if you don't believe me
ninelivecat 2 years ago
@mynameisleeyesitis That would never happen, the rivalry between MS and Sony is even more fierce than the war between Nintendo and Sega years ago.
RichXbox360 1 year ago
Loved Out Run in the arcades, try as i might i just couldnt get into the Speccy one. Just seemed so slow. You look at Enduro Racer/WEC Le Mans or Chase HQ and theyre very fast, Out Run was just too slow. Real shame
psj3809 2 years ago
The famous 'prancing pony' Ferrari logo reverses when the car turns right...They couldn't even be bothered to redraw the graphics....lol.
replicant5 2 years ago 5
Well spotted! I've never noticed that before.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago 2
Ha Ha
Omarm1976 2 years ago
The flipping horse was a "feature" of the arcade original.
P5BDeluxeWiFi 2 years ago
couldn't be bothered? Bull. More like they didn't have space.
TheTurnipKing 2 years ago
@replicant5 it was probably to save memory rather than just laziness.
andyukmonkey 1 year ago
@replicant5 nah the arcade does that as well, authentic conversion :)
PhoenixRisen7 1 year ago
@replicant5 they never did on the megadrive either, and the mastersystem was just a blob!
rainxxxx 9 months ago
@replicant5 actually thats what it does in the arcade son!
rainxxxx 9 months ago
no way, is this speccy sound track?
shinobiung 2 years ago
Yes. The 128K had the music playing in- game.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
The original US Gold 48k version actually came with an audio-tape of the arcade soundtrack, that you'd have to play on a second tape deck, since the 48k version was multiload. You can find an MP3 of the tape over at the World of Spectrum.
TheTurnipKing 2 years ago
the original arcades sound chip was the Zilog Z80 so its not suprising the speccy which is based around the z80 range was capable of cloning the sound , the fact it can almost clone the graphics as well as having enough room for the sound is what impresses me most heh
MrSupershed 2 years ago
Z80 is a CPU, not sound chip! ZX128 use AY-8912 for sound, arcade - more complex set (YM2151 + custom PCM). Z80 is used only for sound player there, not for sound _generation_.
tslanina 2 years ago
@MrSupershed the speccy sound chip and graxix are not cones of the coin op, you must me on acid!
rainxxxx 9 months ago
C64 was superior even to this 128+ version!
TheCommodore64Player 2 years ago
...and the arcade game was superior to the C64 version!
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
@SPINNYFUCK
thank you,lolXD
fazares 1 year ago
@SPINNYFUCK ... and the acade game is also so very much superior to the ZX Spectrum version, nuff said.
edzzzwin 1 year ago
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@SPINNYFUCK and the arcade game is also so much very superior to this one on the ZX Spectrum, haha.
edzzzwin 1 year ago
@SPINNYFUCK no shit!
rainxxxx 9 months ago
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@SPINNYFUCK greatest comeback ever
notanfningain 3 months ago
I'm as big a C64 head as they come, but even I have to concede the Spectrum conversion at least looked better that the C64 version in this instance even if the 64 version was faster. Ultimately, not even the Amiga conversion did this game any justice.
inphanta 2 years ago
@TheCommodore64Player the music was, but the grafix were not
rainxxxx 9 months ago
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paulisthebest3uk 4 months ago
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paulisthebest3uk 4 months ago
cool game! I remember when I replicate this car, looking closely to the monitor, and counting the black pixels :)))
kmikze 2 years ago
one for the absolute die hard fans only and even then helped along by huge dose of imagination...ah those were the days...
RhodeIsland75 3 years ago
I still have the original game. I sometimes listen to the tape for kicks.
sackface100 3 years ago
I have it as well, but I can't say I ever listen to it. You sound weird, lol!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
It's uplifting music. I's a shame the ferrari handles like a tank!
sackface100 3 years ago 4
Yeah, it is great music! The type of thing you want to play after a shit day at work . Lol @ tank! Not exactly in the same class as Chase HQ or WEC Le Mans.
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
grałam i mam do dzisiaj zx spectrum :D
Babecia 3 years ago
W ZX Spectrum jest najlepszym komputerze. Dobry wybór!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
i remember rushing to the shops after school with my hard earned paper money to buy this game after being blown away by the arcade version. i thought it was ok. only had the 48k version so had the soundtrack playing on my tape deck at full blast. also the multi load as usual was a complete pain in the arse.
nick25clark 3 years ago
The arcade version was great but too tough for me like most of them. I had the 48K version as well, on loan may I add, and it was great to play the music along with the game. I don't know how we put up with the multiload back then! Just getting into the game and then "Press play on tape".
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
Great Sound Hardware on the Speccy. Never saw one in action by myself but according to the video I´d say music is very close to the master system version. And I like the graphics, reminds me of the good old tiger lcd games :-) I want a Speccy - NOW!
blackmetaldaddy 3 years ago
Great music, although the graphics tend to slow down on later levels. If you are going to get a speccy get the +3.
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
floppy disc! lol oh nostalgia! :0)
Naomi0111 3 years ago
Cutting edge at the time and faster than tape loading but not half as much fun as waiting five minutes for a game to load.
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
I had a version where you could actually have the arcade music playing through a separate tape deck!.
Naomi0111 3 years ago
That sounds like the Spectrum version!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
i think the master system version with the electronic 3d glasses is better than the arcade game lol master system 3d games r better than modern 3d because those glasses were awausome in lightgun games felt like the bullets were gonna hit u lol shame they only released bout 6 games 4 it
mjdoomreviews 3 years ago
I had this game loved it seeing the other versions on the home computers i see this as the best version
uggla03 3 years ago
Couldn't agree more. A great conversion for the speccy!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
Better than the C64 version which was all blocky and grey stripes. I could never get this (copied) to load on my +2. Think it used Speedlockfucker 4 or something.
Benzi75 4 years ago
For copied games that wouldn't load the conventional way I used to put the lead into the other socket on the back of the speccy so that you couldn't hear it loading. Worked every time!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
the shit sound chips on the go agian, and not just on the ST.
What IF!!!
DEANUS234 4 years ago
I might have the latest playstation 3 but how i miss staring at a screen of green and blue, the spectrum was the best computer ever, cant forget chase H.Q. either what a classic!!
Dannysince1985 4 years ago
I don't play those things! Loved the loading screens on the speccy - would get you in the mood for the game. Used to be good at Chase HQ. Not anymore!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
rofl I love the skidding sound
You could never escape the feeling that the road was moving towards you rather than you moving through the course. The Spectrum did have the best music though.
justanotionX 4 years ago
Skidding sounds like a dog with a sore throat. But is the road moving towards you or are you moving towards the road. One for all the Einsteins out there!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
@justanotionX c64 had the best music, but the speccy version of the game was better
rainxxxx 9 months ago
I spent an unbelievable amount of time playing this game as a child.
RulerRyze 4 years ago
You must have been good at it then. I spent most of my time getting tape loading errors...lol!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Heh! I'd be playing the 3" disk version in around 1989 on my cousin's ZX Spectrum +3.
This, Double Dragon & Target Renegade mainly.
Love the music!
RulerRyze 4 years ago
Great times back then. Cheers mate!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
nice to see another out runner!!!
kalateur 4 years ago
Originally played this on 48k with the horrible multiload. This was first time playing 128k version and its pretty good.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
yes, the main difference from 48k it's the trucks and the music(forget about rewind the music tape at it's age :D)
kalateur 4 years ago
The levels on the Atari ST version are so short it's pretty easy (even for me!) to complete.
Fawltykog 4 years ago
@Fawltykog i noticed that as well lol!
rainxxxx 9 months ago
You have,nt missed much! The speccy is still my fave computer after all these years.
Fawltykog 4 years ago
Used the atari st at college for word processing/spreadsheets/database...happy times! I don't think so...lol!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
A good version and better than the Amstrad/Atari ST versions :) Groovy music too :D
Fawltykog 4 years ago
The music is pretty close to the arcade version. I never played Amstrad or Atari or commodore come to that. Always been a speccy fan :0
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
I remember watching kids play the actual Arcade game at the Seaside. I'd have pocket money for £1 (note) and wish to be like the other kids that played it for hours. Where did they get the money from?
EvildeadCellar 4 years ago
I would be on the arcade machine for about a minute after watching some guy complete the game. I was never any good at it. I suppose you'd have to spend loads on it to be good.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Remember the first laser disc game that came out Dragon's Lair? An unheard of 50p a game! Pool games at the time where 20p. It use to stand in the corner of the pub. Every couple of hours someone would put in 50p and around 50 secs later
walk away muttering.
EvildeadCellar 4 years ago
Never played the arcade version of Dragon's Lair but the speccy version was a nightmare.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
That's rubbish, I don't know about the Amstrad port, but the Atari ST port was actually quite good :p
Cwiiis 4 years ago