OutRun by Sega

Out Run (アウトラン, Auto Ran?) (also spelled OutRun and Outrun) is a 1986 arcade game designed by Yu Suzuki and Sega-AM2. The game was a major hit with arcade-goers and is notable for its innovative hardware (including a moving cabinet), pioneering graphics and music, a choice in both soundtrack and route, and its strong theme of luxury and relaxation. In retrospective interviews, Yu Suzuki has classified Out Run not as a racing game, but as a "driving" game.

The home computer versions of Out Run (for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Atari ST) came bundled with a bonus cassette tape featuring the original arcade versions of these tunes, the idea being that the player could listen to the true versions while playing rather than the limited home computer renditions, if available at all.

In the PC-DOS version, the route that scores the most possible points (about 76.5 million) is Coconut Beach-Gateway-Desert-Old Capital-Desolation Hill.

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[nantan]

Epic game and music.

[crashmin64]

This is on one of my old computers, the music is the shit.

[Subypowa]

@jamentogirl This is PC-DOS version btw.

[jamentogirl]

@SylphDS Yeah, my family had it in PC-DOS as well, and though the sound in this clip sounds a lot like that version, it is not the same. Where the music is supposed to go up, it doesn't. This is the Arcade version, which looks exactly the same, but the sounds are slightly different. It is so far the best match to the PC-DOS game though, because that was what I was looking for and haven't found... Yet...

[rainxxxx]

the stages are VERY short i find!

[SvenSiegmund]

@rainxxxx I played it in DosBox on PC

[rainxxxx]

@SvenSiegmund what platform was it!

[rainxxxx]

@musicmaniac1965 the atari st version was slightly worse than the amiga, i dont think it was a sprrd problem, just god awful graphics and a lousy dropdown menu system!

[SvenSiegmund]

@rainxxxx I did get past the first stage in low gear, really.

[musicmaniac1965]

@rainxxxx indeed, the C64 version gives me still the shivers. only one version could do even worce when it comes to speed and gameplay: the amiga 500 :-D that game was even slower than a snail on valium :-)