Turbo Outrun - Arcade

Turbo Out Run (c) 1989 Sega.

Turbo Outrun echews the forked-road, variable route game-play of it's illustrious older brother, and instead opts for a standard set route point-to-point approach. There are several new game-play additions, however, which help to separate TOR from the original game and give it its own identity.

Firstly; there's the 'Turbo' of the title which is, obviously, a turbo boost that greatly increases the car's speed when engaged. It must be used sparingly, however, as overuse will cause the engine to overheat, rendering the turbo useless until such time as the engine has cooled (this is indicated by an on-screen 'overheat' meter). Weather effects are another new game-play addition, with snow, rain etc. making driving conditions very tricky.

One final new feature is the ability to upgrade your car at the end of each stage; this can be a turbo boost, new engine, better tires etc.

Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 12.5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), Sega (@ 4 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 12288

The catchy music that plays during the ''car upgrade'' section is the same music used in the upgrade section of Sega's "Hot Rod" game and also the shop section of their 1986 shoot-em-up, "Fantasy Zone".

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Super Sonic Team : G.S.M. SEGA 3 - PCCB-00009) on 10/21/1989.

- SERIES -

1. Out Run (1986)
2. Out Run 3-D (1989, Sega Master System)
3. Battle Out Run (1989, Sega Master System)
4. Turbo Out Run (1989)
5. Out Run Europa (1991, Sega Game Gear)
6. Out Runners (1992)
7. Out Run 2019 (1993, Sega Mega Drive)
8. Out Run 2 (2003)
9. Out Run 2 SP - Special Tours (2004)

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• turbo
• outrun
• arcade
• mame
• racing
• driving
• fast
• ferrari
• players
• force
• feedback
• rumble

[Nintendavin]

This game would not be half of what it is without the kickass soundtrack.

[paulisthebest3uk]

cool thing about the original outrun arcade you could plug this daughterboard into the pcb of the main arcade machine of outrun and it converted it into turbo outrun, a bit like an expansion pack. The point being was debatable though because your local arcade machine outrun had a load of outrun 1 decals painted on the cabinet lol!

[AigPower]

@BalooRJ

i totally agree :)

[HerecomestheCalavera]

@paulisthebest3uk Thats pretty cool I never knew that

[VVT4ME]

Have this machine in my house now, its great!



[JCMtheRACER]

@username5131 It's because YOU suck at them.

[BalooRJ]

This game is terrible! The original Outrun is far, far better.

[username5131]

all racing games sucks...

[hermankatnip]

The pinnacle of pre polygon era arcade racers. Sprite scaling at its best.

[812ti]

@MyRidgeRacer Yes, Porsche 959 to be exact

[Mr523cbg]

GREAT JOB PLAYING THROUGH THE ENTIRE COURSE MAP

[Jermyn78]

Your girlfriend was a fickle bitch.