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{{quote|''[[Most Annoying Sound|Checkpoint! *Beep beep beep beep beep*]]''}}
A driving game first to hit the arcades in 1986, ''OutRun'' basically amounts to a time-attack [[Speed Run]]. You, a manly man in his [[Cool Car|Ferrari]], [[Captain Obvious|start at the start line]], and [[Race Against the Clock]] to a [[Check Point]] at the end of the stage. You are accompanied by a token female passenger, who presumably was attracted solely by the horsepower. Along the way, you must avoid other motorists and assorted roadside obstacles, lest you [[The Many Deaths of You|crash in a variety of entertaining ways]]. Just before that checkpoint, the road forks into two, and each fork will allow you to access a differently-themed area. Get through five stages, and you reach the finish line. Depending on the route you take (and the final stage you reach), and you'll get [[Multiple Endings]].
The game was successful enough to get itself ported to the [[Sega Genesis]] (and pretty much everything else of the same generation as the Genesis), and spawned [[Sequelitis|lots of sequels]]. The most recent incarnations can be found on the Xbox and Xbox 360, and in one case, you can unlock the original [[Embedded Precursor|game as a hidden easter-egg]]. They all follow the same formula, though several of them add an opponent to race against in addition to the clock and standard traffic.
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** ''[[Updated Rerelease|OutRun 2 SDX]]''
* ''[[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast]]'' (Xbox, [[PlayStation 2]], PSP, Windows)
** ''OutRun Online Arcade'' (Xbox Live Arcade version of ''OutRun 2''/''2006'')
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: The lady in the passenger seat gets her backstory explained in the ''OutRun 2006'' song
* [[Brand X]]: The first game didn't have official licensing from Ferrari
* [[Cool Car]]: The first game had you drive a Ferrari Testarossa convertible. Later games had you drive any of a variety of cars - primarily Ferraris, and dodging out of the way of slower [[Boring but Practical|regular everyday cars]] like VW Beetles, etc.
* [[Death Is Cheap]]: Crashes are cheap. If you crash, the game resets you after a few seconds. Even if your car ''barrel-rolled several times and you were thrown out of it onto the asphalt and an obstacle car ran over your head''.
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* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Since most games' single-player modes don't have any opponent cars, your true opponent is the harsh [[Timed Mission|time limit]].
* [[Race Against the Clock]]
* [[Recycled in Space|Recycled IN THE FUTURE!]]: ''OutRun 2019''. Same premise, but you look as though you're driving the batmobile.
* [[Rubber Band AI]]: In later games.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Lots of varied scenery, which looked pretty spiffing for the 16-bit era.
* [[Scoring Points]]: Unusually for a driving game. You
* [[Vanity License Plate]]: The box-art above shows 'OutRun' as the license plate. You'd think that number plate would catch the attention of the local police. ''OutRun 2'' onwards followed a formula of MO (Modena, the Italian city where Ferrari is headquartered) followed by some letters and numbers referring to the car and/or its engine (MO 512 TR for the 5-liter, 12-cylinder powered Testarossa).
* [[You Fail Physics Forever]]: The totally absurd ability to powerslide from ''OutRun 2'' onwards. It makes ''[[Ridge Racer]]'' and ''[[Need for Speed]] Underground'' look like totally [[Serious Business]] driving simulators.
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