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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 ''"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyJhK97EfDk Life was a Bore]''".
* [[Brand X]]: The first game didn't have official licensing from Ferrari, despite using everything about the Testarossa's styling, up to and including the prancing horse logo on the back. The cars were fully licensed from ''OutRun 2'' onwards.
* [[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 continouslycontinuously gain points as you drive, and get a big bonus based on time left if you reach the goal. In ''OutRun 2'', you gain points for passing traffic cars, and even more for passing rivals, but hitting a car will reduce the bonus you get from passing it.
* [[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.