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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|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 SP DX]]''
** ''[[Updated Rerelease|OutRun 2 SDX]]''
* ''[[Oddly -Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast]]'' (Xbox, [[PSPlay Station 2]], PSP, Windows)
** ''OutRun Online Arcade'' (Xbox Live Arcade version of OutRun 2/2006)
 
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* [[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''.
** But keep in mind that a couple of crashes [[Timed Mission|is all you need to lose the game.]]
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Kind of the whole point. Your passenger doesn't care [[Can't Get Away Withwith Nuthin'|unless you crash]].
* [[Driving Stick]]: '''Massively''' simplified gearbox with two options: Low gear and High gear. As if this didn't make things easy enough, later games added an automatic function. Presumably, people complained at the lack thereof in the first installment. ''OutRun 2'' onwards had 5 or 6 speed manual gearboxes, but with the same up/down functionality.
** ''OutRunners'' already had cars with 3 or more speed, but the way you shift pretty much amounts to pushing the up/down lever until you reach the gear you want.
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** ''OutRun 2'' returns to form with new endings rendered in 3D. And, true to form, they can be ''hilarious'' (especially routes A and E).
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Since most games' single-player modes don't have any opponent cars, your true opponent is the harsh [[Timed Mission|time limit]].
* [[No Export for You]]: OutRun Online Arcade was also released for the [[PSPlay Station 3]], but never made it to North America due to licensing issues- apparently, Microsoft's agreement with Ferrari in North America gives them some leverage for exclusivity on the [[Xbox 360]], which may explain how the Ferrari DLC for ''[[Need for Speed]] Shift'' was [[Xbox 360]] exclusive.
* [[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.
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