Editing Out Run (section)

{{Short description|1986 video game}}
{{Other uses||Outrun (disambiguation){{!}}Outrun}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Out Run
| image = Out Run Coverart.png
| caption = Arcade flyer
| developer = [[Sega]]
| publisher = {{vgrelease|WW|Sega (arcade)}} {{vgrelease|EU|[[U.S. Gold]] (computers)}}
| designer = [[Yu Suzuki]]
| programmer = Yu Suzuki<br>Satoshi Mifune
| composer = [[Hiroshi Kawaguchi (composer)|Hiroshi Kawaguchi]]
| series = 
| platforms = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|[[Arcade video game|Arcade]]}}|{{cslist|[[Master System]]|[[Mega Drive/Genesis]]|[[PC-88]]|[[Atari ST]]|[[Amiga]]|[[Amstrad CPC]]|[[Commodore 64]]|[[Game Gear]]|[[MSX]]|[[PC Engine]]|[[MS-DOS]]|[[Sega Saturn|Saturn]]|[[ZX Spectrum]]}}}}
| genre = [[Driving game|Driving]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| release = {{collapsible list
 | title = {{nobold|September 1986}}
 | '''Arcade''' {{vgrelease|JP|September 1986<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Sega Arcade History: 1986 |magazine=[[:ja:メガドライブFAN|Mega Drive Fan]] |date=8 January 1992 |issue=25 (February 1992) |pages=82–84 (83) |language=ja |url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AMdfan_JP_1992-02.pdf&page=81}}</ref>|NA|November 1986<ref>{{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005) |date=13 October 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |language=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |page=131 |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n132}}</ref>|EU|December 1986<ref name=":7"/>}} '''C64, CPC, ZX''' {{vgrelease|EU|10 December 1987<ref name="87cvg">{{cite magazine |title=Out Run |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 December 1987 |issue=75 (January 1988) |publisher=[[EMAP]] |location=United Kingdom |pages=136–7 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-075/page/n135/mode/2up}}</ref>}}}}
| arcade system = [[Sega OutRun]]
}}
{{nihongo foot|'''''Out Run'''''|アウトラン|Auto Ran|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} (also stylized as '''''OutRun''''') is an arcade [[driving video game]] released by [[Sega]] in September 1986. It is known for its pioneering hardware and graphics, [[nonlinear gameplay]], a selectable soundtrack with music composed by [[Hiroshi Kawaguchi (composer)|Hiroshi Kawaguchi]], and the hydraulic [[motion simulator]] deluxe [[arcade cabinet]]. The goal is to avoid traffic and reach one of five destinations before time runs out.

The game was designed by [[Yu Suzuki]], who traveled to Europe to gain inspiration for the game's stages. Suzuki had a small team and only ten months to program the game, leaving him to do most of the work himself. The game was a critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing [[1987 in video games|arcade game of 1987]] worldwide as well as Sega's most successful arcade cabinet of the 1980s. It was ported to numerous video game consoles and home computers, becoming one of the [[List of best-selling video games|best-selling video games]] at the time and selling millions of copies worldwide, and it spawned a number of sequels. ''Out Run'' is considered one of the most influential and [[List of video games considered the best|greatest games ever made]], cited as an influence upon numerous later video games, playing a role in the [[arcade video game]] industry's recovery, and providing the name for a [[Synthwave|popular music genre]]. It spawned a series and a sequel of sorts was released, [[Turbo Outrun|''Turbo OutRun'']] in 1989 with a real sequel, ''[[OutRun 2]]'' released in 2003.