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==Reception== {{Video game reviews <!-- Formatting -->| align = none | title = Reception of ''Out Run'' by video game system | na = false <!-- Turn on platform -->| ARC = true | SGG = true | SMD = true | SMS = true | AMI = true | AST = true | C64 = true | PC = true | TG16 = true | ZX = true <!-- Reviewers -->| ACE_SMS = 852<ref name="ace_outrun">{{cite journal|date=November 1987|title=Out Run|journal=[[ACE (games magazine)|ACE]]|publisher=Future plc|issue=2|pages=58–9|issn=0954-8076}}</ref> | ACE_C64 = 610<ref name="ace_17"/> | ACE_AST = 873<ref name="ace_10">{{cite journal|date=July 1988|title=Out Run|journal=[[ACE (games magazine)|ACE]]|publisher=Future plc|issue=10|page=64|issn=0954-8076}}</ref> | ACE_AMI = 822<ref name="ace_17">{{cite journal|date=February 1989|title=Out Run|journal=[[ACE (games magazine)|ACE]]|publisher=Future plc|issue=17|page=68|issn=0954-8076}}</ref> | AAction_PC = 37% ([[Amstrad CPC|CPC]])<ref name="AA30">{{cite magazine |magazine=Amstrad Action |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=30 |pages=46–47 |date=March 1988 |title=Action Test: Out Run |issn=0954-8068}}</ref> | CVG_ARC = Positive<ref name=":7"/> | CVG_SMS = 9/10<ref name="cvg_sms"/> | CVG_C64 = 24/40<ref name="cvg_76">{{cite journal|date=February 1988|title=Out Run|journal=Computer and Video Games|publisher=EMAP|issue=76|page=25|issn=0261-3697}}</ref> | CVG_PC = 8/40 (CPC)<ref name="cvg_76"/> | CVG_AST = 7/10<ref name="cvg_80"/> | CVG_TG16 = 70%<ref>{{cite journal|title=Bytesize: PC Engine|journal=[[Computer and Video Games]]|date=March 1991|issue=112|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_27449|access-date=6 February 2012|page=77|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414022820/http://amr.abime.net/review_27449|archive-date=14 April 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> | CRASH_ARC = Positive<ref name="crash"/> | CRASH_ZX = 72%<ref name="crash_49_22-3">{{cite journal|date=February 1988|title=Out Run|journal=[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]|publisher=Newsfield|issue=49|pages=22–3|issn=0954-8661|url=https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-49/Crash_49_Feb_1988#page/n21}}</ref> | Dragon_SMS = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Dragon137"/> | Gen4_SMS = 82%<ref name="generation4_outrun">{{cite journal|last1=Franchi|first1=Robert|last2=Sportouch|first2=Michael|date=January–February 1988|title=Out Run|journal=[[:fr:Gen4|Génération 4]]|language=fr|issue=2|page=43}}</ref> | Gen4_AST = 78%<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=September 1988|title=Test: Outrun|magazine=Génération 4|language=fr|issue=5|page=32}}</ref> | JP_SMD = 90%<ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine|date=November 1991|title=OutRun|magazine=[[:fr:Joypad (magazine)|Joypad]]|language=fr|publisher=Yellow Media|issue=1|pages=40–41|issn=1163-586X}}</ref> | JS_SMD = 90%<ref name=":4">{{Cite magazine|title=OutRun|magazine=[[:fr:Joystick (magazine)|Joystick]]|language=fr|publisher=Anuman Interactive|issue=20|page=134 & 166|issn=1145-4806}}</ref> | JS_SGG = 79%<ref name=":4" /> | SUser_ARC = Positive<ref name=":2"/> | SUser_ZX = 81%<ref name="suser_105"/> | TGM_SMS = 72%<ref name="tgm_outrun">{{cite journal|date=February 1988|title=Testabuster: Out Run|journal=[[The Games Machine]]|publisher=Newsfield|issue=3|pages=60–1|issn=0954-8092}}</ref> | TGM_V64 = 67%<ref name="tgm_outrun"/> | TGM_ZX = 61%<ref name="tgm_outrun"/> | TGM_AST = 79%<ref name="tgm_7">{{cite journal|date=June 1988|title=Out Run|journal=[[The Games Machine]]|publisher=Newsfield|issue=7|page=66|issn=0954-8092}}</ref> | TGM_AMI = 75%<ref name="tgm_14">{{cite journal|date=January 1989|title=Out Run|journal=[[The Games Machine]]|publisher=Newsfield|issue=14|page=40|issn=0954-8092}}</ref> | TILT_SMS = 17/20<ref>{{cite journal|date=December 1987|title=Out Run|url=http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=28&num=354&album=oui|journal=[[Tilt (French magazine)|Tilt]]|language=fr|issue=49|page=98|access-date=6 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111104011/http://abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=28&num=354&album=oui|archive-date=11 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> | YSinclair_ARC = Positive<ref name="YSinclair_ARC"/> | YSinclair_ZX = 8/10<ref name="ysinclair_outrun">{{cite web|url=http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/outrun.htm|title=OutRun|website=Your Sinclair|publisher=Dennis Publishing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106140403/http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/outrun.htm|archive-date=6 January 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=24 December 2015}}</ref> | rev1 = ''Australian Commodore <br /> and Amiga Review'' | rev1_C64 = 95%<ref name="acar_outrun">{{cite journal|date=February 1988|title=Out Run|journal=Australian Commodore and Amiga Review|volume=5|issue=2|pages=25–6}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Commodore User]]'' | rev2_ARC = 9/10<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=March 1987|title=Out Run|magazine=[[Commodore User]]|issue=42|issn=0265-721X}}</ref> | rev2_C64 = 67%<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=December 1988|title=Out Run review|magazine=Commodore User|publisher=EMAP|issue=63|issn=0265-721X}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[MegaTech]]'' | rev3_SMD = 58%<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=June 1992|title=Out Run|magazine=[[MegaTech]]|publisher=EMAP|issue=6|page=77|issn=0964-5764}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Sega-16'' | rev4_SMD = 9/10<ref name="sega16_outrun">{{cite web|url=http://www.sega-16.com/2004/07/outrun/|title=OutRun|last=Horowitz|first=Ken|date=20 July 2004|website=Sega-16|publisher=Ken Horowitz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120223001/http://www.sega-16.com/2004/07/outrun/|archive-date=20 November 2012|url-status=live|access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[:sv:Svenska Hemdatornytt|Svenska Hemdatornytt]]'' | rev5_SMD = 85%<ref name="svenska_outrun"/> | rev6 = ''Top Score'' | rev6_ARC = Positive<ref name="Top-Score"/> | award1Pub = [[Golden Joystick Awards]] | award1 = [[Golden Joystick Award for Game of the Year|Game of the Year]], Arcade Game of the Year<ref name="gj_goty"/> | award2Pub = Amusement Players Association's Players Choice Awards | award2 = Best Visual Enhancement in a Video Game<ref name="APA"/> | state = collapsed }} ===Commercial performance=== In Japan, ''Out Run'' topped the ''[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]'' charts for upright/cockpit [[arcade cabinet]]s in November 1986,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 – アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=295|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 November 1986|page=29|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861101p.pdf#page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=15 November 1986|title=Best Hit Games 25|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861115p.pdf#page=13|magazine=Game Machine|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|issue=295|page=25|lang=ja}}</ref> and remained at the top of the charts in the following month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=Game Machine|issue=296|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 December 1986|page=23|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861201p.pdf#page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=297|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=15 December 1986|page=25|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861215p.pdf#page=13}}</ref> It was Japan's highest-grossing upright/cockpit arcade game during the latter half of 1986,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 上半期 |trans-title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: First Half '86 |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=288 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=15 July 1986 |page=28 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860715p.pdf#page=15}}</ref><ref name="GM300">{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '87 |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=324 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=15 January 1988 |page=20 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19880115p.pdf#page=11}}</ref> and the overall seventh highest-grossing upright/cockpit [[1986 in video games|arcade game of 1986]].<ref name="GM300"/> ''Out Run'' went on to become Japan's highest-grossing [[1987 in video games|arcade game of 1987]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=87' ゲーメスト大賞 〜 ベストインカム |trans-title=87' Gamest Awards – Best Income |magazine=[[Gamest]] |date=28 December 1987 |volume=17 (February 1988) |url=https://archive.org/details/gamest0017/page/n29 |pages=25–38 (36–7) |lang=ja}} [http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/gamest/v017.html alternate url]</ref><ref name="GM300"/> In North America, it topped the ''RePlay'' dedicated arcade game chart in February 1987,<ref>{{cite news |title=Coin-Op Top Ten |work=Top Score |date=Winter 1987 |publisher=Amusement Players Association |url=https://archive.org/details/1987WinterTopScore/page/n7}}</ref> and went on to become the highest-grossing arcade game of 1987 in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=1987 |magazine=[[Play Meter]] |date=December 1994 |volume=20 |issue=13 |page=78 |url=https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-20-number-13-december-1994/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2020%2C%20Number%2013%20-%20December%201994/page/78}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Compasio |first1=Camille |title=Around The Route |magazine=[[Cash Box]] |date=14 November 1987 |page=32 |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox51unse_19/page/32 |publisher=Cash Box Pub. Co.}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the game topped London's Electrocoin arcade charts for several months in 1987, from February<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top Ten Coin-Ops of the Month |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=March 1987 |issue=66 (April 1987) |page=92 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-066/page/n92}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Arcade Action |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=April 1987 |issue=67 (May 1987) |page=93 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-067/page/n92/mode/1up}}</ref> through June,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top Ten Coin-Ops of the Month |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 May 1987 |issue=68 (June 1987) |page=123 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-068/page/n122}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top Ten Coin-Ops of the Month |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 June 1987 |issue=69 (July 1987) |page=89 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-069/page/n88}}</ref> and was the top arcade game of the year.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Burn Rubber |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 December 1987 |issue=75 (January 1988) |pages=50–1 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-075/page/n49/mode/2up}}</ref> In Japan, it continued to rank among the annual highest-grossing dedicated arcade games for the next several years, ranking number three [[1988 in video games|in 1988]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '88 ''/ "Game of the Year '88" By Game Machine'' |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=348 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=15 January 1989 |pages=10–1, 26 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19890115p.pdf#page=6}}</ref> number five [[1989 in video games|in 1989]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Videos of The Year; "Tetris", "Chase H.Q." |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=372 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=15 January 1990 |page=26 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19900115p.pdf#page=14}}</ref> and number seven [[1990 in video games|in 1990]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title="Tetris" Has Still Earned More Than "Final Fight" |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=396 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=1 February 1991 |page=22 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19910201p.pdf#page=12}}</ref> In Europe, ''Out Run'' was the most popular arcade game during the late 1980s.<ref name="Wired">{{cite magazine |last1=Prisco |first1=Jacopo |title=How Out Run changed video games forever |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/out-run-video-game-design |access-date=4 November 2021 |magazine=[[Wired UK]] |date=18 September 2021}}</ref> Sega had sold 18,000 ''Out Run'' [[arcade machines]] worldwide by early 1987, including 3,500 units in Japan, 8,000 units in the United States, and 6,500 units in Europe and Southeast Asia.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Business Japan |journal=Business Japan |date=July 1987 |volume=32 |issue=7–12 |page=119 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z5gSAQAAMAAJ&q=%22outrun%22+%22million%22+sega |publisher=Nihon Kogyo Shimbun |quote=Sega has achieved spectacular sales results of 18,000 ''Outrun'' machines in the preceding term, broken down into 3,500 units in the domestic market, 8,000 units in the U.S. and 6,500 units in Europe and Southeast Asia.}}</ref> By late 1987, ''Out Run'' had sold 20,000 units worldwide,<ref>{{cite book|title=Out Run: ZX Spectrum Instructions |publisher=[[U.S. Gold]]|date=December 1987|url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003563}}</ref> earning Sega over {{US$|100 million|long=no}} ({{US$|{{Inflation|US|100|1986|r=-1}} million|long=no}} adjusted for inflation) in arcade machine sales,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Horowitz |first1=Ken |chapter=''OutRun'' (September 1986) |title=The Sega Arcade Revolution: A History in 62 Games |date=22 June 2018 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |isbn=978-1-4766-7225-0 |pages=112–114 (114) |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xT1jDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA114 |quote=Both versions went on to produce terrific numbers for Sega, bringing in total worldwide sales of over {{US$|100 million|long=no}} and adding another memorable franchise to Sega's stable of hits.}}</ref> and becoming Sega's best-selling arcade cabinet of the 1980s.<ref name=":1" /> By 1994, 30,000 cabinets had been sold worldwide.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=OutRun|magazine=[[Mean Machines Sega]]|publisher=EMAP|issue=22|date=August 1994|pages=92–3|issn=0967-9014|url=https://archive.org/details/mean-machines-sega-magazine-22/page/n91/mode/2up}}</ref> Sega eventually surpassed ''OutRun''{{'}}s arcade sales with ''[[Virtua Fighter (video game)|Virtua Fighter]]'' (1993) and ''[[Virtua Fighter 2]]'' (1994).<ref name="SAH">{{cite book|author=Famitsu DC|author-link=Famitsu DC|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Sega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book.pdf&page=14|title=Interview: Akira Nagai — SEGA REPRESENTATIVE|work=セガ・アーケード・ヒストリー (Sega Arcade History)|series=Famitsu Books|publisher=[[Enterbrain]]|date=15 February 2002|pages=20–23|language=ja|isbn=9784757707900|access-date=15 August 2020|archive-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820193203/https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3ASega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book.pdf&page=14|url-status=live}} ([http://shmuplations.com/akiranagai/ Translation] by Shmuplations. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807024817/http://shmuplations.com/akiranagai/ |date=7 August 2020}}).</ref> The [[8-bit]] computer game ports published by [[U.S. Gold]] sold over 200,000 copies within two weeks of release in the United Kingdom,<ref name="Crash">{{cite magazine|date=February 1988|title=Out Run|journal=[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]|publisher=[[Newsfield]]|issue=49|pages=22–23 (22)|issn=0954-8661|url=https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-49/Crash_49_Feb_1988#page/n21}}</ref> and more than 250,000 by Christmas 1987,<ref>{{cite journal|date=July 1988|title=License To Thrill?|journal=[[ACE (games magazine)|ACE]]|publisher=Future plc|issue=10|page=31|issn=0954-8076|url=https://archive.org/details/ace-magazine-10/page/n30}}</ref><ref name="ysinclair_27_7">{{cite journal|date=March 1988|title=T'ZERS|journal=[[Your Sinclair]]|publisher=Dennis Publishing|issue=27|page=7|issn=0269-6983}}</ref> topping the UK's Christmas 1987 chart.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cundy |first1=Matt |title=Every Christmas Top 10 from the last 20 years |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/every-christmas-top-10-from-the-last-20-years/11/ |website=[[GamesRadar]] |page=11 |access-date=9 March 2021 |date=25 December 2007}}</ref> ''Out Run'' became the fastest-selling and [[List of best-selling PC video games|best-selling computer game]] in the UK that year.<ref name="cvg_80">{{cite journal |date=June 1988 |title=OutRun |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-080/page/n29 |journal=Computer and Video Games |publisher=EMAP |issue=80 |pages=30–1 |issn=0261-3697}}</ref><ref name="crash_49_22-3"/><ref name="ysinclair_27_7"/> By early March 1988, it had sold over 350,000 copies, becoming the UK's all-time fastest-selling game up until then.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game of the Year |magazine=[[Your Sinclair]] |date=10 March 1988 |issue=28 (April 1988) |pages=64–5 |url=https://archive.org/details/your-sinclair-28/page/n63/mode/2up}}</ref> In May 1988, the Atari ST version of ''Out Run'' became the first ST title to top the UK individual machine formats chart compiled by Gallup.<ref>{{cite news |title=Briefing |url=https://64.media.tumblr.com/76963a59f3316d1dc69fc9cfc4864398/tumblr_inline_pj4m10S4FY1r3ubz0_250.png |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 June 1988}}</ref> The Atari ST version had sold over 25,000 copies in the UK by mid-1988.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Amiga |magazine=[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]] |date=28 July 1988 |issue=55 (August 1988) |page=71 |url=https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine-55/page/n71}}</ref> ''Out Run'' remained on the UK charts for several years. The budget price re-release from Kixx topped the all-formats chart in November 1990,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The C+VG Charts |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 December 1990 |issue=110 (January 1991) |pages=75–8 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-110/page/n74}}</ref> and the Commodore 64 version was at number two on the all-formats chart in March 1991.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=CVG Charts |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=14 April 1991 |issue=114 (May 1991) |pages=63–6 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-114/page/n62}}</ref> It also topped the [[PC Engine]] charts during January–February 1991.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=16 February 1991|title=CVG Charts|url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-112/page/n58/mode/1up|magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]]|issue=112 (March 1991)|pages=59–62}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=16 March 1991|title=CVG Charts|url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-113/page/n58|magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]]|issue=113 (April 1991)|pages=59–62}}</ref> In 2020, ''Out Run'' became the second best-selling ''[[Sega Ages]]'' title in overseas markets outside of Japan (after ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''), especially in Europe.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Doolan |first1=Liam |title=Sega Ages Team Reveals The Most Popular Games In The Series: What were the highlights? |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/11/sega_ages_team_reveals_the_most_popular_games_in_the_series |access-date=12 March 2021 |work=[[Nintendo Life]] |date=21 November 2020}}</ref> As of 2021, the game's various home conversions have sold millions of copies worldwide.<ref name="Wired"/> ===Critical response and accolades=== ''Out Run''{{'}}s arcade release received positive reviews and became one of the most popular arcade games of the year.<ref name="crash"/><ref name="cvg_80" /><ref name="su_gold">{{cite journal|date=July 1987|title=OutRun Goes Gold|journal=[[Sinclair User]]|publisher=EMAP|issue=64|page=20|issn=0262-5458}}</ref> The game won the 1987 [[Golden Joystick Award for Game of the Year|Golden Joystick Award]] for Game of the Year, as well as for Arcade Game of the Year.<ref name="gj_goty">{{Cite magazine |date=May 1988 |title=Golden Joystick Awards 1988 |magazine=Computer and Video Games |publisher=Future plc |issue=79 |page=39 |issn=0261-3697}}</ref> It also won "Best Visual Enhancement in a Video Game" at the 1986 Amusement Players Association's Players Choice Awards.<ref name="APA">{{cite news |date=Winter 1987 |title=Amusement Players Association's Players Choice Awards |work=Top Score |publisher=Amusement Players Association |url=https://archive.org/details/1987WinterTopScore/page/n19}}</ref> Clare Edgeley reviewed the arcade game in both ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' and in ''[[Sinclair User]]'', praising the graphics and the element of danger in the gameplay as well as the hydraulic motion simulator cabinet.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":2" /> ''Top Score'' newsletter called it "the most enjoyable" and "realistic driving video game ever created" while praising its innovative simulator cabinet, detailed visuals and stereo soundtrack.<ref name="Top-Score">{{cite news |title=Hot New Games Debut for the Winter Season: AMOA Expo '86 Previews Sizzling Lineup of Video and Pin Games |work=Top Score |date=Winter 1987 |publisher=Amusement Players Association |url=https://archive.org/details/1987WinterTopScore/page/n2}}</ref> A review in ''[[Commodore User]]'' described it as "a great game for driving enthusiasts" and awarded it a score of 9 out of 10.<ref name="cu_arc">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/commodore-user-magazine-42/Commodore_User_Issue_42_1987_Mar#page/n105/mode/2up/|title=Commodore User Magazine Issue 42|date=March 1987 |access-date=24 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410043223/https://archive.org/stream/commodore-user-magazine-42/Commodore_User_Issue_42_1987_Mar#page/n105/mode/2up/|archive-date=10 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Gary Penn, writing for ''[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]'' called the game "highly polished" and praised the attention to detail.<ref name="crash" /> In ''[[Your Sinclair]]'', Peter Shaw praised its realism and described it as "the most frighteningly fast road race game" he had played.<ref name="YSinclair_ARC">{{Cite magazine|last=Shaw|first=Peter|date=August 1987|title=Slots of Fun|magazine=[[Your Sinclair]]|publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]]|page=50|issn=0269-6983|url=https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/49/250}}</ref> ''Out Run'' was ported to numerous home consoles and computers. ''Computer and Video Games'' praised the [[Master System]] release, with the writers concluding that it had "all the thrill power of the arcade version".<ref name="cvg_sms">{{cite journal|date=October 1987|title=Reviews: Out Run|journal=[[Computer and Video Games]]|publisher=EMAP|issue=72|pages=98–9|issn=0261-3697}}</ref> ''[[The Games Machine]]'' gave the Master System version a score of 72%, stating that the Master System version came closest to the original coin-op.<ref name="tgm_outrun" /> Reviewers for ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' described it as a "refreshing" game "that provides hours of entertainment".<ref name="Dragon137">{{cite journal|last1=Lesser|first1=Hartley|last2=Lesser|first2=Patricia|last3=Lesser|first3=Kirk|date=September 1988|title=The Role of Computers|journal=Dragon|publisher=[[TSR, Inc.]]|issue=137|pages=88–93|issn=1062-2101}}</ref> ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' named it as the year's best arcade translation for Sega.<ref name="cgw198811">{{cite magazine|title=Video Gaming World|author1=Kunkel, Bill|date=November 1988|magazine=Computer Gaming World|publisher=Russell Sipe|author2=Worley, Joyce|page=54|issn=0744-6667|author3=Katz, Arnie}}</ref> Reactions to the [[16-bit]] versions were generally positive. The [[Atari ST]] version (1988) was described by ''Computer and Video Games'' as "far from perfect", but that it came closer to the arcade original than the other ports.<ref name="cvg_80" /> The 1991 [[Mega Drive|Sega Genesis]] version also received positive reviews, scoring 90% from French gaming magazines ''Joypad'' and ''Joystick'', as well as an 85% from Swedish magazine ''Svenska Hemdatornytt''.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name="svenska_outrun">{{cite journal |date=December 1991 |title=Out Run |journal=[[:sv:Svenska Hemdatornytt|Svenska Hemdatornytt]] |language=sv |issue=10 |pages=33 & 72}}</ref> The reception for the 8-bit personal computer ports by [[U.S. Gold]] was mixed. The [[ZX Spectrum]] version received positive scores from ''Your Sinclair'' and ''Sinclair User''.<ref name="suser_105">{{cite journal|date=November 1990|title=OutRun|journal=[[Sinclair User]]|publisher=EMAP|issue=105|pages=60–1|issn=0262-5458}}</ref><ref name="suser_70">{{cite journal|date=March 1988|title=OutRun|journal=[[Sinclair User]]|publisher=EMAP|issue=70|page=13|issn=0262-5458}}</ref> Some reviewers at ''Crash'' expressed disappointment at the low quality in contrast to the arcade original.<ref name="crash_49_22-3" /> ''The Games Machine'' gave the Spectrum version a score of 61%, noting the machine's technical limitations in comparison to the Master System and [[Commodore International|Commodore]] systems.<ref name="tgm_outrun" /> The Commodore versions received positive to average reviews, though ''Computer and Video Games'' described the Commodore 64 port as "rushed". The [[Amstrad CPC]] port received a score of 8 out of 40 from ''Computer and Video Games'', which described it as a "travesty",<ref name="cvg_76" /> and a 37% score from ''Amstrad Action'' where the reviewer considered it one of the worst arcade conversions ever.<ref name="AA30" />
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