Editing Out Run (section)

===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$|100&nbsp;million|long=no}} ({{US$|{{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&nbsp;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"/>