Editing Out Run (section)

===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" />