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The acquisition of a PICADE has me playing OUTRUN. This is a game that I remember from my youth with spectacular graphics. The graphics are, in fact, shit. It also has HGVs doing in excess of 180kph. I am questioning SEGA’s commitment to realism.
in reply to Sarah Brown

and now I have the music stuck in my head

I’m sufficiently young that I grew up playing Outrun 2 / Outrun 2006 instead, but I absolutely loved that game

in reply to joshie 🏳️‍🌈

@joshie 🏳️‍🌈 For 1986, it was utterly revolutionary. Consider that we were used to shite like Pole Position.
in reply to Sarah Brown

@Sarah Brown I remember it in arcades with the big cabinet you could sit in. It didn’t matter that the palm trees looked like stacks of cardboard boxes somehow.
in reply to Alexandra Lanes

@Alexandra Lanes Stereo speakers behind your head. Cabinet looked a bit like a Ferrari. It cost 50p a play when most games were 10p, but my god, it was such a sight to behold!