Out Run

A classic ArcadeDrivingGame? from the [X]early 1990s[X] early-to-mid 1980s. Technically feeble by today's standards but still has something special. (The music, maybe?) It can still be enjoyed today thanks to the MameEmulator.

Point of reference: See http://www.outrun.org for a dedicated OutRun site, and check the Downloads page for the music.

As for Programming, it is said that there was some very clever Programming which went into OutRun, with respect to the handling of SpriteGraphics? and their presentation to the viewer, such that a better representation / indication / implication of speed of forward movement was made, in comparison to other similar VerticalScrollingGame?s. Part of the success of said Programming was the reduction in processor work required...

By the way, now (by Q3 2005) there would be more than just the MameEmulator available as Environments in which to run several different PlatformDependent? versions of OutRun, many freely available on the WorldWideWeb.

(Contributed (Sept05) by ChrisDaSilva, in an attempt(!) to add signal to noise...)

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