Turbo Outrun
Turbo Outrun was a videogame released by Sega in 1989. It is the second game in the OutRun series, and runs on identical hardware to the original. It was available in a stand-up cabinet, and a sit-down cabinet with decals giving it an appearance of a Ferrari F40, the car featured in the game. There were also conversion kits available to convert original OutRun machines to Turbo Outrun. This game puts the player in control of a male driver driving with his girlfriend in a Ferrari F40, racing against the clock and a computer-controlled opponent to reach Los Angeles from a starting point of New York City. The most notable feature of this game, which most players remember it for, is the fact that the player can increase speed by using turbo boost by pressing a button on the side of the console-mounted shifter and the engine temperature will increase in kind on the on-screen gauge. When the gauge reaches "OVERHEAT!" turbo boost cannot be used until the temperature decreases. At every sub-goal (reached after passing through about five cities), a power-up can be chosen, the three being: Hi-Power Engine, Special Turbo, and Super Grip Tires. If the computer-controlled opponent reaches the sub-goal before the player, at the next race, the driver's girlfriend will move to the opponent's car, and the ending will change depending on who reaches the final goal first. It was released for the Genesis in 1992, and the next game in the OutRun series, Outrunners appeared that same year.
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