Yes, look at the wonderful Memphis mountains... towering up above the Mississippi river.

OutRunners is one of my favorite Sega Genesis games. It was one of the later releases from the mid 90s. The music was boss.

I live in ATL, and yes, that does look like some bad southern snow. It would shut our city down for weeks. Keep up the great reviews!

By now I've played all the Megadrive Outrun games and I think I might have to buy all of them, because they are all awesome games.

Nothing beats the Master System port.

Last time I went to Atlanta, I didn't see any snow or giant pickles. This game must be from the future.

Mark's description of the PA turnpike is SPOT ON!

The turbo feature is a nice touch.

If you think the way they visually depict cities in this game is bad, you should see NHL Hitz 2003. The Winnipeg arena is just a frozen pond in the middle of the mountains, with a log cabin behind it. There are no mountains anywhere near Winnipeg at all and we actually have a huge arena.

There should be a survivor version of this game. Outrun, Out play, Outlast. All challenges take place in your car, whether that be simple things like eating bugs in your car (careful not to wipe your hands on the dash) or by playing a giant lawn darts game with your car as the dart, and dirt as the lawn (just like my "lawn").

Look at that blast processing go!

Mohammed from Qatar proud sponsor of classic game room since inception

i live in Utah!!! :D Mark gave the state a shout-out! happy days!!

I thought the music on this port was shite and no arcade effects to boot...boughtit on ebay...still love it though

@mklopf1 You gotta remember that this game was made in Japan in the early 90's. They didn't had internet back then so they had to rely on books, photos, or travel guides since they couldn't just go to the states at a whim.

Yay Mohammad. Now he's a real fan of CGR :)

that high score screen and its music is pure cheese

Btw, you can play Megadrive games on your Genesis, they just don't physically fit due to their case difference. All you need to do is use a Game Genie (or similar) device that extends out of the Genesis, and you can play them just fine. :)

this game brings back some good memories

i love the arcade machine for this game. it vibrates so violently :P

Mohammed from Qatar needs to make an appearance on Classic Game Room! I'm sure with all the stuff he has, he must have a webcam as well.

what i was saying is that turbo outrun is megadrive exclusive so we get it and genesis don't.

Sometimes your rival on the porche will scream "Take a hike, pal" But you can't hear it that often

@ZetZatar That's only true for games made prior to 1992. In mid to late 92, they started using region lock in the carts. There are game genie codes that will let you play some imports, but not all. The best option is to region mod your genesis.

@ClanTKillers Thankfully, I too also don't care about the graphics since im pretty a much old skool gamer myself, but I see what you mean. Graphics don't always make a better game and many people have truly forget the essence.

you are awesome Mark!

We still have the original outrun arcade machine near where i live in the uk , i play it every saterday lol that and space harrier :)

The level and track design remind me of Top Gear 2. A game I need to re-purchase for either SNES or Genesis.Awesome review as always.

I hear you about the turnpikes!

For all who missed it at the end, Mark said Mohammed's KZfaq channel is "maj2k2". Check it out.

Oh REALLY Mark?!?! It does snow OCCASIONALLY here in good ol' GEORGIA!!!! Hell, when a 1/4 inch of snow falls on the ground, people don't go out at all.

Oh look, Indiana not only has mountains but no road construction either.

That Turbo to cool for it's own good! God damn it I WANT THAT ON MY CAR!

And soon in the 2011-2012 version of Turbo Outrun, see a 458 Italia race against a GT3 RS!

lol wow, I remember playing this at a arcade near my place...dam ..I miss good old days. :d

3 foot deep pizza? Holy fuck I'm dying of delicious.

@berzu21 indeed. In that time, games were about the games, not the graphics. It is sad to say that today all they care about are the graphics

Outrun 2006 Coast To Coast FTW ^_^

I'm trying to debate on Outrun Online Arcade while it's on sale and before it's taken down next month. I was searching for a CGR review, but there doesn't seem to be one. =/

@SmoothCriminalAaron I had one of them gold Honeybee cartridges for mine, but only needed it to play Japanese games on my PAL Mega Drive, so I'm guessing the Honeybee cartridges worked with the Genesis, what with the cartridges being the same shape as PAL cartridges.

LOL! Three foot deep pizza! XD

@sonichockeyaug Mark is a North Easterner. I wouldn't expect him to know about Georgia.

Do a classic game room interview with our man Mohammed.

We have so much to be thankful for, like not having to play these games anymore. Driving games have advanced a bit, to say the least.

@borobengal you should check out the artwork on the japanese boxes and instruction manuals to see why they're instantly cooler and more collectable then their western counterparts..although i do quite like how stiff and eighties some of the western covers look like Srider for example..both versions have their ups..the bigger 16Bit gold txt on the japanese console is way cooler than both the pal md and genesis imo and the colour scheme on the controllers was cooler too..it's all personal taste eh

Did they mix up Atlanta with Anchorage?

Turbo Outrun = Good in the arcades, absolutely bag of shite on the Mega Drive. This is one of the worst ports ever. Practically everything that was good was removed. The port had a crap frame rate despite no track detail, horrible scaling, & far fewer cars. The port sucked balls back in 1992...I can't imagine how bad it is now.

Please review Daytona USA on PSN/XBLA!

The Genesis was not Region codded. If you modded the cartridge slot it will play this game fine.

Mega Drive is called in the PAL regions like europe, japan and south america i had one as a kid the first model xD when i was a kid

@nintendoneil mode seven was great for racing games unless you wanted to have a hill effect..games like road rash and turbo esprit are good examples of great megadrive racers although personally i much prefer having a go on Fero or mariokart

Very good arcade game. Way better than the original outrun

at 4:29. Whoa Whoa Whoa! Memphis has mountains? I don't remember mountains when I was last there. Well I haven't been there since 1993. I know! Maybe the scientists from EUReKA went there with a super fast mountain growing formula to make fully formed mountains in a month's time. Yeah, that must be it. Wow science is amazing!

1:57 I'm from Ohio... I miss it a lot... :(

the C64 version of this game is way cooler just for the opening alone, it has some of the best use of sound sampling done on a SID chip. But Mark is right OutRunners is a lot more fun on the Genesis/MegaDrive.

Mega Drive is also the Australian name.. I think it's everywhere except the US.

dont forget to review Psyco Pinball , one of the best of MEGA DRIVE ! xD

i liked super hang on that was a cool game as well

Great game , im gona play now !! ^^

MARK ! we need more Commodore 64 reviews :) maybe Moawesome from Qatar can donate a Amiga..

Muhammad continues to rock the house!!!

you should visit him mark

Mark needs to review Mohammed ^__^

The original Outrun was 8-Meg the supposed sequel Turbo Outrun was only 4-Meg. Not hard to see why it is considered a huge disappointment .

@jerryjoe88 That should be the other way around. Besides both games are different.

Fun fact: Instead of Sega this version of Turbo Outrun was developed by a small European developer called Tiertex Design, mainly known for making horrible computer games.

Mark says Out-run like Stewie says Cool Wh-ip.

mega drive does what genisisdon't as if you own the mega drive with the ext and high def writting on then u have region free mega drive.

the turbo button makes this game fucking awesome you just have to make sure you dont spam it, though the soundtrack is meh to the original outrun, its still a great port

I wonder if Mohammed reads all the comments?

@FidFighter2 indeed

So this is where they got idea for Need For Speed: The Run?

yes

3:25 Girl on the 959: "Are you calling me FAT?!"

Is there a reason this game was never released in the US? :o

I think Outrun, Outrunners and Outrun 2019 are all betters than this one. The main problems i found is the slow framerate and strange handling.

Mega Drive is the king!

mohammed is a big loyial fan i can see long live bro

i'm starting to suspect that Mohammed doesn't exist, and it's just a character created by Mark... i mean, this guy should be crazy (and rich) to donate all these games and systems...

ohh man do i hate that turnpike road in P.A. i went there 3 monthes ago and man did i get stuck in a traffic jam XD

This version looks like atari 2600 graphics while the arcade one looks like a genesis game on steroids 🙀 😮

@Roqu3ntin Derek is nice, and helps Mark doing some reviews.

@enigma22682 You mean in HIS purest form.

A blizzard in Atlanta... do these people have their heads screwed on right?

Mohammed's youtube channel is maj2k2.

I actually have two copies of the Commodore 64 version, and the music is awesome in that one! :D

I keep the Hi-Power Engine to last

@luishomeroremohsiul mohammed comments on here occasionally, mark said his youtube username in a video before.

I bet Mohammed owns every single video game released B-)

He forgot to mention both the F40 and 959 were never made as convertibles. I have the European version of Turbo Outrun and it is pretty awful when compared to the other games.

@Broyale26 Who says he hasn't? ...

looks like top gear.

there the same thing genesis is the us version of the mega drive in fact i got a mega drive 2 thanks to classic game rooms review of the genesis 2 i got turbo outrun with it!!!!! :) plus it is genesis does what nintendont

someone should send him pier solar.

Mohammed from Qatar: Needs to be visited by Sega for having the widest Sega collection of anyone Needs to be a partner on this channel Needs to be the new CGR logo replacing the squirrel Should be flown in to CGR World Domination Headquarters

@CrossoverGameReviews Yeah, I guess so. I still think it's funny, though. :)

first game that comes to mind is Top Gear. Anyone?

@MrRetrogamingBard YES! The second one, specifically. It was the only one the Genny had. It's such a shame... this is by far the worst version of OutRun of all. It doesn't live up to any of the rest: Outrunners, OutRun 2, let alone the original! Damn, Top Gear 1 and 2 are better than this, too, now that you mention them. All of the games mentioned above run smoothly and have kickass songs, unlike this one...

Its a NFS RUN for the Mega Drive. xD

outrun band? xD