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Atari ST A to Z: OutRun Europa

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As we’ve seen a fair few times on this series to date, it was quite fashionable for home computer developers to put together “unofficial” sequels to arcade classics.

Sega’sΒ OutRunΒ certainly wasn’t immune to this, and enjoyed several home-exclusive follow-ups over the years — includingΒ OutRun EuropaΒ by Probe. In this game, you’re on the run from the police — attempting to outrun them, you might say — and must speed your way across Europe in a variety of vehicles. And it’s not bad!

Check it out in the video below, and don’t forget toΒ subscribe on YouTube for more!

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Atari ST A to Z: Xevious

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It’s dangerous, it’s devious… it’s Xevious! Again. This time for the Atari ST, after we’ve previously seen the Atari 8-bit and Evercade versions.

The Atari ST port of Namco’s classic, genre-defining vertical scroller was handled by Probe, a company whose output varied enormously from game to game. As it happens, their version ofΒ XeviousΒ was a very solid port of the game… it was just a bit late. All right, aΒ lotΒ late. But at least it showed up eventually!

Check it out in the video below, and don’t forget to subscribe on YouTube for more!

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Atari ST A to Z: OutRun

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Ah, OutRun. A true classic of the “vanishing point” racer genre. A fine example of Sega’s “Super Scaler” technology at work. And, apparently, recipient of an absolutely terrible Atari ST port by Probe and US Gold.

I’ve always been a believer in giving things a fair chance on their own merits, though, and I never played the ST version ofΒ OutRunΒ back in the day. I playedΒ Turbo OutRun,Β whichΒ was terrible, but never the original.

Time to rectify that, then! Check out the video below to see how I got on, and don’t forget to subscribe on YouTube for more!

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