Outrun

[Gooby]

I followed a beautiful fezza from Bournemouth to fleet today. Great sound. From the point of view of my car it was like being in your own, real life "Outrun" game.

Surreal!

[Esprit]

Thaks for the memories

[boobles]

Ah "outrun" what a game that was, remember playing it on my mates Amiga st500 (i think).

[ganglandboss]

Have you played the new one on the PS2?

It's good fun but it never really took off. It's got online play but nobody's ever on line.

It's got loads of new Ferraris and the original sound track.

[boobles]

I havnt played that game since the original was out.
May give it a go sometime.

[tricky 100]

Yes was a great game , but nothing beats Sega Rally .That has to be one of the all time greats !

[Phil-CH]

Outrun? Pfff....

Lotus Challenge on the Amiga beat everything!

[Gooby]

The last outrun I played was on a friends xbox. You could have a 360 in any colour, that is why it was surreal. (awful game, none of the charm of the original)

[RobM77]

wow! Those screenshots bring back memories! You've got to admit though, those games had nothing to do with driving Crammond's F1GP1 for the Amiga is where it started for me

By the way, thinking of scrolling games like that, what was that one where you were a guy with a jetpack in space?

[Benmac]

That was probably 'Jetpac'.

You can get it on the Xbox Live arcade for the 360 now including a tarted up modern version and the original.

The Lotus turbo challenge games (well the second one specifically) are the reason why I promised myself I would one day own an Elan SE.

[Phil-CH]

Benmac said:

The Lotus turbo challenge games (well the second one specifically) are the reason why I promised myself I would one day own an Elan SE.

Seconded (though an Esprit in my case). Brilliant game too, just never could get passt that desert level, as I never made it to the checkpoints quick enough. I think I was around the 9 years old then and the sole reason I became a Lotus fan.

[kevin ritson]

boobles said:

Ah "outrun" what a game that was, remember playing it on my mates Amiga st500 (i think).

That would be a odd hybrid of an Amiga and Atari ST....remember playing the old arcade machine with full hydralics years ago, used to love childhood trips to the seaside

[cej]

RobM77 said:

wow! Those screenshots bring back memories! You've got to admit though, those games had nothing to do with driving Crammond's F1GP1 for the Amiga is where it started for me

By the way, thinking of scrolling games like that, what was that one where you were a guy with a jetpack in space?

Exactly, the original F1 GP by Crammond was the game that got me into racing games as well

At the time nothing was even close to it. And still to this day I haven't played a racing game with the same feel as Crammond's games.

If you're reading this Geoff,get your a** in gear and make some new racing games

[DsDetective]

Ah, that Amiga game brings back memories

I used to play it over at my mates house, he had 2 amigas (he wasn't any good at sharing with his sister!) so we played it 4 player with the 2 machines hooked up. Great fun!

[jb111s]

cej said:

RobM77 said:

wow! Those screenshots bring back memories! You've got to admit though, those games had nothing to do with driving Crammond's F1GP1 for the Amiga is where it started for me

By the way, thinking of scrolling games like that, what was that one where you were a guy with a jetpack in space?

Exactly, the original F1 GP by Crammond was the game that got me into racing games as well

At the time nothing was even close to it. And still to this day I haven't played a racing game with the same feel as Crammond's games.

If you're reading this Geoff,get your a** in gear and make some new racing games

Agreed, I would spend hours upon hours on that game, nothing has even come close since.

[RobM77]

jb111s said:

cej said:

RobM77 said:

wow! Those screenshots bring back memories! You've got to admit though, those games had nothing to do with driving Crammond's F1GP1 for the Amiga is where it started for me

By the way, thinking of scrolling games like that, what was that one where you were a guy with a jetpack in space?

Exactly, the original F1 GP by Crammond was the game that got me into racing games as well

At the time nothing was even close to it. And still to this day I haven't played a racing game with the same feel as Crammond's games.

If you're reading this Geoff,get your a** in gear and make some new racing games

Agreed, I would spend hours upon hours on that game, nothing has even come close since.

Anyone remember 'The Ultimate Accolade'? You got this if you completed a full race season at 100% race distance. I remember doing this once and getting to the last race only to find that my disc (everything was stored on floppy disc!) was corrupt and I needed to start all over again. Nevertheless, I did eventually get it. It was more of an endurance test than anything else, as it was fairly easy to get pole and lap everybody in the field in every race.

That game truly captivated me - it was like the flight sims I was obsessed with previously, but for cars. From that point on, driving sims was all I cared about! In fact, the same group of friends that I had that played F1GP1 I still see regularly, and we now compare lap times on GPL and GTR2. GPL around Goodwood has got especially silly - we're still at it 3 years later, and I've put in about an hour a week on it for three years If anyone wants to join in and e-mail me replays or times, feel free!

[aelord]

Anyone old enough to remeber Pole Position?

[boobles]

Pole Position, wasnt that Formula 1?

[ganglandboss]

boobles said:

Pole Position, wasnt that Formula 1?

Yep! sure was!

Vroom! Was a good F1 game on the Amiga - it was really smooth and felt quick.

[deepseatiger]

You youngsters Atari 2600 pong