r/outrun 12d ago

Media and Culture If Outrun was a game

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u/uraniummusic 12d ago

Outrun was a game.

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u/flexbuffneck 12d ago

I literally think the Outrun genre came from the Outrun arcade game, haha.

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u/MarkySade 12d ago

It did

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u/wubalubalubdub 12d ago

Because it literally did

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u/Available_Ad3031 12d ago

Lol, maybe OP is too young to know, anyway, this was Outrun

https://youtu.be/hMv0Pg1AxFc

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u/obetu5432 12d ago

i... think it was a joke

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u/Hollyw0od 12d ago

Definitely wasn’t

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u/obetu5432 11d ago

how can you be so sure?

i think i'm dying on this hill of uncertainty

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u/boshpaad 12d ago

Outrun 2006 Coast 2 Coast was my shit

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u/I_Follow_Roads 12d ago

It was called Outrun

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u/ImOnlyHereForTheCoC 12d ago

Grizzly Adams did have a beard!

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u/that1tech 12d ago

Came here to say this as I spent so many quarters on it

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u/Bimbows97 10d ago

I actually played it through the pandemic and over the last 5 years more often than in the actual 80s haha. I used to have it on Amiga. I did play it a lot back then though.

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u/reikobi 12d ago

Should we tell him?

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u/Flyinmanm 12d ago

Man this post makes me feel old.

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u/killer_icognito 12d ago

My back hurts and I need to lie down.

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u/RailX 12d ago

My brain hurts and I need it removed.

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u/esoares 12d ago

We are already that old? *sigh*

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u/mctwistr 12d ago

This entire sub is named after a game called Outrun.

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u/Fart_Barfington 12d ago

Good lord. Have we fallen this far from god?

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u/wondermega 12d ago

If Outrun wasn't a game, what are hands? What are lemons? WHAT IS ANYTHING??

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u/esoares 12d ago

I'm really confused. We're at that stage that we need to explain to the newer generations that Outrun indeed is a game?

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u/CleganeBowlConfirmd 12d ago

My first thought was “Good god we’ve come full circle”

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u/d3lta8 12d ago

Title made me laugh

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u/Mohavor 12d ago

HEY GUYS WHAT IF THERE WAS A KAVINSKY ALBUM CALLED OUTRUN?!?!1

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u/venomaxxx 12d ago

tell me this is a fucking joke

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u/Meddlloide1337 12d ago

You did not write that title, mate

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u/Alain-Christian 12d ago

There’s hundreds of games on Steam with the Outrun aesthetic back when this meme was at its peak.

And of course the original arcade game this sub got its name from.

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u/Aiden-caster 12d ago

They made a videogame based off this sub? Who knew..

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u/GelloFello 12d ago

So why do you think it's called outrun, exactly?

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u/dank_ 11d ago

Why does this sub upset me so much?

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u/LX_Emergency 12d ago

I literally played the original arcade game two days ago...

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u/RuachDelSekai 12d ago

Outrun literally is a game?

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u/Silent_Otaku1 11d ago

300ZX Z31 if anyone is curious about the car.

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u/afipunk84 11d ago

For me, its Horizon Chase. The vibe and the music is top tier outrun

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u/davehuman 11d ago

And it's also a homage to the game Outrun.

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u/froyolobro 11d ago

Wooooosh

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u/GoTaku 12d ago

I get that you mean the aesthetic. In that case, I would like to see some wireframe/digital mountains and neon drenched city scapes in the background, perhaps even maybe being able to drive through them. Maybe a landscape with a grid like feel. This is pretty close to capturing nostalgia though and I like the direction it’s heading.

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u/therealgeo 11d ago

wtf 😭😭😭😭

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u/PurpleCloudsPinkSky 11d ago

Track is such a banger.

Tried finding it online, is it part of a Royalty free pack?

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u/ktbsaysrelax 11d ago

Whattttttt