Posted By
Spector
on 2003-08-31
|  Re: Lando's time machine
Yeah, I heard about that, but it can't possible capture the spirit of the original. The duller colours in the screenshots tell you that right away.
Out Run was for me the beginning of the end for the arcades, bacause it was the final truly jaw-dropping release from that era. It still blows me away. I played Out Run in Blackpool in a crumbling old arcade, and the speed and rhythm of the whole thing (and the music, of course) just felt as good now as it did then. That game summed up all the good (mythical?) things about California in the 80's in the same way that The Beach Boys' music did in the 60's. It's a gaming masterpiece, simple as that.
I think I'll try Margat one day soon... 
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