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A JOURNEY FOR THE AGES
Dear fellow Sega fanboys, For me, Out Run was the game that couldn’t be beaten. You see, the other games at the arcade let you shove in extra quarters to see the rest of their content, but not Out Run. Even better players couldn’t show me the later stages of the game. The home conversions didn’t count: they didn’t look as rad and I swear they all had extended timers. By the time the faithful Saturn version was released, I had lost all interest. That was, until Yakuza 0 challenged me. It turned out that defeating the Japanese mafia with my knuckles was far easier than beating the five-minute drive in Out Run, which you can play in the arcade. Still humiliated, I got the Switch version. It took me about 70 tries, but now I’ve finally completed all five courses. Congratulations! But in all fairness, the controls in the arcade are different, so to me, this was just a practice run. I happen to know of a sit-in cabinet in Amsterdam. Wish me luck! Sega!
Robert August de Meijer
PS: Is Magical Sound Shower the catchiest song ever?
Thanks for writing to us, Robert. Wow, so it has taken you around 35 years to beat Sega’s racer? That’s some real dedication and it deserves a reward, so have a book for your troubles.
PS: Don’t read pages 98 and 99, Darran’s opinions on Out Run may upset you!
» [Switch] Robert finally completed Out Run on Switch. What game has taken you an age to complete?