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Sega Confirms OutRun 2 For Arcades

Posted by simoniker on from the magical-sound-shower-power dept.

Thanks to several readers for pointing out that Sega AM2 have opened an official page for their forthcoming arcade driving game, OutRun 2. This sequel to the all-time classic racer, originally released way back in 1986, was unveiled at Sega's private show in Tokyo last night, and confirms earlier information that it would run on the Chihiro arcade hardware, a modified Xbox arcade board, making it a prime candidate for conversion to Microsoft's console. The game also sports licensed Ferrari cars (the F50, F250, and Testarossa), and apparently, driving 'cool' will impress the girl in the passenger seat and get you different game endings.

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  1. Arcades are a dying breed... by Man+In+Black · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The concept is good- make a console with good hardware, use it in arcades, port the same game over to the home version of the console. (Profit?!?)

    It's not really a good concept at all... once the game comes out for the console (in this case the XBox, although systems like the Dreamcast/NAOMI had the same situation), the arcade version is essentially doomed. The fact that home conversions are essentially perfect these days is completely killing arcades. If Sega really wanted to revitalize the arcade industry, they shouldn't port these games to home machines at all. But of course, they know all too well that home consoles are a much bigger market for them, so I can't imagine they'd make an arcade-only game at this point in time.

    Here's hopeing for a Gamecube port...

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    -"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." -EH
    1. Re:Arcades are a dying breed... by ChronosX · · Score: 2, Insightful

      You're right... sort of. They shouldn't just port from the arcade to the home machine.

      I think Nintendo has the right idea. Look at what they're doing with the new version of F-Zero. Home and arcade versions, both built from gamecube hardware. You can design and build your own racer at home. Save the info on a save card. Take the save card to the arcade and race your own car. Win races in the arcade and get new car parts to take home. Now there's an idea.

      Nintendo learned a valuable lesson from Pokemon: Product integration.

      Personally, I think it's a brilliant idea. It's fun for the player and it brings in additional revenue for the big N.