New Outrun Game Racing To Consoles?

By Spencer . November 17, 2008 . 12:45pm

One of Yu Suzuki’s legacies is gently fading into the shadows. Outrun was big in the arcades, but Sega’s racing series barely made a splash when Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast came out on three consoles. But, all is not over for Outrun, maybe.

The OFLC just turned up a rating for Outrun Online Arcade originating from Sega’s Japan office. I haven’t been able to find an arcade game under that name or any other Outrun title for that matter. So, could this be something new? Maybe an Xbox Live Arcade or PlayStation 3 port of an old Outrun game? Sega seems to have a tendency of looking back at their legacy titles with all of the Genesis collections on the market nowadays…

Images courtesy of Sega.

TAGS: Arcade, Outrun, Outrun Online Arcade, Rumors, Sega

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Pulstar

So that the gamers ignore this gem of a series again? No, let it be. We had it too good the last generation, but gamers refused to support the decent franchises. I'd say let the fools enjoy their rock bands and guts of wars.

lostinblue

well, the Wii needs a good racing game to fill the GT/Forza demographic, a Outrun could be a worthy adiction.

I say that piece of news probably means outrun 2006 re-released via Xbox-classics though?

maxchain

If this turns out to be true, I'm good as sold on whatever system it ends up on.

Mazen

Wherever I see Outrun 2 arcade in London cinema/funland/namcostation it is alwayes busy with many people around it yet the console game doesn't sell maybe making it online would reveal its popularity.

jarrodand

A downloadable would make sense given Sumo's recent GTI Club PSN port for Konami. Strange as it feels to say but the game's too visually simple for a retail release on PS3 or 360... though a Wii/PS2/PSP release could make sense too,