BUT IS IT OUTRUN?

The strange saga of Outrun 2019’s development

If you’ve ever felt that this game doesn’t feel like part of the Outrun series, your instincts are pretty good because for almost all of its development, it wasn’t one. It started life as a Mega-cd racer called Cyber Road, but by May 1992 it had been moved over to the Mega Drive and renamed Junker’s High. A prototype under this name exists, which is close to the final game and even has the ability to save data. The battery backup was removed prior to its release, presumably in order to save money, and the game was renamed for its March 1993 release.

» [Mega Drive] You clearly can’t see it here, but the sense of speed in Outrun 2019 is truly sensational, Darran really regrets selling off his Japanese copy.