The AGROCAST for February 2017 compares and contrasts Sega’s OutRun and Square’s Rad Racer.
Rad Racer is a game that you would be hard pressed to bring up without someone drawing comparison to OutRun. Rad Racer was developed for the Nintendo Famicom and was seen as Square’s attempt as a response to Sega’s tour de force. The similarities are… striking to say the least.
But there are differences and is it at all fair to discount Rad Racer simply because of its similarities to a game that came before it? Is OutRun’s reputation overinflated or is it deserved? I will explore these games with co-host Kris to get a handle on the just how these titles compare. Were they cut from the same cloth, or was one of them torn from a bolt of bootleg fabric? We shall see!