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{{Short description|1989 video game}}
{{Infobox VG
| title = OutRun 3-D
| image = Outrun_3D_EU_Cover.jpg
| caption =
| developer = [[Sega]]
| publisher = Sega
| series = ''Out Run''
| platforms = [[Master System]]
| released = {{vgrelease|EU|June 1989<ref name="SegaClubUK4">{{cite web|title=Games Coming |url=https://archive.org/details/official-sega-club-uk-04/page/n1/mode/2up|work=The Official Sega Club UK #4|date=1989 |publisher=[[Mastertronic]]|accessdate=24 September 2024}}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Racing game|Racing]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
}}
'''''OutRun 3-D''''' is the second of four ''[[Out Run]]'' [[racing game]]s developed for the [[Master System]]. It was released in 1989. Although based on the original and similar in design, it is a separate game and not a three-dimensional version of the original ''Out Run''.
The game was one of eight Master System titles developed for use with Sega's [[stereoscopic]] 3-D glasses, but it also features a standard 2-D mode which may be accessed by pressing the Pause button when the title screen appears.<ref>''SMS Power!'', http://www.smspower.org/Manuals/OutRun3D-SMS-EU, ''Out Run 3-D''</ref>
==Gameplay==
The driver interface and controls in ''OutRun 3-D'' are largely the same as those of its predecessor, with a two-speed manual gearbox and a top speed of 293 km/h.
The overall road network is also arranged in the same fashion as the first Master System ''Out Run'' game. Starting from the same tropical landscape (named Coconut Beach<ref>SEGA Master System ''Out Run'' instruction manual, p. 34</ref>), on each trip the player is likewise presented sequentially with four junctions - each with a choice of two turns - with the goal of ending at one of five destinations before the timer runs out.
The landscapes, however, differ in varying degrees to the original, and the shapes of the roads are unique. Also unlike the original title, ''OutRun 3-D'' allows the player to choose between three [[Degree of difficulty#In video gaming|difficulty setting]]s - Beginner, Average and Expert - which changes the weather as well as the road layout of each leg of the journey.
Graphically the game resembles its predecessor and, like the original, features a red [[Ferrari Testarossa|Ferrari Testarossa Spider]], but most of the sprites were re-drawn and a variety of new visual elements were included, such as a long tunnel, roadside shorelines and certain weather effects, as well as an exhaust backfire animation on the player's vehicle.
===Music===
''OutRun 3-D'' has four selectable tracks, including a remixed version of "Magical Sound Shower" from the original ''Out Run'', as well as "Midnight Highway", "Colour Ocean" and "Shining Wind", written by Chikako Kamatani. A new version of the original's "Last Wave" is also introduced at the score screen.
==Reception==
''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' magazine rated the game 81% in 1989.<ref name="CVG">{{cite journal |title=Complete Games Guide |journal=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 October 1989 |issue=Complete Guide to Consoles |pages=46–77 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/9/98/CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf#page=46}}</ref>
''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' magazine awarded ''OutRun 3-D'' an overall score of 81%. While pointing out that the game was not as smooth as the first Master System ''Out Run'' title, the ''MMS'' team described it as being perhaps the best stereoscopic 3-D game on the market.<ref>''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'', issue 1, October 1992, p.135</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{moby game|id=/out-run-3-d}}
* [https://run3.pro/ Run 3]
{{Out Run series}}
[[Category:1989 video games]]
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[[Category:Master System games]]
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[[Category:OutRun]]
[[Category:Racing video games]]
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[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
[[Category:Video games with stereoscopic 3D graphics]]