I'm not American, and I don't live in America, so my familiarity with Sonic (apparently a drive-in burger chain) is limited. I am however very » 5/08/12 11:30pm 5/08/12 11:30pm familiar with classic arcade racer , which Sonic is tapping into with this retro-infused commercial.

Ah, Magical Sound Shower. Could there be a better soundtrack for driving around a two-dimensional landscape in an expensive car with a sexy lady beside you?

No. No, there could not. » 2/15/12 12:00am 2/15/12 12:00am

If you grew up in the 1980s, no doubt you played (and loved) arcade game OutRun. But what if you grew up in the 1960s, before there were video games as we now know them? » 11/09/11 7:30am 11/09/11 7:30am

Yu Suzuki, the man behind classic Sega video games Space Harrier, Out Run, Virtua Fighter and Shenmue, will be at this year's Game Developers Conference to receive a prestigious accolade, this year's Pioneer Award. » 2/11/11 4:30pm 2/11/11 4:30pm

While New Year's in the northern hemisphere means cold weather, down here in Australia, it's summer time. So instead of huddling in front of a fire, I'm on the beach with a beer, listening to this. » 12/31/10 12:00pm 12/31/10 12:00pm

People say Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario and more, is the Father of Video Games. If he's the father, then who's the mother? » 12/07/10 9:00am 12/07/10 9:00am

So, this guy gutted an Outrun arcade cabinet, jammed it on a go-kart and, in the name of university research, assembled a contraption that drives 15 mph in the real world while displaying it as an 8-bit virtual one. » 3/11/10 9:00pm 3/11/10 9:00pm

When Sega said the new Outrun was due for release in "early 2009", they weren't kidding around, as posters thrown up at the Asia Games Show last week tell us it'll be out in January. » 12/23/08 11:40pm 12/23/08 11:40pm

Great, unexpected news, Sega (and good times) fans: Outrun returns. And it's not the retro OutRun, nor the wonderful Sumo Digital arcade port from a few years back. It's something in between. » 12/18/08 10:00pm 12/18/08 10:00pm

According to a new rating from Australia's Office of Film & Literature Classification board, there may be a new OutRun » 11/17/08 7:40pm 11/17/08 7:40pm game in the works. The OFLC has rated a game titled for a multi-platform release, one published by Sega and, oddly enough, "produced" and "authored" by THQ. The two companies had enjoyed a publishing…

Sega president Simon Jeffery appeared to have misspoke » 8/12/08 4:40pm 8/12/08 4:40pm on the employment fate of famed game designer Yu Suzuki when he told Gamasutra that the creator was no longer employed at the company. Turns out, he is! Hooray! Said to be bearing the title Creative Officer of Sega Corp., Suzuki may be (extremely) low profile and…