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by beschizza 2436 days ago
The Amiga conversion of Outrun isn't a great exemple -- if anything it looks like a rushed port of the Atari ST version.

Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge was a two-player Outrun clone on the Amiga that shows it could have handled an Arcade-accurate conversion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLlWlsb9GpQ

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I played it a lot, but Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge, even the 3rd one, is nowhere near arcade Outrun. It lacks a lot of blitted objects next to the road, and e.g. you'll notice the background graphics does not get filled in with additional details when you're going downhill (that part is actually quite disappointing, as it's something they could have done a lot better with some copper tricks).