Personal Narrative: The Cannonball Run

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Cars, those things that help us move efficiently. Some prefer something affordable, to accommodate the family, or to show off to the world and say, “Hey, I got a lot of money or just borrowed a big sum of cash to buy this and now acquired massive debt.” Come on, don’t tell me you’ve never dreamed of owning a nice sports car? but can’t because being an adult means you have great amount of responsibility in your hands. Can you imagine it? That dream car, your best friend in the passenger seat, and not a single worry in the world. Just driving around the world from the comfort of your car. It’s the American pastime seemingly been long forgotten. Luckily, there’s a game that can help remedy that! 30 years ago, Sega made this dream a reality. …show more content…

He planned to unofficially adapt the film into a game, but unfortunately, someone had to ruin all the fun and mentioned that the scenery here in the USA was dull, which is a shame since I do not recall the Grand Canyon nor the Rocky Mountains not looking appealing. Instead, focusing on the scenery of Europe. He drove across Europe and recorded the scenery during his drive helping mold the world of Outrun. “I started out from Frankfurt, where I hired a rent a car, and I installed a video camera on the car. I drove around Monaco and Monte Carlo, along the mountain roads of Switzerland, stopping in hotels in Milan, Venice, and Rome, collecting data for a fortnight.” Suzuki, a sports car fan, caught glimpse of something over at Monaco. A Ferrari Testarossa, the latest model of sports cars from the luxury Italian automobile, …show more content…

This version offers a new track exclusive to the game, Step on the Beat. There are some major issues in this port, including the decision to use a dark color palette, making it seem like the developers were too lazy to make full use of the Genesis’s color palettes or simply didn’t know any better. Also, that this based off the Japanese track layout, but ironically, the PC engine port features the Overseas layout….How did that happen? But thankfully the color issue fixed, thanks to the help of hacker Pyron, who has released a patch to make the colors brighter making this port closer to the arcade original. This port was released onto the Sega Smash Pack , Wii VC, and Steam so it's one of the more accessible versions of the

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