Battle Out Run on the Sega Master System is basically Out Run but with a turbo button—and by that I mean it cranks the chaos up a notch. You’re still blasting down winding roads, but now there’s this weird battle mode where rivals try to sideswipe you while you’re just trying to nail a perfect drift. The handling’s a little looser than the arcade original, which makes those hairpin turns feel like you’re wrestling a shopping cart, but in a weirdly satisfying way.

Visually, it’s got that classic Sega palette—lots of blues and pinks in the sunset stages—though the sprite flicker gets brutal when too many cars pile up. The music? Absolute bangers, obviously. That synth bassline still gets stuck in my head. Just don’t expect a straight port of the arcade experience; it’s its own janky, frantic thing. If you’ve got a soft spot for ‘80s racing games that fight back, this one’s a time capsule worth dusting off.