We are still waiting on a suitable Amiga AGA emulator with robust recording features before tackling such games.Runabout
Runabout developed by Yanoman Games & published by CLIMAX in 1997. Also known as Felony 11-79 t in US/EU regions.
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Player's Review
"Hit and Run baby! Thrash beach front property, police cars, glass fronted mini-malls and billboards - essentially, any and everything goes for the greatest joyride of your life! The mission is grab the goods, destroy what you can and get the heck outta town.... fast!"
Well this is an odd game. A very short (3 levels) version of GTA or Driver. Hit the target, collect the loot, reach the checkpoint before the time runs out. Simple stuff. All the while smashing up as much as you can along the way while limiting damage to your own vehicle. Causing damage awards you money while knackering up your vehicle. Differences to note are that you collect batteries in this version and Dynamite in the alternate version. KM instead of miles and the game doesn't show you the secret cars waiting to be collected. Theirs also no voice over in the intro for this version. The cars are also named and handle differently. Paris is called Metro in this version and traffic build up is massively different on sea side level.
There are 3 maps and a training course. The maps have plenty of secrets and shortcuts to discover. There are also 20 vehicles to unlock which is done by earning as much money as you can up to 2.5 million. There is a time trial mode so you can explore without a time limit or take damage and a Setup mode that allows you to change car settings and try them out on a race course. Some of the vehicles are manual gears only, typically the faster/better ones.
In the longplay I show off the 3 level story while unlocking something. Each level is played up to 3 times in order to show all unlocks. I show off a few of the unlocked cars where they help meet an objective. I'd liked to have shown the tank which can fire to help blow things up but its so slow, you cant beat the level in time. I try to mix up the routes to show more of each track.
It's an odd game due to its length without much replay ability unless you really want to unlock all the cars and set time records on each track. The game does feature an in game interlaced mode to match the menus but I couldn't see any noticeable quality differences and I would have to deal with deinterlacing afterwards softening the image.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:45 Downtown - (Unlocks SIR, NSR. Complete with no felony damage unlocks 19A)
00:08:05 Sea Side - (Unlocks GTR, BUS. Break Speed Limit unlocks TRD and RSP. Complete in under 4 mins unlocks GT1, complete causing no felony damage unlocks PLC)
00:12:15 Metro - (Unlocks DAM, LIM. Cause 2.5mil felony unlocks 360, Destroy shelf in mall unlocks RCC)
-------- Game Complete ----------
00:25:05 Downtown - (Cause 1mil felony damage unlocks GTS )
00:31:40 Sea Side - (Cause 2.5mil felony damage unlocks ELS)
00:37:45 Metro - (Complete un under 4 mins unlocks TAC)
00:43:20 Downtown - (Complete in under 4 mins unlocks FD7)
00:48:50 Metro - (Cause no Felon Damage unlocks TNK)
-------- All Cars Unlocked ---------
00:54:35 A quick look at the unlocks followed by the demo video.
00:58:10 A look at Car Settings and a lap of the Race Course.
Well this is an odd game. A very short (3 levels) version of GTA or Driver. Hit the target, collect the loot, reach the checkpoint before the time runs out. Simple stuff. All the while smashing up as much as you can along the way while limiting damage to your own vehicle. Causing damage awards you money while knackering up your vehicle. Differences to note are that you collect batteries in this version and Dynamite in the alternate version. KM instead of miles and the game doesn't show you the secret cars waiting to be collected. Theirs also no voice over in the intro for this version. The cars are also named and handle differently. Paris is called Metro in this version and traffic build up is massively different on sea side level.
There are 3 maps and a training course. The maps have plenty of secrets and shortcuts to discover. There are also 20 vehicles to unlock which is done by earning as much money as you can up to 2.5 million. There is a time trial mode so you can explore without a time limit or take damage and a Setup mode that allows you to change car settings and try them out on a race course. Some of the vehicles are manual gears only, typically the faster/better ones.
In the longplay I show off the 3 level story while unlocking something. Each level is played up to 3 times in order to show all unlocks. I show off a few of the unlocked cars where they help meet an objective. I'd liked to have shown the tank which can fire to help blow things up but its so slow, you cant beat the level in time. I try to mix up the routes to show more of each track.
It's an odd game due to its length without much replay ability unless you really want to unlock all the cars and set time records on each track. The game does feature an in game interlaced mode to match the menus but I couldn't see any noticeable quality differences and I would have to deal with deinterlacing afterwards softening the image.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:45 Downtown - (Unlocks SIR, NSR. Complete with no felony damage unlocks 19A)
00:08:05 Sea Side - (Unlocks GTR, BUS. Break Speed Limit unlocks TRD and RSP. Complete in under 4 mins unlocks GT1, complete causing no felony damage unlocks PLC)
00:12:15 Metro - (Unlocks DAM, LIM. Cause 2.5mil felony unlocks 360, Destroy shelf in mall unlocks RCC)
-------- Game Complete ----------
00:25:05 Downtown - (Cause 1mil felony damage unlocks GTS )
00:31:40 Sea Side - (Cause 2.5mil felony damage unlocks ELS)
00:37:45 Metro - (Complete un under 4 mins unlocks TAC)
00:43:20 Downtown - (Complete in under 4 mins unlocks FD7)
00:48:50 Metro - (Cause no Felon Damage unlocks TNK)
-------- All Cars Unlocked ---------
00:54:35 A quick look at the unlocks followed by the demo video.
00:58:10 A look at Car Settings and a lap of the Race Course.
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