PROCYON SYSTEMS // NEON HORIZON v1.04
SIGNAL LOCK SECTOR 7-G 1986.04.30
Procyon Systems Presents
Neon Horizon
// OUTRUN MMXLIX //
A 32-BIT ARCADE EXPERIENCE  ·  8 STAGES  ·  1 OR 2 PLAYERS
► INSERT COIN VIEW ARCADE CABINET
PRESS START TO BEGIN
// SELECT YOUR STAGE //

Eight Highways. One Horizon.

STAGE 01
Pacific Coast 2049
A fluorescent crawl up Highway 1. Cliffside palms, monorail dolphins, the always-burning sunset.
DIST 14.8KMBPM 132
STAGE 02
Akihabara After Dark
Wet asphalt under katakana. Vending-machine checkpoints. Watch for the maglev police.
DIST 9.2KMBPM 145
STAGE 03
Miami Vapor
Pastel hotels, chrome flamingos, a Testarossa half-buried in pink sand. Drift to win.
DIST 11.6KMBPM 118
STAGE 04
Mojave Lasergrid
Forty miles of straight road and one synthesised eagle. Boost gates every 800m.
DIST 22.4KMBPM 128
STAGE 05
Berlin Tape Loop
A figure-eight under acid rain. The crowd cheers in a language no longer spoken.
DIST 7.1KMBPM 152
STAGE 06
Olympus Mons Skyway
A vacuum-tube freeway through pink Martian dusk. No air, no brakes, no rules.
DIST 31.0KMBPM 138
STAGE 07
Greek Bust Boulevard
Avenue lined with cracked marble and dolphins. Statues blink. So do you.
DIST 5.5KMBPM 96
STAGE 08
The Final Horizon
Endless. The sun never sets. The grid never ends. This is where the ranking system breaks.
DIST ∞BPM ???
BONUS
Mall Fountain Memory
Drive a 1986 sedan in slow circles around a defunct mall. No timer. No score. Just plaza music.
DIST 0.4KMBPM 64
// THE PROCYON DOCTRINE //
Drive Fast.
Live Forever.
A Future That Never Was · A Past That Never Ends

In 1986 we promised you flying cars, dolphin holograms, and a saxophone solo on every street corner. We have not delivered on most of those. NEON HORIZON is our apology, pressed onto a single 32-bit cartridge and shipped in a chrome-foil sleeve. Insert it. Do not look back.

// SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC //

Boot Sequence : NOMINAL

PROCYON-OS v3.2 // TERM A
PROCYON SYSTEMS BIOS  (C) 1986 MEMORY TEST .... 512KB OK LOADING NEON-HORIZON.BIN ......... DONE MOUNTING CARTRIDGE: /DEV/SLOT0 SYNC: HORIZON LINE ............... LOCKED PALETTE: MAGENTA / CYAN / SUNSET GRID: ENGAGED   SUN: DESCENDING SAX SOLO MODULE: WARMING UP
procyon> RUN OUTRUN.EXE

NOW PLAYING · SIDE A

01 · Pacific Coast 2049
02 · Sunset Override
03 · Chrome Heart Reverie

VU METERS

SYNTH
-3 dB
DRUMS
-7 dB
SAX 
-1 dB
BASS 
-5 dB

SYSTEM CLOCK

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// HARDWARE //

Procyon Cabinet X-700

Render Engine

CPUProcyon 68K @ 12.5 MHz
VRAM256 KB Triple-Buffered
PALETTE4096 / 64 ON-SCREEN
SPRITES128 SIMULTANEOUS
GRID FILL60 FPS LOCKED
SUN MODEPERPETUAL DUSK

Audio & Cabinet

SOUND CHIPYM-2151 + DAC
CHANNELS8 FM / 4 PCM
SPEAKERS2 x 25W STEREO
MONITOR26″ SHADOW MASK CRT
CONTROLSFORCE-FEEDBACK WHEEL
FINISHCHROME / MAGENTA LACQUER