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Friday, December 1st, 2006
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Game cover detail (Outrun Europa)
 In case you haven't noticed, there's a "strange" element on the cover, let's see if you can identify it. As a hint, I can tell you that what makes this element strange is the release year of the game (1991), but if it would have been released 20 years earlier it would have been just correct. 
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Friday, December 1st, 2006
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Re: Game cover detail (Outrun Europa)
No, not wrong. Probably designed by Spanish Patriots?
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accipiet reduces. Antiquam exquirite matrem: hic domus Aeneae cunctis dominabitur oris, et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.'  We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. –Plato–
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Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
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Re: Game cover detail (Outrun Europa)
Britain is the 53rd state of America, rather than being in Europe?
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Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
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Re: Game cover detail (Outrun Europa)
Yes, that or this :
- where's the German monument on the cover? - the motor bike is n°7, where are 5 and 6? - why is the horboard numbered 28? - the guy's wearing the kind of bathing suit my grand father would wear in the 30-40's
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Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
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Re: Game cover detail (Outrun Europa)
1. The guy on the jetski has a boat sticking out of his butt
2. It's made by "US GOLD" 3. There is a random checkered flag amongst the European flags... what country is that, anyways?
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Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
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Re: Game cover detail (Outrun Europa)
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It was used during the Francoist era and the following two years to the death of Franco (it was then substituted by a similar one until 1981), you can see more info about both here. However, this website doesn't mention that it was officially forbidden in 1981, hence the value of this cover.  By the way, a similar thing happened in Street Fighter 2, when you travelled to Spain to fight Vega and there appeared a flag the youngest ones might not recall waving anywhere in the country.  Oh, and there was the USSR too. So willing or not, these guys of Capcom portrayed a very democratic image of the company.  
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Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
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Re: Game cover detail (Outrun Europa)
Is it me or has Canada been annexed by the United States in that Street fighter map?
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