Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition
{{Short description|2000 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title=Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition
|image=Super Runabout San Francisco Edition cover.jpg
|developer=Climax Entertainment
|publisher={{vgrelease|JP|Climax Entertainment|NA|Interplay Entertainment|EU|Virgin Interactive}}
|series=Runabout
|director=Koji Takahashi
|designer=Toshiaki Sakai
|engine=
|released=Super Runabout
{{vgrelease|JP|May 25, 2000}}San Francisco Edition
{{vgrelease|NA|October 24, 2000{{cite web |url=http://www.interplay.com/superrunabout/news.html |title=Super Runabout Now Shipping!! |website=Interplay Entertainment |date=October 24, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001121040800/http://www.interplay.com/superrunabout/news.html |archive-date=November 21, 2000 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 12, 2021}}|EU|November 24, 2000{{cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=November 24, 2000 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/article-29808 |title=Console Releases |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917020751/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/article_29808 |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=July 16, 2023}}|JP|June 21, 2001}}
|genre=Racing
|modes=Single Player
|platforms=Dreamcast
}}
{{nihongo|Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition|スーパーランナバウト 〜サンフランシスコ エディション〜|Sūpā Rannabauto 〜San Furanshisuko Edishon〜}}, known in Europe as Super Runabout: The Golden State, is a video game developed by Climax Entertainment for the Dreamcast in 2000. It is the sequel to the PlayStation game Felony 11-79, which was known in Japan as Runabout.
Development
Released in Japan as {{nihongo|Super Runabout|スーパーランナバウト|Sūpā Rannabauto}}, it is the first iteration for the Dreamcast. An updated version was made and released in the US as Super Runabout: San Francisco, possibly for easier name recognition and to be more commercially friendly. Released in PAL districts as Super Runabout: The Golden State and finally in Japan again as Super Runabout: San Francisco (the updated version).
Reception
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| MC = 65/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/super-runabout-san-francisco-edition/ |title=Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109192507/https://www.metacritic.com/game/super-runabout-san-francisco-edition/ |archive-date=January 9, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=January 9, 2024}}
| Allgame = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Skyler |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=24436&tab=review |title=Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition - Review |website=AllGame |publisher=All Media Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116030057/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=24436&tab=review |archive-date=November 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 12, 2021}}
| Edge = 6/10{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/7/7b/Edge_UK_086.pdf |title=Super Runabout [JP Import] |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=86 |date=July 2000 |page=93 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421181710/https://retrocdn.net/images/7/7b/Edge_UK_086.pdf |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=July 16, 2023}}
| EGM = 8/10{{cite magazine |last=Mielke |first=James "Milkman" |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e5/EGM_US_139.pdf |title=Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=139 |date=February 2001 |page=133 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010211032745/http://www.zdnet.com/egm/stories/main/0,11589,2668343,00.html |archive-date=February 11, 2001 |url-status=live |access-date=July 16, 2023}}
| Fam = 31/40{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=12473&redirect=no |title=ドリームキャスト – スーパーランナバウト |language=ja |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |volume=915 |date=June 30, 2006 |page=51 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421194725/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=12473&redirect=no |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=July 16, 2023}}
| GI = 8/10{{cite magazine |last=Helgeson |first=Matt |title=Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=93 |date=January 2001 |page=114}}
| GameFan = 70%{{cite magazine |last=Weitzner |first=Jason "Fury" |url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_8_Issue_09/page/n53/mode/2up |title=Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition |magazine=GameFan |publisher=BPA International |volume=8 |issue=9 |date=September 2000 |page=52 |access-date=July 16, 2023}}
| GSpot = 5.4/10{{cite web |last=Fielder |first=Joe |date=June 15, 2000 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/super-runabout-san-francisco-edition-review/1900-2588812/ |title=Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition [sic] Review [JP Import] |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001118230600/http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2588812,00.html |archive-date=November 18, 2000 |url-status=live |access-date=December 12, 2021}}
| GSpy = 6/10{{cite web |author=digitaltaco |date=November 29, 2000 |url=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/superrunabout/ |title=Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition |website=PlanetDreamcast |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120012623/http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/superrunabout/ |archive-date=November 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 12, 2021}}
| IGN = (US) 6.2/10{{cite web |last=Chau |first=Anthony |date=October 26, 2000 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/10/27/super-runabout-san-francisco-edition |title=Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421183215/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/10/27/super-runabout-san-francisco-edition |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=July 16, 2023}}
(JP) 6.1/10{{cite web |last=Williamson |first=Colin |date=May 30, 2000 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/31/super-runabout-import |title=Super Runabout (Import) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421183213/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/31/super-runabout-import |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=July 16, 2023}}
| NGen = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Orlando |first=Greg |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen74Feb2001/page/n77/mode/2up |title=Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition |magazine=NextGen |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=74 |date=February 2001 |page=76 |access-date=December 12, 2021}}
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The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Greg Orlando of NextGen said, "Mindlessly fun and often breathlessly destructive, Interplay's car-wreck opus Super Runabout succeeds in spite of its graphics and control issues. There are clipping and collision problems galore, and some of the game's vehicles handle like an oiled sled on ice, but the game remains both eminently enjoyable and highly playable." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 31 out of 40. GameFan gave the game an above-average review about two months before its U.S. release date.
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Category:Climax Entertainment games
Category:Interplay Entertainment games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games about police officers
Category:Video games developed in Japan