[2] It was originally developed under the title The Road Warrior, based on the film of the same name; however, Mindscape lost the rights to the license when the game was almost complete, they removed any references to the film and changed the title to Outlander to avoid legal issues.

[3] In Outlander, the player drives along a post-apocalyptic road in either first-person view (Genesis) or third-person (Super NES).

To fend them off, a car window is displayed allowing the player to fire a shotgun to the left or right.

In this section, the player must avoid chain or petrol-bomb wielding bikers, landmines, and armed hillbillies.

Items include ammunition, food, water, fuel, surface-to-air missiles, armour, windshields, fuzzy toys, tires, and geiger counters.