Power Drift (1988)
Amiga · Amstrad CPC · Arcade · Atari ST/STE · Commodore C64/128/MAX · DOS · MSX · Sega Saturn · TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine · ZX Spectrum
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Power Drift is a kart racing game released in arcades by Sega in 1988. More technologically advanced than Sega's earlier 2.5D racing games, like Hang-On (1985) and Out Run (1986), in Power Drift the entire world and track consist of sprites. The upgraded hardware of the Sega Y Board allows individual sprites and the background to be rotated–even while being …
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Power Drift is a kart racing game released in arcades by Sega in 1988. More technologically advanced than Sega's earlier 2.5D racing games, like Hang-On (1985) and Out Run (1986), in Power Drift the entire world and track consist of sprites. The upgraded hardware of the Sega Y Board allows individual sprites and the background to be rotated–even while being scaled–making the visuals more dynamic.
Designed and directed by Yu Suzuki, the game was a critical and commercial success upon release in arcades. It was subsequently ported to various home computers in Europe by Activision in 1989, followed by a PC Engine port published in Japan by Asmik Ace in 1990. It was not released on Sega consoles until the Sega Ages release for the Sega Saturn in 1998.
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Details
- Developers
- Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Publishers
- Activision, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Genres
- Arcade, Racing
- Themes
- Action
Release dates
- Aug 01, 1988 (Japan) Arcade
- 1989 (Europe) Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX, ZX Spectrum
- Apr 13, 1990 (Japan) TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
- 1990 (Europe) DOS
- Feb 26, 1998 (Japan) Sega Saturn
Also available on
- Sega Ages Vol. 10: Power Drift (1998) · SAT
- 3D Power Drift (2016) · 3DS
Related
Bundled in
- Wheels of Fire (Dec 1991) · AMI, CPC, AST, C64, SPEC
- Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol. 1 (Dec 2001) · DC
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