Power Drift
- Genres
- Racing Arcade
- Platforms
- DOS · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Amiga · Amstrad CPC · ZX Spectrum · MSX · Sega Saturn · Arcade · Atari ST/STE · TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
- Release
- Arcade Aug 01, 1988 Amiga 1989 Month only Amstrad CPC 1989 Month only Commodore C64/128/MAX 1989 Month only MSX 1989 Month only Atari ST/STE 1989 Month only ZX Spectrum 1989 Month only TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine Apr 13, 1990 DOS 1990 Month only Sega Saturn Feb 26, 1998
- Credits
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A
Activision
AA
Asmik Ace Entertainment
SE
Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Board status
- —
About
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.
