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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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- Platforms
- Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, DOS and 4 more
- Genres
- Racing, Arcade
- Developer
- Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Publisher
- Activision, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Release date
- August 1, 1988
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