History VideoGame / PowerDrift

*** Unnamed beast warrior from ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast''

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The Japanese cover features cartoonish characters in a roller-coaster track (see the page image) while the Euro-American cover drivers look [[https://cdn.mobygames.com/covers/3274986-power-drift-amstrad-cpc-front-cover.jpg a lot tougher]] and drive through a horribly dangerous track

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The Japanese cover features cartoonish characters in a roller-coaster track (see the page image) while the American cover drivers look [[https://cdn.mobygames.com/covers/3274986-power-drift-amstrad-cpc-front-cover.jpg a lot tougher]] and drive through a horribly dangerous track

'''''[=Power Drift=]''''' is an [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame arcade]] kart [[RacingGame racing game]] released in 1988, developed by Creator/{{Sega}} [=AM2=]. The goal is as simple as a racing game can get: The game has multiple tracks to race and you, as a participant among the 12 drivers, must finish each race in third place or better in order to proceed to the next stage. What really defined the game was its excessive use of sprite-scaling to create faux-3D environment, even compared to other Sega racers like ''VideoGame/OutRun''. With lots steep climbs and falls and a bunch of road logs basically flying everywhere, the game had strong "roller coaster" feel to it, and the challenge mainly came from keeping your kart on the track without falling.

The game was initially ported to PC Engine by Copya Systems and published only in Japan by Asmik Ace Entertainment. Creator/{{Activision}} handle the computer ports and released them in Europe, including Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, MSX, and ZX Spectrum. Years later, more accurate port was created on Sega Saturn as ''Sega Ages Power Drift'', and another one on Dreamcast included in ''Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol. 1''. Nintendo 3DS was released in 2014 as a part of M2's ''Sega 3D Classics Collection''.

In November 2nd, 2016, M2 unveiled [[http://archives.sega.jp/3d/powerdrift/index.shtml a standalone version of ''Power Drift'']], which expands their 3DS port with new tracks, musics, and characters from various Sega arcade games.

* IronicName: Despite the name, there's no drifting in ''Power Drift''. Just a lof of steering and quick turns.

'''''[=Power Drift=]''''' is an [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame arcade]] kart [[Main/RacingGame racing game]] released in 1988, developed by {{Sega}} [=AM2=]. The goal is as simple as a racing game can get: The game has multiple tracks to race and you, as a participant among the 12 drivers, must finish each race in third place or better in order to proceed to the next stage. What really defined the game was its excessive use of sprite-scaling to create faux-3D environment, even compared to other Sega racers like ''VideoGame/OutRun''. With lots steep climbs and falls and a bunch of road logs basically flying everywhere, the game had strong "roller coaster" feel to it, and the challenge mainly came from keeping your kart on the track without falling.