Power Drift

created and published by Sega in 1988, running on Arcade
type: racing/driving
genre: Racing
perspective: 3rd person
player options: single player
languages: eng
3.8/5
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Official description

The first thing you notice when you climb aboard POWER DRIFT are the brilliant, oversize 3-D graphics.
What you don't notice are your knuckles turning white as you struggle to maintain control through hairpin corners, steep climbs and roller coaster-like dropoffs.

POWER DRIFT is the first high-action simulator game to use triple axis, point-of-view graphics.
What that means, quite simply, is that the driver's point of view moves with the steering wheel.
Right/left, up/down, and forward/backward movements are seen in exactly the same manner as the human eye.
Take a corner too fast and you'll see the world take a 360° spin around you.

But the SEGA engineers didn't stop there, so neither does the fun.
The Deluxe POWER DRIFT features a cockpit seat that leans up to 20° in response to driver commands.
Both models feature 2-speed shifter, accelerator pedal, foot brake, and stereophonic sound.

POWER DRIFT players are offered a choice of 12 colorful drivers and five challenging courses.
Each race course features up to five stages.

Call your authorized SEGA distributor for a POWER DRIFT demonstration ride.
It gives a whole new meaning to the term high performance vehicle.

# 2022-03-05 10:24:43 - official description

Technical specs

software: Emulated on MAME,
hardware: Sega Y-board,
display: raster

Authors / Staff

design

Yu Suzuki (design)

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External reviews (3) - average: 79% - median: 77%

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Commodore User 33-61uk611988-106/1060%
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Power Playde121989-0377/10077%
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Sinclair User 76-134uk791988-10100/100100%
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