Power Drift

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Power Drift
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Sega AM2 (arcade) Activision (home computers) Copya Systems (PCE)
Publisher(s)	WW: Sega (arcade) EU: Activision (computers) JP: Asmik Ace (PCE)
Director(s)	Yu Suzuki[5]
Producer(s)	Yu Suzuki
Designer(s)	Yu Suzuki[6]
Composer(s)	Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Platform(s)	Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Dreamcast, MS-DOS, MSX, PC Engine, Saturn, ZX Spectrum, Nintendo 3DS
Release	July 5, 1988 Arcade JP: July 5, 1988[2] NA: August 1988[1] EU: September 1988[3] Amiga, C64, CPC, DOS, MSX, ST, ZX EU: 1989 PC Engine JP: April 13, 1990 Saturn JP: February 26, 1998[4]
Genre(s)	Kart racing
Mode(s)	Single-player
Arcade system	Sega Y Board[7]

Power Drift (パワードリフト, Pawā Dorifuto) 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.^[7]

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.