Power Drift

[pixeljunkie]

I recently played this for the first time on my Everdrive and decided to pick up a copy. It came in the mail this week and I've spent about an hour or so on it so far. It's EXTREMELY challenging, but I keep coming back for more. It's surprisingly good, but honestly doesn't make much sense.

Anyone have any strategies or recommendations for which character is best? Has anyone actually finished it before? Am I correct that there is no way to continue?

[sunteam_paul]

It's a bad game but it's also really good. In the right mood I find it quite exciting to play.

[pixeljunkie]

It's a bad game but it's also really good. In the right mood I find it quite exciting to play.

Yeah, exactly. As I was playing it, I could see how someone would go [especially now] "god, this is awful!" But something kept me there, I kept playing. The difficulty is pretty insane.

[Tatsujin]

I think it was the best available version outside the arcade until the saturn sega age came out.

[Opethian]

ドリフト！^_^

[rtyper]

Put me in the "god, this is awful" group.
It's a bit 'flat', as in 'the banking was awol' and I don't remember any of the characters making any difference to the driving experience. Then again the arcade original wasn't that good to start with once you got over the (overused) sprite-scaler effects.
Driving games not the engines forte unfortunately apart from the laugh-a-minute (in multiplayer) Motoroader 1.

[pixeljunkie]

I played some again this morning. It's pretty inconsistent in terms of difficulty too. I'll spin out, 2 or 3 cars will pass me putting my position behind [obviously] but then I will CLEARLY pass 3 or 4 cars and my rank is the same....then I lose?! It's weird. Why do I keep playing this?

[pixeljunkie]

how...in the...hell??? He finished first in every race?

http://www.thebrothersduomazov.com/2009/11/power-drift.html

[Tatsujin]

Oh.. and nice to see that they even built in/took over the after burner bonus stage

[Opethian]

"has the heart of a true Turbo champion... and the psyche of a madman."

duomazov 4 lyfe

[Joe Redifer]

Power Drift was the game that was ALWAYS running on the TurboGrafx-16 in-store display at my local game rental shop back in the day. They didn't rent it out, though. I always thought it looked kind of choppy and sparse. Is the Saturn version exactly like the arcade?

[vestcoat]

Power Drift was the game that was ALWAYS running on the TurboGrafx-16 in-store display at my local game rental shop back in the day. They didn't rent it out, though. I always thought it looked kind of choppy and sparse. Is the Saturn version exactly like the arcade?

Weird: a rental store with a PCE import on display BITD? Was their TG16 modded or did they use an adapter?

[Joe Redifer]

They used a barney converter like I have. They rented Mega Drive games that were filed, but I guess they didn't want to include a converter with each PCE rental.

[shubibiman]

I love this game. It has pure, genuine, arcade feel. It epitomizes the golden age of Sega golden age in the arcades. Of course its playability is awkward and it has only 5 stages but I love the craziness.

[Tatsujin]

Only 5 stages?