Let's Compare ( Power Drift )

[@Mayhemerz]

The C64 version was massively impressive back in the day, and still holds up fairly well. All hail Chris Butler!

[@Guernicaman]

Considering the hardware limitations, I'm impressed as to how the Commodore 64 version turned out.

[@tomteatom]

I remember playing this in the arcade when I was 9 and lasting about 30 seconds. The sheer three dimensionality of it all was more than my tiny mind could stand, at the time. The sheer audacity of Sega, at the time, absolutely obliterating graphical boundaries, over and over again, in the 80's and 90's was gobsmacking. Happy 60th birthday, you crazy, wonderful geniuses, you!

[@nytrex2001]

Sega was apparently working on a Sega Master System version of Powerdrift as I recall seeing a screenshot of it in a magazine when I was a kid. Unfortunately it never got released which was a real shame as I was waiting and waiting for it...

[@sattanhellsing]

Alan Robertson This game is so bad... I am happy it was not getting "AGAIN" a release... frankly what the fuck why it should have been ?!? The game is ugly from the Arcade to the Dreamcast.... only the Saturn version managed to be better then the arcade version.

[@TheMathius78]

Probably my favorite arcade soundtrack of all time. It's a great listen especially outside of the game. Makes for incredible driving music naturally.

[@5HlNOBI]

I'm pretty sure that the C64 version was more playable than the Amiga version.

[@arvizturotukorfurogep6235]

It seems with the C64 they made a good racer instead of hopelessly trying to recreate the arcade look.

[@did3d523]

@@arvizturotukorfurogep6235 A have amiga version it depending what stage some stage is very laggy other less lag

[@josyfkristopher4320]

Chris Butler's C64 conversation was pretty sprightly but had the advantage of only having to shove around 2K of data versus 16K like the Amstrad or Atari ST. Chris always did pretty keen arcade conversions, though - about the only downside is the murky graphics combined with the C64's murky palette. Still pretty involving once you start playing.

[@poble]

and sadly that’s true 😔

[@tahirahmed33]

Amiga version sucked.

[@peshozmiata]

Going from the Arcade version to the Spectrum one is such a downer, man :P

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Yeah like bitd.... always was ;-)

[@RETRONuts]

The C64,Saturn and Dreamcast is the best, I loved it in the arcades,couldn't stop playing it,Love Chase HQ too.

[@IapetusRetroStuff]

I enjoyed playing this game on my c64, it was really playable.

[@DanZero77]

We get this just as Hardcore Gaming 101 released an article on Power Drift and its various ports, all covered here. Good timing!

[@GenericUser379]

TurboGrafx 16 version is pretty dang good

[@GamingHistorySource]

Hard as hell playing the Arcade version with a mouse !

[@wingnut4427]

thank you. I hope that You continue to enjoy this channel for years to come. :)

[@cantinflash1354]

Spectrum music is just Great!, I remember to play this game for hours and hours.

[@meh78336]

Powerdrift on the Amiga and ST were prime examples of how screenshots lied but they sold us on the systems. Sword of Sodan being the number one offender on that front for me :D

[@dave4shmups]

Great video; I had no idea that this game was on so many different platforms! I still think that sprite-scaling, like in the arcade original, is very impressive-even with HD graphics today.

[@handsomebrick]

I wonder if in the 8-bit days there were some people who thought this game was about riding on highways in the sky.

[@simonebernacchia]

The coder of Amiga and Atari version was ZZKJ, the same that made super hang-on, that instead is revered as a blazing success; however i think that ZZKJ did not use the custom chips as he should; i dont know any decent Amiga program emulating the bubbles technology properly, excluded maybe the dragon level in Unreal...

[@shuckylad]

Saturn version for me, loved this game back in the early 90's.

[@kasi7777]

The Amiga and C64-Version was an ASM-Hit (magazine 12/1989). Graphics has been rated 11 out of 12.

[@Stella-ri5ex]

PC engine is the best arcade conversion by far..

[@discotrashmassacre]

I'm really hoping Sega convert this for the 3DS as part of their 3D Classics series in future. What an experience that would be!

[@RallyDon82]

You and me both, it's begging to be converted to the 3DS.

[@ForeverYoungAaron]

And now it's out!

[@poble]

and they did, it’s pretty good 👌

[@igordantasneres6103]

They did it

[@wingnut4427]

Agreed ! The power of the Amiga was grossly under utilized. But I hear so many people bashing the Atari ST. It wasn't a bad machine but like the Amiga it was not pushed to it's full potential. Much like the Sega Genesis. near the end of it's life it had some amazing games with some good programming effects. Like Gunstar Heroes & Castlevania Bloodlines just to name a couple.

[@Abrimaal]

As always C64 comes with the best music.

[@Michirin9801]

I love how those 16 bit computers are being trounced by an 8 bit console...

[@PedroSilvahf]

This game may have the weirdest graphics ive seen by that time and the voice of the pilot sounds like some voice clips in street fighter 1 and karate champ

[@GamingHistorySource]

Thank you ! Welcome back ! Long time no see ! You still interested in voicing over these videos ??

[@RyumaXtheXKing]

World Rally Fever is the DOS port you are looking for!

[@MtMarshi]

Zx spectrum version wins for having the absolute balls to release a game looking like that! And for being the version I grew up with! When I saw powerdrift in the arcades it was one of the first times I realised what graphics can do to you if done well.

[@psprog]

Drivin Force on the Amiga was so much better than the one here. I remember at the time being amazed at its smoothness and sprite scaling compared to the official port (which was a jerky mess) kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKOtdZqPrcyshK8

[@simonebernacchia5724]

Pity Drivin Force uses the traditional race rendering replacing tiles with the street instead of mapping a full 3D environment like Power Drift (so more like Outrun arcade), but shows we can have more tiles smoothly than PD did

[@marttitoivola2326]

Amstrad version is just tragicomically bad. C64 seems to have had a pretty decent port. The PC Engine version wasn't bad either.

[@masterpointn64]

Awesome vídeo!

[@pastperfectretro]

Great comparison, just discovered this channel. Subscribed! :)

[@yeraysantanaaday6827]

..the 8 bits version where really very poor, in those time we have wec le mans that was incredible well done..

[@CountScarlioni]

The Amstrad version.... OMG the noise! Such realistic untuned fm radio FX!

[@wingnut4427]

Thank you. I know it doesn't reflect too well in the video but the Dreamcast version is identical to the Saturn version. But both are great. The Dreamcast version however contains a few more things that make it more accurate to the Arcade. Like the original title screen. This is why I don't like to do live recordings. :(

[@MrLtia1234]

The c64 version is better than I remember! Given the Hardware, that's a real achievement. Turbo Charge is another great one on the c64. A bit unfair on the Speccy straight after the arcade - especially as with other videos it's the cut down 48k version and not the full version. I've never seen the cpc version, and was expecting something a bit better - more colourful speccy version at the very least, but in some ways it's actually worse. c64 definitely comes out on top with the less powerful machines and even the PC version is worse! Obviously at this point in time it was getting a bit silly with the arcade conversions to old hardware. Looks like the only 'current' machine that could pull it off was the PC Engine... sort of.

[@rexthesheep]

I don't think it was unfair on the Speccy version. If anything, I was extremely impressed with how well the gameplay translated to that version.

[@sithsmasher7685]

+MrLtia1234 The C64 version was very decent. No matter how Speccy plays, those monochrome gfx always give me headaches.

[@GamingHistorySource]

Updated video here ! www.dailymotion.com/video/x1wxydm_let-s-compare-power-drift-video-2-0_videogames

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Updated?.... looks no different to me....

[@tahirahmed33]

The FM towns version / sharp x68000 versions were the best conversions and Dreamcast !

[@LeShark75]

I had the Amiga 500 version back in the day. It played really well due to mouse control.

[@andyukmonkey]

Oh wow they really went for it graphically with the Atari ST and Amiga version. Screw performance lol.

[@dogzer]

That game looks like a lot of fun

[@hewey999]

The FPS of the coin op version just don´t cut it for me! Great vid btw :)

[@mehmetpinarci1456]

Awesome video , I also did spend a whole day to understand emulators roms etc and I wanted to do a video like this but it is soo hard :) I must say great afford ! and thank you . May I ask what screen recorder do you use ?

[@nbirdman74]

I feel that Power Drift was a great arcade experience at the time. The moving cabinet, Sprite scaling technology and booming sound really made for an exciting time. However, I always felt it lacked substance, or a certain something, especially compared to the likes of similar Sega greats, namely Space Harrier, Outrun and Afterburner. I think this is why the stripped back 8 & 16 bit conversions don't fare very well.

[@hewey999]

Yes indeed :-) Got your previous messages so will do next one and post as a reply!

[@MephProduction]

they're all pretty good

[@jasonlee7816]

if Power Drift was converted on Amiga in 1990's onwards it would be a better port since it's a late 1980's conversion game developers didn't fully understand Amiga's hardware in the 1980's most Amiga games were created using the ST in 1990 game developers learnt how to code Amiga games

[@JudgmentStorm]

They pushed the Amiga too far graphically, and the frame rate suffers for it. Just like Thunder Blade, the Amiga PD (and even MS-DOS) gets wrecked by the C64 one.

[@PhoenixRisen7]

haha love the spectrum version, even so quite impressive considering the hardware. have this on Saturn - pretty good, thouugh feel it should have been perfect :/

[@supahdupahguy81]

All ports are an embarrassment except the Commodore 64 & PC Engine versions....not gonna count the Saturn/Dreamcast ports as they're essentially the arcade version in all but name.

[@handsomebrick]

They probably even put their hardware for Power Drift in the console.

[@paulconnelly4050]

Colour clash on the Speccy.....damn.

[@wrestletube1]

The Dreamcast & Saturn versions were the best even though the sound was off in both of them. Now we have the M1 ripper why for the latest ports they have to result to recording rather than rip I don't know. Both would have been arcade perfect if the sound was perfect.

[@watcher6653]

The zx spectrum 128k version has music during gameplay so this is not the best version on the video

[@notenteringmyrealname846]

Dcemul 0.7a can emulate the Dreamcast version with no real issues. I've not noticed any difference against a real Dreamcast, though I've not thoroughly play tested it beyond checking if it works.

[@GamingHistorySource]

posted ! :D thanks for that !

[@Monacomaverick]

Man, Cruis'n USA totally ripped off Power Drift with the car selection screen!

[@cant1rac]

i thought it was actual quite poor, gameplay isnt great on it feels a bit slow the amstrad version plays quite well. didnt even know there was a sega saturn version so need to track that down along with the amiga version, have the st version, which is pretty good i have the pc engine/ turbo grafx version and its by far the best version ive played so far

[@wingnut4427]

:D !!! Damn !! I'm good ! lol Thanks for the info. You got a link that I can post in the Description ???

[@Fortuna1]

very good game, is bit hard with stick with my x360 pad too

[@GamingHistorySource]

It's called SSF. I'll send You a link to DL it. it includes Daemon tools lite witch You will need to mount the images.

[@mcFreaki]

i'm wondering why sega didn't bring it out on the megadrive, i mean it's not as if it couldn't handle it :/

[@soopahsoopah]

Cool. Some of those platforms I've never even heard of.

[@TatsunoKonami]

The Amiga and ST version are just a static pale idea of the coinop.They are clearly superficial ports,listlessly programmed so the results could have been only soulless.The scarce graphics detail doesn't justify the heartquake slomo gameplay and the absolute missing of any smoothness and speed feeling,those aren't roads but stairs!In the C64 version the game essence is all there and working and the racers even look back just like in the original coinop,which means attention to (style) details.

[@beezle1976]

The Amiga and Atari ST versions are somewhat better when played on a machine with something faster than the stock 7.14/8mhz amiga500 or atari st 520. The way the graphics are organized onscreen is still a bit messy, but speed and smoothness definately improves. p.s. there was a few posts about st and amiga versions here, I just picked yours at random to respond :)

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

The Amiga and ST versions are laughable compared to the 8bit engine version and imo the Sega Saturn version slaughters them all (except Arcade) :-)

[@pivorsc]

I didnt know this game had so many ports, it was never a big title, C64 version best obviously (dat music and you can see sid chip power).

[@heartwilson.8943]

Nice sound effects on the Amstrad version 😂😂😂

[@DeWRecordings]

I wonder how easy it was to play the spectrum version :)

[@wingnut4427]

KIDnAp CyAn It wasn't a terrible experience. But in light of the other versions .. it was pretty bad.

[@cantinflash1354]

I have to say that it was one of my favs for the spectrrum, once you get use to the perspective during the hills and turns its nice to play :)

[@ThePierrezx]

Sega saturn version wins this let's compare

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Saturn 30fps looks faster than the DC version - imo lol oh also music sounds a little better on the Saturn?

[@did3d523]

not same date

[@handsomebrick]

Arcade version wins because it came out in the '80s when people were actually impressed by Power Drift, not 10 years later when even Cruisin' USA was starting to look old.

[@lordmace2001]

Saturn and dreamcast best looking ports amiga best looking 16bit port and c64 for best 8bit port.

[@jasonlee7816]

if game developers knew how to push the Amiga and ST computer to its full potential what would they need to do to achieve it ?

[@jamesheyworth3566]

3.... 2..... 1..... GOAAAGHO!

[@wingnut4427]

They say that You know You've arrived when People start attacking you. I've got some haters now apparently. there's several People thumbing My videos down & making insulting comments. lol I smell a tad bit of jealousy. Several channels I looked at making the negative comments are much older than this channel. WOW !! What the hell is wrong with people ?? It's just a fucking gaming channel .. get over it !

[@lurkerrekrul]

Is the Saturn version running in an emulator? If so, can you please tell me which one?

[@rosselliswilkinson]

I enjoyed this in the arcade.I have it on Atari St and it is terrible.

[@wingnut4427]

UPDATED VERSION !!!! www.dailymotion.com/video/x1wxydm_let-s-compare-power-drift-video-2-0_videogames

[@lurkerrekrul]

It's sad that the 16-bit computer versions sucked in comparison to the 8-bit ones. Sure, the Amiga version looked more like the arcade, but the playability was horrible. Once the game started moving, it just turned into an incoherent mess.

[@marquisor]

amiga and atari versions unplayable!

[@lazarushernandez5827]

@G1zm0 Which Amiga and St where these running on? I wonder if the faster machines could run it better...

[@illegalquantity]

Arcade, Saturn, C64 versions are the best.

[@BLKBRDSR71]

Hurry Up!

[@heartwilson.8943]

This game seems difficult to emulate, I am going to buy a high end p.c ( hyperspin ) to run it like the arcade version.

[@carletouk]

Lol the Saturn ran much smother than the dream cast how strange

[@JonasRosenven]

I don't get it either. It runs perfectly smooth on my DC. Maybe it is the recording. He mentions it at the start of the video.

[@wingnut4427]

Jonas Rosenven Here is the updated version. www.dailymotion.com/video/x1wxydm_let-s-compare-power-drift-video-2-0_videogames

[@chump5874]

Direct port to saturn.

[@HoldontightmediaGB]

Poor conversions all round really. Amiga and ST versions are shockingly poor compared to their 8bit counterparts. Out of the lot, I'd say the C64 version was the most impressive. Saturn and dreamcast were good but so they should be, theres no excuse for them not to be!!

[@tahirahmed33]

C64 version is best

[@firebirdgao]

The ancestor of super Mario kart...but faster

[@thelorenz6725]

lurkerrekrul It's SSF the emulator

[@KrunchyTheClown78]

Christ! The ZX Spectrum is worthless!

[@TMS5100]

the atari st is capable of a much better conversion than this.

[@TMS5100]

the amiga is capable of MUCH better music than this port had. this is just awful, whoever did the conversion was an amateur using the paula chip.

[@mariogrande8907]

C64 more playable and fun

[@googleboughtmee]

Playing it like a drunkard

[@TMS5100]

the ST is a much more capable platform than that port managed. what was the point of trying to make the graphics look similar if the game played like crap. and LOL at the horrible amiga music. again, the amiga is much more capable than that.

[@cant1rac]

l will remedy my last statement the c64 version is the best version, the amstard comes across well since its bright and colorful has game sounds missing from the c64 ie engine sound, crashing noises etc i find the absence of game sound, something off an annoyance with some c64 games this is one of thous games. id rather kill the music for game sounds, the lack off creates a disconnect for me other than that everything is more accurate to the arcade than any off the other 8 bit computer versions.

[@TMS5100]

atari ST version is awful... saturn version is fantastic!

[@sattanhellsing]

This game is so bad... I am happy it was not getting "AGAIN" a release... frankly what the fuck why it should have been ?!? The game is ugly from the Arcade to the Dreamcast.... only the Saturn version managed to be better then the arcade version.But still LoL. I know there is a bunch of nostalgic out there but please you can admit it it was and still not playable and ugly!!