Power Drift Longplay (Arcade) [QHD]

Developed and published by Sega in 1988
Powered by Sega's Y board arcade hardware, Power Drift really is a graphical tour de force; it's amazing to think this came out in 1988!
I published a video of Power Drift back in 2019, but the fast-moving visuals meant KZbin's aggressive compression algorithms turned the video quality to mush in a lot of places; it wasn't as good as I would have liked.
Fortunately, I still had the master encoding by the time I upgraded my PC, so I was able to create a QHD encoding for YT, which produced far better results when uploaded. Hope you enjoy it!
Chapters
00:00 Attract Mode
00:30 Championship A
07:19 Championship B
14:05 Championship C
20:43 Championship D
27:27 Championship E
#powerdrift
#arcade
#retrogaming

[@DJTwenty2020]

Absolutely loved this game back in the day, perhaps more than Outrun.........!!

[@LeShark75]

Indeed DJ, cracking game and I actually loved the Amiga 500 version too.

[@deceiver444]

Visually stunning for its time

[@ELKvideoify]

6:48 "Handsome Boy"

[@daktaklakpak5059]

Arcade games are just something else entirely, than those trash console ports! The difference in quality is from another solar system!

[@KingCastleGamer]

Amo questo gioco

[@kzbxvz]

Just imagine if SEGA had developed Mario Kart.

[@dranimations7902]

I dont know much about this game but it really reminds me of Street Racer.

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Yep - the cast of characters and buggies are very likely inspired by Power Drift.

[@ManekiNeko1972]

Great Game! I always drove as Emily.

[@Bammer2001]

1:33 *You are one FAST DUDE.*

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

What Emulator do you use to record such high quality?

[@gonzothebudgie8923]

Interessting, that later you can transform into the F-14 fighting jet, from the game Afterburner. I like the music from C64 Version.

[@-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-]

depending on what championship course you choose, the special car you change into changes.

[@MarkWhich]

I didn't know you become an Aeroplane on last stage.

[@danieldorn2927]

I am gonna get sea sick from this

[@pixelcrunch300]

I think I'm gonna be sick from the screen tilting.

[@anonymous-ht2wl]

Wow what they did with what they had, puts modern games to shame really , they are just the same sh,it with better graphics

[@RaposaCadela]

It's weird how this game looks amazing and kinda ugly at the same time

[@Brushedmetal69]

Sprite while impressive is ugly

[@RaposaCadela]

@@Brushedmetal69 Super impressive effects but ugly sprite designs

[@Brushedmetal69]

@@RaposaCadela yeah I meant to say sprite scaling but it got auto corrected anyway I prefer the mode 7 in 16 bit games while primitive it looks a lot cleaner