The History of Power Drift - arcade console documentary

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[@dollarama8652]

I always loved that TOP GUN game, it was like a mini rollercoaster but $1-$2 a game was BIG MONEY back in the day.

[@ThunderFist1978]

It still is when you consider it’s for one play.

[@swampdonkey4919]

Considering the average pinball machine costs $1.00 to play these days, it's par for the course. But yeah, back then, $1.00/play was a LOT.

[@donaldsmith8648]

Your from Aurora.. sweet channel 50 was out there lol.. I'm from Chicago.. anyhow another great video.keep up the good work.. . me and my wife love's your voice

[@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS]

Glad to see you back dude, your videos are super informative and have a unique charm to them. Man I miss the prevalence of arcade games, it's a sorry state of affairs now lol.

[@hamitpahpool1787]

One of the things I love about you Pat...is that despite your situation - you can actually play spectrum games...and get enjoyment from them...i mean I have been playing them for nearly 40 years and I still can't get my head round half of them...I still have nightmares about trying to play target: renegade with a keyboard 😅😅 eitherway, thanks for another great video pat

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

This is one of my favourites. Always used to play this when the fare came to town! So glad you covered it- and i certainly play it a lot today under emulation. It really was a roller coaster of a ride of a game.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes it wasAnd so much fun to play

[@thedarkknight7287]

How funny you reviewed this game. I have this arcade game in my game room. I got it at an auction from a gaming center that filed Bankruptcy and held an auction for its arcade games to liquidate them. It's completely restored and works just fine. I love the full motion of it, and the game play is just like I remembered. I got a lot of my vintage arcade games from that auction. Great video!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That must be one heck of a game room :-) thanks

[@thedarkknight7287]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It is. LOL My wife said If I keep buying anymore, she is going to scalp me. LOL When I had my house built some years back, I had them design a game room that is attached to the main house, because I had this goal in mind to have a nostalgia arcade room like the ones, we all use to spend hours in as kids. I really miss those days; it was a better time back then. (On a side note, I actually got it for a decent price at auction, nobody else bid against me for it, which shocked me)

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

@@thedarkknight7287 That is awesome. How much did you get for if you don't mind my asking?

[@thedarkknight7287]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Sorry I did not respond. I just saw the notification tonight. LOL I got for $3200.00

[@thedarkknight7287]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Then some of the other arcade games they had there went for about the same price. Since power drift had been fully restored it cost a little more than the other games auctioned. I was happy to get it. I was also able to get Donkey Kong for $1,178. Sorry again for not responding back right away. I was out of town and got back home this evening. Take care.

[@jc3drums916]

My all-time favorite driving game! The F-14 actually had one difficulty - it doesn't turn as well as the karts. Or maybe it just seemed that way, because the F-14 was so much faster. I don't know how different the motorcycle is, because after getting to the bonus stage on A, C, and E, I mistakenly assumed B and D were the same, so I stopped playing after placing but not getting 1st on all tracks. Doh!

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Yea i did that too...didn't realise hang on was in there too. Because i play it on mame; on my phone i only have an 8bitdo mini controller thats digital that I keep hung up on my car interior mirror - so selecting B and D are very tricky as its a digital pad lol

[@thedad7313]

That F-14 wouldn’t go around the corners. I too didn’t realise that the Hang-On motorcycle was also there. Happy times

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

@@thedad7313 gotta ease off the gas with the f14, which is counter intuitive as the whole game you are flat out.

[@sifujedi4895]

Power Drift was so dope, that sit in cabinet was a game changer & i remember ply'n & clocking it here in london & i think it was 50p but definitely have great memories ply'n this

[@AndreSjoberg]

Awesome video, I remember first seeing this in the Arcade Round-Up-section of Commodore User-magazine, and then got it when it came out on the C64, amaaaazed at the graphics and gameplay, so many hours of fun with my friends, thanks for this trip back in time :)

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I can't believe how good it turned out on the 64

[@AndreSjoberg]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Considering his impressive line of C64 games one shouldn’t be surprised, but Power Drift is in a league of it’s own :) He did the c64 Commando version, but have you seen his «Arnie»-game from 1992? That’s a weird one :)

[@BlackArroToons]

Neat coverage of Power Drift, which looks like a tough game falling off the edges, but great to hear you enjoy it, Patman! The Saturn, 3D 3DS versions looks good too. This game reminds me of the classic but very tough Arcade Sega Super Monaco Grand Prix.

[@robvegas9354]

Great fun on the C64. Would have to be one the best racing games on there. Never saw the full cabinet here in Australia but would give it a go for sure, that looks awesome. Fantastic video PatmanQC.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks the full cabinet is awesome

[@TheDrFentanill]

Played the full cabinet in Brisbane in the early 90s. Time traveller too 😂

[@DEVILTAZ35]

I couldn't get used to the C64 not having the track though. It looks like a road lol

[@Breezyacre]

I remember playing this when it first came out. I was at Walt Disney world's Contemporary resort and I immediately fell in love with the cabinet. This review brought back many great memories for me.

[@gtrzdaddy]

my favorite arcade racer of all time! so glad to see you cover it ❤

[@RovingSentinel]

Thanks for making this fantastic video. I've often felt that Power Drift regularly gets overlooked by fans of the arcade kart racing genre. In the event that you're unaware - The upcoming indie racer Victory Heat Rally draws very heavily from Power Drift's gameplay. Motion cabinet not included unfortunately...

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Very cool I will check it out thanks for the kind words

[@McD5791]

Absolutely loved 'Power Drift' as a teenager. Used to save up weeks of paper round money, then take a day trip by train to the coast and feed all my money into the arcades. The SEGA arcades with the hydrolic cabinets were the best - whether it was Out Run, Afterburner or Power Drift, getting flung from left to right as I steered my vehicle was such a feeling back in the day... 😊

[@tracydavis3919]

I just want to point out the phenomenon job you do on your thumbnails. Two thumbs up!

[@NOTLeavingLV]

Yesterday I was looking for a history of Arch Rivals and I thought you made one. I wish you would, sir.

[@Riz2336]

I was very curious about this game when I found out about it because I really like the sprite scalers that Sega did back in the day. I ordered it for my Sega Saturn on ebay, it's a great port I played it quite a bit.

[@DEVILTAZ35]

I missed out on a Saturn. I have a Dreamcast but only used a friend's Saturn and the only game i remember was Something Saga where you ride a dragon.

[@ODGtheToyman1974]

I loved this game when I was a kid. I found this in a laundry mat with a sit-down cabinet & couldn't stop playing it.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

The full size moving cabinet was awesome

[@JohnnyFrickinRico]

I bought the Arcade1UP cabinet, when I heard it included Power Drift I was totally sold on it and it works great!

[@Roger-fs5yo]

Hey cool, a video from the Pac dude while I'm waiting for Sleazy P to stream his Japanese Spiderman episodes on Twitch🤟

[@chrispazsa8697]

Bought this when I was a kid on C64 from kmart in Australia, loved it and love your content. Thanks mate

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoy it!Thanks so much

[@entertainingCed]

So much fun. Didn't even know about the extras. Just played for the fun

[@PANTYEATR1]

Tom looks like Jack Tripper from "Three's Company". Cool video Pat🏆

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks, Supposedly all the drivers are based on American comics but aside from Lucy I didn't recognize anyone

[@PANTYEATR1]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries John Ritter came to mind right away... Rip John Ritter.

[@deadevilmonkey]

Fox Valley Mall.... Nice name drop... Man did I spend allot of time there... Arcade there was always a stop... Same with Louis Joliet Mall... NuVision Bowling Alley in Downers Grove was a big hangout... Oh the early 90's

[@deadevilmonkey]

damn... just reminded me of Aladdin's Castle in Lombard.... We had so many arcades back in the days in Chicago suburbs... good times

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

We had a lot where I grew up as well but nowhere near as many as you guys.

[@buttplug101]

Man this brings back many happy memories playing this on my holiday. Thanks for the memories 👍🏻

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it, Thank you

[@coffeecuparcade]

Love Powerdrift. I have the PC Engine version and bought the Arcade1up cabinet that has it on there, the Outrun cabinet. Adore the game and I recently got a ZX Spectrum and played that version and was rather shocked at how great it was! Thanks for the video, love your histories

[@meowplow]

I was born and raised in Aurora, IL. Plus, I worked at that mall. That's awesome!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Very cool :-)

[@SonicMrSumo]

I love your vids. They're just such a good format! Keep up the amazing work!

[@apendica]

Fantastic video and insights, thank you!

[@osgeld]

I love power drift, the mall here in po-dunk TN had a full motion cabinet and it was the first thing I would play (until they got a full sit down cab of starblade)

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I have never seen an arcade cabinet of star blade I'm so jealous

[@osgeld]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries it doesnt move but its a massive sit in cockpit game with a large projector screen and this weird fisheye lens over it so it kind of makes the image warp (I guess the effect is to make it have more depth as it kind of looks like your looking outside a portal or something) and its got a pretty beefy sound system with a sub under the chair ... its an experience

[@davess61]

it's amazing to see the home ports, which obviously seem pretty poor in comparison but back in the day, as a teenager, the chance to play arcade ports at home was just mind-blowing 😀 Who could forget the ZX Spectrum version of Outrun for example, which I think came with a cassette featuring the arcade sound track so you could play that in the background as you played your monochrome jerky mess

[@Banderpop]

Quick note to say that to play the 3DS version, it's in the Sega 3D Classics Collection, but if wanting to download it, you need to grab it from the store quickly as it closes on the 27th of March, nine days from now! There is a cartridge version too though, which for now isn't too unreasonable in price. The equivalent Japanese carts are expensive though. Thank you for covering one of my all time favourite games. I'll add that the arcade machines also featured headphone sockets, which was unusual. And with so many circuits and so much in motion at once, there's lots of beautiful details that may be easy to miss, like how sometimes the sky changes colour as the sun sets.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Excellent info there, I will pin this to the top

[@jasonz7788]

Thank you pacmanqc! Awesome video

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you liked it!

[@TheKiman2]

Yu Suzuki is an absolute legend. One of my favorite games. In fact, I love all the taikan games.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes he is

[@emmanuelmarty5848]

Thank you PatmanQC for another fantastic and detailed video!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it!Thank you

[@bartoman2]

I always loved this game, I had the Commodore 64 version too!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It was really good

[@Speed202]

I remember this at my local pool....it was great. It was next to Chase HQ. I never saw it anywhere else or on home console....loved the music and the sprite scaling...

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Did you play the full moving cabinet?

[@Speed202]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries no, it was just a stand up unit with a wheel and pedal....still fun though....it had great sound

[@skierpage]

My local Keystone arcade had both the Power Drift motion cabinet and Atari's 3D polygonal Race Drivin'. I always wanted a combination of the frenetic excitement of the former ("Hurry up! Hurry up!") and the realistic weighty physics of the latter. They had a completely different feel. Race Drivin's Super Stunt track had a roller coaster hill and it was very hard to maintain control as you crested and tipped over, whereas in Powsr Drift the only problem was it obscured the next part of the track.

[@dusanpiscevic6213]

I remember exactly when i red in magazine of Power Drift in 1989. I recently revisited that magazine in online archive! Oh, the memmories! I had same feeling of wonder as I had as a kid who knows nothing, and like I didnt play all the versions and games on hardware million times better since then. Remember, Street Fighter 2 is not going to be a thing for another 2 years, much less texture mapped polygons. It was scored average for 8 bit home conversions in magazines. Imagine my shock when I got stumbled upon C64 version. I thought (still do) that it was best racing game on C64 if not the best game. I was amazed how much graphics, speed and gameplay were they able to squeze on game without multiload! What a fun game. In arcades there were super scalers left and right by that time already, and although Space Harrier and Super Hang On, were still impressive and popular, Power Drift in arcades didnt do nothing for me. In fact, for 11 year old me it was a step down from awe and wonder of Space Harrier's Fantasy Zone! And then, i got Amiga version of Power Drift-it must be better, right? Wrong, it was a slow and jerky let down! C64 even outdid Amiga in music and sound, although I admire what they were trying on Amiga. Space Harrier on Amiga wasn't to bad! On C64 was crap, as expected!

[@Hotshotter3000]

This is the game that was present in Sindbad's Wonderland in Dubai for many years (until its closing) but I never played it. I just like its presence and the charm of the attract screen!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, I could just sit and watch the attract screens and be mesmerized

[@benjaminphillips925]

Patman!!!! I’m From Joliet! I grew up at fox valley mall! Huge fan keep up the awesome work

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Greetings ! Thanks for the nice words

[@marca.leonhardt5417]

Gawd loved that game when was younger, so fun

[@TheAnkMan]

Another 1980s based game review. I love it!

[@ErwinSchrodinger64]

Power Drift was my first introduction to the Sega Y-board game. I just didn't think the sprites, scaling, colors, and graphical power could be beaten from the X-board gamess (Out Run, After Burner, and so forth). Seeing the entire screen rotation, the size of the sprites, the color changes as you went around the circuit, and scaling was just so mind blowing. I would go to the arcades and just watch the screen because I couldn't believe graphics like this could exists. At the time, the most powerful home machines were the Amiga 500, Atari ST, Sega Master System, and so forth... this game could not be converted with any level of the arcade experience. Even when the 16-bit systems came, there was still no way to port this game. Even with Sega's System-32 wasn't able to produce the sprite generation of the Y-board.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree, I was in total awe of just watching the scaling and rotation of although sprites

[@stevenross-watt8640]

I remember this game well. Very interesting video thx

[@RetroCak]

Thank you so much for this. I’ve loved this game since riding in that cabinet all those years ago. Heck, early Genesis ads were mentioning it for a cartridge release. So sad we didn’t get a home conversion in the States. Shared this on twitter, which is something I seldom do.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

One of the Japanese advertisements in my video mentions a mega drive version at the bottom. Glad you enjoyed it

[@samgorin9836]

I have the PC Engine HuCard of this game .... it kicks my butt ALL the time!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I was pleasantly apprised with it

[@vascofcosta]

Great game. Loved playing at the arcade and probably my favorite racing game in my old 128k specy

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Wow, this is apparently an arcade classic, but I had never even heard of it before this video.

[@jasonking3182]

Unless it was a major hit, arcade games were very random in distribution. There are tons of arcade game that I never knew existed in till the last few years on KZbin. I never saw Jurassic Park arcade game in the wild and I would have been all over it if I had.

[@oblivieon1567]

Yeah there's a few Sega Super Scalers that aren't known as well as Outrun, Afterburner, Space Harrier, Hang On. Power Drift is one, then there's Galaxy Force and Thunderblade that aren't as well know. They are on the 3ds though.

[@EAprima]

Power Drift was very popular on the 8-bit machines such as the Commodore 64. SEGA gave themselves a MAJOR disservice by not providing an decent port on the Megadrive and the arcade perfect port on the 32X and the Mega-CD. Back in the 90s, Power Drift was located in tons of arcades, especially at the fair grounds and sea fronts. The only Arcade perfect version of Power Drift in existence is actually on the Dreamcast, not Mame. I LOVE Power Drift and saddens me to this day that there wasn't an awesome sequel on the model 3 board.

[@Hotshotter3000]

@@jasonking3182 Yeah. In the UAE where I grew up, in the Twilight of arcades in the late 90s (Arcades were quite abundant in the late 90s in Dubai, but by that time many of them felt quite static since there were fewer and fewer new releases and many Arcade owners didn't bother getting the more expensive newer stuff when Arcades were clearly on their way out even back then). In one place you had fairly new stuff like the later Street Fighter 2 games, King of Fighters 97 and the newer Fatal Fury games in addition to older stuff like Bomb Jack and Rygar.

[@Badfinger4]

Same

[@jhaymanmyles2226]

OMG I loved this game! Thanks for bringing back some good memories 😊

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, thanks for watching

[@outtabubblegum7034]

This game is one of those little things in life that you never really forget. :)

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree 100% :-)

[@skierpage]

Little? The motion cabinet was huge!

[@outtabubblegum7034]

@@skierpage Yeah... and out of nowhere, some idiot steps on it, and it stops moving right when it's totally tilted!

[@EditorJohn_TIRL]

That Commodore 64 music though!! 🤯

[@SweetStevieAaron]

I had this on C64 and it was amazing at the time. Butler did a really good job (as always) and better than all the other home versions imo.

[@AppliedCryogenics]

I wish super-scaler style games were still popular and getting newly released. 1024-layer parallax scrolling... ooh yeah

[@thetechn1que518]

There was an indie superscaler racing game that came out last year, called Slipstream. It’s on several platforms.

[@takingbytes1265]

DUDE I use to go to that mall! I'm from Plainfield, IL. I had friends that worked there, Aladan's Castle if I recall.

[@ThunderFist1978]

I was fortunate enough to see not only a motion cabinet of Power Drift, but some years later I also got to play Rad Mobile on a motion cabinet. I honestly like Rad Mobile even better.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

We never had the full rad mobile cabinet only the stand up but it was a lot of fun

[@bransonbenson9520]

Love you Man💯 Your videos are like therapy for me I can always count on them to be the best quality! You got your own lane carved out and always different from everyone else's!!🫡

[@JudgmentStorm]

Great video. PD is one of my favorite arcade racers. I was lucky enough to play the tilting cabinet version at a golf-and-games in the mid 90s. I'd take the C64 PD over the Amiga one. Chris Butler worked within the limits of the system while keeping the basic feel. Sega should've hired Chris to make a Master System version. As for the Amiga's, it does look nice in screen shots. But once it's in motion... yuk, I can't bear that frame rate. Maybe Activision told ZZKJ to ask too much of the hardware.

[@joesshows6793]

Power drift was kick ass

[@Jamie-nx2cg]

Great video buddy

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks 👍

[@evilash570]

I own the stand up arcade machine and its awesome! You can still find them around for under 1000$ Canadian. Also there aren’t really as many tracks as advertised, once you beat the first round of tracks you have to then race them in reverse.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I wasn't aware there were mirror tracks

[@JoeyJ0J0]

The 3DS version of Power Drift is a lot of fun

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes it is especially the 3D version

[@hardlucknate6769]

The Sega cabinets look so awesome and I how did you try out run in an arcade in Moore Oklahoma and experience was it felt like I was back in 1986

[@GhostStalkerActual]

Ahhh. Aladdin's Castle at Fox Valley. Oh the memories.

[@democrazy69]

Very interesting stuff. I would have been all about that moving cabinet but I never saw it in arcades. It was all just After Burner everywhere.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

We never had a full-size out run cabinet around here or afterburner for that matter

[@BigEpinstriping]

Used to love Fox Valley mall; many good memories.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Next to the mall of America, one of the best malls I ever went to

[@Retrogamingmaverick]

try doing space harrier next to stay with the sega series ;)

[@naoexisteoutroigual]

Greetings from Brazil!! Thanks for this nice video, man!!! I was so curious to see Axel Stone, Blaze Fielding and Adam Hunter from Streets of Rage/ Bare Knuckle in this racing game!!! But It's hard to see a nice gameplay with them...

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Greetings from the USA, I'm glad you enjoyed the video thank you

[@WhoCaresAnymoreTho]

Super hang on "outride a crisis" is 16bit perfection

[@8bvg300]

I'd say the super hang on bike looks like a natural fit. 🏍️🏆

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I think so too!

[@Djclyve]

This was one of the most memorable games ever- I remember just being in awe of that cabinet. I would stand and watch people play for hours. I myself never had the balls. For one, if u weren’t good at it, a game could last less than 2 minutes. And also, it was the only game there that cost a dollar to play. That’s 4 credits for the Simpsons. A bit too steep for my liking.

[@JW666]

Now I wanna see Patman with Elton John glasses XD ;) =)

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL comment of the day

[@swampdonkey4919]

Coma-Cola!!! That Sonic Drift looks fun, I'm kinda sad we didn't get it here in the states. The MS-DOS version looks trippy AF, with the road going into the sky and the TV static...

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Sonic drift would've been killer back in the day

[@spearmintpony7105]

If you have a Gamecube or an RVL-001 Wii, you could play them through Sonic Adventure DX or Sonic Gems Collection(though, you only get Drift 2 in Gems Collection).

[@DEVILTAZ35]

I played Power Drift on Amiga 500 back in the day too. Just curious would it run better on the A 500 mini seeing that runs much faster than an A500 or can do? Nobody has as much passion or as much knowledge that i have come across that does this sort of content. I really appreciate the effort you put in as it really brings back memories in a big way for me :)

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Excellent, glad you enjoyed it. Thank you

[@bradallen8909]

The actual processor in the A500 Mini certainly runs far faster than an A500, but the emulation is slowed down so it runs at the correct speed. A lot of software would not work otherwise.

[@omfglongbeach]

nice vid bro

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks a lot

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

I saw this game somewhere years ago. Think it was the shopping center or The skate arena can't remember.

[@mattb9664]

Whoa, guess it's not surprising that Midway (with the Nintendo branding) lifted the vehicle select transition, where the selected vehicle lifts up, spins and drives through a garage door to the stage, from Power Drift for its Cruisin USA series. Designers had it so easy back then and never got called out for copying!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Good call, forgot about that

[@DEVILTAZ35]

I don't think people cared as much back then and probably just saw it more as an honour if someone copied something they had done for their game. It wasn't too long after everyone started suing everyone for everything though lol.

[@jamesmoss3424]

I hard about power drift for a long time and I will play this radical game. 😀👍🎮

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Have fun!

[@VJFranzK]

the gfx looked so advanced at the time!

[@dannygioia]

We had a different cabinet version at Arcade 222 in Laval, Camada... where the machine turned instead of twisted. It was the only 75-cent game I'd seen.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Very interesting, thanks

[@WarrentheGunner]

I remember it well was a fun game to play 👍

[@jamesnoble3502]

Out Runners was a cool similar name too. I get that mixed up with Power Drift sometimes.

[@ncf1]

I dont know why the Amiga version was ragged on so much, I agree with you in that it was enjoyable, I actually loved it at the time. The frame rate was the letdown but hey, for the most part it brought the Powerdrift experience to the home and I really loved it, I mean coming from the C64 not too long prior, to this, how could you complain. People did though.

[@Sinn0100]

Wait, wait, wait what was that first games in this video? The one flipping upside down? My first arcade game that moved was Afterburner. Powerdrift was absolutely incredible when it came out. I wanted it so badly for my Sega Genesis but as you know that was impossible. Even though I got my Saturn in 1995 (same-day as my Playstation) I didn't find out Powerdrift released for it until many years later. I still haven't played the conversion yet.

[@majikman7355]

This was one of the first games where you see the lead change etc

[@willrobinson7599]

Great video. Loved this game in the arcade . What was sega thinking not releasing for the 32x or mega cd The c64 was altered to better suit the hardware and this tested in a brilliant racing game .😊

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

If you look on one of the advertisements I posted in the video at the bottom it mentions mega drive but the text is in Japanese. At least a mega CD or 32X version. Thanks

[@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes]

Another awesome video PatMan excellent stuff. Got to say tho Power drift would not make my top 100, just cant get a grip on the handling.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Are you trying to play it on Mame or the actual arcade game?

[@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Hello there. I tried it in the arcades back in the day, and on mame using an xbox controller. I never could get a grip of the steering.

[@aaronmoore6275]

Aurora IL? I'm in the 618! Flatlanders in the house!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

YesBut I'm actually from 309 which is about two hours away

[@faenethlorhalien]

The C64 version is one of the very, very few good games for that system. The technical limitations of its CPU and the fact that you can't do much with sprites in racing games usually means crap games, but they managed to nail it, which makes me wonder what the devs of other C64 games, like Cisco Heat, were high on.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Are you referring to just racing games? There are still some good racing games such as turbo outrun and Lotus for example. If it's all games then there are a ton of really good games for the 64 just not necessarily arcade conversions

[@maxderp6588]

I never used the seat belt but I was nearly thrown out of game once! Lol

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It almost threw me as well the first time I played it LOL

[@mayday0341]

Fox Valley Mall! ❤

[@swk38]

i remember after burner had a motorized motion version, back in 1990

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

We never had one in my area

[@efeinb8269]

I played this game in the arcades but didn't do very well. I had a good time playing it though.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Lots of fun

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

Even though I'm a huge Sega fan and visited arcades on a regular basis when I was younger I had never seen or heard about this game before at all. I didn't get to play it until the late 90s on Magic Engine emulator for Turbo Grafx 16. Then years later I got to try it on Mame but honestly I just don't like the game. It's way too easy falling off the track and it's hard to see what's coming when you go over steep hills. Other than that it has fantastic music, good graphics, and it's nice to know Sega helped pioneer a gameplay style that influenced all Cart Racers.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I only ever saw one moving cabinet and that was at the arcade mentioned in the video which was about two hours from where I live. I always thought it was popular here in the states but it wasn't until researching this video that it really wasn't.

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Yeah isn't that amazing how a game could be hype or huge in one region of the country but not the other? Maybe it had to do with me being in NY for a short time and growing up down here in West FL. I've heard a similar thing happen with Outrun 2 and After Burner Climax where people said they saw those a lot in the 2000s. But thank goodness for Chuck E Cheese because that's the only place that had Climax with the hydraulic seat. Btw the Sega racing games that I do love to bits are Super Hang-On and Outrun. I got to play both full-sized models as a kid in NY. 😄

[@MrOchrisius]

Fox valley had the best food court hands down!!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I haven't been there since 1988 LOL

[@ColdHighway7]

Would be nice if this came to Evercade

[@abcmaya]

I've always wanted to play this in the arcade. But I was so intimidated because it look so difficult. So I never did.

[@YNGBLD80]

Hello Pat noticed with this video you made mention of the amiga framerate being quite low which got me thinking as to how various consoles and computer produced images at various speeds,. Would you be able to educate me as to why this game on the amiga was so slow in frame rate, or is there any literature somewhere you can suggest that would educate me in understanding what determines a games frame rate, id assume it would the video ram capabilities but interested in understanding the formula that would determines how much data can bet written to the screen in said period of time . Cheers Franky

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

The slower clock speed of the Amiga plus there weren't any scaling and rotation chips for the computer to use. It also depends on the abilities of the programmer at the time

[@YNGBLD80]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Thanks Pat for the reply

[@darkangel2347]

It is said that this arcade game inspired Nintendo to make Mario Kart for the SNES.