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When people tell you Super Mario Kart is the original kart racer, just remember Power Drift came first*, and it was actually quite a bit more impressive due to its scaling sprite technology and fun courses! *The Guinness Book of World Records is the source for this distinction, not my own opinion!

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Power Drift (Arcade, Sega, 1988)

Krunchie 🐓

@foxyvalli.bsky.social

10 Apr

Woah this one looks sick. Looks more modern than an 88 game (I think)

Sean Jordan | Sharing Great Games You Probably Never Played!

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Those Sega Super Scaler games (produced over four generations of arcade hardware) were really impressive for their time. The Y board used for Power Drift was also used for Galaxy Force. Super Hang-On, After Burner, Out Run, Super Monaco GP and Power Drift all really hold up in their arcade formats!

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Krunchie 🐓

@foxyvalli.bsky.social

10 Apr

I had Super Monaco on the genesis! I remember it very fondly, but I bet it wasn't quite as spectacular as the arcade version. My introduction to Outrun and Super Hang On was from Yakuza. The scaling was amazing seeing it for the first time.

Sean Jordan | Sharing Great Games You Probably Never Played!

@greatestgames.substack.com

11 Apr

Sega remade a bunch of those games for the 3DS and they look truly cool in 3D! That tech was a great stopgap until actual 3D was able to push past just polygons and use bitmaps on surfaces.