We've managed to restore 99% of our file loss earlier in the year, but it's now THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. Visit the wiki file request topic to help make Sonic Retro better than ever.

From Sonic Retro

Fast Facts on Sonic Drift 2
Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega System(s): Sega Game Gear Released in US: November 1995 Released in EU: March 1995 Released in JP: March 17, 1995 Genre: Racing ESRB PEGI USK OFLC CERO GRB

Sonic Drift 2 (ソニック ドリフト２), called Sonic Drift Racing in Europe, is a kart racing game for the Game Gear and the sequel to Sonic Drift. It features Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails, Amy Rose, and Dr. Eggman from the original Sonic Drift. Newly added characters are Knuckles, Fang, and Metal Sonic. As in the last game, players race around a track collecting rings and power-ups.

An unofficial port to the Master System was made by Shibunoa on June 1st, 2009. The conversion is currently in an early state, but is fully playable.

Gameplay

The objective of the game is the same as its predecessor, to win the three different Chaos GPs (purple, white and blue emerald). Each Chaos GP has six different tracks, some based on Sonic 2 and 3 game levels' design, but mostly are new. Three Chaos Emeralds are awarded for winning races. If Sonic, Tails, Knuckles or Amy collect all six in the Blue GP, they will face Dr. Eggman in a final race around the Death Egg. If Eggman, Metal Sonic or Nack collect all six in the Blue GP, they will face Sonic in the final race.

Gameplay is nearly the same as the original Sonic Drift as the directional pad steers, uses rings for a burst of speed, and the two buttons are used for acceleration and braking. Rings are lost during collisions. The AI of the game is also much smarter and it takes effort to keep the top position. The Item boxes also are not used automatically upon being touched as in the previous game. Instead, an icon appears on the top of the screen and on the directional pad must be pressed to use the item. Only one item can be held at a time. However, the Star and Reverse balls are triggered upon impact and cannot be saved.

Everything else is exacly the same except the number of tracks. The game features the same additional modes of play and game difficulty. There's an enhanced option however, the choice of having obstacles or not.

Characters

Character		Vehicle	Special Move	Gameplay
				Acceleration	Speed	Handling
	Sonic	Cyclone	Speed dash (same as red monitor power-up)	High	High	Low
	Tails	MTP-02 Whirlwind S7	Jump over (same as spring power-up)	Medium	Medium	Medium
	Amy	Breeze	Toss heart (reduces other's speed)	High	Low	Medium
	Eggman	Egg Typhoon	Drop mine (same as collision)	Low	Decent	Very high
	Metal Sonic	Blue Devil	Super speed dash (more than red monitor power-up, uses three rings)	Very high	Very high	Very low
	Fang	Marvelous Queen	Sling oil balls (same as collision)	High	High	Low
	Knuckles	Tempest	Punch if within range (same as collision), otherwise jump over (same as spring power-up).	Medium	Medium	Medium

Power-Ups

Power-ups are scattered throughout each track, with a variety of abilities. Like it was mentioned before, the power-ups cannot be accumulated and they do not respawn in each lap either.

Sprite	Power-up	Description
	Rings	Collecting two rings (or three in the case of Metal Sonic) allows the player to use their special attack.
	Spring	These all launch the player up into the air, increasing the speed.
	Star	The screen whites for everyone.
	Reverse ball	Steering is reversed.
	Red Monitor (speed)	Makes the player dash down the track with a momentary burst of speed.
	Blue Monitor (invencibility)	Makes the player invincible for a short period of time. The BGM during invincibility is based on Sonic 3's invincibility theme.
	Yellow Monitor (spring)	Same as Spring.
	Black Monitor (mine)	Slings a mine to the track and has the same effect as a collision.

Courses

• Purple Chaos GP
• White Chaos GP
• Blue Chaos GP
• Final GP

Manuals

• Sonic Drift 2 US Manual (no manual scans)
• Sonic Drift 2 EU Manual
• Sonic Drift 2 JP Manual

Also Released On

• Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut for the GameCube (2003)
• Sonic Gems Collection for the Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2 (2005)
• Coleco Sonic for Coleco plug and play (2006)
• Playpal Plug and Play for the Coleco Plug and play console (2006)
• Tectoy Master System 3 for the Tectoy Plug and play console (2008)
• Sonic PC Collection for the PC (2009)

Production Credits

Programmer: A. Morino
Artists: K. Tamura, H. Takano, A. Tezuka
Sound: Naofumi Hataya, Saori Kobayashi
Planner: Norihito Kato
Director: Katsuhiro Hasegawa
Producer: Motoshige Hokoyama

Resources

Artwork

• Additional artwork of the vehicles and characters can be found in the Japanese manual.

Scans

US cover

US cart

EU front cover

EU back cover

EU cart

JP front cover

JP back cover

JP cart

Trivia

• Knuckles and Metal Sonic had their names either mispelled or shortened due to space limitations: Knucles and M.Sonic.

Sonic Drift 2
Sonic Drift 2 Main Article Bugs Cheat Codes Game Development Game Secrets Magazine Articles SCHG	Purple Chaos GP: Emerald Hill 1 Hill Top 1 Dark Valley 1 Casino Night Desert Road 1 Iron Ruin
	White Chaos GP: Desert Road 2 Rainy Savanna Ice Cap Hill Top 2 Mystic Cave Emerald Hill 2
	Blue Chaos GP: Dark Valley 2 Quake Cave Balloon Panic Emerald Ocean Milky Way Death Egg