Sonic Drift

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Sonic Drift
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega
Genre: Racing
ESRB PEGI USK 0 OFLC CERO GRB

Sonic Drift is a kart racing game released only in Japan. It features Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Robotnik, and is a typical racing game of the early 1990s. The games racetracks and order they are played in are the same as the original Sonic The Hedgehog.

Gameplay

Players race around a track against three opponents for a top position collecting rings and power-ups along the way. The direction on the directional pad can use rings collected on the track as a speed boost. Rings can also be lost due to collisions. Both buttons on the Game Gear are used, one for accelerating, and the other for braking.

Power-ups

Power-ups are scattered throughout each track, with a variety of abilities.

• Springs: These all launch the player up into the air, increasing your speed.
• Blue Monitor: Makes the player invincible for a short period of time. The BGM during invincibility is based on "Sonic - You Can Do Anything" from Sonic the Hedgehog CD.
• Red Monitor: Speed Boost.

Production Credits

Producer: Hiroshi Aso
Director: Hase
Main Programmer: Wa-Da
Programmer: Shinchan
Designer: Choko Kawaguchi, Gen, East
Planner: K
Sound Creator: Naofumi Hataya
Special Thanks: Wahaha, T.D.H

Manual

• Sonic Drift (Game Gear) 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)

Resources

Artwork

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Scans

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  Cart

Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems

1991  Sonic the Hedgehog     1992  Sonic the Hedgehog 2     1993  Sonic Chaos | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine     1994  Sonic Drift | Sonic Spinball | Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble     1995  Sonic Drift 2 | Tails' Skypatrol | Tails Adventures | Sonic Labyrinth | Sonic 2 in 1     1996  Sonic Blast      Demos  Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) AutoDemo | Sonic & Tails Jitsuenyou Sample | Sonic Drift (demo)  Prototypes  Sonic the Hedgehog (Game Gear prototype) | Sonic Chaos prereleases | Sonic Spinball (8-bit) prereleases | Sonic Triple Trouble prereleases | Sonic Blast prereleases  Unreleased  Sonic's Edusoft