Sonic drift
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| Original title | ソ ニ ッ ク ド リ フ ト | ||
| transcription | Sonikku Dorifuto | ||
| Studio |
 Sega
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| Publisher |
Sega |
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| Senior Developer |
Hiroshi Aso Katsuhiro Hasegawa Takako Kawaguchi Gen Adachi |
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| composer |
Masayuki Nagao |
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
March 18, 1994 |
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| platform | Sega Game Gear , Nintendo GameCube , Windows , PlayStation 2 , Xbox | ||
| genre | Racing game | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer | ||
| language | English | ||
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Sonic Drift ( Japanese : ソ ニ ッ ク ド リ フ ト , Hepburn : Sonikku Dorifuto ) is a racing game that was developed by Sega and released on March 18, 1994 in Japan exclusively for the Sega Game Gear . The game includes the characters Sonic the Hedgehog , Miles Tails Prower , Amy Rose and Dr. Eggman .
The game should not be confused with its successor Sonic Drift Racing , released worldwide in 1995 , which is called Sonic Drift 2 in Japan .
Gameplay
The four characters Sonic , Tails , Amy and Dr. Eggman (since the game was only released in Japan, he only bears this name in this game) carry out car races in their vehicles with various advantages and disadvantages. Sonic drives a red and white sports car called The Cyclone , which is very fast but difficult to control. Tails' vehicle is a Formula 1 car from the 1960s with the name MTP-01 Wheelwind , which is balanced by the attributes, while Amy's convertible The Breeze is easy to control at the expense of speed. Dr. Eggman's Egg Typhoon has a high top speed but is the easiest to get off the road.
At the push of a button, you accelerate or brake and steer with the control pad. On the racetrack there are rings, red monitors (briefly increases the speed), blue monitors (brief invulnerability) and springs that briefly throw the driver and his vehicle into the air. If a character collects two rings, he can use his respective special ability: Sonic the Speed Dash (identical to the red monitor), Tails the Jump over (identical to the spring item), Amy the Toss Heart (reduces the speed of the opponents) and Dr. Eggman the drop mine (same effect as a collision).
In the single player mode there are three so-called Chaos Grand Prix, sorted according to the colors of the green, yellow and red Chaos Emerald. Each Grand Prix consists of six different courses, each visually representing the zones of the first Sonic game ( Green Hill Zone , Marble Zone , Spring Yard Zone , Labyrinth Zone , Star Light Zone and Scrap Brain Zone ). Three laps are driven per route. According to the placement, points are distributed, which are added up at the end. You can train in the Free Run mode , the Versus mode works as a multiplayer mode if two Sega Game Gear are connected to each other with the Gear-to-Gear cable .
development
Sonic's first ever racing game, Sonic Drift was born in response to Nintendo's Super Mario Kart . Flicky the Bluebird was originally scheduled to be the driver, but was then replaced by Amy Rose. It's the first game in which Amy Rose or Dr. Eggman are playable. An originally planned release for the USA and Europe was dropped in view of the soon to be released, improved successor Sonic Drift Racing .
reception
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Sonic Drift received moderate ratings. Due to the technical limitations of the Sega Game Gear, GameSpy magazine found the game "largely unplayable". Eurogamer described it as "a terrible, terrible racing game whose flickering madness makes you physically ill".
New releases and successors
Sonic Drift was included on Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003, Nintendo GameCube , PC ), Sonic Mega Collection Plus (2004, PlayStation 2 , Xbox , PC), and Sonic PC Collection (2009, PC).
The direct successor, known in Japan as Sonic Drift 2 , is called Sonic Drift Racing in Europe because the first part did not appear there. Over time, Sonic R (1997, Sega Saturn ), the Sonic Riders series, as well as Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010), Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012) and Team Sonic Racing (2019) were created more sonic games of the racing game genre.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ソ ニ ッ ク ド リ フ ト (GG) ( Japanese ) Kadokawa Corporation. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved on February 29, 2020.
- ↑ Test: Sonic Drift ( French ) January 2, 2012. Archived from the original on February 8, 2016. Retrieved on February 29, 2020.
- ↑ Chris Baker: Sonic Mega Collection Plus . IGN . Pp. 1-2. November 1, 2004. Archived from the original on February 25, 2016. Retrieved on March 1, 2020.
- ↑ Tom Bramwell: Sonic Mega Collection Plus . Gaming Network. May 11, 2005. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2020.