Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Sonic Drift

Title	Sonic Drift
First release	1994
Developer	Sega
Publisher	Sega
Platform	Game Gear
Genre	racing video game
Also known as	ソニックドリフト
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	Yes
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Game Gear: 1994-03-18 (NTSC-J)
Wikidata ID	Q2248863

The evil Dr. Robotnik has stolen the chaos emeralds and you have to win them back in a racing tournament. In Sonic Drift, you can play as Sonic, Tails, Amy, or Robotnik.

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Sources

Wikidata (Q2248863) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

TheGamesDB (26760) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-J release) · © Sega · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-J release) · © Sega · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Sega · internal use only.

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Videos

Game Gear Longplay [028] Sonic Drift (JP)

World-of-Longplays · Game Gear version · longplay · 50:31auto-matched
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