While checking in with Sega Amusements about the release of Storm Rider 2, I found out about something else worth noting – that’s not the only game that has begun to ship. Drone Racing Genesis, which they revealed back in October of last year, is joining SR2 in release.
In case you missed the news on this one previously, it’s an arcade-exclusive racer that focuses on aerial drone racing as opposed to your typical cars and boats. In a way, it’s a realization of Atari’s never released Air Race game. Players get to fly one of five drones (with some neat references to Sega titles of old – see if you can spot them all 😛) across four courses using a single joystick to control it.
I did play this a few times at IAAPA 2022, and really liked the LED effects on the cabinet. The in-game graphics were also brilliantly colorful and the sound was great to boot. My only gripe was with the controls, which felt like they needed slightly adjusting to be less sensitive, but perhaps it’s been further fine-tuned since then. I’ll have to give it a spin at Amusement Expo in March to see if so:
Either way, you should start finding this one out there any time – some locations might already have it (including Storm Rider 2). If you’ve played Drone Racing Genesis already, what were your thoughts about this one from Sega?
