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Funcoland was a large, evil corporate chain that ripped off kids for their games. Eventually they were bought out by a larger evil corporate chain (Gamestop) that rips off kids as well as the adults who used to shop at Funcoland. I've never understood why people have such fond memories of that place. Of course, at least when you bought a new game there, it was sealed and not coated in stickers. That's more than I can say for their predecessor.
I had fond memories because of their game list. Many of my friends used like a checklist trying to get every NES game made. Also the old EGM advertisements makes me feel like a little kid to look at.
I've never been to a Funcoland and only have fond memories of one Electronics Boutique in San Antonio with a very nice salesman, and Toys R Us. I'd take EB, Software Etc., or any mom and pop game store before I will ever darken the doorstep of a Gamestop again.
What I understood about Funcoland was that its sales dumps of old Sega stuff were quite advantageous.
Toys R Us was an amazing place for games in the early 90's. Then I stopped at one in the late 90's and it had gone to shit. The games were over priced and the selection was crap.
Game store chains like GS/EB became useless to me the instant they dropped the PSX. Not being a modern gamer conveniently keeps me from feeding the beast.
Power Drift was on Funcoland's release list, "TBA" for like the entire lifetime of the Genesis. I appreciate that they tried to keep the dream alive.
On a serious note, somebody needs to track down some early 90's SOJ personnel and ask them if a MegaDrive Power Drift (or MegaCD revision) was ever in a substantial stage of development. I'd love to see footage of an early build or test mock-up of that.