Pole Position

 

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Platform: Arcade

 

Game: Pole Position

 

Publisher: Namco

 

Year: 1982

 

Other

 

Ports:  Sinclair ZX Spectrum

 

MIDI Music: Pole_Position.zip

 

Description

 

 

 

Pole Position is a video game that was first released in 1982 by Namco, also the creator of Pac-Man. In Pole Position, the player had to complete a lap in a certain amount of time in order to qualify for an F1 race at the Fuji Racetrack. After qualifying, the player had to face other cars in a championship race.

Pole Position was the leading game in arcades worldwide due to its breathtakingly realistic graphics at the time. It pioneered the popular "rear-view racer format" found in many games today, and many imitators of the format appeared after its release, most notably Sega's Out Run in 1986, which took driving games to the next level of realism.

For release in the United States, Namco approached Bally Midway with a choice of two games in 1982. Bally Midway chose Mappy while Atari was forced to go with Pole Position — which turned out to become the most popular game of 1983.

 

 

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