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Pole Position was released in two configurations: a standard upright cabinet and an environmental/cockpit cabinet. Both versions include a steering wheel and a gear shifter for low and high gears, but the environmental/cockpit cabinet featured both an accelerator and a brake pedal, while the standard upright one only featured an accelerator pedal.
Articles relating to the Pole Position and Final Lap video game series by Namco and their adaptations. The original Pole Position spawned ports, sequels, and a Saturday morning cartoon, although the cartoon has little in common with the game. The game established the conventions of the racing game genre and its success inspired numerous imitators.
Pole Position II [a] is the sequel to racing simulation game Pole Position, released by Namco for arcades in 1983. As with its predecessor, Namco licensed this game to Atari, Inc. for US manufacture and distribution. Atari Corporation released a port as the pack-in game for its Atari 7800 ProSystem console launch in 1986.
TX-1 is an arcade racing simulation game developed by Tatsumi and released in 1983. [3] It was licensed to Namco, [4] who in turn licensed it to Atari, Inc. for release in the United States, [4] thus the game is considered a successor to Pole Position and Pole Position II. [4]
Brian Walker reviewed Pole Position for Games International magazine, and gave it 4 stars out of 5, and stated that "As the track differs each time the replay value of the game is high. There is considerable scope for strategy and for frustrating the plans of others. All in all, a fine game." [1] Pole Position was nominated for the 1988 Spiel ...
F1 Pole Position [a] is a 1992 racing video game for the SNES, developed by Human Entertainment and published by them in Japan, while the other versions were handled by Ubi Soft. It is the first game in the Human Grand Prix / F1 Pole Position series, which features Formula One licensing.
F1 Pole Position 64, released in Japan as Human Grand Prix: The New Generation (ヒューマングランプリ ザ・ニュージェネレーション, Hyūman Guran Puri Za Nyū Jenerēshon), is a racing video game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Human Entertainment and published by Human Entertainment in Japan, and published by Ubi Soft for North American and Europe.