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It also topped the Play Meter conversion kit charts for street locations during July–August 1984. [17] Pole Position II became the highest-grossing arcade game of 1984 in the United States, just above the original Pole Position, which was previously the highest-grossing arcade game of 1983. [18]
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.
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 .
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Pole Position: Namco Pole Position: July 1982: Yes Yes No First Namco game to feature 16-bit graphics Super Pac-Man: Namco Super Pac-Man: August 11, 1982: Yes Yes No Official sequel to Pac-Man. Xevious: Namco Galaga December 10, 1982 [11] Yes Yes Yes One of Namco's earliest vertical scrolling shoot 'em up titles. NES version subtitled The ...
F1 Pole Position 2, known in Japan as Human Grand Prix II (ヒューマングランプリ2, lit. "Human Grand Prix 2") , is the sequel to Human Grand Prix and the predecessor to Human Grand Prix III: F1 Triple Battle .
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]
The first successful Formula One video game in arcade history was Pole Position (1982), by Namco. In Pole Position, the player has to complete a lap in a certain amount of time in order to qualify for a race at the Fuji racetrack. After qualifying, the player had to face other cars in a championship race. The game was very successful and it ...