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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.
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 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.
50th Anniversary replaces Galaxian and Pole Position with Pac-Man and Rally-X. This is the first edition of Namco Museum with actual arcade game emulation using the original game ROM images (although voice sounds in Rolling Thunder, sounds for both Pole Position games and Xevious are stored in .wav files). Also, the GameCube version allows the ...
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 ]
Pole Position II: Namco Pole Position: December 1983: Yes Yes No Sequel to Pole Position. Gaplus: Namco Phozon: April 1984: Yes Yes No Released in the United States as Galaga 3. The Tower of Druaga: Namco Super Pac-Man: June 1984: Yes No No First Namco game to have an ending instead of continuing indefinitely, looping, or ending in a kill ...
Includes Pac-Man, Rally-X, New Rally-X, Bosconian, Galaga, Pole Position and Toy Pop Features a 3D virtual museum that the player can walk around and interact with One of the first PlayStation video game compilations, alongside Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits
The GBA version was released worldwide, and was a launch title for the system in North America. [1] The following games, originally featured in Namco Museum Vol. 1 and Namco Museum Vol. 3 for the PlayStation, are included: Ms. Pac-Man (1982) Galaga (1981) Galaxian (1979) Pole Position (1982) Dig Dug (1982)