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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 ...
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 ...
The year's highest-grossing arcade video games were Pole Position in the United States, for the second year in a row, and Track & Field in the United Kingdom. The year's best-selling home system was Nintendo 's Family Computer (Famicom), which was only sold in Japan at the time.
Strategy Guide Table of Contents Starting the Game General Tips Mini-games and Puzzles Chapter 1-A New Friend Chapter 2-The Watchers Chapter 3-Blacklore's Scrolls Chapter 4-The Secret Room Chapter ...
Pole Position II — 1983 Namco: Racing: 1 ... Video System: Sports: 2 Power Spikes II — 1994 Video System 2 NeoGeo Power Stone ...