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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 ran for 13 episodes on CBS in 1984 as part of its Saturday morning children's programming line-up, continuing in reruns through September 1986. The show also aired in reruns for a few months as a Showtime "Family-Time Presentation" in 1986, [ 6 ] followed by a run on The Family Channel (now Freeform ) from the late 1980s through ...
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 ...
Occasionally, special episodes were produced such as team episodes, and others in which only one game was played repeatedly through the entire episode. Games that were featured in an episode of their own were Cliff Hanger, Dragon's Lair, Pole Position II, Track & Field and the 1983 Star Wars game. [4]
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 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.