Pole Position

published by Atari in 1983, developed by General Computer / Atari, running on Atari 5200
type: racing/driving
genre: Motor racing, Motorsport, Exergame
series: Pole Position
perspective: 3rd person
player options: single player
languages: eng
5/5

Technical specs

hardware: Trackball,
display: raster

Editor note

CX-5217. Rarity 1 Common. North America NTSC. 1 player only.
Based on the arcade game. Race on 1 of 4 tacks. Before each race is a qualifying lap to earn a starting position. If you don't make the checkpoint in time, game over.

Atari created a prototype of this game that used the Puffer controller. Programmed by Jim Leiterman.

Losing traction actually slows you down; quite unusual for most videogames


(Zerothis) - # 2007-07-26 20:34:12

Authors / Staff

design

Namco Ltd. (design)

coding

Jim Leiterman (port)

other

Atari Inc (manufacture)
Atari Inc (license)
Namco (copyright)
Namco (trademark)
Namco Ltd. (engineering)

External review - average: 100%

review sourceissuedatescore
Electronic Fun with Computers & Gamesus121983-104/4100%
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