Arcade Archives POLE POSITION
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- Release Date
- 6th Jul 2023
- No. of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Arcade, Racing
- Publisher
- HAMSTER
- Content Rating
- ESRB/Everyone, PEGI/3
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About
"POLE POSITION" is a racing game released by NAMCO (Bandai Namco Entertainment) in 1982.
The game is divided into qualifying and grand prix. If you make a lap in the qualifying round with a good time, you will advance to the grand prix.
Use your driving technique to win the POLE POSITION!
The "Arcade Archives" series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces.
Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.
Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.
*This game uses the Japanese ROM for the main part of the game.
*The options menu and manual are available in Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
POLE POSITION™& ©Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. Arcade Archives Series Produced by HAMSTER Co.
User Reviews 1
JJtheTexan said:
When I was a kid, I always gravitated toward the Pole Position machine whenever I spotted one at an arcade. There was something about its hard plastic steering wheel, steel-and-rubber gear shifter, and metal accelerator pedal screamed "REAL RACING" unlike anything I'd seen before.
Pole Position has not aged quite as well as I had hoped. Granted, the experience is quite different playing with a controller instead of the original cabinet, but that doesn't change the fact this is a VERY unforgiving game. Crashes come early and often, and one crash is generally enough to prevent you from being able to win.
Oh yeah, and there's only one track to compete on. Win or lose, that's it. Race once and you've seen everything the game has to offer.
I can only recommend this to other people in my age range (born late 1970s to early 1980s) who have nostalgia for what at the time of its release was a fantastic racing game. It's not much fun to play today, compared to all the superior racing games that have come since 1982.
6/10
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