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Pole Position |
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Manufacturer:
Atari Year: 1982 Class: Wide Release Genre: Racing Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 1 Gameplay: Single Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
Sound: Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp) |
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DescriptionRace your Indy car around the Fuji course before the timer runs out. The first run is the qualifying lap and your starting position is determined by your completion time. Avoid road hazards and other cars as you drive, earning extra time for each completed lap.Know anything more about this game? Cabinet InformationThe sit-down version of the game uses separate accelerator and brake pedals while the upright only uses a single pedal.Game IntroductionPrepare to qualify! A sophisticated game for its day, with scaleable foreground objects and speech. Keep an eye out for the billboards! Also famous for burning the power input edge connectors and finger contacts on the PCB. Several custom integrated circuits.MiscellaneousPole Position was created by Namco Inc. who also manufactured the game for the entire world except for the United States. Aside from the words (which are in Japanese) found on and in the Namco version, the graphics on the side of the cabinet are basically the same as well as the billboards that are seen throughout the game. Compared to the Atari release, the only differences are the "Atari Racing" decal on the simulated dashboard and the little blimp that can be seen at the beginning of a race that is marked "Atari" with the message "Prepare To Qualify." In the Namco version, the blimp has no markings on it.Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)Very Common - There are 125 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 113 of them are original dedicated machines, 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards have been placed in another game cabinet, and 10 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.Of the 42,694 video games (3,154 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 63 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records. Wanted - There are 6 VAPS members currently looking for this game. Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operatos might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range. TechnicalThe game uses two Z8002 microprocessors, one Z80 microprocessor and a Namco 6-channel stereo PSG for sounds.TriviaThis game was one of the choices presented to Bally/Midway from Namco for sublicensing. Bally/Midway chose Mappy while Atari was left with Pole Position. Pole Position went on to become the biggest game of 1983 ( number four on http://www.atari-history.com/30secrets.html ).eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Pole Position Videogame machine and items related to it.Click here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for machines and parts made by Atari. Alternatively, check out the IAM/KLOV custom report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com (updated throughoutthe day).
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