Pole Position II

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Pole Position II
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DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from textNamco
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Atari Corporation
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SeriesPole Position
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PlatformTemplate:Pluralize from textArcade, Super Cassette Vision, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
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GenreTemplate:Pluralize from textRacing
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Arcade systemNamco Pole Position
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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 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 also released a port as the pack-in game for its Atari 7800 ProSystem in 1986. Pole Position arcade machines can be converted to Pole Position II by swapping several chips.[1]

The gameplay is the same as in the original Pole Position with three additional tracks to choose from. Like its predecessor, Pole Position II was a major commercial success in arcades, becoming the highest-grossing arcade game of 1984 in the United States, and remaining among the annual highest-grossing arcade games in Japan and the US through 1987.

Differences from the original

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Approaching two other cars in a turn (arcade)

The player initially chooses one of four tracks using the steering wheel: Fuji Speedway (from the first game), Test (resembling Indianapolis Motor Speedway), Seaside (resembling the 1982 United States Grand Prix West circuit in Long Beach), and Suzuka Circuit.

The cars have a different color scheme, the explosions now show debris, there are several new billboards, and there is a new opening theme song. The timer is displayed as "TIME" in the Japanese version (as it was in the original game), and it is displayed as "UNIT" in the American release.[citation needed]

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Pole Position II as the second most successful upright/cockpit arcade cabinet of November 1983,[2] before topping the charts in December 1983.[3] It was later Japan's third highest-grossing upright/cockpit arcade game of 1986 (below Sega's Hang-On and Space Harrier),[4][5] and the fifth highest-grossing upright/cockpit arcade game of 1987.[6]

In the United States, Pole Position II topped the RePlay arcade chart for software conversion kits in December 1983, with the original Pole Position topping the upright cabinet chart the same month.[7] It topped the RePlay software conversion kit charts for six months into 1984, through January,[8] February,[9] March[10] and April[11] up until May.[12] It also topped the Play Meter conversion kit charts for street locations during July–August 1984.[13] Pole Position II became the highest-grossing arcade game of 1984 in the United States, just above the original Pole Position, which was previously the highest-grossing arcade game of 1983.[14] Pole Position II was later one of the top five highest-grossing arcade games of 1985,[15] and the sixth highest-grossing arcade game of 1986.[16]

Gene Lewin of Play Meter reviewed the arcade game, scoring it 9 out of 10.[17] Computer and Video Games reviewed the Atari 7800 version, giving it an 84% score.[18]

Legacy

Pole Position II has been re-released as part of various Namco Museum compilations, but the two active permanent circuits were removed (because of licensing issues with both Toyota, which owns Fuji Speedway, and Honda, which owns Suzuka Circuit, but no licensing issues with the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach) and similar looking circuits, Namco Circuit and Wonder Circuit (after Namco's Wonder series of Japanese theme parks) were added respectively. In Namco Museum Virtual Arcade, they were renamed Blue and Orange respectively, even though neither track features the colors, although the layouts were similar.

In 2006, Namco Networks released Pole Position II for mobile phones.[19]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Pole Position II at the Killer List of VideogamesTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 – アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)" (PDF). Game Machine (in 日本語). No. 224. Amusement Press, Inc. November 15, 1983. p. 29.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Best Hit Games 25" (PDF). Game Machine (in 日本語). No. 225. Amusement Press, Inc. December 1, 1983. p. 33.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 上半期" [Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: First Half '86] (PDF). Game Machine (in 日本語). No. 288. Amusement Press, Inc. July 15, 1986. p. 28.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 下半期" [Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: Second Half '86] (PDF). Game Machine (in 日本語). No. 300. Amusement Press, Inc. January 15, 1987. p. 16.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '87" (PDF). Game Machine (in 日本語). No. 324. Amusement Press, Inc. January 15, 1988. p. 20.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RePlay: The Players' Choice". RePlay. December 1983.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RePlay: The Players' Choice". RePlay. January 1984.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RePlay: The Players' Choice". RePlay. February 1984.
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  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RePlay: The Players' Choice". RePlay. April 1984.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RePlay: The Players' Choice". RePlay. May 1984.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."National Play Meter". Play Meter. August 15, 1984.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top Hits of Last 5 Years". RePlay. March 1987.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AMOA Expo '85: 1985 AMOA Award Nominees". RePlay. Vol. 11, no. 2. November 1985. pp. 62, 64, 66.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top 20 of 1986". Top Score. Amusement Players Association. July–August 1987. p. 3.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lewin, Gene (January 15, 1984). "Gene's Judgements: Critiquing AMOA Show Conversions, Dedicated Games". Play Meter. Vol. 10, no. 2. pp. 60–3.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Complete Games Guide" (PDF). Computer and Video Games (Complete Guide to Consoles): 46–77. October 16, 1989.
  19. ^ IGN review of Pole Position II cell phone game Script error: No such module "webarchive".

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