Pole Position on Atari 2600 retro games console

[poopinabag56]

are you hanz from die hard?

[madmax2069]

I do think that the engine sound and tire noise is better in pole position then in Enduro, but Enduro had better gameplay. the car you are driving does look better in pole position then enduro as well.

[shairaptor]

pole position has a bigger play field and better graphics for the player car and street. but enduro is better, yes (we had enduro in the 2600 days, not pole position) :)

[christo930]

I think you are being a little hard on the game. Granted, it's no Enduro, but overall it isn't that bad of a racing game for the 2600. Are you doing a blot tv tonight?

[rtrgrl78]

@SteveBenway sorry am going to beg to differ here, Enduro may have a little better in gameplay but graphically it lets itself down, for me anyway.

[rtrgrl78]

I don't get how people can this is 'crap' - people it was 1983! ffs.

[SteveBenway]

@rtrgrl78 At the end of the day, Enduro by Activision was out at the same time as this, and makes Pole Position look just plain silly in comparison. Doesn't matter what year it was... the console was capable of much better games.

[maiki60fps]

@rtrgrl78 well in 1983 the Atari 2600 was already outdated but considering this is running in 128 bytes of RAM with no screen memory it looks and moves pretty good!!!

[Liam2048]

Why can't people who shows some gameplay footage on Youtube just shut the hell up ? Face it : We're NOT interested in your comments unless you really have something interesting to say. Which you don't. Sorry, it's not against you particularly, but I'm sick of the dozens of Youtube gameplay footage SPOILED by dumb useless audio comments from the uploader.

[SteveBenway]

@Liam2048 This is what I do, and this is what my subscribers subscribe for. If you don't like it, go watch something else and take your attitude with you.

[TheRetroZombie]

@Liam2048 someone woke up on the wrong side of their mother last night.

[lettersfromtheleft]

@Liam2048 Yeah... it's odd to see a comment like this on a channel that people subscribe to specifically to HEAR the commentary. So, face it, we ARE interested in his comments. Go complain on another channel.

[8bitwars]

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[CLeRKSfan4life]

I actually like the look of this. Maybe coz I'm desperate to get a racing game for the 2600

[SteveBenway]

I'd strongly recommend getting Activision's Enduro rather than this.

[CLeRKSfan4life]

Thanks for the advice.

[kevenvideo]

nossa que graficos e jogabilidade kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[pocketmego]

People who are defending this piece of crap are letting nostalgia get the better of them.

I owned it and hated it back in the day too. Activision did it RIGHT and Atari failed, it really is that simple.

I'm sorry, even beyond graphics that proof is in the pudding when a 5200 game is better than a 2600 version. That's just sad.

[SteveBenway]

I totally agree with you that this is junk... but a 5200 game would be expected to be better, as it's a more advanced system... apart from those awful controllers.

[pocketmego]

Except in almost every instance the 5200 version of 2600 games prove INFERIOR because of that God Forsaken controller.

Pac-Man looks fantastic and more than made up for the 2600 version...EXCEPT, the analogue controller made it impossible to get that accuracy and tight control so needed.

Frogger had this weird combination of push the button and jump...too weird...

But, the analogue controller did make Pole Position quite excellent to play.

[WansterJoanne]

I remember my brother playing this game when I was little..... I always wanted the games but when I was old enough to get my own games console it was a bit old then. But I'd love to have this game now :-)

[BRODIECHEEF]

your P.P. skills are def INFERIOR to mine, Schumacher, Son!

[SteveBenway]

No doubt.

[dghdhgdghdhgdgh3]

hmmm

seems like a must have for an atari game

[SteveBenway]

Maybe.

I was perhaps a little too harsh in my assessment of the game... but I still don't like it much.

[dghdhgdghdhgdgh3]

Thats understandable

sometimes people just dont like a few classics and it happens to all of us

plus you have played Enduro soooo yup

see why you hate/dislike P P

[wildbilltexas]

I always thought Activision's Enduro was a much better game.

[nephildevil]

yesterday i just downloaded stella and just 'installed' 500+ roms

when i've tried them all, i'm probably sick of it :D

[nephildevil]

checkout the detail on those cars

LOL!

wish i still had my 2600 tho :(

[SteveBenway]

There's always emulators, but then the real thing is still dirt cheap on ebay, unless it's a "heavy sixer" woody.

[pawel1818]

POLE POSTION!!!!!! from Commerial voice :D

[mignonhenne]

i beleive a true gamer started with atari 2600 and stopped with nintendo 64. am i right ?

[SteveBenway]

In my own opinion, a true gamer enjoys games whatever system they are on. I play games on everything from Binatone Pong TV games to GTA4 on PS3.

But that's just an opnion, and everyone is entitled to their own.

[mignonhenne]

i think everyone is entitled to my opinion.lol.

[Adropacrich2]

Poor review.This version differs from most and has it's own quirky design.Given time it's initial failings become it's charms.Still play it from time to time as it's a lot of fun once you get the hang of it.

[SteveBenway]

This isn't really intended as a review, just my own personal impressions on what was a very brief playing. The point of these videos is more about letting people see what games for older systems look like, and I just happen to give my impressions while playing.

As it is though, when playing Pole Position directly after Activision's Enduro, it really does come across very badly.

[Adropacrich2]

Yes it sure would come across badly as back then Activision's software was mostly superior to all other stuff - Imagic pushed some good stuff back then too.

It's hard to see a game in a good light some 20 years later when perhaps you havn't played it but i play Pole Position fairly often and it's great fun even with those less than flattering rough edges.

Anyway thanks for response and fair enough

[Michaelas11]

True retro-nerds don't complain about old games.

[SteveBenway]

I don't know about retro nerds, but it stands to reason that if a game was bad back in the day, it will still be bad now. Being into retro doesn't make it necesary to like bad games.

[DeanoTheLegend87]

Ah, this was one of my fave's when i was little.

Don't tell me you have E.T for the 2600! LOL

[SteveBenway]

Lol, nope.

I have quite a few fairly shoddy games for the Atari, and some that're bad just coz they're really early games. I won't be uploading vids of the very early ones, coz they're mostly 2 player only, and use the paddles, which I'm too lazy to dig out of storage.

[atari26003]

ET is so common most 2600 collectors usually aquire copies of them without wanting to anyways,I have 3 copies of it, because the lots of games i wanted had the cart stuck in it