Classic Game Room HD - POLE POSITION for Atari 2600 review

Classic Game Room was the FIRST classic video game review show on the Internet in 1999. Returning in 2008 with new episodes, Classic Game Room breaks out a review of POLE POSITION for the Atari 2600 video game console. Pole Position is one of the original race car simulators, where you drive an F1 style formula 1 car around championship tracks like Fuji. Your F-1 racer is fast, stylish and explodes very easily. Perhaps it is a Ferrari or Bentley... or maybe not. This old school arcade classic retro video game is tons of fun to play today. Should you sell off Forza 2 or Gran Turismo 5 and buy Pole Position? Well, you could buy about 400 copies of this game for the cost of a new Xbox 360 game. You could have Pole Position cartridges stacked all over your house and built into pole position cartridge tables and stuff.

A 1980's driving game for the Atari 2600, Pole Position was a pretty hot game when it came out. How does it compare to the new racing simulators today like Forza 2 and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for the PS3?

Be sure to watch the original Classic Game Room episodes. Classic Game Room was the original classic video game review show on the Internet in 1999-2000, now on DVD.

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[BlueFox284]

Pole Position pretty much set the standard on how racing games were made. . .

And no other racing game these days has your car turn in to a ball of fire and scattered parts when you crash! That's classic!!!

[fattpieceofcrap]

pole position in the arcade was pretty cool. i remember playing that game a lot

[SPQR100]

enduro racer was great on the 2600

[FireDragonKaryu]

The cartoon had NOTHING to do with the game, the show had two cars belonging to a family of stunt drivers who were actually spies (or something) and the cars had removable AI's that helped transform the cars (ski's and boosters etc)

however even though it had no link to the game, in the shows credits it does mention how its based on Namco's pole position game!

Great 80's theme tune though ^_^

[InsaneDavid]

Obviously you've never taken a look at the still incredibly fun and entertaining arcade versions of Pole Position and Pole Position II. Also to get the smooth full screen graphics of VCS Pole Position out of the VCS was quite a feat then and still to this day.

[amuzulo]

"at least it's not Night Driver" roflmao!

[SashaNein]

This game had one of the BEST commercials of all-time!

[ScrewAttackEurope]

Was the Pole Position 80's cartoon series anything to do with the game? Or was it a Speed Racer clone cash-in?