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== Atari 2600 == | ==Atari 2600== | ||
Developed by Atari in 1983. Control is rather unconventional in that the player's car accelerates automatically, and the fire button controls the brakes. Gears are selected by moving the joystick up and down. A decent conversion in spite of technical limitations. | |||
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File:Pole Position 2600.gif|screen | |||
File:Pole Position 2600 box.jpg|American box | |||
File:Pole Position 2600 PAL box.jpg|European box | |||
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== Atari 5200 & 400/800/XL/XE == | |||
==Atari 5200 & 400/800/XL/XE== | |||
Developed by Atari in 1983. | Developed by Atari in 1983. The 5200 version and the home computer version are identical. There are, however, some slight color differences between the two versions, but that may only apply to the PAL version of the home computer program. | ||
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File:Pole Position 5200.gif|screen | |||
File:Pole Position 5200 box.jpg|5200 box | |||
File:Pole Position A800 box.jpg|800 box | |||
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== Commodore 64 == | |||
==Commodore 64== | |||
Developed by Atarisoft in 1983. | Developed by Atarisoft in 1983. Later on, the license was taken over by Datasoft, who gave U.S. Gold the rights to release the game in Europe in 1984. | ||
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File:Pole Position C64.gif|screen | |||
File:Pole Position C64 box2.jpg|Atarisoft box | |||
File:Pole Position C64 box.jpg|Datasoft box | |||
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== Commodore VIC-20 == | |||
[[ | ==Commodore VIC-20== | ||
[[File:Pole Position VIC20.png|thumb|left|screen]] | |||
[[File:Pole Position VIC20 box.jpg|thumb|120px|right|box]] | |||
Developed by Atarisoft in 1983 | Developed by Atarisoft in 1983 | ||
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== IBM PC == | |||
[[ | ==IBM PC== | ||
Believed to have been | [[File:Pole Position IBM.gif|thumb|left|screen]] | ||
[[File:Pole Position IBM box.jpg|thumb|120px|right|box]] | |||
Believed to have been developed by Atarisoft, but it was ultimately released by Thunder Mountain in 1986 using the red/yellow/green color scheme of CGA graphics. | |||
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== Intellivision == | |||
[[ | ==Intellivision== | ||
Prototyped by Atarisoft but never completed. | [[File:Pole Position INTV.gif|thumb|left|screen]] | ||
[[File:Pole Position INTV box.jpg|thumb|120px|right|box]] | |||
Prototyped by Atarisoft but never completed. Eventually finished and published by INTV in 1987. | |||
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== TI-99/4A == | |||
[[ | ==TI-99/4A== | ||
[[File:Pole Position TI99.png|thumb|left|screen]] | |||
[[File:Pole Position TI99 box.jpg|thumb|120px|right|box]] | |||
Developed by Atarisoft in 1984 | Developed by Atarisoft in 1984 | ||
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== Vectrex == | |||
==Vectrex== | |||
Developed by GCE in 1983. An unusual choice of game considering the Vectrex's vector graphics oriented display, but it works surprisingly well. | |||
Developed by GCE in 1983. | |||
In this version, switch to second gear just before reaching 135 mph. The rest of the track can be completed at full speed, with the race car being easy to control even during turns, grazing the edge of the track, or hitting water. The only need to slow down if the user thinks it's too difficult to navigate past a few other cars. | |||
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File:Pole Position VEC.png|screen | |||
File:Pole Position Vectrex Overlay.jpg|screen overlay | |||
File:Pole Position VEC box.jpg|box | |||
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== Sinclair ZX | |||
[[ | ==Sinclair ZX Spectrum== | ||
[[File:Pole Position ZXS.png|thumb|left|ZX Spectrum]] | |||
Developed by Atarisoft in 1983 | Developed by Atarisoft in 1983 | ||
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