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Pole Position II

Description

Select one of four challenging courses to race your Indy car! Finishing the course before the timer runs out results in extended play. Beware of road hazards and other cars! Colorful landscapes and advertising bill-boards line each of the Fuji, Test, Suzuka, and Seaside race tracks.

Pole Position II was produced by Atari in 1983.

Atari released 139 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari during the time period Pole Position II was produced include: Fast Freddie, Gravitar, Dig Dug, Black Widow, Akka Arrh, Alpha 1, Arabian, Cloak & Dagger, Cloud 9, and Crystal Castles

Specs

Name	Pole Position II
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1983
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9064
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Pole Position II Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Pole Position II Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Steering: Wheel Shifter: 2-position (low, high) Pedals: 2
Sound	Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Environmental/Cockpit Upright/Standard - Irish (European Model)
Bezel	Pole Position II Bezel Image
Side Art	Pole Position II Side Art Image

Pole Position II KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.67 (8 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.14

Overall Like	4.29
Fun (Social)	4.29
Fun (Solo)	4.29
Collector Desire	3.57

Technical Rating: 3.59

Gameplay	4.71
Graphics	3.63
Originality	3.17
Sound/Music	3.86

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Cabinet - Video Game Marquee: Alternate
(Contributed by: DaniDak)

Cabinet Information

The sitdown version of the game uses separate accelerator and brake pedals while the upright only uses a single pedal.

Conversion

IPole PositionI and IPole Position III use the identical board set. An EPROM swap, custom IC swap, and several jumpers will convert one into the other.

Miscellaneous

LICENSOR Namco

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Pole Position II Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 322 known instances of this machine owned by Pole Position II collectors who are active members. Of these, 251 of them are original dedicated machines. 36 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 35 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 10 active VAPS members with a Pole Position II machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Pole Position II circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 10 active VAPS members currently looking for Pole Position II. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Pole Position II boards sets.

This game ranks a 66 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 17 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Technical

The game uses two Z8002 microprocessors, one Z80 microprocessor and a Namco 6channel stereo PSG for sounds. An onboard NiCd battery keeps highscores even with the game turned off.

Legacy

Pole Position
Pole Position II
TX-1
TX-1 V8

Manuals

Pole Position II CO-218-12 1st Printing - Pole Position II Manual — **Pole Position II CO-218-12 1st Printing**
(72 pages, 2.8 MB File)

Pole Position II Brake Failure Bulletin - Pole Position II Manual — **Pole Position II Brake Failure Bulletin**
(1 page, 83 kB File)

Pole Position II ST-255 1st Printing Backdoor Sheet - Pole Position II Manual — **Pole Position II ST-255 1st Printing Backdoor Sheet**
(2 pages, 285 kB File)

Pole Position II TM-255 1st Printing - Pole Position II Manual — **Pole Position II TM-255 1st Printing**
(40 pages, 2.4 MB File)

Pole Position II TM-255 2nd Printing - Pole Position II Manual — **Pole Position II TM-255 2nd Printing**
(38 pages, 919 kB File)

Operator Information - Pole Position II Manual — **Operator Information**
(63 pages, 5.1 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): cockpit (29c410a58b078638533276a8c0b1c862)
3D Model (External): Upright (998d69fe0991c252533276a8c0b1c862)

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