Customer Reviews

Pole Position (Atari 2600)

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Pole Position for the Atari 2600 is a decent arcade port! Graphics are decent for the Atari 2600. Sound effects and music are barely adequate. Controls take some getting used to but are pretty easy (in this version you are constantly moving...only controls are left to steer left, right to steer right, up to shift to high gear, down to shift to low gear, and the red fire button acts as your brakes). Gameplay is the same as the arcade classic. You get one track (Mt. Fuji), and the scoring table is the same as the arcade version. For the Atari 2600, Pole Position is a decent arcade port!

I was not very amused by pole position on the Atari VCS(2600). I spent a while in a pizza place that had the arcade machine POLE POSITION that I really, really enjoyed. I thought Pole Position on the ATARI would be just like it, but I was wrong. I was feeling bad to...I really wanted to hear the intro song...hear my engine rev...the sound of the lights changing...and the explosions when I veered off road...but I didn't feel I got any of that with this game(POLO POSITION II for the Atari 7800 has all of this but is not an exact port of the arcade).

This is one of my favorite games on the atari. It is similar to Enduro but it is more realistic. The graphics r really good for the atari and the track is like real. The car is just the same as the others but it is a different color. The object is to try to pass everyone and not hit them or crash and try to get in first. It has many twists and turns while u try to avoid hitting oil sliks, water, going off of the track, and hitting ur opponents. This is one of my favorite atari games.

one of the 1st 5 games I ever played in my life--deffinitaly a collectable
fun from the past.
basic controls easy to play hard to beat.