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Pole Position II
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Name: Pole Position II Developer: Atari Year: 1983 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Pole Position II Pinout Settings: Pole Position II Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
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Pole Position II DescriptionSelect 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 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Other machines made by Atari during the time period Pole Position II was produced include Alpha 1, Arabian, Cloak & Dagger, Cloud 9, Crystal Castles, Fast Freddie, Gravitar, Dig Dug, Black Widow, and Akka Arrh. Pole Position II - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.67 (8 votes)
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. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet InformationThe sitdown version of the game uses separate accelerator and brake pedals while the upright only uses a single pedal.Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
ConversionIPole 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.MiscellaneousLICENSOR NamcoVAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Pole Position II CensusThere are 12,007 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,523 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 161,736 machines (6,804 unique titles).Very Common - There are approximately 314 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 128 of these machines are owned by our active Pole Position II collectors. And of these, 96 are original dedicated machines, 12 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 20 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Pole Position II machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Pole Position II circuit board for sale. Wanted - There are 5 active VAPS members currently looking for Pole Position II. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Pole Position II circuit board set. 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 wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalThe 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
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eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Pole Position II Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for Atari for machines and parts. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.
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