Pole Position, Part 1

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One of my favorite arcade games in the early 80s was Atari’s Pole Position (released in 1982). This was a rather simple racing game, perhaps not much different than Night Driver from many years earlier, except that it had much better graphics.

In the arcade, Pole Position was often a sit-down game with a steering wheel, accelerator pedal and brake, altho…