{"id":1350,"date":"2025-04-17T17:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T21:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agcretrogaming.com\/?p=1350---979e5a5a-2bb4-4b0c-9c3f-8a4f99880c1a"},"modified":"2025-04-17T17:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T21:02:27","slug":"game-archive-pole-position-for-atari-commercial-usa-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agcretrogaming.com\/?p=1350","title":{"rendered":"TV Commercial Retro Gamer &#8211; Pole Position for Atari &#8211; USA 1982 | Game Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FMiVY6n0mCI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That commercial is one of the most excited I ever saw, so check this out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Pole Position<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;is an&nbsp;arcade&nbsp;racing video game&nbsp;that was released by&nbsp;Namco&nbsp;in 1982 and licensed to&nbsp;Atari, Inc<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atari,_Inc.\">.<\/a>&nbsp;for US manufacture and distribution, running on the&nbsp;Namco Pole Position&nbsp;arcade system board. It was the most popular coin-operated arcade game of 1983, and is considered one of the most important titles from the video arcade&#8217;s&nbsp;golden age.&nbsp;<em>Pole Position<\/em>&nbsp;was released in two configurations: a standard upright cabinet, and an environmental\/cockpit cabinet. Both versions feature a steering wheel and a gear shifter for low and high gears, but the environmental\/cockpit cabinet featured both an accelerator and a brake pedal, while the standard upright one only featured an accelerator pedal.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atari, Inc. released&nbsp;<em>Pole Position<\/em>&nbsp;for the&nbsp;Atari 8-bit family,&nbsp;Atari 2600, and&nbsp;Atari 5200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1983 got the Arcade Awards of Coin-op Game of the Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1984 got the Arkie Award of Computer Game of the Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1984 got the Softline 4th position of Most Popular Program: Atari<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sequel is Pole Position II released in 1983 and Final Lap (Called unofficial as Pole Position III) in 1987, Final Lap 2 in 1990, Final Lap 3 in 1992 and Final Lap R in 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like this video and subscribes to the channel. others link down below:<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/agcave\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/agcave<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#RETROGAME, #RETROGAMER, #RETROGAMING,#AGCRETROGAMING, #ADS<\/p>\n<p id=\"wpar-pubdate\" class=\"wpar-pubdate wpar-pubdate-container\"><span class=\"wpar-label\">Originally posted on <\/span><span class=\"wpar-time\">October 23, 2020 @ 5:24 pm<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That commercial is one of the most excited I ever saw, so check this out. Pole Position&nbsp;is an&nbsp;arcade&nbsp;racing video game&nbsp;that was released by&nbsp;Namco&nbsp;in 1982 and licensed to&nbsp;Atari, Inc.&nbsp;for US manufacture and distribution, running on the&nbsp;Namco Pole Position&nbsp;arcade system board. 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