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{{Short description|1982 video game}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}{{other uses}} {{Infobox video game | title = Pole Position | image = Pole Position cover.jpg | caption = Arcade flyer | designer = Kazunori Sawano<br />Sho Osugi<br />Shinichiro Okamoto | composer = Nobuyuki Ohnogi<br />Yuriko Keino | programmer = Koichi Tashiro | developer = [[Namco]] | publisher = {{vgrelease|JP/EU|Namco<ref name="EU">{{cite web |title=Video Game Flyers: Pole Position, Namco (EU) |url=https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=6537 |website=The Arcade Flyer Archive |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>|NA/FRA|[[Atari, Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Video Game Flyers: Pole Position, Atari, Inc. (France) |url=https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=3898 |website=The Arcade Flyer Archive |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>}} | platforms = [[Arcade video game|Arcade]], [[Atari 2600]], [[Atari 5200]], [[Atari 8-bit]], [[BBC Micro]], [[Commodore 64]], [[TI-99/4A]], [[VIC-20]], [[Vectrex]], [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Mobile phone]] | released = {{vgrelease|JP|September 16, 1982|NA|November 30, 1982|EU|Late 1982}} | genre = [[Racing game|Racing]] | modes = [[Single-player]] }} {{nihongo foot|'''''Pole Position'''''|γγΌγ«γγΈγ·γ§γ³|PΕru Pojishon|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1982 [[Racing game|racing]] [[video game]] developed and published by [[Namco]] for [[Arcade video game|arcades]]. It was licensed to [[Atari, Inc.]] for US manufacture and distribution. ''Pole Position'' is considered one of the most important titles from the [[golden age of arcade video games]]. It was an evolution of Namco's earlier arcade racing [[electro-mechanical game]]s, like ''[[F-1 (arcade game)|F-1]]'' (1976), whose designer Sho Osugi worked on ''Pole Position''. The game was a major commercial success in arcades. After becoming the highest-grossing arcade game of 1982 in Japan, it went on to become the most popular coin-operated arcade video game internationally in 1983. In North America, it was the [[Arcade video game#Highest-grossing|highest-grossing arcade game]] for both 1983 and 1984 and still one of the top five in 1985. ''Pole Position'' spawned ports, sequels, and a [[Pole Position (TV series)|Saturday morning cartoon]], although the cartoon has little in common with the game. The game established the conventions of the racing genre and its success inspired many [[Video game clone|imitators]]. ''Pole Position'' is regarded as [[List of video games considered the best|one of the most influential video games of all time]], and is considered to be the most influential racing game in particular. A sequel, ''[[Pole Position II]]'', was released in 1983 with four tracks instead of one.
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