Namco's racing sequel Pole Position II will be coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop & PS4 this week on December 7th, as reported by Famitsu. It joins the original game, which was released across both consoles earlier this year on July 6th.
Pole Position II debuted in the arcades back in 1983 and was later ported to home computers and platforms like the Atari 7800, Commodore 64, the Super Cassette Vision, and MS-DOS. It has been reissued a few times in the past, including as part of prior compilations like Namco Museum Vol. 3 for the PS1 and Namco Museum Virtual Arcade for Xbox 360, but hasn't appeared on either the Nintendo Switch or PS4 up until now.
The title adds three new tracks to race across, which weren't present in its predecessor. These include a new test track, a recreation of Suzuka Circuit, and a seaside race course that was blatantly modelled after the temporary course used in the 1982 United States Grand Prix West.
Will you be picking it up? Let us know in the comments!
[source famitsu.com]
Comments 4
The driver in that video would have racked up about 900 years in jail!
You know, I never appreciated Pole Position until I had to try and win the Grand Prix without crashing for a RetroAchievements set. It's actually a really fun and unique racing game if you sit down and actually try to beat it. I don't own a Switch or a PS4 but definitely nice to see.
Superb. I was just watching some footage of this the other day and wished it was on Switch.
The video I watched was Evolution of Formula 1 games. Pole Position 1 and 2 really stood out from the other racing games of that era.
Heck yes! I played both Pole Position games a lot in arcades as a kid. I wish I could somehow replicate the classic steering wheel at home.
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