POLE POSITION | Commodore 64 (1984)

Pole Position, for the Commodore 64, is a Formula 1 racing game. Enter the Grand Prix, race against other racing cars to achieve the highest score possible in the shortest amount of time.
Before you can enter the Grand Prix, the player must first qualify by competing in the Qualifying Lap within 73 seconds or less. However, failure to qualify in the Qualifying Lap, you may continue to race until the Race Timer runs after 90 seconds. You will score 50 points per 5 meters and additionally 50 points for every racing car passed. When the time runs out - Game Over.
Qualifying will enable you to start in one of the eight available positions. The faster the lap time was, the better the starting position in addition to bonus score points. The number one starting position is the Pole Position.
During the Grand Prix, you compete against the Race Timer as well as against other racing cars. Failing to beat the Race Timer in any lap, you drop out of the race - Game Over. Completing the race by reaching the finishing line will grant you 200 points per second left on the Race Timer, a bonus score for distance covered, and passing bonus points.
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00:00 Introduction
00:12 Pole Position
00:38 US Gold 'Gold Collection II'
00:59 Qualifying
01:22 Grid Positions
01:48 Namco Cartoon 'Pole Position'
02:15 Controlling Your Car
02:31 Multiple Mount Fujis!
02:44 Opposition Drivers
02:58 Pitstop II
03:33 Hi/Lo Gear Speeds
03:51 My Thoughts
04:32 Pole Position II (Sequel)
04:51 Thanks & Game Suggestions
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[@MazxsConsta]

Remember the game and the cartoon (not connected). The show only had 13 episodes, but swear there were loads more. Pole Position was a great Arcade game (spent many cents, playing this on my holiday to Cyprus back in the early 80's. But Pit Stop two has piped it to the post for fun and strategy, especially in two player mode. Great vid, great times.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Some good racing games came out for the Commodore 64, but I have to agree with you... Pitstop II was the best of the bunch for me 😇🕹️👌

[@phrtao]

Has it really been 40 years ?! I had some good times playing this until I got 'Revs', which took my racing to an entirely new level.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Revs sort of reminded me a bit of 'Stunt Car Racer' with the HUD display and the steering style... yet on a 'proper' track. Great game isn't it 😇🕹️👌

[@stephenpalmer9375]

mate, 80s nostalgia unlocked! I loved that cartoon :)

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Brilliant wasn't it - I didn't realise there were only 13 episodes! Still... the intro is a classic 😇🕹️👌

[@energylab227]

Used to love the Pole Position cartoon. Also enjoyed this game on my C64. Great memories.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

That themetune really hits you in the nostalgic feels, right! Love the cartoon... didn't realise it was short-lived though (Only 13 episodes) 😇🕹️👌

[@StRoRo]

This was a staple of my early C64 gaming. It wasnt really until I was adult and played the game in the arcade I can appreciate how close it was.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Superb in the arcade too isn't it, to say that it's a racer from 82'.. like you say though, Datasoft did an awesome job of recreating the fun a couple of years later for our beloved C64, thankfully 😇🕹👌

[@Charles_Bro-son]

Pole Position was cool but my favourite racing game on the C64 was Grand Prix Circuit, that intro music alone..!

[@cpu_UP]

Completely agree. Music was done by Kris Hatlelid

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Everything Accolade touched turned to gold in my opinion, superb game - one for the list 😇🕹️👌

[@MegaasAlexandros]

Grand Prix circuit pre game was another level, really pushed the machine to the limit.

[@cremins]

Loved getting a big box Compilation for Christmas ❤. Got a Thalamus box one Christmas. Provided countless hours of fun. As always a great video. A big thumbs up 👍

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

That Thalamus box set is superb, I'm still looking to get that for my collection 😇🕹️👌

[@matslarsson5988]

Cant remember if this or Night driver was my first racing game for the c64. But I do remember spending hours and hours on this one. Nice punch in the nostalgia nerve bud! ❤

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Night Driver was really good too for it's day, although the front bonnet of the car is huge for the road! So there wasn't much room for maneuver, still - a great game too. It's these early titles that definitely bring back to best nostalgic feels... superb memories of the excitement of being able to play Pole Position finally, as I got it much later on the US Gold compilation. Shame really, as I'd already played the much superior Pitstop II first, but I definitely still enjoyed it 😇🕹️👌

[@erikrounds]

I remember playing this one back at the arcades using the built-in steering wheel controller. I did play the C64 version, but I was personally more partial to Pitstop 2 for its competitive multiplayer

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

This game is still brilliant in the arcades, I was playing it not too long back at the Arcade Club - but, like you say, Pitstop II just pipped it at the post for having the superb split-screen multiplayer 😇🕹️👌

[@Rheinmetall1]

Oh my God, that game music brought me back the happiest childhood memories! Some weekend probably, when I was playing for 18 hours Commodore 64 games. 😂 My favourite racing game has to be Buggy Boy.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

I loved the epic marathon gaming sessions, especially with games like 'Pirates' where me & my bro would play for 12 hours straight! Haha. Buggy boy is a great game too, classic 😇🕹️👌

[@MegaasAlexandros]

Excellent game buggy boy

[@orangespy]

I like that you piggy backed on your brothers game purchases so much! Well done!

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

I had to! He was the one with the money 🤣🕹👌

[@beanburritos6393]

Just played this again at an arcade this weekend. It's still great fun.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Isn't it just! A really addictive racing game which definitely ate plenty of my 10p's back in the day! This and (for some reason) Chase H.Q were my favourite arcade racers. Then when Daytona came out, it blew everything out of the water 😇🕹️👌

[@Simon0]

1:06 - 'It gives you a chance to get a feel for the circuit' *immediately blows up*. 🤣🤣.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Yup, thats my 'old git' dexterity letting me down again 🤣🕹️👌

[@Simon0]

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer lol don't worry my skills have totally declined too in my early forties. I'm fine with some games but don't give me these old hard eight bit games I can't do them anymore 🤣

[@1stacbats]

I loved this when it came out (well, a year later as a mate gave me a copy ). Don't remember the cartoon but that song definitely sets my spider senses off!

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Was a short lived cartoon, but I loved watching it back in the day - even though recently I found out there was only ever 13 episodes made. Great racer though, addictive game back in the day 😇🕹️👌

[@SlackrUk]

I also had/probably still have Gold Collection II :D Pole Position in the arcade was amazing. Used to go to a shop called A Matter of Taste (a newsagent, but what a name!) that had a couple of arcade machines, and this was one of them. Loved the C64 version as well. I verrrrrryyy vaguely recall that cartoon - will need to look it up. Have you played Scalextric? I spent far too long making tracks that just connect at the start/end. Speed King was another winner for me (I bought it on Mastertronic, but it seems that it did get a full price release). Great video yet again, thank you :)

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Both Scalextrix & Speed King are in my 'to do' list now for racers - I didn't play Scalextrix as much but I had the Mastertronic 'Speed King' and really enjoyed that game. I was a big fan of 'Hang On'. Super Hang On for the Amiga is superb 😇🕹️👌

[@MechaFenris]

I hate to admit, but I never got the checkered flag. I always ran out of time. :) I loved it, though....because I had a blast playing it in the arcade with a real steering wheel. :)

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Isn't it brilliant in the arcades! I am hoping to visit the Arcade Club in Blackpool (UK) next month and I'm hoping they have Pole Position there... looking forward 😇🕹️👌

[@mortimore4030]

The Atari XL / XE version of Pole Position had the edge over the C64 version.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Yeah I hear many saying that. Yet I never had an Atari so for me this was the closest thing to the arcades. I'll definitely check out the Atari version though 😇🕹👌

[@Syragar]

I really like his game, but am more of a fan of Pitstop 2. The fact that I had Pitstop 2 before I got Pole Position could be a factor. I also liked the split-screen 2-player (which was a new concept at the time) and the ability to stop for repairs and/or fuel when needed. To me, it felt like Pitstop 2 was a step up from Pole Position. However... even though I preferred Pitstop 2, I still enjoyed playing this game. I didn't know that Pole Position 2 even existed on the C64. I may have to check that one out. Edit: Also, I'm glad you brought up the cartoon! I used to watch that also! That theme music... very nostalgic!

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

I think if Pitstop II had been an arcade game it would have blown the socks off Pole Position, but this game was the most popular and was massive in Japan. Both great in their own right... as for the cartoon! Yeah! I loved watching that as a kid but had no idea it was based on the Namco Pole Position. Shame it only ran for 13 episodes 😇🕹️👌

[@Syragar]

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer That's true. The first time I played Pole Position was the arcade version at a Showbiz Pizza Place when I was a kid. I believe it was before I even had a C64 (only had the Atari 2600 at the time). I couldn't go there often, so I rarely had the chance to play. Once I got my C64, I got Pitstop 2 shortly afterwards... and that was absolutely my favorite racing game at the time. Lots of fun! 🙂

[@ricardogonzalezfazenda5411]

My second "pirate copy" 🏴‍☠️ C-64 game I had! 🏎️ (first was ZAXXON 🛸) 🕹️

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Haha... I think our first was the Parker bros version of 'Popeye' 🤣🕹👌

[@willrobinson7599]

Early classic on the c64 , yes graphics basic compared to much later games but nails the gameplay Follow up even better with massive improvements in the graphics

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

It seems pretty dated playing it back, yet in 84' this was such an awesome arcade port and massively popular amongst me & my friends - that is of course, until we discovered Pitstop II 😇🕹️👌

[@mikkoasikainen472]

Pole Position and Pitstops, I thought that racing games couldn't get any better than these 🏁

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Superb games in their own right and especially Pitstop II, which I thought was mega addictive 😇🕹️👌

[@OperationPhantom]

On the Atari XL version your car automatically accelerates, so you can use the fire button to brake. It also controls smoother, seems a lot more challenging and has more cars on screen to weave through... it's just more exciting to play honestly. Still fun on the C64 but rather basic in comparison. In the early days Atari XL was after all a real contender to the C64.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

A bit like an automatic car I guess... I never had an Atari so couldn't compare, but I'll give it a whirl someday 😇🕹️👌

[@OperationPhantom]

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer I didn't either! Bought one years ago because I was curious. I think it's the popular micro that is most similar in hardware to the C64 but it has an early library of unique games, since the 400/800 computers were introduced in 1979. Some early games really are a bit more polished on the Atari but from 1984 onward the C64 quickly takes over both in popularity and ambitious game development. Pitstop II funnily enough is worse on Atari.

[@afriend9428]

*the ATARI 2600 is also automatic acceleration too! Both versions are great!* ⭐️

[@vidarlystadjohansen9829]

one of my first racing games ever

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Some good nostalgic memories flooding back I hope 😇🕹️👌

[@vidarlystadjohansen9829]

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer yup :)

[@petercortens6019]

It was a very memorable game indeed, until Pitstop II came along

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Pitstop II was definitely the ultimate racer for the Commodore 64 - superb game indeed brimming with nostalgic memories of racing against my brother and ultimately.... ensuring his tyre's blew up, which usually ended up in my tears haha 😇🕹️👌

[@BinaryHedgehog1]

Pole Position II is also an arcade port. I also noticed the signs in this version don’t have the arrows to warn you about upcoming turns.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

It was only released for the Atari 7800 & C64 too pretty much, until it eventually came out for the PC 😇🕹️👌

[@adroharv5140]

The C64 version is rather good I must say but I grew up with the 2600 which while to be fair is quite different and personally speaking I find it to be the better version out of any I've played including the arcade. For the fact that it's really a very different experience all round but those wanting a similar version to the arcade the the C64 is one if not the best one to play

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Brilliant - I keep hearing other comparisons to the Atari and how it was much better, but I'd never owned an Atari so couln't confirm or deny. All I know is that I really enjoyed it on the Commodore 64 and definitely still love this game in the arcades 😇🕹️👌

[@LevitatingCups]

i think this is like a , precursor for jaguar xj220, a bit akin to lotus, something of it was just missing even as a kid i felt that, for its time its quite good tho, other than having to mute the sound sometimes, you can only hear "mmmmmm" so long

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Pole Positioned pretty much spawned 'every' racing game that followed, one of the original greats of the genre - I agree with you though, the primitive 'engine sounds' can become grating after a while 😇🕹️👌

[@Stoobers]

SO IN TO THIS!

[@Stoobers]

played Pole Position in the arcades and on the 64 when it came out. Wonderful game :)

[@Stoobers]

and omfg I forgot about that cartoon!!!!!!

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Great intro music! 😇🕹️👌

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Superb in the arcades, a great racing classic 😇🕹️👌

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Glad you love this game, a surefire classic 😇🕹️👌

[@drkamilz]

Pitstop II

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Aye, that was the best one for sure 😇🕹️👌

[@bradhig]

played it all the time

[@bradhig]

I got to the checkered flag in four laps and watched the cartoon all the time.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Good nostalgic game, love it 😇🕹👌

[@dennisdistant]

my car exploded i have failed to qualify four spinning fujis (btw it's a haiku)

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

This is a haiku. There are many more like it, but this one is mine. 😇🕹️👌

[@Simon0]

CCG have you played rocket ball. I haven't checked your channel if you've done a video. It's an awesome two player game I loved playing with my brother

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Rocketball is a classic, added to the list... forgot all about that one 😇🕹️👌

[@Simon0]

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer thanks 😁

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Pitstop II is so vastly superior to Pole Position (at least on the C64) that it's like comparing it to a program written in BASIC. Both are playable and fun, though.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

It was, for the depth and the multiplayer aspect 100%... imagine if it would have been released on Arcades - it would have blown anything from its day straight out of the water! Especially if there was dual cars for multiplayer... one can only dream 😇🕹️👌

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer For sure. And if it had been an arcade game it most likely would have used more powerful hardware for even better performance and graphics.

[@craigwise6374]

Yeah pit stop 2for me

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Pitstop II is the daddy of all C64 racing games huh, especially in 2-player mode 😇🕹️👌

[@owensleeper4370]

I was never was good which car/racing games

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

I suppose this sort of genre might not be for you, which game styles do you like best and I'll try recommend a good game for you 😇🕹️👌

[@owensleeper4370]

I never had a c64 but do like action games and the games look good I'm genz but I have played older PC and dos games so I did grew up playing with old computers love your channel I do plan on getting a c64 soon

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Pole Position 1 had a rather lousy graphics for C64 standards, mostly because it was port from Atari 2600. Pole Position 2 is another story.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

I thought they were great as a kid! But they may have not dated well 40 years later I suppose 😇🕹️👌

[@exidy-yt]

Eh, Pole Position was okay, but it didn;'t hold a candle to Pit Stop II, not even close.

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Have you played this in the arcades? Its superb - but like you say, Pitstop II is better for the Commodore 64, I agree 😇🕹️👌

[@Yo0ne]

Hi I sell my amiga 600 last week 300 euro

[@dennisdistant]

Why?

[@CheekyCommodoreGamer]

Sorry to hear that.... such an epic machine 😇🕹️👌