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

Ай бұрын

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 😇🕹️👌

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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

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

29 күн бұрын

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 😇🕹️👌

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

Ай бұрын

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 😇🕹👌

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

Ай бұрын

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

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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 😇🕹️👌

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

Ай бұрын

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 😇🕹️👌

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

@cpu_UP

Ай бұрын

Completely agree. Music was done by Kris Hatlelid

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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

@MegaasAlexandros

Ай бұрын

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

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

Ай бұрын

Excellent game buggy boy

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

28 күн бұрын

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 😇🕹️👌

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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

@Simon0

Ай бұрын

@@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 🤣

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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 😇🕹👌

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

Ай бұрын

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 😇🕹️👌

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

Ай бұрын

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 😇🕹️👌

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

Ай бұрын

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

Ай бұрын

@@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! 🙂

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

Ай бұрын

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 😇🕹️👌

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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 😇🕹️👌

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

Ай бұрын

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

Ай бұрын

@@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

29 күн бұрын

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

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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 😇🕹️👌

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

Ай бұрын

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

one of my first racing games ever

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

Some good nostalgic memories flooding back I hope 😇🕹️👌

@vidarlystadjohansen9829

Ай бұрын

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer yup :)

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

Ай бұрын

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 😇🕹️👌

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

Ай бұрын

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 😇🕹️👌

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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

Pitstop II

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

29 күн бұрын

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

SO IN TO THIS!

@Stoobers

29 күн бұрын

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

@Stoobers

29 күн бұрын

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

28 күн бұрын

Great intro music! 😇🕹️👌

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

28 күн бұрын

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

28 күн бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

@Simon0

Ай бұрын

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer thanks 😁

played it all the time

@bradhig

25 күн бұрын

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

25 күн бұрын

Good nostalgic game, love it 😇🕹👌

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

Ай бұрын

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

Ай бұрын

@@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.

Yeah pit stop 2for me

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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

I was never was good which car/racing games

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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

28 күн бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

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

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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

Hi I sell my amiga 600 last week 300 euro

@dennisdistant

Ай бұрын

Why?

@CheekyCommodoreGamer

Ай бұрын

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