Status AlfredoSalza Mar 7, 2021
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After playing Outrun, I wanted to go back to an older arcade racing game. Initially I tried to emulate the arcade version of Pole Position and after playing for a few minutes, I started to think that my controls were broken or something (since the car was getting too out of control). Also, I'm not really …
Prepare to qualify!
After playing Outrun, I wanted to go back to an older arcade racing game. Initially I tried to emulate the arcade version of Pole Position and after playing for a few minutes, I started to think that my controls were broken or something (since the car was getting too out of control). Also, I'm not really comfortable with MAME emulation in general so I looked for an alternative.
I went for something simpler and found Namco Museum for the GBA, where you can play a kind of decent port of the game. To my surprise, the controls seemed to be just as hellish so I ended up assuming that the game was simply made like that to eat as many quarters as possible.
After some attempts, I got 1st place (default settings). Despite the horrible sound the car makes and the complicated steering controls, it was still a pleasant experience, but above all an educational one on the history of racing games.
