Namco Pole Position
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- This article is a generic description of Namco's "Pole Position" hardware. For the specific arcade game, see Pole Position.
Namco Pole Position is the name of Namco's 8-bit arcade system board, first used in 1982 for the Pole Position video games.
[edit] Namco Pole Position specifications
- Main CPU : Z80
- Secondary CPUs : 2 x Z8002
- Sound CPU : Uses one of the secondary CPUs for the sound as well
- Other Chips : Two custom I/O controllers (type 1) handles the controls and the speech.
- Video resolution : 256x224
[edit] List of Namco Pole Position arcade games
- Pole Position (1982)
- Pole Position II (1983)