Namco Pole Position

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.

Namco Pole Position specifications

• Main CPU : Zilog Z80
• Secondary CPUs : 2 x Z8002
• Sound CPU : Namco 6-channel stereo PSG, and 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

List of Namco Pole Position arcade games

• Pole Position (1982)
• Pole Position II (1983)

References

• Pole Position at the Killer List of Videogames