Maravillosa industria la del arcade que mantuvo muchos puestos de trabajo directos o indirectos el caso es que dio de comer a muchos trabajadores y familias industria que por desgracia callo en el olvido y su posterior desaparición un saludo desde España.
I wonder if any of these workers are still alive. .It would be interesting to see one of those former employees post a comment here. I still have a sit down version at my house. Still one of my favorite games.
@@Sonyman34 Stand up cabs are around 250. Sit down cabs like I have weigh about 400. We moved ours with a cheap 5x8 landscape trailer. Sit down cabs have wheels. The stand up cab can easily be moved with a heavy duty dolly. Use 2 people for going up or down steps.
Most. Epic. Game. Ever. I'd be rich if I had the money I put into these games, lol. (By the way... Secret tip for the really tight turn is stay in hi, get way inside, keep it floored, and spin the s*** out of the steering wheel.)
I would of never guessed Atari made this game without the arcade cabinet saying Atari I thought it was namco who did it who also took out dig dug away from Atari another game I never would of guessed would be made by Atari is namco sure they don’t want to take away centipede and Millipede away from Atari also
Namco created both games. But they didn't have a manufacturing or distribution presence outside of Japan at that time - so Atari licenced Pole Position and DigDug from Namco. The agreement allowed Atari to build and distribute the games in the USA and Europe.
The only flaw was a lack of CPU fans/coolant. Otherwise, the game itself is effortless in performance. I would love to own the original sit-down versions of this and the 2nd one someday.
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Incredible machine for its time. Two CPUs, two power supplies, awesome audio!
I still play mine every week. I will never get tired of it!
This is a great video .. Seeing them making an arcade machine and testing them before getting boxed up and shipping them out .
Although I don't play mine often, it's a permanent fixture in my game room. What a great game! Thanks for the video!!
If they had taken me to this factory at that time, I would probably have fainted with emotion.
I wish a lot of these still existed.
I’ve watched this a dozen times now. Awesome video and the best game. Love it!
Strange to see them created, it's like they just always existed
Awesome! Thanks for posting this Tony!
Best, Mike
Fascinating!
The fidelity of that video is phenomenal for something from the early 80s.
Great video !
WHAT A PERFECT TIME MACHINE! 😍
Cool video
Crazy you can now play and buy Pole Position on the Nintendo Switch a very small console on at home.
This is so cool, where are they all now 🙁
Likely returned to Atari, converted into a different game, placed in storage, or scrapped unfortunately.
"gettyimages" is as badly burnt into this video as "GAME OVER" is on the average Pole Position screen.
lol
Ron from Joe's Classic Video Games sent me. :)
Same! 👍🏽
Ron: "I don't work on Pole Positions anymore, too many issues"
Also Ron: Check out my new multi video Pole Position repair video"
😂
@@moviemania1137 He said he’s starting to give them a shot again, because he’s gotten better at dealing with issues specific to Pole Position.
@@moviemania1137 ...but he even said that he might start working on them again. After that series I can see why he didn't like working on them.
Maravillosa industria la del arcade que mantuvo muchos puestos de trabajo directos o indirectos el caso es que dio de comer a muchos trabajadores y familias industria que por desgracia callo en el olvido y su posterior desaparición un saludo desde España.
Would love to have one in my apartment 😊👍!
Nice minty fresh pole positions
😍😍😍😍 favoloso video
I wonder if any of these workers are still alive. .It would be interesting to see one of those former employees post a comment here. I still have a sit down version at my house. Still one of my favorite games.
Hey Bob how much do you think it weighs and how did you get it moved in your home? Thinking about getting one
@@Sonyman34 Stand up cabs are around 250. Sit down cabs like I have weigh about 400. We moved ours with a cheap 5x8 landscape trailer. Sit down cabs have wheels. The stand up cab can easily be moved with a heavy duty dolly. Use 2 people for going up or down steps.
Great.. LIKE!
I came from Atari Age 2/18/24 The footage looks nice for its age. Does anybody know where this factory was located?
Real arcades with real monitors. I'll take a tractor trailer with half uprights and half cockpits.
at 1.26 the guy has the most magnificent afro i ever seen
Most. Epic. Game. Ever. I'd be rich if I had the money I put into these games, lol. (By the way... Secret tip for the really tight turn is stay in hi, get way inside, keep it floored, and spin the s*** out of the steering wheel.)
5:22 No Pallet?
7:04 pretty sure thats an OSHA violation
is there a pole position ii arcade factory?
would u like to apply for a job there?
@@yutupedia7351 nah. it's just back in time
@@jeffmarks1996 right, cheers ✌️
No dress code for the employees I like that where do I fill out an application
Anyone know the cost for a new one at the time?
The upright sold for $2,795 and the sitdown version sold for $3,395.
Built here? Not shipped over from china?
A few of he parts are from Namco in Japan because that's where the game was programmed originally
I would of never guessed Atari made this game without the arcade cabinet saying Atari I thought it was namco who did it who also took out dig dug away from Atari another game I never would of guessed would be made by Atari is namco sure they don’t want to take away centipede and Millipede away from Atari also
Namco created both games. But they didn't have a manufacturing or distribution presence outside of Japan at that time - so Atari licenced Pole Position and DigDug from Namco. The agreement allowed Atari to build and distribute the games in the USA and Europe.
Ground zero for the tragedy
2 people failed to qualify^
a rumour has it that place stunk of weed all the time !! don't shoot the messenger , thanks.
Well that was to be expected. Some prolly thought it smelled good in there :) At least they weren't boozing it up in there.
thats how it should be look how laid back it is
@@UFighterX bet it was an awesome place to work !!
That's alot of soon to be "Not Working" Pole Position's
The only flaw was a lack of CPU fans/coolant. Otherwise, the game itself is effortless in performance. I would love to own the original sit-down versions of this and the 2nd one someday.