Editing Pole Position (section)

==Release==
''Pole Position'' was officially released in Japan on September 16, 1982.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pole Position (Registration Number PA0000184751) |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov |website=[[United States Copyright Office]] |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="ATVGL:JaO1971-2005">{{cite book|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|url=https://archive.org/stream/ArcadeGameList1971-2005#page/n53/mode/1up|chapter=ナムコ Namco|title=アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)|edition=1st|publisher=Amusement News Agency|date=13 October 2006|page=52|isbn=978-4990251215|language=ja}}</ref> It was licensed out to [[Atari, Inc.]] for release in North America, where it made its debut at [[Chicago]]'s 1982 Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA) show, held during November 18–20,<ref name="VideoGames">{{cite magazine | magazine = Video Games| volume = 1 | publisher = Pumpkin Press | issue = 6 | page = 66 | title = Top Ten Hits | date=March 1983 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_06_1983-03_Pumpkin_Press_US#page/n65/mode/2up}}</ref> before receiving a mass-market North American release on November 30, 1982,<ref>{{cite web |title=Pole Position (Registration Number PA0000184750) |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov |website=[[United States Copyright Office]] |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref> while Namco themselves released the game in Europe in late 1982.<ref name="EU"/> After its release, Osugi stated that all of Namco's older electro-mechanical driving games were discontinued, as the company saw the future of arcade racers in the form of video games.<ref name="Interview"/>