Editing Pole Position (section)

===Reviews===
Upon its North American debut at AMOA 1982, it was reviewed by ''Video Games'' magazine, which listed it among the show's top ten games. They compared it favorably with Sega's ''[[Turbo (video game)|Turbo]]'' (1981), referring to ''Pole Position'' as "Turbo Deluxe" in "a speedway, not a cross-country race". They called ''Pole Position'' the "ultimate test of driving skill" for racing players.<ref name="VideoGames"/> ''[[Electronic Games]]'' reviewed the arcade game in 1983, writing that it "keeps the action on track from start to finish" with "challenging play", noting the gameplay is "reasonably faithful to real life" Formula One races. They also praised the sound effects and "solid, realistic graphics", stating it has "very rich color images" and "dimensional depth to the graphics".<ref name="sharpe198306">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_16_1983-06_Reese_Communications_US/page/n91 | title=Insert Coin Here | work=Electronic Games | date=June 1983 | author=Sharpe, Roger C. | pages=92–97}}</ref> They gave it the 1983 [[Electronic Games#Awards|Arcade Award]] for [[List of Game of the Year awards|Coin-Op Game of the Year]], praising the racing gameplay, "beautiful graphics" and "breathtaking" scenery as well as "the two-[[Tournament|heat]] format for the race itself".<ref name="award" />

''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' reviewed the arcade game in 1983, writing that it "is simply the most exhilarating [[Sim racing|driving simulation]] game on the market". They compared it favorably with ''[[Turbo (video game)|Turbo]]'', stating that, while ''Turbo'' "featured better landscapes", it "can't match the speed, thrills and skill behind this new race game". They said ''Pole Position''{{'}}s "graphics are sophisticated and believable", noting that cars "turning corners are shown in every graphic detail of the maneuvre". They also praised the gameplay, concluding that "trying to hold a screaming curve or overtake" offers "thrills to compare with the real racetrack".<ref name="CVG18">{{cite magazine |title=Arcade Action |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 March 1983 |issue=18 (April 1983) |pages=30–1 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-018/page/n29/mode/2up}}</ref> It was considered the all-time best racing/driving game by ''[[InfoWorld]]'' in 1983<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Industry |journal=[[InfoWorld]] |date=5 December 1983 |volume=5 |issue=49 |page=155 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6C8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA155 |publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.}}</ref> and ''Computer Games'' in early 1985.<ref name="CG1985"/>

When reviewing the Atari 8-bit version, ''InfoWorld'' called it "by far the best road-race game ever thrown on a video screen" with "bright and brilliant" graphics,<ref name="mace19831107">{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0C8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73 | title=Electronic Antics | work=InfoWorld | date=1983-11-07 | access-date=15 February 2015 | author=Mace, Scott | pages=73–74}}</ref> and reiterated the recommendation in ''InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari Computers'',<ref name="mace1984">{{Cite book |last=Mace |first=Scott |url=https://archive.org/details/InfoWorlds_Essential_Guide_to_Atari/page/n83/mode/2up?view=theater |title=InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari Computers |publisher=Harper & Row |year=1984 |isbn=978-0-06-669006-3 |pages=74}}</ref> but said the Commodore 64 version "looks like a rush job and is far from arcade-game quality".<ref name="mace19840409">{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50 | title=Atarisoft vs. Commodore | work=InfoWorld | date=1984-04-09 | access-date=4 February 2015 | author=Mace, Scott | pages=50}}</ref> ''Computer Games'' magazine criticized the Commodore conversions for lacking various features from the arcade original, giving the C64 version a mixed review and the VIC-20 version a negative review.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Conversion Capsules: Hit Games in New Formats |magazine=Computer Games |date=December 1984 |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=62–3 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Games_Vol_3_No_4_1984-12_Carnegie_Publications_US/page/n61/mode/2up}}</ref> ''Computer and Video Games'' reviewed the Atari 2600 version, stating it is "the best driving game available" on the Atari VCS.<ref name="CVG"/> When reviewing the [[Atari 5200]] version, ''Hi-Res'' in 1984 found "the playability of the game to be limited and the graphics to be the strongest aspect of the game". The magazine preferred [[Adventure International]]'s ''Rally Speedway'' to both ''Pole Position'' and [[Epyx]]'s ''Pitstop''.<ref name="reed19840506">{{cite news | url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/hi-res/v1n4/reviews.php | title=Pole Position / Pitstop | work=Hi-Res | date=May–June 1984 | access-date=22 December 2014 | author=Reed, Stephen | pages=14}}</ref>

In 2007, ''[[Eurogamer]]'' gave it a mixed retrospective review, calling it "a simulation down to the core" and that those dedicated racing fans will be deterred by the game's difficulty.<ref name="EuroG"/> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called ''Pole Position'' one of the top ten games for the [[Atari 2600]] in 2013.<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/01/25/the-10-best-atari-games | first=Aaron | last=Morales | title=The 10 best Atari games | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=January 25, 2013 | access-date=April 17, 2016}}</ref>