One of the comments says 8:36, but doesn't provide a source... perhaps worked it out from the vid? It's certainly over 8 minutes and under 9, so quite quick but not quite the bonkers 7:22 from Nick Tandy. For reference, that's not a whole lot slower than James Hunt's pole position time of 7:06.5 in the 1976 German Grand Prix, the last one held on the track.

Shouldn't the cars be NOT all starting in the same (pole) position?

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Yeah, Battlezone FTW. Also Pole Position was a 3d perspective, but I think it used something like sprites - and not true polygons.

In Pole Position, hitting the sides didn't kill you, but there were signs on the edge of the road every now and then that would.

1972 Pong (Atari, Arcade)
1980 Space Invaders (Atari, Atari 2600)
1980 Defender (Williams, Arcade)
1980 Adventure (Atari, Atari 2600)
1981 Pac-Man (Namco, Arcade)
1981 Ultima (California Pacific, Apple II)
1981 Frogger (Konami, Atari 2600)
1982 Pitfall (Atari, Atari 2600)
1983 Centipede (Atari, Atari 2600)
1983 Pole Position (Atari, Atari 2600)
1983 Microsoft Flight Simulator (Microsoft, PC)
1984 Donkey Kong (Nintendo, NES)
1984 King's Quest (Sierra, PC)
1985 Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo, NES)
1985 Duck Hunt (Nintendo, NES)
1986 Bubble Bobble (Taito, Arcade)
1986 The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo, NES)
1986 Space Quest (Sierra, PC)
1986 Metroid (Nintendo, NES)
1987 Leisure Suit Larry (Sierra, PC)
1987 Final Fantasy (Nintendo, NES)
1987 Afterburner (Sega, Arcade)
1987 Castlevania (Konami, NES)
1987 Maniac Mansion (LucasArts, PC)
1987 Mega Man (Capcom, NES)
1988 Double Dragon (Tradewest, NES)
1988 Battle Chess (Interplay, PC)
1989 Prince of Persia (Broderbund, PC)
1989 Tetris (Nintendo, Nintendo Gameboy)
1989 SimCity (Maxis, PC)
1989 Golden Axe (Sega, Arcade)
1990 Commander Keen (ID Software, PC)
1990 Secret of Monkey Island (LucasArts, PC)
1991 Civilization (Microprose, PC)
1991 Micro Machines (NES, Codemasters)
1991 Lemmings (Psygnosis, PC)
1991 Out of this World (Delphine Software, PC)
1991 Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega, Sega Genesis)
1991 Zelda: A Link to the Past (Nintendo, SNES)
1992 Sensible Soccer (Sensible Software, PC)
1992 Dune II (Westwood Studios, PC)
1992 Wolfenstein 3D (ID Software, PC)
1992 Flashback (Delphine Software, PC)
1992 Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis (LucasArts, PC)
1992 Super Mario Kart (Nintendo, SNES)
1992 Alone in the Dark (Infogrames, PC)
1992 Street Fighter II (Capcom, SNES)
1992 Mortal Kombat (Midway, Sega Genesis)
1992 Minesweeper (Windows Desktop Game)
1993 Sam & Max Hit the Road (LucasArts, PC)
1993 Doom (ID Software, PC)
1993 Myst (Broderbund, PC)
1993 FIFA Soccer '94 (Electronic Arts, Sega Genesis)
1993 SimCity 2000 (Maxis, PC)
1994 The Settlers (Blue Byte Software, PC)
1994 Earthworm Jim (Shiny Entertainment, Sega Genesis)
1994 Need for Speed (Electronic Arts, 3DO)
1994 Donkey Kong Country (Nintendo, SNES)
1994 Worms (Ocean, PC)
1995 Command & Conquer (Westwood Studios, PC)
1995 Rayman (Ubisoft, Atari Jaguar)
1995 Daytona USA (Sega, Sega Saturn)
1995 Virtua Fighter (Sega, Sega Saturn)
1995 Ridge Racer (Namco, Playstation)
1995 Tekken (Namco, Sony Playstation)
1996 Tomb Raider (Eidos Interactive, Sony Playstation)
1996 Quake (ID Software, PC)
1996 Super Mario 64 (Nintendo, Nintendo 64)
1996 Resident Evil (Capcom, Playstation)
1996 Dead or Alive (Tecmo, Arcade)
1997 Ultima Online (Origin, PC)
1997 Age of Empires (Microsoft, PC)
1998 Unreal (Epic Games, PC)
1998 Half-Life (Sierra, PC)
1998 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo, Nintendo Gamecube)
2000 The Sims (Maxis, PC)
2000 Crazy Taxi (Sega, Sega Dreamcast)
2001 Halo (Bungie Studios, Xbox)
2001 Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar Games, Playstation 2)
2002 WarCraft III (Blizzard, PC)
2003 Call of Duty (Activision, PC)
2004 Wario Ware Inc. (Nintendo, Nintendo Gamecube)
2004 Rome Total War (Sega, PC)
2005 World of Warcraft (Blizzard, PC)
2005 God of War (SCEA, Playstation)
2005 Guitar Hero (Red Octane, Playstation 2)
2006 Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix, Playstation 2)
2006 FIFA Soccer '07 (Electronic Arts, Xbox 360)
2007 Gears of War (Microsoft, Xbox 360)
2006 Wii Sports (Nintendo, Nintendo Wii)
2006 Viva Pinata (Microsoft, Xbox 360)
2007 MotorStorm (Sony, Sony Playstation 3)

Pole position does have turns I remember it distinctly

I think it seems more like spy hunter than pole position...

"That's not Pole Position. Maybe Night Driver or Rally X. "

I think it might be Enduro.

they call it "The Human Pole Position":

"POLE POSITION is the 3rd video performance of the GAME OVER Project, directed by the Swiss artist Guillaume REYMOND (NOTsoNOISY creative agency).

Who does not remember POLE POSITION, one of the very first racing car video games? With a Formula 1 in hands, the driver had to try and avoid other vehicles and travel as many kilometres as possible on a sinuous road. Moreover, to add to the challenge, from time to time, the road would become narrower so as to become a bridge, or a night mode would diminish visibility...

Well, the biggest ever race of POLE POSITION has in fact taken place on February 11th 2007, during the festival "The Game is up!" in the Vooruit (Ghent, Belgium):

49 extras
6 hours of shooting
400 pictures"

hmm... the cars at the beginning look a lot like the Pole Position cars (where you can see the wheels), from what I remember. The game itself is certainly not PP, though. Did PP even have turns? I thought the original was just a straight-forward track where you dodged left/right.

The gameplay looks a LOT like the game I used to play on the Apple II, though: autobahn.

Edit: In fact, the more I think about it, autobahn went through "tunnels"/"night" phases like they showed with the lights. (that effect was pretty cool)

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That's not Pole Position. Maybe Night Driver or Rally X.

Why do they need to loop these? Everyone I've seen has the first half repeated...

Anyways, I disagree with their interpretation of pole position. Maybe vague racing game, but clearly not any situations in pole position (4 pixel wide lane and no way to pass)

Good video, I like the night version. I wonder what is next. And why not pac man yet?

Ayrton Senna (BRA)

World Champion - 1988, 1990-1991

Grand Prix Starts: 161
Grand Prix Wins: 41
Pole Positions: 65

He streaked through the sport like a comet, an other-worldly superstar whose brilliance as a driver was matched by a dazzling intellect and coruscating charisma that illuminated Formula One racing as never before. No one tried harder or pushed himself further, nor did anyone shed so much light on the extremes to which only the greatest drivers go. Intensely introspective and passionate in the extreme, Ayrton Senna endlessly sought to extend his limits, to go faster than himself, a quest that ultimately made him a martyr but did not diminish his mystique.

http://www.formula1.com/archive/halloffame/driver/45.html

singin' pohhhhhhhhle, OHHHHHHHhhhhh, pole position!

Great song, but those graphics don't sell it to me.