Namco Pole Position

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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.

[edit] 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

[edit] List of Namco Pole Position arcade games

[edit] References


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