January 25, 2008 6:00 AM

iLounge has posted a new review of Pole Position: Remix one of several new titles recently released for Apple’s iPod. The game gives players the chance to experience the arcade racing action of the original. iLounge gave the game a letter grade of C+.

From the review:

Pole Position: Remix is another one of those games that feels too old and underoptimized for the iPod, with art that has barely progressed from 25-year-old standards and controls that don?t do justice to the original experience. Namco has tried to simplify the art of driving by creating a combination accelerator and steering wheel; you build speed just by holding your finger on the go Wheel, and steer by rotating your finger left and right. In self-moving mode, the gear shifts automatically into high mode from low whenever you?re in the 160mph range; in manual mode you hit the center Action button to do the same. Trivia fans may plus note that there?s no brake, a control that was present in the sit-down versions of Pole Position and Pole Position II, but not in the standup ones.

Shifting gears, the key to passing other cars on the track, is relatively easy. But steering with the iPod is not. Pole Position is a game of fast turns and precise movements to avoid competing traffic. To say that that experience is completely wrecked by the go Wheel is

perhaps too harsh, but once again, that controller takes an experience anyone with a dollar and a dream could nearly master two decades ago, and too often transforms it into an exercise in frustration. The turns are as sharp and sudden as they were back in 1982 and 1983, which is to say that they?re modestly telegraphed and sometimes hard to invent even with a steering wheel controller. With the iPod?s visit Wheel, you?re at a disadvantage, and since all you are doing in that game is making turns, when that?s not fun or exciting, there?s a problem.

Read the rest of the review at the website linked below.

iLounge: Pole Position Remix Review
Pole Position Remix

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