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Polestar

This pseudo-3D sports car driving game has you racing the clock to complete 4 laps around each track. Like OutRun and other classics that inspired it, you just have a basic accelerator, brake, and low-to-high…

19 February 1995

Polestar is a racing developed by Bio_100%, released 19 February 1995 on PC-9800 Series.

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What Polestar is

Polestar is a racing game developed by Bio_100% and released in 1995. It is available on PC-9800 Series only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

This pseudo-3D sports car driving game has you racing the clock to complete 4 laps around each track. Like OutRun and other classics that inspired it, you just have a basic accelerator, brake, and low-to-high shifting at your disposal. Round those corners fast! Polestar offers 2 courses, each with 4 stages. There's also a time attack mode for playing each stage individually, so that you can practice one at a time or simply go for the fastest times.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Polestar launched on 19 February 1995, within three weeks of Chrono Trigger, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Descent and Front Mission.

Released around the same time: Chrono Trigger, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Descent, Front Mission.

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Polestar come out?
Polestar was released on 19 February 1995 for PC-9800 Series.

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