POD Gold

I apologice for my outbreak, but THIS release is more awesome than the previous weeks with all ths Ultima gems and other EA classics. You may ask: Why? Why the excitement? Because even if you have the original POD discs at home, it is a PAIN IN THE ASS to get the game working on a modern computer. Yes, it was all worth the hassle, because POD is one the most entertaining arcade racers from the early days of graphic acceleration and Windows 95. The look, the gameplay, the pulsating music, the apocalyptic atmosphere, the weird and crazy course designs, not to mention the cars ... POD has it all. I highly recommend it to, well, everyone who liked POD back in the days and want to play it again. POD! And no POS at all :)

My favourite futuristic arcade racer ever. Tons of problems to make it run in one way or the other, even near release, and with several versions depending on what hardware you had, glad to see it here. It's an arcade racer set on a distant doomed planet. In the "campaign" mode, a series of races to see who will become the champion and get the only ticket remaining out of the planet. Ok, the story is absurd, but no one plays racing games for the storyline. (hear me Codemasters?) Lots of tracks, which you can also play in reverse, and cars, which you can also change their attributes as much as you like, within certain limitations of course so that you don't get a super in everything car. :) You can play with or without damage, and even with "detailed" or more general damage model. No, don't think of a simulator type of damage, think arcade :) The tracks and cars are beautiful. Even today. Very good design and absolutely awesome in all respects. Most (IIRC) tracks also have shortcuts, which don't always lead to the best way, so it is a learning experience. Apart from championship (which IIRC is customizable too), you can also just play single races, time trials... The feeling you get of each car is very different and, in a way for the setting, believable. I don't know how else to say it, this is my favourite arcade racer and I am biased, but, buy this game, it is 100% worth the money.

WOW! I have this game in a big box, had it ever since it came out, and I LOVE IT! THe problem has been the absolutely MASSIVE issues that there are with succesfully getting the game to run on modern machines. Now with you guys fixing all that bull, I'm gladly going to re-buy the game for your reasonable 6 dollar price - THANK YOU GOG. <3 I recommend this atmospheric, pure-bred racer to anyone who loves mind-blowing speeds and some post-apocalyptic scenery and some nice pumping music to go with that. :)

I bought this game several years ago in one of those discount packages and was surprised in a positive way. At 14 bucks or so the game was actually pretty good. It's quick-paced, challenging, it even reminds me of another great game of my youth, Megarace. Don't let the screenshots fool you: they look boxy and pixelated, while the game is dynamic and fast -- those pixelated scenes race past you faster than you can see. So it's been almost 15 years from the release of POD, but I still think the game is a good racing fix.