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Only on GOG, a new game release can bring so many memories from back in the days. So who remembers the times of Pentium MMX?

[url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/pod_gold]POD Gold also known as Planet of Death is a futuristic racer with a plot. The game takes place in the future on a planet called Io. A mining accident unleashes a deadly virus which threatens the whole planet population. After a massive exodus from the planet, only one seat in the very last rescue spaceship remains. This seat will be taken by the winner of a dangerous race in which you're taking part. Maybe it's not an Oscar winning script but come on, it's a racer :) In POD it's all about speed - you drive one of 16 turbocharged machines through 32 tracks in full 3D environment, fighting for the top spot. When released, POD was the first game making use of the Pentium MMX technology, and later on, one of the titles with 3D acceleration. Based on this POD was often used as an example of what the computers in the late 90's could do. Today you can check the "hi-end technology of the 90's" and have fun while blasting 300 mph through the futuristic tracks for only $5.99.
I just want to give you a big "THANK YOU GOG TEAM.
I was really waiting for this release.
thank-you GOG!
I remember when this game came out and the buzz it generated, yet I have no interest in owning or playing it.
I don't remember if it was the retail release or the OEM bundled version that I'd bummed off a friend, but I was upset that I couldn't play it on my boring ol' Team Green chip, so I went out and bought the PC version of Sonic CD to console (no pun intended) myself. Interesting now to see how the "incompatibility" tables have turned.
sorry for the off topic but this was the first thing that came to my mind when I read the word "POD"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYVKLF8H9qM
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Roman5: sorry for the off topic but this was the first thing that came to my mind when I read the word "POD"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYVKLF8H9qM
Yup thats exactly where my mind went as well +1 man!
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zeffyr: I'm terribly confused reading that some1 doesn't know what 'MMX' was... I'm too old, I guess.
Intel's Multi Media eXtensions for the Pentium chip

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_MMX#MMX
Thank you GOG! :D
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tfishell: Ah. Too bad, but oh well - they do their best. :)
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phreakindee: It actually looks like they've removed the statement that it included Back to Hell from the product page, so it's all good now. And yeah, it's just a minor and forgivable mistake, and I'm extremely psyched to have POD in DRM-free form and playable on my modern PCs!
Yeh, sorry for the confusion, but I was pretty sure we did have the expansion, then we checked it once again with the product team and found out we actually don't have it. I think there were just too many different versions of the game ;)
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Roman5: sorry for the off topic but this was the first thing that came to my mind when I read the word "POD"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYVKLF8H9qM
Actually I prefer this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWl9tjO7KtA&ob=av2e ;)
Post edited October 07, 2011 by Cook
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Cook: Yeh, sorry for the confusion, but I was pretty sure we did have the expansion, then we checked it once again with the product team and found out we actually don't have it. I think there were just too many different versions of the game ;)
For purposes of making a DVD cover, I want to clarify the name. The game card still has POD Gold as the name of this release (also in the release statement in this thread)

Should I label the cover POD Gold or POD? Thanks . . . =)
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Cook: Yeh, sorry for the confusion, but I was pretty sure we did have the expansion, then we checked it once again with the product team and found out we actually don't have it. I think there were just too many different versions of the game ;)
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Stuff: For purposes of making a DVD cover, I want to clarify the name. The game card still has POD Gold as the name of this release (also in the release statement in this thread)

Should I label the cover POD Gold or POD? Thanks . . . =)
It's still POD Gold, just a version released in Europe which didn't include the expansion.
great! that brings back memories! i still have a copy here lying around somewhere, but never could get it to work on newer systems, not even with that patches.
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Cook: It's still POD Gold, just a version released in Europe which didn't include the expansion.
Thanks . . . =)
Y'know I thought P.O.D rang a bell but turns out I was thinking of this
dodgy old C64 Centipede clone on the Matertronic label - I'm proper old, me!
Post edited October 07, 2011 by Fever_Discordia
I had the retail disc but it barely worked when it was bought and not any any newer machines. Is this in hardware or software rendering?