Tracks with alternate routes, destructible cars behaving differently depending on their length, engine power and so on, a dystopian sci-fi setting and a cool backstory. In a racing game. In 1997. And it ran on my junk of a computer. It was truly an amazing game.
@@richardmyers3823 That's what I remembered as a kid. Woah these graphics look so cool and futuristic! I thought the cars looked really sick too haha, good times!
This was the first game I played on my new 3dfx card. I couldn't believe the difference from the original, software render. So many amazing and cleverly designed tracks. I'd love to see a modern remake of this. Thanks for sharing this.
I used to love this game when I was a kid! It came with our first family computer back in 1996-97. I used to spend hours playing. It's been years since the last time I even saw it.
I used to have this back in the day. As a sci-fi fan I thought it was admirable that they thought up a decent backstory for the game, to give it some atmosphere and for there to be a reason why these futuristic cars are racing around this landscape. I loved the final cutscenes - if you didn't place first in the championship you got to watch the last ship leave before a tendril of 'Pod' kills you.
I really love this game, such a work of amazing art. There were 32 different amazing race tracks, one even in the sky and another in the snow amidst ice bergs and penguins. the physics effects were very good and playing was an immersive and captivating experience. I wish for a new version for current hardware.
This came with the PC my parents bought back in 1998. It was this and Hunter/Hunted. We also picked up 3 more games when we bought the PC: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, and Men in Black. I played the absolute shit out of all 5 of those games!
This came on the Gateway 2000 my mom bought for me and my brother back in like 1995. I remember playing this and it also had one level of the first Tomb Raider game.
Somehow a crossword puzzle I was working on last night mentioned this game, I had almost forgotten about it. Had to come a rewatch some gameplay after that memory jog XD
Now *this* is POD racing! Jokes aside, I played this game years before I watched The Phantom Menace as a kid. When they started talking about pod racing, I was disappointed it wasn't this.
This game came with a PC my parents brought, the first one we ever had! I only had a vague recollection, couldn't even remember the name, so looked up 'futuristic racing game' and instantly remembered when I saw 'POD'. To be fair I was only about 11 at the time. Thanks for the upload and reminding me of more innocent times! Edit: the pc was a 'gateway 2000', vintage apparently!
I see that GOG has this game listed as POD Gold, but one of the reviews there states that GOG did not actually include the extra tracks and cars that the gold version provides. That review was written in 2011 however. Does anyone know if that has been fixed since then to include the gold content? I'd gladly pay the $5.99 for the gold version, but if it is just the regular version, I'd rather wait for a sale. I do have the regular boxed version in my closet, but I've read that it is extremely difficult to get running on newer systems.
Just thought about this game out of the blue.
Nostalgia overdrive...
Tracks with alternate routes, destructible cars behaving differently depending on their length, engine power and so on, a dystopian sci-fi setting and a cool backstory.
In a racing game. In 1997.
And it ran on my junk of a computer.
It was truly an amazing game.
Yeah, I loved that game. No clue how many races I ran, but I know that I beat it at least once.
That game kicked ass! It looked so futuristic and advanced.
@@richardmyers3823 That's what I remembered as a kid. Woah these graphics look so cool and futuristic! I thought the cars looked really sick too haha, good times!
loved to play this in my childhood
Good god I haven't heard that intro in a long time. This was by far my favorite childhood game.
Me to me to great game where does the time go
I haven't heard it in over 20 years but still somehow remembered most of the lines!
I have spent all my sunday mornings to play to It. I miss that time 😢
Damn those menu sounds were so damn stylish
Those are perfect :-)
This was the first game I played on my new 3dfx card. I couldn't believe the difference from the original, software render.
So many amazing and cleverly designed tracks. I'd love to see a modern remake of this.
Thanks for sharing this.
The sounds. Layout. Menu. Music. Hitting me right in the memory! One of those obscure games that you really had to play to really feel.
Yeah it’s hard to describe the feel to anyone who hasn’t played it. Absolutely magical
This place will never be forgotten!
I was like 8 years old back then when this game came out.
I used to love this game when I was a kid! It came with our first family computer back in 1996-97. I used to spend hours playing. It's been years since the last time I even saw it.
I still love this game today and the graphics are really impressive for a 20 year old game. But the best thing about it is the story and atmosphere.
I remember this game being really difficult for me
I think I was 11/12 or so, and never managed to finish first. Maybe I set up the difficulty incorrect, didn't speak English at the time ;-)
I could never win a damn race in this game
Yeah this game was HARD. I think I may have won one or two races out of hundreds
It was pretty easy, hard mod, crash code, manual, 0 brakes 0 handling most of the time (anticipation is key), external view and training.
I know; The best I ever made was 6/8 😂
The good old 90s! I played this at my grandma's house back in 1997. Great times
Haha, me too playing at the grandma's farm.
Great times indeed. Simpler times. Simpler games. More fun.
Also, I miss Grandma and Grandpa. Nothing bad ever happened at my grandparents' farm.
I used to have 'pod' on pc. Its amazing to look back at it after all these years and get that nostalgia feel. Old games are the best sometimes
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Ohh, the nostalgia. This was actually my first ever pc game back in 1998 - I simply loved it
I was starting to think I was the only person to play this. I nearly forgot about it myself! I put several hours into this game as a child.
Ya
Childhood memories. I used to love this game.
Shipped with my 166 MMX PC back in 1997.... Jesus that was years ago. Superb game!
Good old years...
id like a remake of this game. the setting was really unique and epic.
I used to have this back in the day. As a sci-fi fan I thought it was admirable that they thought up a decent backstory for the game, to give it some atmosphere and for there to be a reason why these futuristic cars are racing around this landscape. I loved the final cutscenes - if you didn't place first in the championship you got to watch the last ship leave before a tendril of 'Pod' kills you.
Oh wow. That ending sounds cool. I loved when a game had a nice little finishing touch like that.
Omg this took me right back, my favourite game 😍
Atmosphere is superb in this game
I remember this game, i spent so much hours on it ♥♥♥
me and my sisters played the heck out of this gem in 1998... those were the days
Too nostalgic, my old man got me my first pc 🕹️tiny computers 😄 the good ol' days - can still smell the new computer out of the box
21 years ago now I was playing this. Loved it then.
I feel you man it's been around 19 years since I've played this. Loved as a kid. I was horrible at it I'll admit but still loved it
I really love this game, such a work of amazing art. There were 32 different amazing race tracks, one even in the sky and another in the snow amidst ice bergs and penguins. the physics effects were very good and playing was an immersive and captivating experience. I wish for a new version for current hardware.
You can play GOG version: www.gog.com/index.php/game/pod_gold
God, i miss my childhood.
Wow the memories of what was likely my first pc game. Don't think I ever won a single race
Dude the difficulty was through the fucking roof
The nostalgia is off the charts with this one. This was my child hood along with the old star wars games then doom. 🤗🤗🤗💪🏽
Oooooooh i played this on the win95 machine of my grandpa who died before i was born
loved this game. never had the full version, but I played the shit out of the demo.
I had full version.
I got this bundled with a ‘Time’ computer in the early 2000’s and it was awesome.
This came with my first MMX computer. Such a great game
The menu buttons noise took me back to my childhood.
Duh i was nat even born at that time this game released 12 years before my birth. But still love playing this
Ohh yeahh the good old 90s. I played this game for countless hours in my childhoood :)
Pentium 150 - 16mo EDO - 3Dfx Voodoo and this game .... omg , a shock for me , forever , my favourite game ever
Those graphic cards from late 90s...
Oh man I remember this game like is was yesterday!
I remember playing this as a kid. One of the first racing games that wasn’t Mario kart or cruisin USA lol
Love this game. The memories
Loved playing this with Robert Miles Children music
I loved this game so much. We need a damn sequel already!
Maybe they should call it Pod 2 or something
no sequel, it wont satisfy expectations. Let us live in the past a little and give in to this melancholia
This game was amazing!!!!!! Miss it so much!
I could never see the complete introduction, my pc was a turtle in 1999, but what little I could enjoy playing it, it was fantastic
Same here. I saw it only recently!
Go into the Ubisoft Pod game file itself. There are videos from the game. Just have to search the game files.
I just found a copy of this at a garage sale for a buck, going to try to get it running tonight.
Good bargain!
This came with the PC my parents bought back in 1998. It was this and Hunter/Hunted. We also picked up 3 more games when we bought the PC: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, and Men in Black. I played the absolute shit out of all 5 of those games!
Wowwww. I was 12 the first time i played with It. ❤️❤️❤️
damn this game was PERFECT
Yes I agree very difficult though lol but that’s what made it fun
It was my first pc game. nostalgy...
I spent hours/weeks on this in my childhood. With the pronged/“bullshorns” car
I found the cd in my basement last night ... Happy days..😁
Once you played this game with the 3DFx card, you stepped into another level of awesome! :)
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YYOOOOO I thought nobody remembered this🤩🤩🤩. Good times playing it on the PC with my brother.....back when things seemed.......more simple
Oh man, I do remember playing this game, when I was just a little kid. Thank you, Uploader, for this childhood memories.
Thank you, Watcher, for following us! =D
This came on the Gateway 2000 my mom bought for me and my brother back in like 1995. I remember playing this and it also had one level of the first Tomb Raider game.
wtf
just used 3 hours of this day searching this childhoodremembrance
finally
video footage
i want to playtrough now :D
ty for uploading
Wooooow!!!! I used to LOVE this game
That goddamn flat brown car I could never beat
I remeber not knowing where this game came from but i had it and installed, never remember winning races
I think this was everyone's experience 😆 Good times
Same to me, where did it come from? Sawadee
The company brand is Ubisoft.
Now THIS is Pod racing!
my first game ever
Somehow a crossword puzzle I was working on last night mentioned this game, I had almost forgotten about it. Had to come a rewatch some gameplay after that memory jog XD
Loved this , my dad had it on his old Tiny pc 🤣
The racing game I know that had an awesome back story.
Now *this* is POD racing! Jokes aside, I played this game years before I watched The Phantom Menace as a kid. When they started talking about pod racing, I was disappointed it wasn't this.
Man it's been soooo long. 😊
this game scared me as a kid
I loved this game as a kid! Got the CD out of some gaming magazine.
The very game to check if your 3dfx Voodoo settings are set correctly. This game glitches out easily on certain machines.
I thought that intro was the bleakest thing ever when I was a kid.
god i loved this game i was so bad at it but didn't give a shit
I played this and Oddworld Abes Odyssey with my aunt back when it came out. I was little and it really scared me.
My 1st PC Racing game... soundtrack is still sounds cool ;)
Wow this takes me back such a great game haven’t played it in years
I played this a lot!
There's no need for brakes, so use that value to pump acceleration and speed up to 100. Grip can also be lowered.
This game came with a PC my parents brought, the first one we ever had! I only had a vague recollection, couldn't even remember the name, so looked up 'futuristic racing game' and instantly remembered when I saw 'POD'. To be fair I was only about 11 at the time. Thanks for the upload and reminding me of more innocent times!
Edit: the pc was a 'gateway 2000', vintage apparently!
Glad you liked and glad we helped to remind those times!
Ubisoft.
This takes me back!
Nostalgic 😬
I still have the CD of the game here haha
Game: tried to have interesting back story
Me: Okay let’s just get to the weird hot wheels already
I FINALLY FOUND IT OMG
i know. i spent almost a month of it going in and out of head til i found it today
My computer ran this at 10 frames per second. I still enjoyed it despite that.
One of mine to memory's
Still got the original disc. 😊
Looks better on a 4:3 CRT Monitor ; ) I seem to remember the soundtrack was on the CD and could be played on any CD player.
LGR brought me here, love this game
Idk how I got here but I’m crying 🥹🥹🥹 i stumbled on this and every memory just rushed back to me from this game. Loved Arc & Gamma!!
I played this so much when i was like 6 years old!
2:18 Cool viruses don't look at explosions
But they wait until the scene transition is over to _animate_. Lol.
Amazing game!
I see that GOG has this game listed as POD Gold, but one of the reviews there states that GOG did not actually include the extra tracks and cars that the gold version provides. That review was written in 2011 however. Does anyone know if that has been fixed since then to include the gold content? I'd gladly pay the $5.99 for the gold version, but if it is just the regular version, I'd rather wait for a sale. I do have the regular boxed version in my closet, but I've read that it is extremely difficult to get running on newer systems.
Oh my god, my childhood.
Id love to see this on steam oneday..my first ever pcgame....nostalgia
It's already on GOG: www.squakenet.com/sale/digital/7211/895/USD
had the demo version of this game in a floppy disk..lol
Runs best with Pentium MMX technology!
No need for brakes. Lower the value considerably to zero or one and use them for accelleration and speed.
OMFG I FOUND IT!! YES! FUKK YES!
I was trying to remember what this game was!