Your planet is doomed, and there is only one remaining seat on the spaceship leading citizens to safety. This will go to the winner of a sequences of races held within this futuristic world.

Viewed from above and behind the car, the game boasted a lot of technologically advanced features. Computer AI adjusted to your style of driving whilst in progress. It was the first game to use MMX technology, and the first to support 3D acceleration straight from the box. It also had a range of multiplayer options including networks and split-screen, and an online internet server to automatically match player.

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Alternate Titles

"POD: Planet of Death" -- European title

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Part of the Following Group

POD series

Merchant	Title
	POD
	POD
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User Reviews

Excellent arcade racing game	Iggi (3447)
Major milestone in the introduction of hardware-accelerated gaming	Zzap (43)
This game just plain sucks.	Tomer Gabel (4418)
A big disappointment.	Trixter (8730)

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The Press Says

Electric Games	1997	94 out of 100	94
PC Zone	Aug 13, 2001	9 out of 10	90
Gamesmania	1997	85 out of 100	85
PC Player (Germany)	Mar, 1997		80
Game.EXE	Mar, 1997	75 out of 100	75
Game Revolution	Jun 05, 2004	B	75
GameSpot	Apr 17, 1997	7.5 out of 10	75
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	May, 1997	72 out of 100	72
World Village (Gamer's Zone)	1997		60
Edge	Apr, 1997	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

The box prominently states that POD was the first game ever to support the new MMX instructions on Pentium II and late-model Pentium processors. In reality, the only thing POD uses them for is stereo and Dolby sound effects--very odd, given that there was a world of optimization possible in the 3D rendering area.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by robotriot

(8642) on Jan 01, 2000.