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==History== ''POD'' was published in 1997. It was one of the first games to support the MMX instruction set and came bundled as an OEM version with computers using [[Intel]] [[Intel P5 (microarchitecture)|Pentium]] or [[Pentium II]] [[MMX]] processors, and some [[AMD]]-[[AMD K6|K6]] systems. The OEM 1.0 version did not support [[3dfx]] cards or network mode. A retail version of ''POD'' (called ''POD 2.0'' by Ubisoft) was later released and featured more circuits and cars, plus support for 3dfx video cards and network play. A special multiplayer program called "Game Service" was provided by Ubisoft for ''POD'' players so that they could race on Ubisoft servers. ''POD'' was among the first games optimized for video cards with a 3dfx chipset using the [[Glide API]]. Only video cards with the 3dfx [[Voodoo Graphics#Early history|Voodoo 1]] chipset were supported upon the game's release. Ubisoft later published patches which added support for the [[Voodoo 2]] using the Glide API and non-3dfx chipsets via [[Direct3D]]. Less than a year after publishing ''POD'', Ubisoft issued an expansion pack under the title ''Back to Hell'' (also known as ''Extended Time'' in [[France]]) in late 1997. This pack contained 19 circuits and 15 new vehicles (not all of which were cars), including motorcycles, a floating purple bat creature, and a witch riding a broom. In the winter of 2000, Ubisoft released the game's successor, ''[[POD 2|POD: Speedzone]]'' (also known as ''POD 2: Multiplayer Online''), available for the [[Sega]] [[Dreamcast]] console. It is another futuristic racing game, but players are able to attack their opponents. Each player is a [[miner]] on the colony of Damethra, and an alien virus has taken over the cars on the colony, creating mutant cars. It was one of the first games playable on SegaNet, and one of the few games to support the Dreamcast Broadband Adaptor. The game featured eight vehicles to use on five tracks. Bonus cars and tracks could be unlocked if the game was played online and the user had a Game Service account.
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