<s>
POD	B-Device
:	O
Planet	B-Device
of	I-Device
Death	I-Device
(	O
titled	O
simply	O
POD	B-Device
in	O
North	O
America	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
futuristic	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
released	O
by	O
Ubi	O
Soft	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
planet	B-Device
of	I-Device
death	I-Device
)	O
while	O
a	O
few	O
survivors	O
remain	O
,	O
voluntarily	O
or	O
otherwise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Influences	O
on	O
POD	B-Device
included	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Kart	I-Application
and	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
POD	B-Device
was	O
published	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
MMX	B-Architecture
instruction	I-Architecture
set	I-Architecture
and	O
came	O
bundled	O
as	O
an	O
OEM	O
version	O
with	O
computers	O
using	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
Pentium	I-General_Concept
or	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
II	I-General_Concept
MMX	B-Architecture
processors	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
AMD	B-Architecture
K6	I-Architecture
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
retail	O
version	O
of	O
POD	B-Device
(	O
called	O
POD	B-Device
2.0	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
)	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
and	O
featured	O
more	O
circuits	O
and	O
cars	O
,	O
plus	O
support	O
for	O
3dfx	O
video	O
cards	O
and	O
network	B-Application
play	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
special	O
multiplayer	O
program	O
called	O
"	O
Game	O
Service	O
"	O
was	O
provided	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
for	O
POD	B-Device
players	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
could	O
race	O
on	O
Ubisoft	O
servers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
POD	B-Device
was	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
optimized	O
for	O
video	O
cards	O
with	O
a	O
3dfx	O
chipset	O
using	O
the	O
Glide	B-Operating_System
API	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubisoft	O
later	O
published	O
patches	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Voodoo	O
2	O
using	O
the	O
Glide	B-Operating_System
API	I-Operating_System
and	O
non-3dfx	O
chipsets	O
via	O
Direct3D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Less	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
publishing	O
POD	B-Device
,	O
Ubisoft	O
issued	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Back	O
to	O
Hell	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Extended	O
Time	O
in	O
France	O
)	O
in	O
late	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
version	O
called	O
POD	B-Device
:	O
Gold	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
POD	B-Device
,	O
its	O
expansion	O
,	O
plus	O
a	O
new	O
sound	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
POD	B-Device
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
was	O
announced	O
,	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
winter	O
of	O
2000	O
,	O
Ubisoft	O
released	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
successor	O
,	O
POD	B-Device
2	I-Device
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
POD	B-Device
2	I-Device
:	O
Multiplayer	O
Online	O
and	O
POD	B-Device
:	I-Device
Speedzone	I-Device
)	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
playable	O
on	O
SegaNet	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
games	O
to	O
support	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
Broadband	O
Adaptor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
6	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
POD	B-Device
was	O
re-released	O
by	O
GOG.com,	O
with	O
added	O
compatibility	O
with	O
modern	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
rated	O
it	O
three	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Pod	B-Device
is	O
a	O
fantastic	O
ride	O
,	O
with	O
high-color	O
graphics	O
at	O
high	O
resolution	O
and	O
a	O
steady	O
,	O
high	O
frame	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
