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Astron Belt
One of the first Laserdisc games, made in 1982 and using technology pioneered by SEGA. Following its 1982 debut, it was released in Japan in May 1983 and worldwide several months later.
Astron Belt was a relatively simple game that used the then-groundbreaking Laserdisc technology. The player controller a sprite-based spaceship which was overlaid onto pre-rendered video (played from a Laserdisc inside the cabinet), similar to Rebel Assault. The game play was simplistic and the combat actions of the player's starship often had nothing to do with the futuristic video being displayed. There was no collision detection with the pre-rendered video, so while the technology was groundbreaking, the illusion of flight was poor. Astron Belt used footage which was culled from various Japanese science fiction movies. A few years later, M.A.C.H. 3 recycled the concept using aerial photography which was specifically filmed for the game.
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- Name
- Astron Belt
- Release Date
- May 1983
- Platform
- MSX (Platform)
Arcade (Platform) - Developer
- Publisher
- Genre
- Action (Genre)
Shoot 'Em Up (Genre)
Shooter (Genre) - Theme
- Sci-Fi (Theme)