[1983] Mylstar MACH 3 Laserdisc Arcade Game Part 1

[BitgateMobile]

If I remember correctly, the laserdisc dump of this game revealed one channel of audio with the flight of the game. The secondary audio channel was used for positional data, which revealed a data track much like a 1200 baud modem data track. If you ever get a dump of the laserdisc and get a chance, listen to the audio tracks. You'll see what I mean. It's pretty weird. Only reason I know this is I had a friend who had an LD player and these original games. Note the jet shadow at 02:29! :D

[checazzovolete]

I'm ashamed to say I never knew there were such games in the 80's... I was playing Atari back then ^_^

[EendjeKwak]

Impressive for 1983. The background is probably a digital video file, but still impressive.

[porcorosso81]

@EendjeKwak

On the emulator, it's a digital video file. On the original arcade, it was a laserdisc providing the audio and background video.

[RaulBillieJean]

@EendjeKwak this has better graphics than a ps3 lol

[MikeofWyoming]

Mobius 1 fox 2

[Deaft0ne]

I used to play this at Chuck E. Cheese when I was a kid in the 80's and I loved it!

[lon9i9]

I think they actually used a mach 3 (sr71) footage. This was awesome! What ever happened to laserdisc?

[killbotkillbotkill]

can i get the game disc been i have been looking for about 3 years to get this for the cab i have but the disc was scrathed and will only play a small amount of the game

[lostpunkrock]

@killbotkillbotkill check torrent sites

i know i saw it on demonoid recently

[kooldawghd2]

@lostpunkrock

Yep its on there.

[killbotkillbotkill]

@lostpunkrock thanks i will try to burn it to a cd but i dont know if the cab will play a copy of a a laserdisc

[motleyfitness]

Used to play this at Showbiz Pizza. Great graphics!

[skrat5]

yeah i remember that one; computer graphics over live video.

[38Squid]

Played the bombing option of this game more. i could not handle the pace of the canyon flying speed. I used to get aggrivated playing and stomp my foot on the floor of the sit in model and it would cause the disc to error "disc error stay put"

[Bellagiodude]

It looks like an Iranian flight simulator

[MikeofWyoming]

@Bellagiodude

Must be a multiplayer, because they suck at taking out the F15.

[ahage4x4]

Which year was this game released ?? the graphics are just great !

[crazylevipinball]

Most of the laserdisc games were crummy but I did like this one. It was very tough. Even then you could see this stuff wasn't the future of gaming, it was more of a gimmick.

[davedropd1]

mach 3 cobra command and spy hunter were the 3 best arcade games EVER!!

[nooblet911]

better graphics than modern flight sims and arcades, lulz

[dkim68]

Look how fucking fast those missiles move. It looks nearly impossible to shoot or avoid them.

[thelawguy666]

Thank you for posting this!!!! i played this all the time when i was a kid and have not seen it for at least 20 years- so many happy memories come back:)

[Pincha0Loaf]

That's a game I'd love to play again. Let's see the bomber footage too since that's the one I liked.

[Invidente7]

IT WAS EEEEEEEEEEVIL!!

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How could you have all played it without being sucked into that horrifying gigantic EEEEEEEEEEVIL screen? ;_;

[grl8862]

This game was expensive to play, but worth it! Fantastic graphics for the 1980s. The one I used to play was a sit down version, but sadly it was almost always "out of order". The laser disc seems to jump around too much. Freezing etc. I suppose that's new technology for you. Ahead of its time. Brings back great memories. Hope they bring it back on X360 or something. Thanks for Posting this!

[Episcleritis]

Mach 3 was the first 50 cent game I ever played. Thanks for posting this.

[weegerri1sm]

Yup, 'big ol' cockpit . :/

There was an upright cabinet version too, which was also massive.

[weegerri1sm]

I remember this so well. The actual arcade cabinet was HUGE!

Great game. :)

[mcog2006]

Did you get an infinite number of lives?

[Invidente7]

in you final life, the WHOLE screen is lit with red flames, I think this guy used an infinite life code or something

[biotoxin21]

man i loved this game wish i had it today

[oldrestless]

you can if you look into MAME. it means multi arcade machine emulator and then all you need is the mach 3 rom. have fun

[meidc]

I remember this one at my local Chuck e' Cheeses. This was the next ld game after Dragon's Lair.

I even remember a tv add about this.

Thanks for posting.

[bone6966]

i dont remember the tv ad for this, even know i pumped 1,000's of quarters in this machine. the tv ad you might have seen looks alot like this game. actually i seen the ad at the movies, b4 the movie started back then. looks alot like this, which you play a vcr tape for the background, and suction cupped red sensor went on the bottom right of the screen. wished i could think of that game. i was actually disappointed with it, after i bought it, but it resembled mach 3 alot. not sure the name?

[eight7777777]

@bone6966 that game system was called Action Max. It featured a light gun, the red suction cup light and the console. You get 1000 points for remembering that system!