Atari's 1984 unreleased laserdisc arcade game - Battlestar Galactica

[Draco1962]

 

 

[tthurman]

Seems it would have potential, but that looks like a hot mess!

 

[hansolo77]

Looks cool but I think I need seizure medication. 

[Draco1962]

Maybe that is why it wasn't released? Or was it because it would have been released after the disaster that was Galactica 1980?

[tthurman]

The laserdisc scene was crazy at launch with Dragon's Lair, etc., but it seemed to fizzle quickly and suffer from a lot of games that were pretty disappointing because the technology wasn't ideal for a lot of them.

[hansolo77]

Laserdisc is something I've never been able to emulate.  Near as I can tell though, they work with 1 very long and erratic video file and a bunch of software that jumps around in that video as needed.  When I said I needed seizure medication, it was meant as a joke.  But I'm pretty sure that all laserdisc games are the same like that.

[Draco1962]

Some were better than others. I don't know for sure but I bet scaling down the images for compatibility with the monitors used to display then probably had a part in the noticeable and oft seizure-inducing flicker seen with some of the games. The Bluth games (Dragon's Lair series and Space Ace) seemed to have more polish and less noticeable flicker than others.

[Tom Speirs]

Wow, love the laserdisc stuff. I expect someone will have a go in singe 2 with that video.

[Draco1962]

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