Developer | Misc |
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Type | Arcade systems |
Release date | 1982 |
Discontinued | 1995 |
Emulated | ✓ |
A LaserDisc video game is an arcade game that uses pre-recorded video (either live-action or animation) played from a LaserDisc. The first LaserDisc video game was Sega's Astron Belt released in 1983. The genre was popularized by Dragon's Lair released shortly after in the same year. The usage of LaserDiscs provided graphics close to an animated or live-action film which was vastly ahead of other arcade games at the time. However, with the drawback of limited interactivity compared to regular arcade games.
Emulators[edit]
- Aug 01, 2020 Daphne lets you play Dragon's Lair and other laserdisc arcade games, just like you remember them from the arcade! Goals of Daphne. Click DaphneGoals. The history of Daphne is terribly fascinating. Perhaps one day I will include it here:) Games that you can play using Daphne. Daphne (as of v1.0) can play the following games: Astron.
- Based on the Japanese anime of the same name, Albegas was a 1983 laserdisc game by Sega that differentiated itself by allowing the choice of different paths to take throughout the game. Bally Midway released the game in North America as Cybernaut in March 1984.
Daphne Laserdisc Images Daphne is an emulator designed to experience classic Laserdisc games from the arcade and home. This collection includes every working Daphne game available. It includes a pre-setup emulator with roms, mpegs and frame files. Simply copy the 4 discs to your hard drive and play. Aug 04, 2020 The first LaserDisc video game was Sega's Astron Belt released in 1983. The genre was popularized by Dragon's Lair released shortly after in the same year. The usage of LaserDiscs provided graphics close to an animated or live-action film which was vastly ahead of other arcade games at the time.
Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Active | Recommended |
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PC / x86 | |||||
DAPHNE | 1.0.12 | ~ (WIP) | ✗ | ✓ | |
MAME | 0.224 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Comparisons[edit]
![Laserdisc Laserdisc](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MtDgqJtr-0A/hqdefault.jpg)
- DAPHNE is the primary emulator for LaserDisc arcade games. Supports more games than MAME. Use DaphneLoader to update DAPHNE and auto download games. The libretro core currently only works for Android, so if you want libretro on PC, see Android emulators.
- MAME has support for six LaserDisc games and two that DAPHNE doesn't support; Cube Quest and Firefox. The reason MAME doesn't emulate many LaserDisc-based systems, is largely due to indecisions regarding the disc preservation method and format. This will hopefull be fixed in the future thanks to the Domesday Project 86 which employs a combination of specialized hardware and open-source software to preserve the discs in a far more faithful manner than ever before.
Games[edit]
Game | DAPHNE | MAME | Ports* |
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Astron Belt | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Badlands | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Bega's Battle | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chantze's Stone | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Cliff Hanger | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Cobra Command / Thunder Storm | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Cosmos Circuit | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Crime Patrol | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Cube Quest | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Dragon's Lair | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Dragon's Lair II: TimeWarp | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Esh's Aurunmilla | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Fast Draw Showdown | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Firefox | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Freedom Fighter | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Galaxian 3 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Galaxian 3: Attack of the Zolgear | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Galaxy Ranger / Star Blazer | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
GP World | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Interstellar Laser Fantasy | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
The Last Bounty Hunter | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
M.A.C.H. 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Mad Dog McCree | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
NFL Football | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Ninja Hayate | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Road Blaster | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Space Ace | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Space Pirates | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Star Rider | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Super Don Quix·ote | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Thayer's Quest | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Time Gal | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Time Traveler | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Us vs. Them | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Who Shot Johnny Rock? | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Zorton Brothers | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Laserdisc Roms
This list is updated as of MAME 0.197 and DAPHNE 1.0.12.
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