All the Namco arcade Laserdiscs - YouTube links and pics

Only one missing right now is Tekken. Hopefully I'll nab it someday. Here are Air Combat, Air Combat 22, Ridge Racer, Solvalou, Starblade, Steel Gunner, and Galaxian 3.

Air Combat

 

Ridge Racer

 

Solvalou

 

Starblade

 

Steel Gunner

 

Galaxian 3

 

Air Combat 22

 

Great job on digitalizing these releases, awesome to see these games running . Question, do you know the reason for these LD's to exists, were they offered for sale to the general public or were they for promotional purposes only?

 

The OBI strips have all the markings of general release discs. I have no idea what purpose they held, though. Laserdiscs were waaaay elite back in the day, so they always released tech demos that seemed more suited for demonstration purposes, but anyone could buy em. Also they were better for kiosks and shops because you could skip chapters and demo products more easily. Arcade discs... I dunno, maybe arcade shop owners would play them to attract customers without having to wear out the arcade cabinets.

 

Awesome posts. Thanks a lot for sharing these with all of us.

 

Are you going to collect the Sega Arcade LD Ones also I saw the Outrun and Space Harrier one as well and it was pretty much the same thing? Kinda like attract mode but nice collection man keep it up.

 

So those LDs aren't exactly playable?

Those were for demonstration purposes only?
Any LD player could play them, if I understand it correctly.

 

Nope they are not games but just attract videos of the game actually all the way through to the end of the game and different paths in the outrun version that I saw. There were also SNK LD video discs for fatal fury, and art of fighting and would only presume they are the same as these namco and Sega LD discs.

 

Holy shit thats awsome !

 

I've got two Sega discs on the same Lasereactive channel at [video]http://youtube.com/lasereactive[/video] including an AM2 arcade disc and the Outrun disc. I just scored a Virtua Fighter LD so once I digitize that I'll make a new thread for Sega discs.

 

I didn't know these were even a thing, I totally want the Ridge racer one

 

Sometimes you find em pretty cheap on Yahoo Auctions http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e149350043

 

Just nabbed the Tekken disc, I'll post that one in a couple weeks

 

wow great site has some stuff on there i want how do i use the site can anybody help

 

I use fromjapan. Sign up using my link and after your first order, you get 300FJ points, which is essentially 300 yen for your next order
http://www.fromjapan.co.jp?afid=V62357