M.A.C.H. 3 is a laserdisc game created by Mylstar/Gottlieb in 1983. In M.A.C.H. 3, you pilot
either a "Fighter" plane or a "Bomber" plane, hitting targets in the air or on the ground while avoiding enemy fire. M.A.C.H. 3
uses video footage from the laserdisc as background and overlays computer graphics for your ship and the enemy ships.
In order to record the video footage for the game, a specially designed plane was used that had cameras mounted on the nose and in the belly. To keep
the video from the laserdisc player and computer graphics in sync, target data had to be entered by hand one frame at a time on the right audio track of the
laserdisc. This was a very time consuming process but was worth the effort, as M.A.C.H. 3 was one of the most successful laserdisc games of all time.
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