has anyone heard of this?

[starlord]

Seems a laserdisk game based on the starblazers franchise by taito did hit it in japan for a while:

http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=363

Might anyone have info on this? it's preservation would be greatly appreciated by the fans of the franchise...

[ataritoobin]

I thought I read about a collector having a marquee, but not much more than that.

Here is some more info if you read Japanese:

http://blackzero717.blog113.fc2.com/blog-entry-26.html



The Taito laserdisc stuff is extremely rare.

I spy a converted Namco Pole Position cockpit in the background hehe  

[rdg2010]

I read that article before (at starblazers.com). As far as I know this was a rare game that came out only in Japan. Similar to Astron Belt/Galaxy Ranger with some Dragon's Lair type levels mixed in.

[rdg2010]

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[Alpha1]

This threw me for a second.

Galaxy Ranger is actually called Star Blazer in Japan: http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=6346

So I thought it would be that, but it's not and it is indeed a Taito game.

Very close names, seperated just be an 's' !

[starlord]

Pity: It looks like a blast!

Might taito themselves have an operational cab in their archives?

[starlord]

Sorry, simple question, but is anyone here fluent in japanese?

does the owner of the blog own a yamato cab? If not, perhaps he would know of taito or ex taito members who do...