LASER… FAIL

Steve on GCC’s failed laser disc project

“This was our laser disc experiment,” says Steve of , one of used cartoon [imagery] but our idea was to have computer generated images on the laser disc so it kind of looked the same as the graphics being overlaid on top. We were actually talking to movie houses that did CGI to give us what we needed. We had produced all the storyboards: you land on an abandoned planet and the alien civilisation had a transport system, these three trails of light like a track. You’re riding in this car which can jump from rail to rail and there are branching routes… it combined exploring these ruined cities with lots of things to discover and a shoot-’em-up [aspect]. We really thought it would be fun though looking back I’m not sure it would work in an arcade environment and once Atari stopped paying our bills in 1984, everything stopped.” GCC artist Paul Moody, who originally proposed , has kindly shared his concept art and screenshots of this intriguing unreleased title.