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Video: Us Vs. Them and the Laserdisc Debacle
In this free GDC Vault video, legendary programmer and designer Warren Davis gives a behind the scenes look at making 1984 Laserdisc-powered FMV shooter Us Vs. Them. He begins the presentation with an engaging history lesson, harkening back to a previous GDC talk digging into his experiences designing and programming Qbert, and the general adventures of the early 80s arcade heyday. The timeline has shifted slightly forward here, to the arcade slumps of 1983 and the short-lived (but explosive) fad of Laserdisc games, made famous by titles like Dragon's Lair, Space Ace and M.A.C.H. 3.