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==To do--
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*A lot of great info and insight [https://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/1983/astron-belt/ here].
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[[User:CartridgeCulture|CartridgeCulture]] ([[User talk:CartridgeCulture|talk]]) 21:31, 25 April 2022 (EDT)
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==''Sega Visions'' claim==
 
I don't like to give bad news... but "Sega Visions" magazine once claimed that Astron Belt was the first LaserDisc arcade game to be released... however it looks that this title belongs to Costa Mesa, California-based [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iFZhq7_GqOg/UKaw2NwHbyI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/BSOX35QpthA/s1600/qh.jpg Electro-Sport, Inc.]'s game [https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9190 "Quarter Horse"] released in 1981... so which one deserves the title?...--[[User:Asagoth|Asagoth]] ([[User talk:Asagoth|talk]]) 05:11, 18 November 2018 (CST)
 
I don't like to give bad news... but "Sega Visions" magazine once claimed that Astron Belt was the first LaserDisc arcade game to be released... however it looks that this title belongs to Costa Mesa, California-based [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iFZhq7_GqOg/UKaw2NwHbyI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/BSOX35QpthA/s1600/qh.jpg Electro-Sport, Inc.]'s game [https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9190 "Quarter Horse"] released in 1981... so which one deserves the title?...--[[User:Asagoth|Asagoth]] ([[User talk:Asagoth|talk]]) 05:11, 18 November 2018 (CST)
 
:Looks like Sega are wrong
 
:Looks like Sega are wrong
 
:http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/materials/flyers/qh.asp
 
:http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/materials/flyers/qh.asp
 
:There's a 1981 date on one of the flyers -[[User:Black Squirrel|Black Squirrel]] ([[User talk:Black Squirrel|talk]]) 05:22, 18 November 2018 (CST)
 
:There's a 1981 date on one of the flyers -[[User:Black Squirrel|Black Squirrel]] ([[User talk:Black Squirrel|talk]]) 05:22, 18 November 2018 (CST)
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::Cool... well... not so cool... because is a Sega game... so it hurts a little :) ... but ... --[[User:Asagoth|Asagoth]] ([[User talk:Asagoth|talk]]) 05:27, 18 November 2018 (CST)

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==To do--

  • A lot of great info and insight here.

CartridgeCulture (talk) 21:31, 25 April 2022 (EDT)

Sega Visions claim

I don't like to give bad news... but "Sega Visions" magazine once claimed that Astron Belt was the first LaserDisc arcade game to be released... however it looks that this title belongs to Costa Mesa, California-based Electro-Sport, Inc.'s game "Quarter Horse" released in 1981... so which one deserves the title?...--Asagoth (talk) 05:11, 18 November 2018 (CST)

Looks like Sega are wrong
http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/materials/flyers/qh.asp
There's a 1981 date on one of the flyers -Black Squirrel (talk) 05:22, 18 November 2018 (CST)
Cool... well... not so cool... because is a Sega game... so it hurts a little :) ... but ... --Asagoth (talk) 05:27, 18 November 2018 (CST)