Bekki Doll |
A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
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Reged: 01/28/12
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Loc: Freeport, PA
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Re: while we're off track...
07/11/12 08:28 PM
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After all, how much can you film in 1 afternoon at the track?
You wouldn't need to be physically at the track. I do recall that Meadowlands and some other racing park (Pembroke?) used to air all the races in the clear via C-Band satellite from the early-to-late '80s. So anyone with a big ol' dish at the time and a decent VCR could have hours of footage onhand.
So now I'm wondering if there was actually more than one LaserDisc available. Different runs, different pressings. It would have been an interesting way to get around memorization simply by selecting a random LaserDisc from at least five different LaserDisc batches. But that would also assume that Quarter Horse was a very big seller and had a decent manufacturing run (conservatively, at least 1000 units).
(Or at least 9000.) ;-)
But back to the Sega and other horse racing sims that use similar 3-D rendering of the track and horses. :-) Most of the racing environment can be simulated. Throw in infinite camera angles and current racing data and stats and there's no need for any real footage.
--Bekki
Combating functional illiteracy with latex-clad drama since the '80s, because old video games rule!
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