As with other laserdisc-based arcade games from the same time, the gameplay consists of on-screen instructions overlaid over pre-recorded animated footage.
Prior to that the material had been released on long-form home-video and later as a laserdisc.
The film appears to have been transferred from the laserdisc master videotapes, and not directly from the source film reels.
First, a copy of the original source material or raw was obtained, most commonly from a commercial laserdisc.
It was released on laserdisc only once in 1984.
A similar cut-out procedure was practiced with the laserdisc home video format as well as the 8-track tape cartridge.
A common complaint about laserdisc games is their linearity.
The series was first published on laserdisc with accompanying manuals that offered barcode control.
