M.A.C.H. 3 was a laserdisc video game

Laserdisc video game

A laserdisc video game is an arcade game that uses pre-recorded video played from a laserdisc, either as the entirety of the graphics, or as part of the graphics.-History:...

 created by Gottlieb

Gottlieb

Gottlieb was an arcade game corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was established by David Gottlieb in 1927, initially producing pinball machines while later expanding into various other games including pitch-and-bats, bowling games, and eventually video arcade games .Like other...

 and released in the U.S. in 1983 under their Mylstar brand. The title refers both to the speed of sound, and is an acronym for "Military Air Command Hunter". It was released in Japan by Taito

Taito Corporation

The is a Japanese publisher of video game software and arcade hardware wholly owned by publisher Square Enix. Taito has their headquarters in the Shinjuku Bunka Quint Building in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, sharing the facility with its parent company....

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Gameplay

The player controls a high-speed fighter aircraft, the "Military Air Command Hunter", in one of two missions, either a "Fighter Raid" seen flying forward at low altitude, or the "Bombing Run" seen in a top-down mode at higher altitude. In both cases, video backgrounds on the laserdisc were overlaid by computer graphics

Computer graphics

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 generated by additional hardware in the machine. M.A.C.H. 3 was one of the few laser disc games that made its way to the number one position in RePlay Magazine's "Player's Choice", and Play Meter's "Equipment Poll".