Less talked about are rare experiments like Sega's GP World, a 1984 arcade game that mixed media in a way that was a bit more common in the '80s, though one not typically reserved for racing titles.

Laserdisc games were already a hot commodity by 1983, as seen in the Don Bluth-directed Dragon's Lair, which used hand-drawn animation instead of an arcade's usual pixellated sprites.

Dragon's Lair originally was released a laserdisc-based arcade game published by Cinematronics in 1983. The animation and art is designed by by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth. It has been repackaged in ...