Video Game / SubRoc-3D

SubRoc-3D is an arcade shooter game developed and released in 1982 by Sega. The game is a very typical arcade-type shooter but is very unique in the fact that it's the very first video game to be released in 3D! The player presses their head into an eyepiece that uses a mechanism with spinning discs to send a different image to the left and right eye. The game finishes the effect by making use of sprite scaling.

The game got a home console release for ColecoVision simply named SubRoc which only simulated the 3D effects.

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Tropes found in the game:

• Attract Mode: The game shows spaceships flying into and out of the background to fully show off the 3D effect.
• Endless Game: Typical of arcade games of the time, the game does not have an end. The player simply plays until they run out of lives.
• In-Universe Game Clock: In each level, the coloring of the graphics changes to simulate the change to morning, day, evening, and then night.
• Tech-Demo Game: This was the very first arcade game developed to make use of 3D graphics.
• Visual Effects of Awesome: The game's graphics are rendered in 3D and the game makes use of a periscope-like viewing device in front of the screen which uses a polarization filter to send a different image to each eye.