Blast From The Past : Dragon’s Lair
What a pleasant surprise after a short vacation…a buddy of mine was kind and patient enough to send me a converted bit of video from the old Dragon’s Lair game. None of the kids growing up today will probably get the same feeling as I when I saw this game in the arcade. The local arcades by me had pretty common games…Star Castle, Glaxian, etc. So when this beast showed up with frikkin’ awesome animation (granted, game interaction is not as action packed as most games)…I was floored. The sad part is, I never got to see much of this game…because it was two quarters to play, awkwardly essential timing…and no “continue”. Most kids I knew shunned it too for the expense…we weren’t loaded with allowance money. When I lamented this to an olde mate, he mentioned he not only had Daphne (the laserdisc game emulator) but also a working version of Dragon’s Lair from the original game data on his PC. He sent along the final game sequence…which I know I’d never seen. Anyway…for those that remember & would love to see it…here it is. =}
Tags: Advanced Microcomputer Systems, Arcade, Cinematronics, Daphne, Dirk the Daring, Don Bluth, Dragon's Lair, Games, Taito, Video, Video Disc Games