LGR - Dragon's Lair - DOS PC Game Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2010
- Don Bluth's "Dragon's Lair" is awesome. But the PC port from 1989? It leaves a bit to be desired. Overprotective copy protection, repetition, odd controls, repetition, bugs and repetition.
Dragons Lair for MS-DOS EGA PCs
At least it's more playable than that NES port. - บันเทิง
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@CuntTornado You're quite welcome!
And I've gotta say, that's one memorable username you have there.
Quick-time events, the game. "Before" they were a thing.
Hey! My thinks that I thought! Give them back. I don't have many of those anymore.
"If you don't know what you're doing, you die."
The 80s gaming mantra.
Works nicely as a Souls mantra now. :3
And sometimes even when you do know, you still die
I played this thing in the arcade back in the day. It was the quickest way to waste $1.
I remember when a friend of mine got a EGA card & also bought this game to show off its enhanced graphics... the animations, the colors, it was beautiful.... i was sooo jealous. And then we tried to actually play the thing.
@indignantatheist Awesome, I'm truly glad to hear I can invoke that kind of enthusiasm! Thanks for watching!
As a kid, this would have gone over my head. I would have assumed it was some space-age technology and you controlled the character directly.
Sounds like a decent deal to me! Especially if it comes with the CPU.
You should revisit this review.
Supposedly the terrible computer ports of Dragon's Lair are what inspired the guy(yes 1 guy) who created Another World (aka Out of this world) as he thought he could make an interactive movie than fit on one disk, rather than 15.
Sic's Space Éric Chahi said this? Got any source?
I would love to read more about it. :)
I wrote you 7 years ago about this video. I am rewatching it again while working on a funny cartoon. thank you again for making this review!!!!!!
Phreak, I demand to know why you only have 5 views in one hour! You have more talent than most of youtube!
Thanks for the review. Recently started to watch your videos and love them all, from the game reviews to the hardware/pc reviews, thanks again for the work.
First arcade game i ever paid more than a quarter to play...
When I see your reviews show up in my subscriptions on the front page I get really excited. Love your videos, man! Excellent review.
I also enjoy his videos.
@SCSNSE Thanks! It's from an Atari 800XL, the name of the song is "Vaxeen 4U" in case you wanna look it up!
@jyatzy123 ... WHAT? OH NO. I knew I shouldn't have made this video, now everyone knows! Guess that's what I get for having a hobby.
@TheAbridgedGamer Thanks. I use Adobe Premiere CS4.
The Game Boy Color port of Dragon's Lair developed by Capcom was pretty cool. It recreated much of the arcade version's original animation on the GBC screen, which led me to think that these older ports could have pulled off a proper conversion... but I guess in 2000, hindsight is 20/20. :P
You always seem to know what games to review to catch my attention, not to mention the best theme song out of any internet reviewer (though spoony's is pretty good!) Keep up the good work
...Nutsack of a game.
Clint, you crack me up dude, lol.
Thanks for always being awesome:)
@SPeacock That Dragon's Lair HD version of the game on Blu-Ray already came out, in 2007.
The early 2000 digital camera recording makes the laser disk look high tech.
Maybe it's time for a re-do one of these days huh?
@LGR
@Lachlant1984 This was played on a low-end 386SX machine.
WOW! Thanks for showing this - it's amazing what folks were prepared to do to play DL.
I played it on release in the Arcades and had no clue what to do, hence a Game Over screen without realising the game had started!!
It wasn't a cheap game to play either ...
I thought it was an appalling game and am still conflicted by it ...
Sure the animation is glorious, it's innovative but the GP?
Not great imo ..
I still try/play it sometimes and yesss i'm still terrible at it.
I also play FMV games here and there - such an interesting, yet odd genere.
The amount of bad takes and spin off's on Dragon's Lair is amazing ..
Was/has there been any good ones before home thchnology caught up and allowed close versions be played??
I'd buy this for the shelf
if i found it - 13 floppies for 10 repeating screens lol.
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Lazy Game Reviews,
I saw your video when I was 11 in 2013.
@atrainhxdotcom You're quite welcome, I appreciate the man-love!
"Dragon's Lair. Dragon's Lair never changes."
@stringanime Oh yeah, I can imagine it would still have been rad to have had this on the PC back when it was new, because compared to many other ports of the time it's not half bad. But it's pretty lackluster, even then.
minor issue: Laserdisc was an ANALOG system
SkyCharger001 Yup I misspoke. All analog at first, then later had analog video and digital sound!
+Lazy Game Reviews I came to the comments to say exactly this but then you guys got everything right before I could play all smartass-know-it-all. Not cool!
Really!? And there went my assumption that they were just big-ass CDs.
@yonderTheGreat Wrong. It was still read with a lazer, but the info wasn't in binary format.
@@DragonNexus Yep! The information was encoded as pits in the disc surface, read with a laser like a CD, but the pits and lands were of continuously varying lengths encoding an analog video signal. Utterly weird from a modern perspective.
@bteeuwen If it weren't on the Wii with its uncomfortable controller & fuzzy SD video output I'd likely agree! The best version I've seen thus far is the Blu-Ray collection. Works great on a PS3.
did they have to redo the animation for this port? Cus that would be pretty impressive if they did.
Animated Freak looks like they “traced” the original animation pixel by pixel, which is why it rather jiggles at times (for example when the feet are planted on the ground)
It looks like you're getting close to your 100th review. I wish I had at least some of those classic games (although maybe not this one) the only "classic" thing I have is an unopened King's Quest Collection Series and that was my mom's because she had a PCjr and wanted to play Kings Quest on the newer computer.
"Merit Software"...
I think that sums it up all.
@wakkyvideogroup Oh yeah, there were copy protection schemes for all home computers back then, but this one takes that cake as far as most confusing and annoying text codes.
nice review Clint!
"Dirk on dragon action"
"Awkward nutsack of a game"
Awkward nutsack of a game....best one liner ever
I uncovered a glitch one time in this version where I got to the final level at the start of the game.
"Awkward Nutsack" would be a great band name XD.
@Costerguy1234556 The Win95 and 98 era brought about far better support for FMV in games, and with it came what I consider to be the first DL port for PC that was totally worth playing (1999 release by Digital Leisure).
We had a version of Dragon's Lair for Mac. It didn't have the copy protection so that wasnt an issue. Which was "good" I suppose. We lost the manual. XD Imagine trying to figure this game out without the internet, and with no manual. We didn't get very far.
Love this video like all of your others. I'm too young to know for sure (only 18), but what is your intro song made on, a C64 perhaps?
Really interesting version! I've only played the NES and original arcade versions. This one was really interesting. Man, that copy protection though.... holy cow.
I remember this on the Amiga. So frustrating with it's trial and error method (back in the day before internet, to find a walkthrough). I revisited it recently with an emulator on PC, just so I could finish it. Some of the levels are hard to get through, even when you know the key combination.
Dude, yes! Hook up 13 floppy drives and play it from there!
Love that game..and I even did finish the game..used many quarters at the local 7-11 when it came out in the 80s
Pedant here. Laserdisc isn't digital. It's analogue composite video
Correct. It's analog video encoding using FM modulation (like VHS) but with lands and pits acting as the PWM for the signal.
I used to play this game all the time when I was a little kid. We had a copy on 3 1/2 floppies of which there were only 4. I don't think I ever beat it, but I was really little and likely didn't have the attention span or skil.
I love the SEGA CD version. Do they ever made Space Ace for DOS PC as well?
remember seeing ths for the first time in the arcades. Wow talk about jaw dropping!
Great review! Didn't see it comming when you said "13 floppy drives" wow and the coding sheet??? It that even legal? I don't think I would find myself buying this game in.. quite a while.. But otherwise, great review! I always look forward to your videos every week ; )
is the castle really purple in this? Im hoping its just my phone having a problem i mean castles aren't purple. Also are there any versions of dragons lair for modern systems that are any good?
Celebration of 30 years of Dragon's Lair!
@majora1993 Agreed, at least they TRIED to make it truthful to the original. It's too bad the PC they meant it to run on was nowhere near capable.
LOL So many ports of this......
Great review as always.
Unrecognised chunk found!
I had what I think is the same version, it was 13ish floppies but didn't have copy protection. The computer I had at the time was below specification (I think 384k ram or something) and I would try to run it anyway. It would start and take about 30 minutes to load the first area but I didn't know how to play (and didn't have the manuals) so I would die every time, and 30 minutes is a long time to wait for loading to try again.
love the intro
I have the DOS CD-ROM version, of which I never could get working right. I don't have the manual for it, but if I remember, it had the LaserDisc video encoded on it, and of course needed VGA. If I can find it, I'd like to donate it if you don't have it.
did anyone make a spreadsheet of the copy protection?
"Geeze, Dirk, I know this sucks, but drugs Aren't the answer."
Awesome.
Guys, which is the best adoption of the Dragon's Lair arcade? I only know of the DOS and NES version.
One of the better ones I know of the 3DO version.
@@EnforcerX71 Thanks. I just saw a video about the PS3 port, which apparently is near perfect.
Hey I'm curious when where they finally able to make a port of this to PC? The 3.1 era or the Windows 95 era?
Were those 360k diskettes?
I remember being so excited about finally Having Dragon's Lair at home on my PC. Then after unpacking 13 Large Floppies. It took my brother and I Forever to get passed the Title Screen Bridge and Bats.....Big Let down, but exciting at the time.
For anyone, even.
I got this on Windows 95 when it came out, my cousin actually managed to beat it, it was the full version though with all the right sounds and colors lol. It took her 3 days of constant playing to beat it.
I got a review request or at least a let's play request. You should play Outlaws from Lucasarts, released in 1997. It was one of the first if not the first fps game in a wild west setting. I am sure you are familiar with it. Thank you in advance, i really enjoy your videos.
This reminds me of that port to the gameboy color... Thats an interesting game btw.
I believe laserdiscs were analog not digital but can be accessed way more faster than a video cassette which allows the game to run smoothly, the same with American Laser Games titles!
This one at least HAS the original gameplay; every other 8/16 bit adaptation is a completely different _game_ with completely different mechanics and gameplay. That being said, I personally don't count the chain of quicktime events that make up the original arcade a "game", and getting my hands on an emulated version of the original was one of the biggest disappointments of my life, but I digress. Bottom line: this conversion at least has got that _right_ to call itself "Dragon's Lair" in contrast to every other home computer version.
I'm way behind the times here, but I _just_ noticed how much Dirk resembles the Avatar from Dungeon Keeper.
they kept in the bridge seen?
Anyone knows the song for the princess Daphne part? :]
Indeed the CDi had some great games (imo), Burn:Cycle, Dragons Lair, Defender of the Crown, Escape from Cyber City, Flashback: The Quest for Identity, Lost Eden, Inca, Space Ace, The 7th Guest.
I actually got to play the arcade game recently and I had no idea what was going on the entire time I was playing it I put like 10 quarters in that thing and I still have no idea what happened
I loved rescuing daphne only game i played on dos was elders scrolls 1 and 2 so different and difficult
Awful game; great review.
Thanks for this, Phreak. Ya know, this is why I love the internet: anyone can reach a global audience from their own bedroom and occasionally it sprouts a real gem - someone who has genuine talent and personality.
Phreak, I think I might love you, man. I mean love in the rugged, back-slapping, beer-drinking sense, naturally, but it's love all the same. keep it up, man. Really entertaining, informative stuff.
I just realized.
This game was built on QTE.
It's a damn shame that Eric Chahi hadn't gotten behind this port.
Did you know that his reason for creating Another World in vectors was partially influenced by these terrible ports? He wanted to see if it actually would have been possible for them to recreate the video sequences by tracing and converting them to take up much less memory, and have a similar quality to the arcade version.
As for DOS sideshows? I love 'em! A few of the stranger ones have even been fun! :D
I remember playing this game at my uncle's house and I remember being excited about the amazing graphics it had. I was thinking to myself that future of gaming is here where character looks like a real character lol. It was amazing for EVGA and I am privilege to experience what it's like to feel excited about it because kids today will never understand it.
Oh shut up.
I agree, he needs to shut up. Unlike when I was a kid, today's kids would understand quick time events when they see them. And they would recognize that making a game out of them and nothing but them, isn't much of a game at all!
i paused on the error and it said unrecognized chunk found!!
Did you ever play the GBC port?
There's like several versions of PC Dragon's Lair. It's probably the only game that kept Readysoft afloat.
DO you have thirteen floppy drives?
+MarioFanaticXV He probably has about 50
You can also download from the Playstation store.
Have you tried this version of the game?
I'd like buy it, it's $9.99
I had this (Still have it somewhere) - Couldn't figure out how to play the goddamn thing!
6:21 "Unrecognised chunk found!!" what?
This looks like a good effort for the day, but the lack of sound and the mirrored scenes seems to ruin it, amongst other things, haha.
Dragon Lair must have been really popular when it came out.
I played this back in the day on my Amiga with about 5 disks...it was a swap fest, yet we never complained.
I have this version!
times have changed
As you did say, it was one of a kind for its time for its genre. I remember this game being very fun, so it's not that it sucks, it just sucks for today's standards.
I had the Gameboy Abomination
@KrissWalterKovacs Because Doom is so freaking awesome it MUST be everywhere.
Good thing I have the DVD version.
Laserdiscs are actually analog, not digital. The arcade games took advantage of their seek capabilities.
the best home port of this is the newest wii port, features both dragons lairs and space ace and is the nicest version ive seen to date.,
asides from actually using daphene emulator with disc images
LOL bet that game evoked the toss the monitor across the room many times back then !