I remember seeing this game in the arcade & thought wow look how far graphics have come. My 12 year old self could never imagine what today's gaming would turn out to be.
This was all about timing in the arcades and had me transfixed as a 10 year old back in late '83 when i first saw it, due to the whole cartoon animation plus sound/fx/music quality. But it was a difficult game to play. Great to see all the bits and pieces up here though, so thank you for sharing this.
This game was mind blowing back then. If you think it's obsolete looking, go look at Space Invaders, then come back. Honestly I think there would be a place for this kind of animation based gaming today. Thanks for helping preserve this!
This game was all about timing. Do the right thing at the wrong time and you'd still get killed, often quite gruesomely. Unforgiving quarter eater in 1983, especially from nine-year-old me.
This was a popular game back when they brought it inside the little arcade store next to the supermarket at my town in 1983. There usually was someone playing it with maybe a few watching and waiting to go next. I was one of the observers and whenever it was my turn I died many gruesome deaths. How I learned was watching the other kids and when and how they moved the control stick and how they won it. The hardest part was the dragon at the end because you had to do a lot of moves. But when I finally got all the moves down for every scene I was that guy winning it while others were watching how I did it. next few days I'd go replay it again a number of times just to show off.
It's definitely hard to play. Especially when/if you can't practice. I heard what the former New York Yankees baseball player Reggie Jackson had said. That's practice makes perfect.
This was one of my favorites. The ColecoVision one too :D And you're one of the very rare who have Space Ace... With Cliff Hanger (Lupin III) my very fav 3.
Sometimes, you gotta wonder how all of this was even possible in the 1980s. Imagine how much resources were required to pull something like this, especially when most computer games were usually 8-bit one-color sprites around this time.
LaserDiscs allowed for you to send stuff to the LaserDisc Player to go to a specific frame of the LaserDisc. Advanced Microcomputer Systems (Later known for Thayers Quest and also renamed to RDI Video Systems) programmed the game so it used the frame system and arcade game code at the same time for score and credit and lives.
@rickyarte mpeg files are the laserdisc image files which are exact copies of the original laserdisc. The emulator recognizes those files as laserdiscs. The roms are exact copies of the arcade hardware with rom chips used in the arcade machine. Just put the roms in the roms folder and the mpeg files in the mpeg/laserdisc folder. When you start the emulator, go to configuration and set the location where it can find the emulator can find the mpeg files. That's it. I hope you understand now.
How about completing all the levels the right way, instead of using unlimited lives to get to the final scene. Some of those scenes Dirk died in are very, very easy to do. And if done right, you can easy rack up over 300,000 points in one playthrough. I was a master at this back in 1985.
One of the greatest con tricks in history. The trailer promises you action and adventure and that you control your character. Technically true but not really. All it amounted to was a scene would appear and you had to decide with perfect timing which of the four directions and/or fire button to press at a precise moment. make the wrong move, or make the right move too early or too late and you died. Game looked gorgeous and is fantastic to actually look at and the music helps but the game is just not there. it is at best a barely interactive movie.
Ronnie Bradley That may be but I was a teenager working at an amusement park when this game came out and it always had a line waiting to play it. Of course now the graphics are outdated as well as the theme.
I have to tell ya, I am 50 years old and still love this game. I was in my teens when it came out and I would always look for it in a game room. I was horrible at it, but loved it. Also consider that the games we played back then had simple graphics. To see a game that used hand drawn animation and gave you some control in game play was advanced for its time.
Not at best...it WAS an interactive movie. So, what is wrong with that? It was a shitload better than any other laserdisc game that came out after it, other than Space Ace. Those were just even LESS primitive version of 2-3 year old games but when unnecessary, cheesy graphics in the background.
@rickyarte They released Dragon's Lair for the DS as well. The graphics aren't as clear but it does give you a lot of options like unlimited lives, a move guide on the bottom screen and difficulty settings.
@rickyarte No, you don't need the original laserdisc. It's not needed but highly recommended if you already own it and for the best video quality. Just go online and search and download the laserdisc image files (mpeg files). and the roms. You'll be to run the game with those 2 files. It's needed that's all. It should not be that difficult . Then go on youtube or online and look up Daphne emulator tutorial to help you get started and how to set it up. It should be easy then.
@rickyarte It's not really hard to find, just go to google and type in "daphne mpeg laserdisc, roms". You'll be able to find really fast and take a look at the first 2 links in your search engine.
You sure lost a lot of lives in this game. I can relate, though. I found this game at the New York New York Casino and spent about $3. I had no idea what I was supposed to do or when to press what. The DS version probably made it easier I guess...
I've asked this everywhere and no one know what I'm talking about. I'm really starting to think I imagined this game. I played it once and all I remember is the opening scene which I didn't get past. The player is crusing on a skateboard and a woman appears. She was on a roof or maybe flying. She hits the player with some type of magic or maybe a raygun of some sort and it turns you into a monkey and you lose. Does this sound at all familiar to anyone? I know it's barely anything to go on but I only saw it and played it once around 85 or so.
It sounds like you played space ace! It’s basically the spiritual successor to dragons lair, it was another fmv game made for the arcade by the same people
@@jamesg1827 I'm familiar with Space Ace and that's not the one I'm thinking of I swear to God I can't tell you if this is real or a dream because I have searched for years and found nothing but I'm telling you I remember it I swear it was real LOL
this was the first site i did the download, os them daphne so tahn it as to download the rom by the emulator, but don´t need the laser disc? i don´t anderstand
wow one of the bucket list. help me here if im wrong , but did you ever feel like you were playing the game , i remember as a kid, trying to play it , but it looked more like a movie not a game . maybe the game was mess up. but i though it was so cool . to me one of the first big games, cause it was big, but with good graphics
This was the original way the arcade game was. All the missing scenes like the bridge, Dirk getting dragged off the ledge before swinging the flame ropes and the extra snippets were restored for all the home releases. They were never in the original arcade game
Guys, how do you disable the on screen text? On my dragon's lair, it has Credits and score at the top as text overlay. Can't figure out how to disable that.
RocketMan Have you looked a the settings on daphne emulator? There should be a setting that allows you to do this. If you start up the game, have you press like F2 or F3 to go to the dipswitch settings. It might have it there. Try those instructions and see. If it does not solve the problem, then you can go to daphne-emu.com and contact the developer or support with your questions via forums or the chat room.
RocketMan Alternatively, when you start daphne, before starting the game, do you see a configure button? Click on that and it may have a setting that allows you to disable the text on the screen. I have not tested it yet. If it does not solve the problem, then you can go to daphne-emu.com and contact the developer or support with your questions via forums or the chat room.
I remember seeing this game in the arcade & thought wow look how far graphics have come. My 12 year old self could never imagine what today's gaming would turn out to be.
This was all about timing in the arcades and had me transfixed as a 10 year old back in late '83 when i first saw it, due to the whole cartoon animation plus sound/fx/music quality. But it was a difficult game to play.
Great to see all the bits and pieces up here though, so thank you for sharing this.
This game was mind blowing back then. If you think it's obsolete looking, go look at Space Invaders, then come back. Honestly I think there would be a place for this kind of animation based gaming today. Thanks for helping preserve this!
I spent sooooo much money on this game aged 9 lol amazing to reminisce and it still looks cool to me 😎👌👍
Dragon’s Lair The King of The lasergame…..♥️♥️♥️
This game was all about timing. Do the right thing at the wrong time and you'd still get killed, often quite gruesomely. Unforgiving quarter eater in 1983, especially from nine-year-old me.
Glad I'm not the only one that lost their hard earned quarters to the game.
This was a popular game back when they brought it inside the little arcade store next to the supermarket at my town in 1983. There usually was someone playing it with maybe a few watching and waiting to go next. I was one of the observers and whenever it was my turn I died many gruesome deaths. How I learned was watching the other kids and when and how they moved the control stick and how they won it. The hardest part was the dragon at the end because you had to do a lot of moves. But when I finally got all the moves down for every scene I was that guy winning it while others were watching how I did it. next few days I'd go replay it again a number of times just to show off.
Even after 36 years this game still rocks. But, still impossible to beat. In all this time, I yet to find anyone that had ever won this game.
A game comprised solely of Quick Time Events. Maybe the laserdisc genre is what led to QTEs in the first place.
thanks for showing all the way Dirk can die -- they're the most entertaining part of the game!
you ppl have to remember how old this game is. of course it looks bad compared to today's games it's 30 yrs old!
How can you say an animation made by Don Bluth looks bad?
wrong! it's 36 years old
@@avenueb When he made the comment, it WAS 30 years old.
@@SammyKnight13 i know it was an attempt at humor :)
It's definitely hard to play. Especially when/if you can't practice. I heard what the former New York Yankees baseball player Reggie Jackson had said. That's practice makes perfect.
Spent alot of my paper boy tips on this game! 😅
This was one of my favorites. The ColecoVision one too :D And you're one of the very rare who have Space Ace... With Cliff Hanger (Lupin III) my very fav 3.
Sometimes, you gotta wonder how all of this was even possible in the 1980s. Imagine how much resources were required to pull something like this, especially when most computer games were usually 8-bit one-color sprites around this time.
LaserDiscs allowed for you to send stuff to the LaserDisc Player to go to a specific frame of the LaserDisc. Advanced Microcomputer Systems (Later known for Thayers Quest and also renamed to RDI Video Systems) programmed the game so it used the frame system and arcade game code at the same time for score and credit and lives.
@rickyarte
Yes, you need mpeg files (full ripped files of the original laser disc) and the roms to play the game.
@rickyarte
mpeg files are the laserdisc image files which are exact copies of the original laserdisc. The emulator recognizes those files as laserdiscs. The roms are exact copies of the arcade hardware with rom chips used in the arcade machine. Just put the roms in the roms folder and the mpeg files in the mpeg/laserdisc folder. When you start the emulator, go to configuration and set the location where it can find the emulator can find the mpeg files. That's it. I hope you understand now.
How about completing all the levels the right way, instead of using unlimited lives to get to the final scene. Some of those scenes Dirk died in are very, very easy to do. And if done right, you can easy rack up over 300,000 points in one playthrough. I was a master at this back in 1985.
One of the greatest con tricks in history. The trailer promises you action and adventure and that you control your character. Technically true but not really. All it amounted to was a scene would appear and you had to decide with perfect timing which of the four directions and/or fire button to press at a precise moment. make the wrong move, or make the right move too early or too late and you died.
Game looked gorgeous and is fantastic to actually look at and the music helps but the game is just not there. it is at best a barely interactive movie.
Ronnie Bradley That may be but I was a teenager working at an amusement park when this game came out and it always had a line waiting to play it. Of course now the graphics are outdated as well as the theme.
It was a good memory game.
I have to tell ya, I am 50 years old and still love this game. I was in my teens when it came out and I would always look for it in a game room. I was horrible at it, but loved it. Also consider that the games we played back then had simple graphics. To see a game that used hand drawn animation and gave you some control in game play was advanced for its time.
I still love this game and the art work is awesome!.
Not at best...it WAS an interactive movie. So, what is wrong with that? It was a shitload better than any other laserdisc game that came out after it, other than Space Ace. Those were just even LESS primitive version of 2-3 year old games but when unnecessary, cheesy graphics in the background.
@rickyarte They released Dragon's Lair for the DS as well. The graphics aren't as clear but it does give you a lot of options like unlimited lives, a move guide on the bottom screen and difficulty settings.
I always thought Dirk's yelps sounded like Homer Simpson.
I'm pretty surprised he wasn't voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
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He kinda sounds like Al Bundy from Married with Children.
Probably the first real arcade game that was all style over substance
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Oh shit, is that what I spent all those quarters for ?
L0l!
@rickyarte
No, you don't need the original laserdisc. It's not needed but highly recommended if you already own it and for the best video quality. Just go online and search and download the laserdisc image files (mpeg files). and the roms. You'll be to run the game with those 2 files. It's needed that's all. It should not be that difficult . Then go on youtube or online and look up Daphne emulator tutorial to help you get started and how to set it up. It should be easy then.
@rickyarte
It's not really hard to find, just go to google and type in "daphne mpeg laserdisc, roms". You'll be able to find really fast and take a look at the first 2 links in your search engine.
Sadly, the links are all dead
but, don´t need do be the original laserdisc? what do you use? a rom copy in a cd, or a original laserdisc?
Man, he is getting Laid!
Dirk = Courage the Cowardly Dog?
is there a way to use the dragons lair 2, without the original lazer disc? like download in some web adrress, thanks!
where didn´t you find the laser disc image to download? i didn´t find, please help me
You sure lost a lot of lives in this game. I can relate, though. I found this game at the New York New York Casino and spent about $3. I had no idea what I was supposed to do or when to press what. The DS version probably made it easier I guess...
@rickyarte
Just go online and google any rom sites that have them.
What happened to the first scene where Dirk fell through the bridge and slashed the snake to get back up?
That wasn't available in the official US version of Dragon's Lair
Ryan Reynolds would be perfect for this 💯👌🏽. The remarks after revivals and the million ways to die. Can’t wait
YAY the princess and I got the same name :DD lol random remark xD
I've asked this everywhere and no one know what I'm talking about.
I'm really starting to think I imagined this game.
I played it once and all I remember is the opening scene which I didn't get past.
The player is crusing on a skateboard and a woman appears. She was on a roof or maybe flying. She hits the player with some type of magic or maybe a raygun of some sort and it turns you into a monkey and you lose.
Does this sound at all familiar to anyone? I know it's barely anything to go on but I only saw it and played it once around 85 or so.
It sounds like you played space ace! It’s basically the spiritual successor to dragons lair, it was another fmv game made for the arcade by the same people
@@jamesg1827 I'm familiar with Space Ace and that's not the one I'm thinking of I swear to God I can't tell you if this is real or a dream because I have searched for years and found nothing but I'm telling you I remember it I swear it was real LOL
ok i anderstood, but, you did´t aske me, if i do the download by the emulator, if it´s work, or i need, to do the download by the other site, thanks!
Are those black screens in gameplay or did they appear during videocapture? Those are annoying/distracting as hell...
The blackouts were in the original game - laserdisc players were slow back in the day.
this was the first site i did the download,
os them daphne so tahn it as to download the rom by the emulator, but don´t need the laser disc? i don´t anderstand
wow one of the bucket list. help me here if im wrong , but did you ever feel like you were playing the game , i remember as a kid, trying to play it , but it looked more like a movie not a game . maybe the game was mess up. but i though it was so cool . to me one of the first big games, cause it was big, but with good graphics
that princess is so fine...god damn.
She was modeled after a Playboy Playmate..and certainly looks it!
It would bee cool if the other scenes were included, because it feels incomplete.
This was the original way the arcade game was. All the missing scenes like the bridge, Dirk getting dragged off the ledge before swinging the flame ropes and the extra snippets were restored for all the home releases. They were never in the original arcade game
Guys, how do you disable the on screen text? On my dragon's lair, it has Credits and score at the top as text overlay. Can't figure out how to disable that.
RocketMan Have you looked a the settings on daphne emulator? There should be a
setting that allows you to do this. If you start up the game, have you
press like F2 or F3 to go to the dipswitch settings. It might have it
there. Try those instructions and see. If it does not solve the problem,
then you can go to daphne-emu.com and contact the developer or support with your questions via forums or the chat room.
I can't seem to get the dipswitch screen. Does it work for you if you press F2 or F3?
RocketMan
Alternatively, when you start daphne, before starting the game, do you see a configure button? Click on that and it may have a setting that allows you to disable the text on the screen. I have not tested it yet. If it does not solve the problem, then you can go to daphne-emu.com and contact the developer or support with your questions via forums or the chat room.
qhere can a find?
They don't draw princesses like her anymore ;)
too rich for my blood, quarter eater. in retrospect this looks and sounds like hanna barbera
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Cost .50 to play.
In the 80s at least. I thought video games had no dialogue back then also
How is this a game it just looks like a regular cartoon show
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Anyone here from stranger things?
Lost my weekly allowance on this fucking crock of shit game! Still it was cool Don Bluth animation. I don't think I ever saw someone get to the end.
The biggest video game scam ever
Why? People were quite happy with their purchase of 50 cents to play the game.
Skill issue
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