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Dragon's Lair on X-box
aka pseudonym writes "Remember the game Dragon's Lair, the laserdisc based game from the 80's? Well, it is now out for the X-box and other game systems. You can check it out at www.dragonslair3d.com. This looks like the first game that supports the HDTV 1080i resoloution the X-box is capable of. There is a review of the game here. A related slashdot link is here. Aaahhh memories, at least now I don't have to drop a full dollar into the machine every time I want to play this addictive game."
According to the site it's a "reinvention" of the original. Which is good, because as far as I remember the original was basically a Laserdisc movie where you moved the joystick in a certain direction at the right time and either died or went on to the next screen - hardly the kind of game you'd want to shell out $90-$100 (Australian) on for your console :) Looks like some very pretty cel shaded graphics from the screenshots (incase they're slashdotted) - one of those adventure 3D platformer games like Zelda, Mario Sunshine or Starfox Adventures.
Also, it's not just for xbox as the article title states but for PS2 and GameCube too. In fact the site shows pictures of the PS2 and GC boxes but not the xbox one.
That "review link" is just a preview that tells you some of the features and little more... As far as I can tell there are not reviews up on any gaming sites as of yet...
The linked article describes the game very generally, because they don't have a copy yet to test. They do have some screenshots.
Screenshots look nice. Dirk still looks the same, i.e. like a 2D animated character. He really was animated last time; now the game is being generated on the fly.
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Yeah, but you should have seen the crowds around that cabinet when it first came out.
Has Slashdot no integrity? Dragons Lair is going to be released on all major platforms, Playstation, Playstation 2, Nintendo Gamecube, XBox and PC.
Give me a break!
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Its also coming out for the PS2, Gamecube and PC.
For newer Jeff Minter games, you can allways go to www.llamasoft.co.uk .
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He's been quite active lately and making ports of his old games to PC (like gridrunner) and Pocket PC (like Hover Bover) (what did people allways say about Minter working on a platform being the kiss of death.. ? ).
Ofcourse all games are in the old shareware fashion.
Just in case anybody feels nostalgic after reading the article.
I played the original coin-up, and although the graphics and sound were perfect, the gameplay was hell. All action scenes were static and only required good timing when pressing the control buttons. The walkthrough looked something like this "press left, right, right, jump, right, left, straight, left, right and then quickly left again". The feeling only rivaled years later when practicing those fatalities in Mortal Kombat... And we now know how many people were driven insane by that ritual. ;)
And then i even forget scenes like this:
"Wow, this castle room is beautiful! Giant gold inlaid doors on the left and right! Wow!"
*presses left*
*dies by falling into pit right after door*
"Hmmm, odd, i could have sworn that door looked safe, let's retry...."
"Wow, this castle room is beautiful! Giant gold inlaid doors on the left and right! Wow!"
*presses left*
*dies by falling into pit right after door*
"Hmmm, i think i am actually learning something here, let's restart..."
"Wow, this castle room is beautiful! Giant gold inlaid doors on the left and right! Wow!"
*presses right*
*enters room with hostile knights*
*fails to press left button within 2 split seconds*
*dies* ....