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Dragon's Lair on X-box

Posted by michael on from the follow-the-flashing-tiles dept.

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."

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  1. No way!!! by tulare · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I was just thinking about Dragon's Lair last week. I once watched some kid burn a pile of Chuck E. Cheese tokens in the game and actually solve it. Dragon's Lair was the only motivation I had for going to Chuck E. Cheese - it certainly wasn't for the quality of the pizza, and sure as hell wasn't to be tormented by those godawful cartoon dancing robotic stereotyped Italians above the dining room - even as a kid I found those offensive.
    So what did you get when you wasted hours of your life in front of an interactive laser disk player? A friggin valentine. That was probably the last time I went to Chuckies place. But I still remember the "boink" when you were given the hints, the music swell after you made your choice, and the "die" music :) It was a fun game.

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  2. There's a movie by tulare · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Link at the bottom of this page. Looks like the 3d version will be a dissappointment. What made the original so interesting was that the animators had the freedom to script each scene more or less as they wanted. As a result, you had lots of time to reflect on your character's goofy looks as he got into and out of trouble, died, lived, and fought. In the new version, it looks like you mostly watch the back of your goofy character as he runs around a modified doom world. I'm sure they have added a couple of special bits to make us remember the original, but for the most part, feh. I'll stick to UT.

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  3. Where's the casemod for your C64 by jki · · Score: 2, Interesting
    at least now I don't have to drop a full dollar into the machine every time I want to play this addictive game

    Wow - did not all the metal dropped in your C64 have an unwanted effect :))) Here's some screenshots from the C64/128 version. Which imho, was stated of the art in some sense when it first appeared.

  4. How about Space Ace? by 10Ghz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That game was a close relative to Dragons Lair. except it was sci-fi, not fantasy. And there was spaceships, not horses and dragons. And they had lasers instead of swords...

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    1. Re:How about Space Ace? by bsartist · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Space Ace was another of Don Bluth's creations - that's why it was so similar to Dragon's Lair. IIRC, they used the same cabinet; arcade owners could convert a DL machine to SA by dropping in the SA laserdisk, applying new decals to the outside, and rebooting.

      If DL3D sells well enough, it'd be foolish not to follow it up with SA3D.

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  5. Re:dragons layer 3d? by bsartist · · Score: 5, Interesting

    its just using an old license but which has little relevance to the arcade laser disk game

    The new Dragon's Lair 3D is very, very relevant to the original. Each scene is based on one from the old game, and the progression from one scene to the next is nearly identical. Also, the 3d models were built with Don Bluth's help, and the texture maps taken mostly from his original artwork.

    You're right that it's not exactly revolutionary, but it's not just an old name applied to a new game. It's the real thing.

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  6. Re:Dragon's Lair v.s. Imagination by codexus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My all-time favorite CYOA series: The lone wolf series is available for download with the authorization of the author here: http://www.lw-oasis.org/aon/.

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  7. Re:Retro gaming is "in" by Feathers+McGraw · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Incase you haven't noticed, retro-games seem to be what is "in" at the moment.

    It's called franchise-building, and it's not limited to video games (I believe that 2002 was the most sequel-laden year at the box office in history). Why bother to come up with new character designs and backstory when you can pick an arcade classic with name recognition that a generation of quarter-pushers who now have disposable income and yearning nostalgia can enjoy?

    So what's next? Moon Patrol Xtreme?

    Dude, that would be awesome!