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[edit] Broke from Overuse?

I question the validity of this statement. Highly successful games like Street Fighter II required much more control motion per play and were not out of order nearly as often as Dragon's Lair. If I recall correctly, Sega displayed laserdisc games at trade shows prior to Dragon's Lair, but did not release first because of issues with the reliability of early laserdisc units.

The issue is that "overuse" put too much of a strain on the laserdisc player. Street Fighter II didn't have a laserdisc player, so the comparison is meaningless. And it doesn't matter if SEGA or anyone else displayed laserdisc game prototypes at trade shows; the fact is, Dragon's Lair was the the first laserdisc game to market. Druff 04:24, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stub?

I see that the article still has the stub message. I don't tknow, I don't think it is all that stubbish anymore. Perhaps some screenshots would help it? —Frecklefoot 16:35, Apr 10, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] 2 x Dragon's Lair II

Why are there two Dragon's Lair II? --Abdull 20:45, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm not sure, but I couldn't find info on Dragon's Lair II: Escape from Singe's castle, so I removed it. It might have been a working title for the game or an alternative name. — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:16, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Actually Dragon's Lair II: Escape from Singe's Castle did exist. I don't recall all the platforms it was released for but I do know that it once existed for the PC. In came on several 3.5" floppy disks and contained animation from the original arcade game that wasn't included on the original PC release of Dragon's Lair. Graphics cards, memory, and storage compacities of PCs were not up to snuff at the time so they created Escape as a sequel in order to include more footage. I also believe that their was some original footage created for that game that didn't exist in the arcade version. I think Digital Leisure was the company that released Escape and I do remember the cover of the box featured an image similar to the one in this article where Dirk is taking on the spectre with the sicle amongst the thorns. I have no proof to provide anyone other than I remember owning and playing the game as a teen. -- Deadeye, December 2005

[edit] Dragon's Lair v. Dragonslayer

While I agree that the name "Dragon's Lair" is not a parody of the movie titled "Dragonslayer", the font Don Bluth chose as the logotype for "Dragon's Lair" bears an uncanny similarity to the font for the logotype of the movie, "Dragonslayer". As evidence I submit this image from a movie poster for "Dragonslayer"

http://www.impawards.com/1981/dragonslayer_ver2.html

Compare that to this picture of the marquee from a "Dragon's Lair" cabinet:

http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/tech/virtual/images/dl/marquee.jpg

The resemblance is too close to attribute to coincidence; the logotype for "Dragon's Lair" was clearly derived from "Dragonslayer". Edgewise 02:13, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

It's not "too close to attribute to coincidence." Both fonts bear resemblence to mideval font types. And since they are both set during the mideval period, it's not really a coincidence that they look similar. I'm not saying that it's impossible that Bluth was "inspired" by the font used for Dragonslayer, I'm saying it's possible he and his studio developed it independantly.
Despite that, Wikipedia policy is striclty against original research. So unless you can find a site that definatively states that DL's font was based on the one used in Dragonslayer (such as from Don Bluth's own personal website), it should be left out. Until then, it's just an opinion. — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:18, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Medieval font types? What does this mean? Neither logotype resembles anything used in medieval times. Please supply an original cite for this; otherwise, it is just an opinion. Edgewise 12:02, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Oops! I think you're right--the font used is not a traditional medieval type. However, this doesn't mean that Bluth & Co. used Dragonslayer as their inspiration. You need to cite the fact that they did if you want to include it in the article. It is very possible that they both developed a similar logo independantly. — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:20, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Perspective

Perhaps more of a balance might be struck between eulogising the importance of videogame FMV, and pointing out how horribly the game sucked.

Making games by stitching together FMV was a brief phase that a small section of the industry went through, and everyone was glad when the novelty wore off and they gave up on it. --Klassobanieras 05:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree, the industry has a tendency to latch on to faddish game mechanisms and exploit them long after the public realizes they suck, much like they did with kick/punch fighting games and first person shooters.Edgewise 15:20, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Misquote?

"Dragon's Lair is this summer's hottest new toy: the first arcade game in the United States with a movie-quality image to go along with the action... The game has been devouring kids' coins at top speed since it appeared early in July," said Robert Romano, 10, who waited all day in the crush at Castle Park without getting to play, "It's the most awesome game I've ever seen in my life."

Unless this 10-year old was speaking of the game "devouring kids' coins at top speed," I'm somehow thinking these were meant to be two sentences, with the second one beginning at "said." :) J21 15:53, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This part bothers me...

"In the episode "My Peeps" from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Billy plays "Grim Manor" where a dragon scurries a princess away." in Cultural References. Not nessicarily a Dragon's Lair parody, it could also be seen as spoofing Dragon Warrior, Hydylide, or any other game that features a princess-capturing dragon. It's sort of a cliche segment.

[edit] What about the Cheat (Commandos)

On one of the Everything Else DVDs from Homestarrunner.com, there is a DVD game much like Dragon's Lair but with (somewhat irronicly) the evil blu-laser.

[edit] Robot Chicken

A parody of Dragon's Lair appears in the Robot Chicken episode "Celebrity Rocket" (2006). It is described in the show info as "Dirk the Daring fights middle age."

There was also a Sega CD version of the game.

[edit] PlayStation 1 port?

I'm absolutely sure that I've played this on PSOne. Could anypne provide info about this port? 213.208.171.146 (talk) 08:32, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


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BetacommandBot 03:32, 26 October 2007 (UTC)