DS #5380: Dragon's Lair (USA)

ShadowSoldier · Jan 15, 2011

Off topic:

But Olivia Munn is a dumb brunette who used her body to advance in her career. She knows nothing of video games, it's all a charade, she has an annoying voice, and to be honest, not that pretty. One of the reasons why G4 sucks now is because of her. I'm glad she's off that network, she shouldn't even be on TV, she's not that funny either.

Olivia Munn = Hack/Fake.

Nathan Drake · Jan 15, 2011

ShadowSoldier said:
Off topic:

But Olivia Munn is a dumb brunette who used her body to advance in her career. She knows nothing of video games, it's all a charade, she has an annoying voice, and to be honest, not that pretty. One of the reasons why G4 sucks now is because of her. I'm glad she's off that network, she shouldn't even be on TV, she's not that funny either.

Olivia Munn = Hack/Fake.

I can't help but to find her attractive with an incredible body. I have to admit, most of the allure is the body. She is not hard to look at though.

On topic: So this game is very hit or miss? If so, I probably won't enjoy it, as those types of games are always very "miss" with me.

Maz7006 · Jan 15, 2011

game was quite cool back in the days of the GC ... i wish emulating though would actually work for me

guess i'll dust of the DS (if i can find it) to try this.

zizer · Jan 15, 2011

game is not bad

DukeDizko · Jan 15, 2011

@Nathan Drake: Thanks! But how?

@Maz7006: How comes it doesn't work for you? Machine too slow or....missing the LaserDisc...?

I just read that SpaceAce & Dragon's Lair II are coming along for DS, too?! SpaceAce should have been released on 12/31/10...

I'm excited.

SixtySixHundred · Jan 15, 2011

_Chaz_ said:
Holy shit, no fucking way.

I MUST torture myself with this.

Weirdly enough, I said EXACTLY the same thing!

This game was AWFUL, I just can't not play it!

BlueStar · Jan 15, 2011

SixtySixHundred said:
_Chaz_ said:

Holy shit, no fucking way.

I MUST torture myself with this.

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Weirdly enough, I said EXACTLY the same thing!

This game was AWFUL, I just can't not play it!

It's less of a game and more one long cheat code you have to discover by trial and error, while watching a cartoon.

Killermech · Jan 15, 2011

I had no idea this was coming out. It just BAM from nowhere.. I don't think I'll be able to handle the shock this game has caused me in the past..

NamoNakamura · Jan 15, 2011

The NES version was awful, this version was not. Enough "LOL IM GONNA TORTURE MYSELF WITH THIS GAME GUISE".

JackSakamoto · Jan 15, 2011

I don't understand how the game works... it's a video game or a anime ?

DarkLordPrime · Jan 15, 2011

Son of Science said:
_Chaz_ said:

xist said:

One of the hardest games ever....

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Fixed.

hard = bad

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Fix'd

C'mon, I'd like to see you beat E.T. on the Atari, or something horrible like that. A game can be really hard by actually being difficult, or being such shit that you can't even go past the title screen.

I've beaten E.T. on the Atari 2600 multiple times, as a kid and as an adult. I've never found it to be "horrible."

Seriously, what did/does everyone expect? It was the 2600, ffs.

Didu50 · Jan 15, 2011

What the FUck is this?!

BlueStar · Jan 15, 2011

Yosh93 said:
I don't understand how the game works... it's a video game or a anime ?

It's basically like a DVD menu. You watch a little bit of a cartoon until it gets to the bit where you need to do an action and you guess what to press (up, down, left, right, fire) based on what happens. If you press the right button you choose the scene which shows the next bit of the story, pick the wrong one and you watch the death scene. Basically it's stupidly difficult while you're going through the trial and error of working out the moves and stupidly easy once you've learned the sequence or use a guide, which is why the arcade game had a rather short active lifespan.

xist · Jan 15, 2011

Please, for the love of all that's holy, can all quotes of my modified post include what i originally wrote....it's embarrassing as much as anything to have an edited comment attributed to me.

Rayder · Jan 15, 2011

For those of you who do not already know what Dragon's Lair is all about:

Review of DSi version, but it looks identical to this release.

I rem reading around the net that the full-on DS version was to have a "book mode" where the video was spread across both screens. I see no such feature in this release though. From what I saw of the second video above, it's just the DSi version put on cart.

RoMee · Jan 15, 2011

this game is terrible

ferofax · Jan 15, 2011

BlueStar said:
Yosh93 said:

I don't understand how the game works... it's a video game or a anime ?

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It's basically like a DVD menu. You watch a little bit of a cartoon until it gets to the bit where you need to do an action and you guess what to press (up, down, left, right, fire) based on what happens. If you press the right button you choose the scene which shows the next bit of the story, pick the wrong one and you watch the death scene. Basically it's stupidly difficult while you're going through the trial and error of working out the moves and stupidly easy once you've learned the sequence or use a guide, which is why the arcade game had a rather short active lifespan.

...just to add to this, there are DVD games out there that plays exactly like this, i.e., like a Visual Novel of sorts. the narrative may be told through text, animation, pictures or live action, but they all get to a point where you'll get a chance to interact with the story and influence how the story unfolds.

mostly are japanese though. i think i saw them off of j-list or something like that.

now as for Dragon's Lair, i guess i could say i'm old enough to be familiar with it, but i've never really played it yet, so this would be the perfect time for me to try this. i hope this feels as fulfilling as the Broken Sword port.

shakirmoledina · Jan 15, 2011

as u may see in the videos posted by rayder (i saw the second one), its more looking at a movie than playing a game esp since it has a disney theme
NOTE: this line on wikipedia caught my attention

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It featured animation created by Ex-Disney animator Don Bluth

No wonder we have such a boxart... makes u feel tht the aim of the game is to get the girl, how desperate

HeatMan Advance · Jan 15, 2011

It's essentially one of the forefathers of Quick Time Events. This entire game is one big Quick Time Event.

I only liked this game because I love Don Bluth animation and will watch anything he is involved in, but I hate QTE. It relies on reaction and memory which is a fair challenge, but can be pretty demotivating when you get far and they up the reaction time.

I just want to complete this once for watch mode.

Rayder · Jan 15, 2011

Go in the options and turn on the move guide. You won't really get to see the game play that way since you'll be watching for the moves, but you can follow the prompts and beat the game to unlock "Watch Mode". Then you can watch the whole thing all the way through......except for the death animations.

The PC version WILL show the death animations in "watch mode" if you set it to.

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