Dragon's Lair - Coleco Adam ( ADAMEM Emulator)

[videogameobsession]

Coleco really just should have released a memory expansion module instead of the Adam. It was the final nail in the coffin for them. They rushed it out with so many bugs and so little games.

[ninetythreeredcapri]

Where do you find disk images for the ADAMem? I can only find CV cartridge images.

[HaligonianType1]

Man I can only watch so many of these videos. I feel like I wanna cry. Hah.... Brings back the best memories.

[segafan7]

Coleco just didn't release enough of what people REALLY wanted for the Adam... and that was GAMES!! So... the much cheaper Commodore-64 became the most popular computer system at the time. It had A LOT of games created for it. Coleco really should've just stuck with what they were good at... making games for the ColecoVision. The ColecoVision most likely would've lasted much longer if the Adam Computer hadn't killed off the company...

[edzzzwin]

@segafan7: The Commodore 64 games collection is so big by the way, that I'm still finding new interesting titles of old and new C=64 games I didn't know. And it just keeps on coming. But thats beside the subject. There are also people developing new games on the ADAM these days, like Arcade Donkey Kong.

[segafan7]

But, if you know your videogame history... you know that all the problems with the Adam (in terms of working properly and such) was what eventually killed off Coleco as a company. The Adam was actually well liked at the time, but it just shipped with too many bugs. Usually it was either problems with the tape drive or the printer. The keyboard for the system was excellent and the computer had plenty of RAM memory for the time.

[segafan7]

Ya... I remember this VERY well. I had the casette tape version of the game for the Adam Computer. Coleco had bought the rights to the Dragon's Lair arcade game in hopes of coming out with an ACTUAL laser disc player add-on that would actually play the game just like the arcade. Of course, that turned out to be too expensive of an option, so we got this version for the Adam instead. Still, for the time it was pretty cool. The end scene with the Dragon was really well animated.

[rayadhd]

did it ever appear on the colecovision?

[iscrapman]

i never finished this dragons lair adam computer game even though i reached the end , never figured how to burn the thorns , thanks for showing us the ending .

[ehgz1]

I loved this game and I remember playing it for hours back in '84! I also loved 2010 Text Adventure for the ADAM. Cheack out my eBay store "Erik's Game Shack". I am selling 2010 and also Best of Broderbund for the Coleco ADAM!

[JTPolo101]

I don't remember this version. I do remember the one in arcades. For the time it was pretty awesome. just like watching a cartoon.

[mondo270]

awesome! i haven't seen the adam version of dragon's lair in about 20 years! if my memory serves, if you hide behind a rock in the last level and let singe hit it with his fireballs until it disappears, a diamond shows up. i'm going to have to get that emulator and give it a try. thanks for posting a great video!

[Tork110]

This game looks faster than the Commodore 64 version. The twitch levels are better animated too.

[losttouchwithreality]

god, i loved this game!! when i first played it on the adam it was the coolest game i'd seen at that point. glad someone else remembers those cassettes that took forever to load!! wow.-

[averagemale]

I spent a good 3 years of my childhood playing this game and never was able to finish it. Thanks for the closure.

[firstpeter31822]

It's pretty creepy, the part where Dirk (the fighter) gets killed, turns into a skeleton, then resurrects from a pile of bones.

[VicGeorge2K6]

This was the first game I bought for my Adam Family Computer System back in the mid-80s. I actually enjoyed playing it.

[edsmith018]

HAHAHA I loved that game so much. The one I had was on cassette, and it would take forever to load. Great job finishing it! Any clue where I can find it to play again? I still have the box my game came in!

[VicGeorge2K6]

You can find the Dragon's Lair file on the Internet, and there's ADAMem which is a good (though DOS-based) emulator for playing it.