Original Dragon's Lair

this is me playing real original dragon's liar laserdisc game at California Extreme 2006.

i was better than that, its just because i was holding camera with one hand and controlling the joystick and button with other.

taken at California Extreme event
http://www.caextreme.org

see the related picture gallery here... http://www.bossyman15.com/gallery/ca06pic/

you can download the video in the download section.
http://www.bossyman15.com/downloads.html

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• dragon's
• lair
• laserdisc
• game
• Califorina
• Extreme
• 2006
• arcade

[jeopardy60611]

This machine must have been modified to retrieve the video from a hard disk. The game originally had long blackout periods when the laser disk had to do a seek. However, back in '83, hard disks were too expensive and computers didn't have the power to render full-motion video, so controlling a laser disk was all they could do back then.

[bossyman15]

@jeopardy60611

no it is from laserdisc

If you watch the video you can see the blackout during seek time, some short some long depending on how far it is from one scene to another.

[SteveSmith26]

When I first played this arcade game, this was around 1992. I was impressed and thought it was impressive new technology. I was surprised later when I learned that the game came out in 1983! I would have never guessed it was that old. Oh, and also there was a space cowboy game that used 3D holograms, but I forgot the name.

[bossyman15]

yeah that hologram game is called Time Traveler. I have a video of it.

watch?v=-lyTasMAYic

[xenocide8]

looks like a disney game

[bossyman15]

maybe that's because the people who made this game used to work for Disney.

[Hydrocram]

there is a Blu Ray version of this that will play on a PS3 or any BluRay player. This game was ahead of its time....a little too ahead. by the time technology caught up with the game, it was almost forgotten

[philaman1972]

When this game out in 1983, it was the bomb!

[8greer]

great clip,reminded me of playing it when it came out in the 80s there was a little window in the side of the machine where you could look in and see the massive 12 inch disc ;]

[ricarleite]

I can hear Space Ace in the background!

[bulletproof2353]

and no the game was never forgotten you fool ,it has been ported to every system every made , they just cam out with a ds version this year infact ,and it is great,

it was supposed to have voice control ,but as far as i know it didnt make it in to the final version ,unless you have to beat the game to unlock it or something,but the ds version is exactly like the arcard version ,& it is tiny,its like one tenth the size of other ds games

[bulletproof2353]

i can not figure out what you need to do beat the original game on the daphne emulator

the levels seem to just keep on repeating indefinitly, do you need a certain score or something?i used to have the 3do version ,i liked that one cause the levels went in a certain order and you only had to play them once,with the arcade ,the levels are in random order and you could end up playing the same level 12 times,i cant figure out how to beat the arcade vewrsion

[bulletproof2353]

no the game was NOT made by disney animators ,it has nothing to do with disney, it was made by don bluth ,the same guy that made the animated movie "the secret of nimh"back in the 80's ,not disney,if you want to play this on a pc you need to download the daphne emulator it can emulate many laserdisc games,like this one and space ace and dragons lair 2, ,but it is a pain in the ass to set up,and get working,you need to configure the frame flle and its a bitch

[ppullz]

the grunts were hilarious

[GunnCommanderX]

Brilliant scene painters!

[NYY02NYY13]

i heard "space ace" in the backround

[jetex1911]

i find it funny that although it is cartoonic, there are so many ways to die. XD

[Psycho9263]

@xenocide8 Actually it was made by Disney animators.