Dragon's Lair arcade game laserdisc

This is the ENTIRE laserdisc from the 1983 arcade game "Dragon's Lair". This was the first of a wave of games that used laserdiscs with animation rather than computer graphics- while the intent was to create the feeling that you were "playing" the cartoon, it was really just a matter of memorizing the right controls to hit at the right moment. For each level there was only one way to get through it alive- when playing the disc would play the animation, then you had to hit the joystick or "Sword" button when you were supposed to- if you did this correctly the game would beep to tell you that you made a correct move and the disc kept playing. If you made a wrong move, the disc would skip to a scene of the character dying. As you can see here, the 'death' scenes for each level were all grouped at the end of the level.

This disc gets more noisy as it reaches the end- most of my other old laserdiscs are bad at the beginning then clear up by the end. The 2nd side of the disc is also a heavy metal material making the disc heavier than usual, but it plays on all my regular players.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Dragon'sLair
• DonBluth
• Cinematronics
• 1980s

[Unsharpened]

That was awesome! I played every scene except the fire ropes going left. Tilting Floor and Black Knight(electricity on the floor) are my 2 Faves out of all of them. I have beat this game many times as a kid. I have never seen all the death scenes until now. Very cool.

[eyeh8nbc]

@Unsharpened I beat the game in the arcade but only with help from a book that told you all the moves. I don't know why it skipped over the part at the beginning with the tentacles outside the castle, the Sega CD version keeps that in. (That version is hard to play since there's no sound or anything to show your move worked.)

[eyeh8nbc]

@Unsharpened I beat the game in the arcade but only with help from a book that told you all the moves. I don't know why it skipped over the part at the beginning with the tentacles outside the castle, the Sega CD version keeps that in. (That version is hard to play since there's no sound or anything to show your move worked.)

[bennyboyAF]

I wonder if they still have the original animation reel. They should remaster it in HD.

[eyeh8nbc]

@bennyboyAF It was issued on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, but cropped to 16x9 from 4x3. (I have the regular DVD, and the compression is horrible.)

[bgradefilmgeek]

I only played it on the Commodore Amiga. The laser-disc technology was so advanced back then..

[Unsharpened]

@eyeh8nbc Yep same. The arcade version was selective about what scenes you played to reach the dragon in the end. The only way I played that begining scene with the tentacles was through the sega version, which I beat since I beat the Arcade version I already knew all the moves. Still never played the fire ropes scene going from right to left though. I used to draw crowds who would watch me play at the arcade LOL.

[megahawk98]

where can get it

[tvtimetravel]

@LeotheTiger1776 Was there ever a Space Ace episode of Starcade, or did they have it among other games?

[darthfocus]

@clownsfartconfetti hahaha

[TheChiefrokka]

Thanks for the trip back