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Dragon's Lair

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2005-03-08

Stats

9,225

Genre

Conversions

3DO
Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Android OS (Smartphones/Tablets/Other Devices)
Apple iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch (iOS)
Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Arcade
Atari Jaguar CD
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
LaserDisc/LaserVision/DiscoVision
Microsoft Store (Xbox One/Windows Phone)
Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade (Xbox/Xbox 360/Xbox One)
Nintendo Dual Screen (DS)
Nintendo eShop (Wii U/3DS/Switch)
Nintendo Game Boy Color
Nintendo SNES (Super Famicom)
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Wii
PC (DOS)
PC (Windows)
Philips CD-i
Sega Mega-CD/Sega CD
Sony PlayStation 3
Sony PlayStation 4
Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) (PS3/PS4/PS Vita/PSP)
Texas Instruments TI-99/4A

OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Hard Disk Installer

Yes

- Installation is possible to a HD or Bernoulli connected to a Comspec SCSI controller only (see HD install docs for more info.).

- 10MB HD space is needed for installation.

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1989
Dragon's Lair
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English
6
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Original game design by Rick Dyer and gameplay design Victor Penman, Marty Foulger and Darlene Waddington.
Main coding by Randy Linden; additional coding by Andy Thut, David Foster and Mark Vange.

Background graphics
by Pat Kushko and Larry Chase; animations by David Brimblecombe, Bernard Hellreich, Raymond Liu, Mike Nuke, Jim Pun, Victor Sue, Kenneth Tam and Alex Tanchez; rotoscoping by Andy Blau, Mark Vange and Randy Linden; video digitising by Andy Blau and Mark Vange; video compression by Randy Linden.

Audio synchronisation
by David Foster and Randy Linden; audio compression by Mark Vange; audio digitising by Randy Linden and David Foster.

[2] Consistent with other 16-bit computer platforms (Atari ST, Macintosh, PC) at that time, the Amiga conversion of the laserdisc coin-op DRAGON'S LAIR was split into two game releases: DRAGON'S LAIR (PART I) and DRAGON'S LAIR: ESCAPE FROM SINGE'S CASTLE.

[3] Curiously, DRAGON'S LAIR supports hires screenmodes (simply press the 'H' key) - albeit without sound during gameplay! The game also supports interlace mode - but without sacrificing sound - as well as low pass audio filtering (for improved sound on some A500/2000 systems). According to the game manual:

'H – Switch High Resolution mode on and off. ln High Resolution mode, the picture is condensed and centered in the middle of the screen. To see your Amiga reach new heights of graphic excellence, switch to this mode! Audio is disabled while high resolution mode is active.

I – Toggle interlace mode on/off. Interlace mode will double the number of lines displayed on your monitor thus eliminating scan lines and improving image quality. This may, however, cause flicker on some monitors.

A - Toggle Audio on and off.

L - Toggle Low Pass filter on and off. This improves sound quality on some A500’s and A2000’s.
'

Conversion Notes

Based on 1983 Bluth Studios/Cinematronics laserdisc coin-op.
PC versions: EGA, (S)VGA

N.B. The NES/SNES/Game Boy and most 8-bit games of the same name differ significantly in terms of gameplay.

Screen info

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Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

North American Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 2

North American Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 3

German Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 4

German Release (back)

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

Misc: OCS
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Warranty Card (front) [Source: Atari Mania]

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Warranty Card (back) [Source: Atari Mania]

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Hard Disk Install Note

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U.S. Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

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UK Advert (CU Amiga 4/1990, Page 75)

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Catalogue Entry [Source: Atari Mania]

Manual info

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Manual (English)

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Hold down ‘ESC’, ‘R’, ‘/’, ‘L’, ‘N’, and ‘7’. Now press the fire button to watch the demo of the entire game.

Another one is to hold down ‘ESC’, ‘RIGHT’ and ‘LEFT’ cursor keys, ‘N’ and ‘7’, then press fire.

3DO
Conversion 3DO

Conversion 3DO

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Android OS (Smartphones/Tablets/Other Devices)
No conversion screens found.
Apple iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch (iOS)
No conversion screens found.
Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
Arcade
Conversion Arcade

Conversion Arcade

Atari Jaguar CD
No conversion screens found.
Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

LaserDisc/LaserVision/DiscoVision
No conversion screens found.
Microsoft Store (Xbox One/Windows Phone)
No conversion screens found.
Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade (Xbox/Xbox 360/Xbox One)
No conversion screens found.
Nintendo Dual Screen (DS)
No conversion screens found.
Nintendo eShop (Wii U/3DS/Switch)
No conversion screens found.
Nintendo Game Boy Color
Conversion Nintendo Game Boy Color

Conversion Nintendo Game Boy Color

Nintendo SNES (Super Famicom)
Conversion Nintendo SNES (Super Famicom)

Conversion Nintendo SNES (Super Famicom)

Nintendo Switch
No conversion screens found.
Nintendo Wii
No conversion screens found.
PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

PC (Windows)
No conversion screens found.
Philips CD-i
No conversion screens found.
Sega Mega-CD/Sega CD
Conversion Sega Mega-CD/Sega CD

Conversion Sega Mega-CD/Sega CD

Sony PlayStation 3
No conversion screens found.
Sony PlayStation 4
No conversion screens found.
Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) (PS3/PS4/PS Vita/PSP)
No conversion screens found.
Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
No conversion screens found.

Map info

OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
19 (Apr 1989)
473/1000
Steve Jarratt
1
Amiga Addict
26 (Dec 2023)
66%
Alan Grapes
2
Amiga Computing
Vol 1 No 10 (Mar 1989)
70%
2
Amiga World
Vol 5 No 4 (Apr 1989)
Louis R Wallace
1
Antic's Amiga Plus
Vol 1 No 1 (Apr - May 1989)
R F Noyes
2
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 6 No 4 (Apr 1989)
Andrew Farrell
0
Commodore Computing International
Vol 7 No 7 (Mar 1989)
71%
Tony Horgan
0
Computer + Video Games
89 (Mar 1989)
51%
Julian Rignall
0
CU Amiga
Mar 1989
32%
Mark Heley
1
Datormagazin
No 3 (Feb 1989)
6/10
Lennart Nilsson
0
Info
26 (May - Jun 1989)
3/5
Mark R. Brown
0
Oberoende Computer
No 3 (Feb 1989)
1
Power Play
Dec 1989
44/100
0
ST Amiga Format
9 (Mar 1989)
92%
2
Svenska Hemdatornytt
No 2 (Mar 1989)
71.25%
Patrik Skavö
0
The One
5 (Feb 1989)
60%
Gary Penn
4
Your Amiga
Jun 1989
66%
Kevin Crosby
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga User International
Vol 3 No 1 (Jan 1989)
Tony Horgan
Preview
1
Info
23 (Nov - Dec 1988)
Preview
0
ST Amiga Format
8 (Feb 1989)
Mark Higham
Preview
1
The Games Machine
14 (Jan 1989)
Marshall M. Rosenthal
Preview
1

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