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Subject: Iphone: Dragon's Lair
Imagine the scene, ok? The early eighties, bad hair, bad music, your parents were just starting to get rid of their 70s clothes, and you're young, spending every spare moment (and quarter) in the arcades. The eighties sucked hard in just about every respect, but as a gamer, it was the golden age.
My local arcade was called Electronic Encounters, and they had all the classics. Joust, Super PacMan, Lost Tomb, Pengo, Wizard of Wor, Gravitar. Every time I could, I'd walk to the mall and play the games. Check this out, this is pure gold:
![[Image: http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/goldenage1.png]](http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/goldenage1.png "http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/goldenage1.png")
I mean, these games were cutting edge. Compared to the crappy games we were playing at home, they were staggering technological displays from the future. Look at this stuff!
![[Image: http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/goldenage2.png]](http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/goldenage2.png "http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/goldenage2.png")
And then,
one day,
you come to the arcade looking for the new machine your friend wouldn't shut up about. It's like a cartoon he said. Yeah, whatever.
How good could it be?
Oh.
Oh my fucking god, what is this?
This, my friends, is Dragon's Lair.
![[Image: http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair0.jpg]](http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair0.jpg "http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair0.jpg")
LOOK AT IT!
When this came out, it was literally mind blowing. Running on a laserdisc (like a huge, slow, low-res DVD) this game didn't really offer a lot of gameplay. It was, in fact, the very same game style that would ruin the SegaCD system, full-motion-video bullshit where the 'player' tapped the joystick once in a while but was otherwise uninvolved.
![[Image: http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair5.png]](http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair5.png "http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair5.png")
BUT LOOK AT IT!
There's not much point in talking about the gameplay. There isn't much of it. Hazards happen, you tap left or right or hit the sword button on cue, and the game progresses.
What's amazing, literally stunning, is that this entire game is available on the iphone, with cleaned-up graphics. It's all there, the lizard king and the black knight and Daphne, the vapid busty princess you're trying to save.
It works perfectly, it sounds perfect, it looks even better. It's the single greatest thing any nearly-forty gamer could buy for his iphone.
Fuck yes, Dragon's Lair.
![[Image: http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair3.jpg]](http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair3.jpg "http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair3.jpg")
![[Image: http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair2.jpg]](http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair2.jpg "http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair2.jpg")
![[Image: http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair1.jpg]](http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair1.jpg "http://nfgworld.com/grafx/games/iphone-dragonslair1.jpg")
itunes link
I'd link you to the developer, but EA sucks cock and I can't actually find it, so here is the developer's site.
Also, check out Don Bluth's site. He's the ex-Disney animator who did the animation for the game.
My local arcade was called Electronic Encounters, and they had all the classics. Joust, Super PacMan, Lost Tomb, Pengo, Wizard of Wor, Gravitar. Every time I could, I'd walk to the mall and play the games. Check this out, this is pure gold:
I mean, these games were cutting edge. Compared to the crappy games we were playing at home, they were staggering technological displays from the future. Look at this stuff!
And then,
one day,
you come to the arcade looking for the new machine your friend wouldn't shut up about. It's like a cartoon he said. Yeah, whatever.
How good could it be?
Oh.
Oh my fucking god, what is this?
This, my friends, is Dragon's Lair.
LOOK AT IT!
When this came out, it was literally mind blowing. Running on a laserdisc (like a huge, slow, low-res DVD) this game didn't really offer a lot of gameplay. It was, in fact, the very same game style that would ruin the SegaCD system, full-motion-video bullshit where the 'player' tapped the joystick once in a while but was otherwise uninvolved.
BUT LOOK AT IT!
There's not much point in talking about the gameplay. There isn't much of it. Hazards happen, you tap left or right or hit the sword button on cue, and the game progresses.
What's amazing, literally stunning, is that this entire game is available on the iphone, with cleaned-up graphics. It's all there, the lizard king and the black knight and Daphne, the vapid busty princess you're trying to save.
It works perfectly, it sounds perfect, it looks even better. It's the single greatest thing any nearly-forty gamer could buy for his iphone.
Fuck yes, Dragon's Lair.
itunes link
I'd link you to the developer, but EA sucks cock and I can't actually find it, so here is the developer's site.
Also, check out Don Bluth's site. He's the ex-Disney animator who did the animation for the game.
BLEARGH
This post was edited on 2010-02-27, 19:17 by