Kotaku: Dragon's Lair

Dragon's Lair, the Animated Series, Now on DVD

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:45:00 EDT

The further animated adventures of Dirk the Daring, Hanna-Barbera's 1984 Dragon's Lair cartoon, is now available on a two-disc DVD set, thanks to Warner Bros. It's early '80s animated Dragon's Lair fun, only without the rote memorization! [WBshop via EGM] More »

The Disney Civil War That Led to Arcade Video Game Classics

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 EDT

We don't often associate Disney with video games - not outside of its current push as a publisher, anyway - but in the late 1970's, turmoil at the famous animation studio inadvertently led to the creation of two arcade classics. More »

The Nintendo Download: And The 500th Downloadable Wii Game Is...

Mike Fahey — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:00:00 EST

What game could Nintendo have possibly chosen as the 500th downloadable title for the Wii? It would have to be something super, yet smashing at the same time. The mind boggles! More »

Dragon's Lair Micro-Review: Small Scenes from the Mind's Eye

Owen Good — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:00:00 EST

When it landed in 1983, Dragon's Lair was truly unlike anything ever seen in an arcade. The gorgeous cartoon visuals not only justified an unthinkable 50-cent spend back then, they became the most memorable of pre-crash arcade classics. More »

Dragon's Lair Does DSiWare Next Week

Mike Fahey — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:40:00 EST

Digital Leisure is bringing Dirk the Daring to the DSiWare service next week, with the DSi becoming the umpteenth platform to receive a port of Don Bluth's classic laserdisc game Dragon's Lair. More »

Dragon's Lair Giveaway: We Have a Winner

Owen Good — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:00:00 EST

Congratulations to Michael N. of Utah, who gave the correct answer - well, one of four correct answers, actually - and was chosen from 586 correct entries to win a Blu-Ray Dragon's Lair signed by the game's creators. More »

Win a Blu-Ray Dragon's Lair Signed by the Game's Creators

Owen Good — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:30:00 EST

Dragon's Lair is out on the iTunes App Store for five bucks, but if you don't have an iPhone or iPod Touch, the good folks at EA Mobile are providing an autographed, playable Blu-Ray copy that we're giving away. More »

Dragon's Lair Dares To Make Leap To iPhone

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:40:26 EST

What hasn't seen a release of Don Bluth's laserdisc classic Dragon's Lair? Well, you can't answer the iPhone, because Digital Leisure and EA Mobile have sent Dirk the Daring forth upon the iTunes App Store. More »

Dragon's Lair Heading for the iPhone

Owen Good — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:00:00 EST

The 1983 laserdisc classic Dragon's Lair will follow its cousin Space Ace to the iPhone; Electronic Arts is handling the port. Now you can enjoy Dirk the Daring's inquisitive grunting and Princess Daphne's coquettish cooing in a convenient portable format. More »

Dragon's Lair Getting Squeezed Down For DSiWare

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:40:02 EDT

Classic laserdisc adventure Dragon's Lair is headed to Nintendo's DSiWare download service, according to a new rating from Germany's USK ratings board. Potentially good news for a game that was once bound for a regular Nintendo DS release. More »

Here's What You Missed At CA Extreme 2009

AJ Glasser — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:20:00 EDT

I spent most of my time at California Extreme reminding myself why I never beat Dragon's Lair, but other people were busy winning tournaments and stuff at the massive arcade and pinball show. More »

Saw Preview: Condemned or Dragon’s Lair?

AJ Glasser — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EDT

There's something terribly familiar about wandering around a dilapidated insane asylum with crazy people ahead of you and instant-death traps all around you. More »

Beat Dragon's Lair With The Power of YouTube

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:40:29 EDT

Finally, a use for YouTube! Even with 25 years of access to the original Dragon's Lair, I've yet to beat the game and snatch the lovely Princess Daphne from the clutches of the evil Singe. Fortunately, some YouTube know-it-all has uploaded and annotated a very handy real-time guide to completing the game, making us absolutely adore the annotations feature. More »

Mario Tries Some New Ways of Dying

Owen Good — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:00:00 EDT

Boy I don't know about you, but when I shuffle off this mortal coil, I hope that I leap into the air waving my arms, and then plunge out of view as a merry oh-shit tune plays. With my loving family around my deathbed of course. More »

Dragon's Lair, On PSP This Time Around

Mark Wilson — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:00:27 EST

United Coders, the development company working on Dragon's Lair DS at this very moment, is looking ahead. Their next plan? Dragon's Lair PSP. They just need a publisher (aka sugar daddy) to come around, bring some cash and distribute away when the project is done. More »

Space Ace In HD

Mike Fahey — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:30:47 EDT

Where Dragon's Lair walks, Space Ace is never far behind. The sci-fi follow-up to Don Bluth's classic animated dungeon romp is following in it's more popular older brother's footsteps, as Digital Leisure announces Space Ace PC HD, due out this fall. The game features an all-new 5.1 surround sound mix, making the beautiful Kimberly just that much more adorable.

"Don Bluth's animation just pops in Space Ace HD" says David Foster, President of Digital Leisure. "It's fantastic that today's computers allow gamers to enjoy full high definition products. There are details in the animation that I didn't know existed before seeing the game in such high definition. The colors are incredibly vivid and the surround sound mix will have you looking over your shoulder!"

As with their Dragon's Lair HD release, Blu-ray and HD DVD versions will be hitting stores sometime next year. More »

Dragon's Lair Coming To HD DVD

Mark Wilson — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:40:21 EDT

Dragon's Lair was a classic of early laserdisc gaming, no doubt. But it was a horrid disappointment, more infamous than famous, really. It's been ported to multiple systems, Blu-ray and now HD DVD—and every time it breaks my heart to remember the childhood epiphany that you didn't really control the game at all, but "interact" with the movie instead. It was a greater disappointment in early life than my first kiss (sloppy, gross), learning I sucked at sports (awkward, humiliating) and that time the Tooth Fairy decided to leave me an extra $5 (bloody, infected). More »

Turn Knobs With The Act

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:00:38 EDT

Wow, an animated interactive game you can actually play! While 1980's saw a couple of interactive titles, namely Dragon's Lair and Space Age, the genre proved to be visually stunning but frustrating play-wise. More »

Donkey Kong and Dragon's Lair Rub-Off Game Cards

fdemarco — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:00:00 EDT

As I was making my weekly perusal of The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA) I ran across these amazing rub-off game cards posted on the front page. TAFA owner, Dan's new girlfriend apparently has quite the little retro game collection herself including these awesome cards. The games came in trading card packs with one of those horrible pieces of rock hard gum and worked along the same principle as rub-off lottery tickets. You would rub off the silver covering on the dots as you made your way across the playing field and hoped you would make it all the way through without "dying." Of course, if you were like me, you just ended up rubbing off all the circles anyway just so you could see what they all were. More »

Gallery: Dragon's Lair Blu-ray

Brian Crecente — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:00:40 EDT

Digital Leisure just sent me this swanky personalized postcard to remind me that Dragon's Lair has made its way to the Blu-ray, and yes the Playstation 3. More »

Ode To An Arcade

fdemarco — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:00:17 EST

Dick McVengance over at Destructoid has written a great article lamenting the decline of the old school arcade. With the rise of home consoles, the existence of actual arcades have become fewer and fewer. More often than not, arcades are now relegated to Chuck E. Cheeses, Mini-Golf courses and the occasional movie theater lobby. I remember the arcade I used to frequent near my house and how much I used to love it. It was the place I first discovered my favorite guilty pleasure, Crystal Castles and where I dropped an endless amount of quarters playing Dragon's Lair, never quite being able to get past the first few screens. More »

Dragon's Lair DS Port

Brian Crecente — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:00:38 EST

It looks like someone is in the process of porting Dragon's Lair to the Nintendo DS. More »

The 100-Inch Arcade Set Up

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:00:00 EST

For the gamer on your holiday shopping list who has everything—excluding a healthy social life—the DreamArcades 100-inch video arcade center might be the final thing he or she needs. Okay, "he". No woman wants this garish monstrosity in their home. More »

Butternut Dumplings: Readers Tell Me Good Things About Sony

egauger — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:20:50 EDT

A few days ago I put out a call to arms: tell me good things about Sony, Playstation, and the PSP. More »

Space Ace, Start to Finish

brownlee — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:00:11 EDT

Ah, for the good old days, when games were cartoons that expected you to wiggle the joystick back and forth randomly until you satisfied whatever invisible gameplay mechanism that would allow you to continue to the next scene! More »

Dragon's Lair 360: Buyer Beware!

Brian Crecente — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:00:59 EST

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I was pretty psyched when I read that Dragon s Lair and Space Ace were coming to the Xbox 360. And then I read the fine print. It turns out the games aren t going to be showing up on Xbox Live Arcade or even as an Xbox 360 disc, no. Digital Leisure is just trying to convince 360 owners to buy their collection of DVD compatible games. Kinda crappy if you ask me. More »