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

    Dragon's Lair Does DSiWare Next Week

    Dragon's Lair Dares To Make Leap To iPhone

    Dragon's Lair Getting Squeezed Down For DSiWare

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    Image of wezelboy wezelboy
    12/17/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Micro-Review: Small Scenes from the Mind's Eye
    I beat Dragon's Lair a number of times in the arcade... but I think I had to read a cheat guide in a magazine or book
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    12/17/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Micro-Review: Small Scenes from the Mind's Eye
    Wow, I didn't know Dragon's Lair was pre-crash. I knew it was old, but that's damn old.

    Regardless, those are a couple of rediculous points in red. Kinda old school, but not in a good way.
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    Image of plasticmouse plasticmouse
    12/17/09

    @vid3oman64: It's so old it's practically pre-cash.

    Sadly though, I am older still :(
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    Image of vid3oman64 vid3oman64
    12/17/09

    @plasticmouse: Oh, uh, erm... It's not old! It's... well-marinated! :D?
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    Image of dowingba dowingba
    12/17/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Micro-Review: Small Scenes from the Mind's Eye
    Unless my eyes deceived me, I'm pretty sure I saw a Blu-ray version of Dragon's Lair last time I was at Future Shop. Sure it was like $40 or something. But it's HD man! HD!
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    Image of dracosummoner dracosummoner
    12/17/09

    @dowingba:

    There is indeed such a thing. I'm not sure if it's $40, but it exists ...
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    Image of mouthwash mouthwash
    12/17/09

    @dowingba: Yep, there's a Blu-Ray version for this. Hell it's practically on every sort of disc that's used commonly.
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    Image of dowingba dowingba
    12/17/09

    @dracosummoner: It had to have been $40. Because otherwise I would have bought it!

    Also they had the original Adam West Batman movie there on Bluray. Also way too expensive. And it was in Mono! A Bluray in Mono!!
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    Image of syafiqjabar of Mars syafiqjabar of Mars
    12/17/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Micro-Review: Small Scenes from the Mind's Eye
    Anybody remember Dragon's Lair 3D?
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    Image of DukeOfPwn DukeOfPwn
    12/17/09

    @syafiqjabar of Mars: That looks like a mod on the Half-Life 2 engine, or some other FPS engine.
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    Image of godisanarc godisanarc
    12/17/09

    @syafiqjabar of Mars: holy shit, I remember always wanting to play that but I thought it never came out. What system is that?
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    Image of mouthwash mouthwash
    12/17/09

    @godisanarc: Gamecube I think.
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    Image of dracosummoner dracosummoner
    12/17/09

    @godisanarc:

    Gamecube/PS2/Xbox and PC, I think.
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    Image of syafiqjabar of Mars syafiqjabar of Mars
    12/17/09

    @godisanarc: It's also for PC, Xbox and PS2.
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    Image of syafiqjabar of Mars syafiqjabar of Mars
    12/17/09

    @DukeOfPwn: It predates the first Source engine game, though, being released in 2002. The cel-shading looks pretty good, I guess.
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    Image of Orionsaint Orionsaint
    12/17/09

    @syafiqjabar of Mars: It looks awesome. I wanna play it.
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    Image of Robotube on PSN wants to play SFHD. Robotube on PSN wants to play SFHD.
    12/15/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Does DSiWare Next Week
    ...aaaactually. The Gameboy Color version of Dragon's Lair was fully animated...it didn't use sprites.
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    Image of N●Gage Croal is grabbin' peels N●Gage Croal is grabbin' peels
    12/15/09

    @Robotube:
    Uh, that's clearly sprited. Rather detailed, and well-animated sprites... but still sprites.
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    Image of Robotube on PSN wants to play SFHD. Robotube on PSN wants to play SFHD.
    12/15/09

    @N●Gage Croal is grabbin' peels: If by "Sprited" you mean "Pixellated" then yes, it's pixellated, but it's not sprites. The character cannot be moved independently of the background. Sprites are independent, separate moving objects, detached from the background. The color palette is heavily reduced and the resolution has been cut down dramatically out of necessity of the hardware, but it is still animated video.

    Essentially, what was done here is really the same essential thing as ripping a DVD and exporting for an iPod. Except, here they went from Laserdisc to GameBoy, which is a super-extreme reduction of quality.
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    Image of Mister Jack got an iPod Touch! Mister Jack got an iPod Touch!
    12/15/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Does DSiWare Next Week
    Ah, I already got the iPhone version, so I'll be passing on this, but it's nice to see the DSi finally having emulation in the download shop. Now bring on the NES/SNES/GB/GBA games!
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    Image of LedRush LedRush
    12/15/09

    @Mister Jack got an iPod Touch!: Amen. Actually, what I really want (perhaps with the Wii2 and the DS-New) is the ability to transfer my Wii VC games to the DS successor to play them portably. Most of the games on the VC work better in the portable environment than on my 50 inch TV.
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    12/15/09

    @LedRush: Yes...yes...yes! YES! Someone do this. SOMEONE GET ON THIS.
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    Image of nflsonic nflsonic
    12/15/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Does DSiWare Next Week
    Lame, I now want to trade my DS for a DSi now. I didn't want this on my iPhone due to the tiresome touch control scheme with games of late.

    I would really love this to be on my PSP though, even through the PSN. Space Ace as well!
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    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    12/15/09

    @nflsonic: "I now want to trade my DS for a DSi now."

    Umm... I think that's the whole point of DSiWare.
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    Image of ph15h ph15h
    12/15/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Does DSiWare Next Week
    Dragon's Lair is everywhere these days. -_- Market Saturation successful.
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    Image of Dreamwriter Dreamwriter
    12/15/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Does DSiWare Next Week
    Great, now they made my decision tough. Do I buy the game for iPhone, where it will look far better, or for the DS, which has better controls? (Yes, I know the game's "controls" don't really need the super-accuracy of true d-pad and buttons, but it's still going to be a lot more natural to press a direction on the d-pad than a large virtual d-pad)
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    Image of liammiller18 liammiller18
    12/15/09

    @Dreamwriter: I'd go for controls, yo. As the timeless argument goes; Graphics<Gameplay.
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    Image of Ashurahori Ashurahori
    12/15/09

    @liammiller18: ...not in Dragon's Lair. Dragon's Lair is a beautiful cartoon, made to be watched faithfully. While the buttons aren't tough controls, simply quick-time events.
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    Image of Atomsk88 Atomsk88
    12/15/09

    @Dreamwriter: I got Dragon's Lair for the iPhone yesterday and it plays very well. The whole game is a quick-time event and so touchscreen controls are actually good for this game.

    Also, this is one of the few games where I would say graphics are more important than the controls (four directions and an attack button). Therefore it's easy to say that the iPhone screen will render the animated sequences much better if you want a portable version of the game.
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    Image of scrapking scrapking
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Dares To Make Leap To iPhone
    Mr. McWhertor has asked us a question and it's only fair that we try to answer him. I've started a thread listing off what platforms Dragon's Lair *is* on, but his question is "What hasn't seen a release of Don Bluth's laserdisc classic Dragon's Lair?"

    Let's see if we can come up with a comprehensive list of systems that it *hasn't* been on (without resorting to Google/Bing):

    NeoGeo Pocket (and variants)
    Wonder Swan (and variants)
    Atari Lynx
    Atari Jaguar
    Commodore CDTV (it should have been though!)
    Commodore CD32

    I want to say CDi and 3D0, but I'm actually not certain that either of them didn't get it.

    Huh... I wonder if there were any mainstream (read: actually popular) systems that didn't get it?
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    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    12/08/09

    @scrapking: How about we don't include the scaled-down platformer versions and only stick with ports of the original animated game. That way we don't have to name off NES, C64, Intellivision, etc.
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    Image of subnet6 subnet6
    10/13/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Getting Squeezed Down For DSiWare
    Don Bluth rules, but I'd much rather have this on Wii Ware.
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    Image of Orionsaint Orionsaint
    10/13/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Getting Squeezed Down For DSiWare
    Oh I love Don Bluth Animation!
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    Image of strikeforce sexy strikeforce sexy
    10/13/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Getting Squeezed Down For DSiWare
    Is Don Bluth the same person who created Braindead 13? I remember playing that on the 3DO when I was younger.

    Yes... I had a 3DO. The Panasonic one. god...
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    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    10/14/09

    @strikeforce sexy: Just looked up Braindead 13 and it looks pretty awesome. Doesn't look like Don Bluth though. He was previously a Disney Animator and went into business for himself. Watch the Secret of NIMH sometime.
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    Image of NoBullet NoBullet
    10/13/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Getting Squeezed Down For DSiWare
    Its gotta be better than the GBC version. Though, it was still impressive. Even though it doesnt include all the scenes from the arcade version.
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    Image of PoweredByHentai PoweredByHentai
    10/13/09

    In reply to Dragon's Lair Getting Squeezed Down For DSiWare
    Actually, what happened to Don Bluth? I LOVED his The Land Before Time movie. It still brings tears to my eye. T_T
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    10/13/09

    @PoweredByHentai: He's currently advising Bungie and Kojima on how to milk a property to death while his butler delivers him margaritas as he sits by the pool of his Spanish estancia on the Mediterranean coast called "Little, Just Kidding, Huge Fucking Foot Ranch".
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    Image of PoweredByHentai PoweredByHentai
    10/13/09

    @Yossarian: Yeah, thing is, I thought he didn't direct the rest of the Land Before Time movies?
    [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    10/13/09

    @PoweredByHentai: The little girl who played Ducky was shot in the head and lit on fire by her father.
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