DRAGON'S LAIR

MotoRoaderMike · 11/10/2007, 01:45 AM

Every once in a while, I WILL catch the "Laser Game" bug, and get obsessed with games like Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Astron Belt, Cobra Command, Time Gal, and others. And this is one of those times. I never did get to acquire the DVD/PS2 DL game by Digital Leisure. DL is a legend. It's hard, yes, but fun! And Princess Daphne is one of the sexiest princesses ever drawn. I have this PC disc with DL I & II and Space Ace on it, but I think I'll have more one with one of the PS2/DVD ones.

Now when the hell is Digital Leisure gonna do PS2/DVD discs of Cobra Command and Time Gal?

Kitsunexus · 11/10/2007, 02:27 AM

Screw that, I have an email confirmation that Digital Leisure has the rights to Brain Dead 13, when are they going to make discs of that!?

Joe Redifer · 11/10/2007, 03:35 AM

Why do you say PS2/DVD? It's not like one format is bound to the other. Dragon's Lair exists on DVD and is quite playable that way. Games like Time Gal, Cobra Command (Thunder Storm), Road Avenger (Road Blaster) and the like can't be done on generic DVD because they have fire or action buttons. Cobra Command requires a movable crosshair. A DVD player can only accept one command at a time, and with Dragon's Lair that is a direction key and not a problem.

Kitsunexus · 11/10/2007, 03:53 AM

Theoretically, you could remake Dragon's Lair using HTML and embedded Youtube videos!

Turbo D · 11/10/2007, 04:05 AM

thats a great Idea! and funny too

Joe Redifer · 11/10/2007, 04:08 AM

Quote from: KitsunexusTheoretically, you could remake Dragon's Lair using HTML and embedded Youtube videos!

It'd be far easier to just make a Flash video that can be clicked on directly or recognize keyboard input.

But it would be funny to see Dirk walk up to something, the screen freezes and a page opens up with UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT SWORD links, You click on one and it directs you to the proper video.

Kitsunexus · 11/10/2007, 04:34 AM

Quote from: Joe Redifer on 11/10/2007, 04:08 AM
Quote from: KitsunexusTheoretically, you could remake Dragon's Lair using HTML and embedded Youtube videos!
It'd be far easier to just make a Flash video that can be clicked on directly or recognize keyboard input.

But it would be funny to see Dirk walk up to something, the screen freezes and a page opens up with UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT SWORD links, You click on one and it directs you to the proper video.

Seriously! Choose Your Own Adventure: Dragon's Lair!

MotoRoaderMike · 11/11/2007, 03:49 PM

I wonder why DL and Space Ace never got ported to the Turbo......

guyjin · 11/11/2007, 05:46 PM

Quote from: MotoRoaderMike on 11/11/2007, 03:49 PMI wonder why DL and Space Ace never got ported to the Turbo......

'cuz FMV games suck and the turbo had too many as is.

Kitsunexus · 11/12/2007, 12:29 AM

Because Turbo video is less video and more "slidey sprites".

MotoRoaderMike · 11/12/2007, 02:29 AM

Quote from: Kitsunexus on 11/12/2007, 12:29 AMBecause Turbo video is less video and more "slidey sprites".

lol

TR0N · 11/12/2007, 03:15 AM

Quote from: MotoRoaderMike on 11/10/2007, 01:45 AMEvery once in a while, I WILL catch the "Laser Game" bug, and get obsessed with games like Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Astron Belt, Cobra Command, Time Gal, and others. And this is one of those times.

What about Ninja Hayate/Revenge of the Ninja ?

This game had me laughing when i owned a sega-cd.

Heck i all most wish DL would give it a dvd release.

Btw,befor some says how come can ya didn't vids for it on laserdisc.Simple i can't find them on youtube guess they got pulled.

Joe Redifer · 11/12/2007, 03:36 AM

Quote from: KitsunexusBecause Turbo video is less video and more "slidey sprites".

The Turbo is a video powerhouse! Which would you rather have, China Warrior on HuCard or Aliens Deluxe Ultra Extreme Director's Cut Collectors Criterion CAV Edition 2.1 with the Gaffer's Commentary on LaserDisc? Yeah. Thought so.

SignOfZeta · 11/12/2007, 07:14 AM

Quote from: guyjin on 11/11/2007, 05:46 PM
Quote from: MotoRoaderMike on 11/11/2007, 03:49 PMI wonder why DL and Space Ace never got ported to the Turbo......
'cuz FMV games suck and the turbo had too many as is.

"Too many"? You mean, "zero"?

Nazi NecroPhile · 11/12/2007, 01:07 PM

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 11/12/2007, 07:14 AM"Too many"? You mean, "zero"?

No, he means "three".

guyjin · 11/12/2007, 05:33 PM

Yeah. the 3 'fmv' turbo games were it came from the desert, jb harold murder club, and....

can't remember, but whatever it was sucked.

Nazi NecroPhile · 11/12/2007, 05:52 PM

Wrong - J. B. Harold Murder Club has digitized photos, not video. The three fmv games are It Came From the Desert, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, and Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Vol. 2. I suppose that we could change it to 3.5 games to include John Madden Duo CD Football, though the videos weren't essential parts of game play.

guyjin · 11/13/2007, 02:36 AM

ok, 3 FMV games and one NMP game, which is even worse.

SignOfZeta · 11/13/2007, 07:29 AM

Yeah, but none of them are "FMV" games like Dragon's Layer, Space Ace, etc, or even Sewer Shark.

JoshTurboTrollX · 11/14/2007, 07:42 PM

Gulliver Boy had FMV's in it too- pretty impressive ones at that.

I also loved the FMV ending in John Madden Duo!!

Someone should put that on Youtube!....

hmmmm

Joe Redifer · 11/14/2007, 07:43 PM

What is a NMP game?

CrackTiger · 11/14/2007, 09:31 PM

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 11/13/2007, 07:29 AMYeah, but none of them are "FMV" games like Dragon's Layer, Space Ace, etc, or even Sewer Shark.

Its true, you could play It Came From the desert and Shermatlocks just as well with only the audio from the clips.

awack · 11/14/2007, 10:29 PM

Wasn't the extra processor in the sega CD put in for fmv games like Dragon's layer, space ace and games with fmv backgrounds like slipheed and Bram stokers Dracula?

Joe Redifer · 11/14/2007, 11:11 PM

No, the extra CPU was to make the games more intense. Sega of America discovered that you can use it to stream digital video (remember, "digital" means "perfect" and that's why digital is ALWAYS better than analog). Then Digital Pictures went apeshit and thought they had finally found their true calling.

awack · 11/15/2007, 12:06 AM

Those damn ebay sellers must have stole the more intense parts of my sega cd games before they shipped them to me.

So, its sega of America genius we can thank for all the amazing fmv games.

guyjin · 11/15/2007, 12:13 AM

NMP = Non Moving Picture.

Nazi NecroPhile · 11/15/2007, 12:35 AM

NMP = N-Methylpyrrolidone (a great solvent for cleaning electronics).

TR0N · 11/15/2007, 12:52 AM

Quote from: guest on 11/15/2007, 12:35 AMNMP = N-Methylpyrrolidone (a great solvent for cleaning electronics).

I thought it stood for as numb minding pain

Still what do i know

Joe Redifer · 11/15/2007, 01:01 AM

JB Harold Murder Club is teh awsum.

nat · 11/15/2007, 01:06 AM

Quote from: Joe Redifer on 11/15/2007, 01:01 AMJB Harold Murder Club is teh awsum.

I haven't opened my copy yet.

As soon as I finish a few others games I'm working on, I'll open 'er up and find out.

MissaFX · 12/01/2007, 02:37 AM

Ninja Hayate and Time Gal have nearly flawless conversions on the PS1. They also come in the same package ^_^ There was another 2 CD, LD game pack sold at the same time too, but I wanted Time Gal and had to choose between them. The other pack had Thunder Storm and Road Blaster I believe.

The 3DO has a better version of Brain Dead 13 imo than the PS1 sadly and so I only play it on the 3DO now. The constant popping in the audio in the PS1 version is something I really wish the company had worked out before releasing it.

I wish they would release some PS2 LD game conversions especially of games like Dragon's Lair II or Pyramid Patrol. I would also love to see a conversion of the six person, dual LD game of Starblade (actually there are 2 different Starblade games like this)...but I highly doubt that is ever going to happen

Oh and I would love a nearly flawless console version of Space Ace. I am annoyed that I have never found a console version of this game which doesn't break up the game play each time you die. I am so much more used to the arcade feel where you die, get laughed at, sometimes called a creep and then are playing again so fast that the background song present it much of the game seems seemless from one life to the next.

The PS1 version of Time Gal is a perfect example of how to convert a LD game to a home console though, I cannot recommend it enough. Sadly it isn't cheap to buy. I just looked on ebay and someone wants over 100 dollars for it. Although I think the game was 7,800 yen retail. It might have been 6,800, but I do remember it was more expensive than most other PS1 games.

Kitsunexus · 12/01/2007, 02:42 AM

Quote from: Missa on 12/01/2007, 02:37 AMNinja Hayate and Time Gal have nearly flawless conversions on the PS1. They also come in the same package ^_^ There was another 2 CD, LD game pack sold at the same time too, but I wanted Time Gal and had to choose between them. The other pack had Thunder Storm and Road Blaster I believe.

The 3DO has a better version of Brain Dead 13 imo than the PS1 sadly and so I only play it on the 3DO now. The constant popping in the audio in the PS1 version is something I really wish the company had worked out before releasing it.

I wish they would release some PS2 LD game conversions especially of games like Dragon's Lair II or Pyramid Patrol. I would also love to see a conversion of the six person, dual LD game of Starblade (actually there are 2 different Starblade games like this)...but I highly doubt that is ever going to happen Oh and I would love a nearly flawless console version of Space Ace. I am annoyed that I have never found a console version of this game which doesn't break up the game play each time you die. I am so much more used to the arcade feel where you die, get laughed at, sometimes called a creep and then are playing again so fast that the background song present it much of the game seems seemless from one life to the next.

The PS1 version of Time Gal is a perfect example of how to convert a LD game to a home console though, I cannot recommend it enough. Sadly it isn't cheap to buy. I just looked on ebay and someone wants over 100 dollars for it. Although I think the game was 7,800 yen retail. It might have been 6,800, but I do remember it was more expensive than most other PS1 games.

Missa, you rock.

MissaFX · 12/01/2007, 01:36 PM

Quote from: Kitsunexus on 12/01/2007, 02:42 AMMissa, you rock.

When I was young, my dad would go to a bar called Charlie's Pool Hall. It had 2 large counters, multiple tables, pool tables, pinball machines and some arcade machines. Games like Dragon's Lair were burned into my young mind, granted that was a game I usually watched adults play. I actually don't have any memories of playing with other children there. But anyways, I played a lot of pinball, I would usually use the left flipper standing on a large crate and I would have someone else play the other flipper for me since I couldn't reach around to use both. I also have a lot of memories playing different Galaxian (hope my spelling is correct there) clones, which is where I think my love for 2-d shooters comes from. The LD games I saw there though (and played sometimes) really touched a deep emotional part of me, and so I feel most nostalgic about them.

TR0N · 12/01/2007, 11:16 PM

Now if some body get the rights to cliff hanger.

Of...corse the problem it use the footage from the movie castle of cagliostro.
Wich being a,Lupin the 3rd movie that would be a matter of rights

Dark Fact · 12/01/2007, 11:56 PM

Quote from: TRONNow if some body get the rights to cliff hanger.
Of...corse the problem it use the footage from the movie castle of cagliostro.
Wich being a,Lupin the 3rd movie that would be a matter of rights Razz

The rights to Castle of Cagliostro is in the hands of Manga entertainment while the other footage comes from the movie Mystery of Mamo which is in the hands of Geneon entertainment. It's highly unlikely the game will ever see a re-release. Besides, it was just a hack job of the Lupin games anyway.

Quote from: MissaWhen I was young, my dad would go to a bar called Charlie's Pool Hall. It had 2 large counters, multiple tables, pool tables, pinball machines and some arcade machines. Games like Dragon's Lair were burned into my young mind, granted that was a game I usually watched adults play. I actually don't have any memories of playing with other children there. But anyways, I played a lot of pinball, I would usually use the left flipper standing on a large crate and I would have someone else play the other flipper for me since I couldn't reach around to use both. I also have a lot of memories playing different Galaxian (hope my spelling is correct there) clones, which is where I think my love for 2-d shooters comes from. The LD games I saw there though (and played sometimes) really touched a deep emotional part of me, and so I feel most nostalgic about them.

Did you play GORF?

GOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRF!

TR0N · 12/02/2007, 12:44 AM

Quote from: Dark Fact on 12/01/2007, 11:56 PM
Quote from: TRONNow if some body get the rights to cliff hanger.
Of...corse the problem it use the footage from the movie castle of cagliostro.
Wich being a,Lupin the 3rd movie that would be a matter of rights Razz
The rights to Castle of Cagliostro is in the hands of Manga entertainment while the other footage comes from the movie Mystery of Mamo which is in the hands of Geneon entertainment. It's highly unlikely the game will ever see a re-release. Besides, it was just a hack job of the Lupin games anyway.
Quote from: MissaWhen I was young, my dad would go to a bar called Charlie's Pool Hall. It had 2 large counters, multiple tables, pool tables, pinball machines and some arcade machines. Games like Dragon's Lair were burned into my young mind, granted that was a game I usually watched adults play. I actually don't have any memories of playing with other children there. But anyways, I played a lot of pinball, I would usually use the left flipper standing on a large crate and I would have someone else play the other flipper for me since I couldn't reach around to use both. I also have a lot of memories playing different Galaxian (hope my spelling is correct there) clones, which is where I think my love for 2-d shooters comes from. The LD games I saw there though (and played sometimes) really touched a deep emotional part of me, and so I feel most nostalgic about them.
Did you play GORF?

GOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRF!

I know who has the rights to,Lupin in the u.s beside geneon there is funimation as well.

It's one big mess right there.