Originally released in the arcades as a laserdisc game, Dragon's Lair is an interactive cartoon movie. Players control Dirk the Daring as he struggles his way through a dungeon to fight Singe, the Dragon, and rescue the beautiful Princess Daphne. The game consists of animated scenes, during which the player has to press direction buttons or the sword button in the right moment to trigger the next segment of the movie.

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Alternate Titles

"龙穴历险记 " -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"Логово дракона: Побег из замка Синджа" -- Russian spelling
"Dragon's Lair CD-ROM" -- DOS title

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Dragons Lair	SEGA CD	$2.28
	Dragon's Lair	CD-i	$8.99
	Dragon's Lair	3DO
	Dragon's Lair CD-ROM	DOS
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User Reviews

A daring undertaking, to say the least.	3DO	Ryan Kelly (10)
Embarassing Lair	SEGA CD	Edward Brown (308)
An stand alone DVD extra	iPhone	VVP (139)

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The Press Says

IGN	iPhone	Dec 07, 2009	9 out of 10	90
Nintendo Life	Nintendo DSi	Dec 24, 2009	7 out of 10	70
Defunct Games	CD-i	Dec 06, 2009	70 out of 100	70
PC Gamer	DOS	Aug, 1994	65 out of 100	65
The CD-i Collective	CD-i	2004		60
App Spy	iPhone	Dec 07, 2009	3 out of 5	60
Jeuxvideo.com	iPad	Jul 12, 2011	11 out of 20	55
The Video Game Critic	SEGA CD	Jul 18, 2003	C	50
Kombo.com	Nintendo DSi	Jan 04, 2010	4 out of 10	40
PC Gamer UK	DOS	Jun, 1994	26 out of 100	26

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Trivia

Board Game

Milton Bradley released a Dragon's Lair boardgame conversion in 1983.

Cartoon

This game spawned a Saturday morning cartoon. Before commercial breaks, Dirk would be presented with several options, like jumping for a rope, standing and fighting some goons or taking a right down a tunnel. Upon return from the break the T.V. show would inform the viewer of the results of the various actions with the phrase, "If Dirk had done this..." and a clip showing the demise of the poor adventurer if he'd chosen the wrong path.

Ports

Dragon's Lair has been ported to nearly every single console/computer platform under the sun. From the IBM PC to the Amiga...from the NES to the Sega CD...even from the Jaguar CD to DVD players.

Information also contributed by Pseudo_Intellectual and Satoshi Kunsai.

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This entry was contributed by Jeff Sinasac (315), Charly2.0 (30584), Corn Popper (69582), Lain Crowley (5405), Kartanym