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Dragon's Lair (1983)

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ドラゴンズレア / Dragon's Lair　Cinematronics 1983　Arcade Laser Disc No Miss (remaster version)　Player SR Daniel Juan　収録Ver daphne　
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ドラゴンズレア

発売年：1983
開発元：Cinematronics　発売元：ユニバーサル販売
ジャンル：アクション
コントローラ：4方向レバー+1ボタン
システムボード：専用基板
CPU構成[Z80]　音源チップ[AY8910]

レーザーディスク(LD)を使うLDゲームとして登場したのがこの「ドラゴンズレア」である。ゲームシステムは、プレイヤーがゲーム中に流れるアニメーションに表示されるコマンドをタイミングよく押すというもの。先に登場したセガの「アストロンベルト」のようにLD画像を背景に使うのではなく、美しいアニメ映像を瞬間的に流すというLDの特徴を引き出したことで、海外では登場後、間もなく猛烈な勢いで人気を集め、日本でもユニバーサルが販売を行った。しかし海外での活躍とは逆に日本では人気を集めることができず、また海外でも選択パターンさえ覚えてしまうとゲームが破綻してしまう故、その人気も同じ年の暮れまでしか続かなかった。ちなみにアニメーション製作にはディズニープロダクションを退社した有名なアニメ作者ドン・ブルースがオリジナルセル画を元に作成している。

ストーリー：
邪悪な魔法使いによって、王様の愛娘がお城の洞くつに監禁されてしまった。そこで王家の勇者ダークは数々の恐ろしい魔法使いの罠や怪物達と戦い活路を開き、 最終的にドラゴンを倒し、王女を救わなければならない。
[出典：ドラゴンズレア 業務用販促チラシ（ユニバーサル）]

Dragon's Lair (c) 1983 Cinematronics.

Dragon's Lair is THE original laser disc video game, the video and sound sequences for the game are stored on a LASER DISC. This unprecedented game lets a player participate in an animated AND INTERACTIVE motion-picture experience.

Dragon's Lair is the first game born to the new generation of video games. This unprecedented game is the first motion-picture type fairy tale you interact with.

As Dirk the Daring, a player's goal is to rescue the princess. The adventures along the way are horrible and terrifying, but, a skilled and brave knight, like honor and truth, can prevail.

A player has a choice of 5 moves at any given time. A complete game of Dragon's Lair requires more than 200 correct moves. Timing is critical! Dirk can be too hesitant or too eager to make a move. Only experience and a good memory enable Dirk to complete his mission.

The game opens with the dark visage of a foreboding castle looming in the distance. The next thing you know, you are Dirk, running across the castle drawbridge. The gate clangs shut behind you, and your quest to kill the dragon and save Princess Daphne has begun!

More than 40 possible episodes will be presented to you. Some require many fast repeated moves; others will require fewer, more calculated moves.

Dragon's Lair can be a 1-or 2-player game. If 2 play, 2 twin knights engage in mortal combat with the same demons until they both die (use up their lives), or until one rescues the fair princess from the dragon's lair.

At the beginning of the game, if the player makes a wrong move and loses a life, a new scene will appear at random. Later in the game, a scene that is not completed properly is repeated until it is mastered. Also, when a player loses a life, the scene stops, the screen turns blue, and PLAYER 1 or PLAYER 2 is displayed on the screen, along with that player's number of remaining lives.

As you play the game you may find that sane scenes are repeated, but the image is reversed on the screen (the scene is reversed on the disc, not by the hardware).

Princess Daphne appears during the game, in distress and crying for help. She is unattainable until the end.

- TECHNICAL -

The images for the game are stored on a laser disc, a type of storage device. Dragon's Lair uses a laser-disc player made by Philips (model 22VP 932/00) and a Z80 microprocessor to generate the images and action required for game play.

Most of the sounds you hear during game play originate from the disc.

The control panel :
SWORD BUTTONS : Causes Dirk to draw and use his sword.
JOYSTICK : Controls Dirk's movements. Dirk moves in the direction that the joystick is pointed. In some instances, moving Dirk to an object causes him to do something with that object.

- TRIVIA -

Dragon's Lair was released in June 1983.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Hints :
1. React! Often the player will be given a visual cue as to which direction to move. These cues are often presented as a flashing light, flashing tunnel, flashing rope, or flashing door. In general, the player should move toward a flashing object.
2. Remember, even though the player may know the direction to move, the timing of his move is critical.
3. The player must react to fire -- it is his enemy. He should not linger too long near fire, and in general, he should move away from blazing fires.

* Unlimited Lives : On some versions of Dragon's Lair the programmers left a secret Easter Egg that allows you to have unlimited lives. To access it, wait for the Attract Mode to begin, then hold the joystick UPLEFT and press the Sword button while inserting your quarters. Release the joystick and then select 1 player. You will now have unlimited lives until you complete the game.

- SERIES -

1. Dragon's Lair (1983)
2. Dragon's Lair II - Time Warp (1991)
3. Dragon's Lair 3D - Return To The Lair (2002, PC CD-ROM)
4. Dragon's Lair 3 (2004, PC CD-ROM)

- STAFF -

Animation by : Don Bluth
Gameplay designed by : Victor Penman, Marty Foulger, Darlene Waddington
Programmed by : Mike Knauer, Vince Lee

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.
Machine's picture.