AUTHOR: ReadySoft RELEASE: 1994 TYP: FMV Action SPIELER: 1 LEVEL: - SPRACHE: ENG + GER + IT + FR WERT: 25€

Begleiten Sie Dirk, den Kühnen, auf seinem Weg durch das Schloß des Dunklen Zauberers! Retten Sie, nur mir einem Schwert und Ihrem Mut bewaffnet, die schöne Prinzessin Daphne aus den Klauen von Singe, dem teuflischen Drachen!

Armed with a sword and an attitude, guide Dirk the Daring through the dark wizard's castle in your quest to save Princess Daphne from the clutches of Singe, the Evil Dragon!

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SEGA Magazin Ausgabe 5/1994: ^{[Grafik: 81% Sound: 61% Gesamt: 48%]}
Wer ein einzigartiges Grafik-Demo sucht, ist hier richtig! Als Spiel läßt sich Dragon´s Lair jedoch bestimmt nicht bezeichnen.
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A conversion of the 1983 Don Bluth coin op cartoon game. Players control Dirk the Daring as he struggles his way through a dungeon to fight Singe, the Dragon, and rescue the beautiful Princess Daphne. With limited movement allowed, the game's main emphasis is on its heart-stopping graphics. www.Mobygames.com

The problem with Dragon's Lair is that thanks to the beautiful Don Bluth animation it was always more fun to watch someone else play it than actually do so yourself. The game arrives on the Mega-CD and the video is full screen, but the reduced colour level seem to take away that certain something that made Dragon's Lair so special. CD access times are very slightly slow, but not enough to impede gameplay as by the time the next clip is needed the decision has already been made - you survived or you didn't. If you loved the laserdisc in the arcade it's all here - it's just not quite the same, and with nothing extra to keep you coming back for more once you've seen the end. If you've never played Dragon's Lair, this title is an excellent piece of gaming history, and the MCD version is much easier than picking up a laserdisc - hunt one down. www.sega-mega-cd-library.co.uk

I like the Sega CD system - really, I do. But after playing Dragon's Lair on systems like the Jaguar CD, CD-I, and 3DO, it's pretty hard to bear it on the Sega CD. The system's color palette is far too meager for the cartoon quality graphics, and as a result the full-screen video is awfully grainy (it burns!) But once you get your eyes adjusted to the marginal video quality, you'll find a Dragon's Lair game that's every bit as good as the other versions - if not better. The introductory video clips are great and put me back in the arcades of 20 years ago (boy, has it been that long?). The controls are pretty forgiving, allowing you to enter a few extra incorrect commands without dying. I noticed that all the death scenes are intact, which is good considering they tend to be abbreviated in other versions. And it's always cool to see our hero disintegrate into bones after using your last life. There are unlimited continues, but they do set you back a few rooms. I found it interesting that the instruction manual includes instructions for literally EVERY ROOM. All in all, Dragon's Lair on the Sega CD is quite decent - as long as you haven't played it on any other systems. www.videogamecritic.net