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Cocytus posted...

Hirunesukidayo posted...

I played and spent plenty of quarters and eventually able to finish it each time,until the owners or whoever decided it was a good reason to have it freeze on purpose at some point preventing it from ever be finished again at that location. This was back when video game arcades were still the place to go,before home console gaming wasn't too big compared to today.

Yeah they set it hard so that almost no one gets to the end and there's no continue.

Sounds more like the laserdisc decaying or the reader breaking down. Possibly both.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon's_Lair_(1983_video_game)#Development

The original laserdisc players shipped with the game (Pioneer LD-V1000 or PR-7820) often failed. Although the players were of good quality, the game imposed unusually high strain: LaserDisc players were designed primarily for playing movies, in which the laser assembly would gradually move across the disc as the data was read linearly. However, Dragon's Lair required seeking different animation sequences on the disc every few secondsindeed, less than a second in some casesas dictated by gameplay. The high amount of seeking, coupled with the length of time the unit was required to operate, could result in failure of the laserdisc player after a relatively short time. This was compounded by the game's popularity. As a result, the laserdisc player often had to be repaired or replaced. The life of the original player's gas laser was about 650 hours; although later models had solid state lasers with an estimated life of 50,000 hours, the spindle motor typically failed long before that. It is rare to find a Dragon's Lair game intact with the original player, and conversion kits have been developed so the units can use more modern players. The original USA 1983 game used a single side NTSC laserdisc player manufactured by Pioneer; the other side of the disc was metal backed to prevent bending. The European versions of the game were manufactured by Atari under license and used single side PAL discs manufactured by Philips (not metal backed).

I would be more impressed if he smoked whiskey and drank cigars

YourDrunkFather posted...

See. Drinking is good for you

Finally a good post from you.

They released a really good Dragon's Lair & Space Ace modern update on Android/Ios A couple years back. I remember it having a bonus mode that randomised many of the scene orders and also had a cinema mode where you could just watch the whole story with no gameplay as a film.

I played and spent plenty of quarters and eventually able to finish it each time,until the owners or whoever decided it was a good reason to have it freeze on purpose at some point preventing it from ever be finished again at that location. This was back when video game arcades were still the place to go,before home console gaming wasn't too big compared to today.

Wow so now because of Stranger Things we have mainstream people suddenly knowing Dragon's Lair. That's crazy.

The princess is crazy fucking hot

Saturday Morning cartoon intro...

Special Dragons Lair episode of Starcade...

Yes.

In an arcade.
In Daphne.
On a DVD game.
And the crappy port to SNES.

Oh, and I watched the cartoon series.
Come at me bros!

It was amazing when it came out...

I never beat it, it was damn near impossible without hundreds of quarters.

The cabinet of course...

Member this?

Cocytus posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

I aspire to be like this man when I'm 111 in the year 2104

Jesus is that the actual figure? It sounds so far away. and yet, we know someone will see that year...

Maybe someone here will live until AD 2101 and find out if war was beginning.

Sell it

it's so bad it really is a wonder who made them put it in

I've posted all the major retailers ads here. Nobody cares but like 10 peeps

V_V

This article, brought to you by Chick Fil A.

Yes, I'm saying this is fake.

There's literally one CFA in the entire state of rhode island

Oklahoma is such a garbage state. There's literally nothing good I can think of.

Its weird that Chic Fil A is the most popular one in NY when ive never seen a single one, sign or advertisement. I live in upstate but ive been to many towns and cities between NYC and Burlington for a job I use to have. I always wanted to try one to since I always hear about it.

Not yet, waiting till Thanksgiving Break when I'll have a couple of days to play it.

What's the point of being loved if it wasn't actually from their heart? I can only see very superficial uses for that power, like if there's some extremely hot girl you just want to bang and otherwise have no chance with.

Power of love is the better choice. You could make people do whatever you want them to do. Its basically mind control.