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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best adaptation of the video game classic, June 13, 2001
OK, let's start by mentioning that there are TWO versions of this DVD. There is a DVD-ROM version which requires Windows 95/98 to run, and there is THIS version (called DVD-VIDEO) which does NOT require a computer to run. Both versions are manufactured by Digital Leisure. Here is the scoop on both versions... DVD-ROM version:
-Requires Windows 95/98 to run. (I don't know if it will work with Windows 2000 or Windows Me)
-Has smoother game play. From what I have heard from other people, the game play on this version is practically flawless.
-I don't think that this version has the "watch" feature, which lets you view the entire animation without actually playing the game.
-I think that this has random game play. If you remember the arcade version, the scenes were always played in a random order.
DVD-VIDEO Version:
-Does NOT require a computer to run.
-When I use this on my Sony DVD player that is hooked to my TV, the game play is painful. There are 2-3 second gaps between moves that makes the game almost unbearable. However, when I play this on my computer's DVD drive, the game play is quite good. There are still gaps between moves, but only about 1/4 of a second or so.
-Has a "watch" feature that lets you view the entire animation without playing it. This is very cool!
-Works on MOST DVD players, except some Toshiba models.
-No random game play. You must play the game sequentially.
WHY I BOUGHT THIS VERSION:
Even though the game play is better on the DVD-ROM version, I decided to buy the DVD-VIDEO version for a couple of reasons...
-The "watch" feature was important to me. I wanted the ability to just sit back and take in the whole beautiful animation without having to do sword, left, left, sword, etc.
-I wanted this purchase to last. In other words, I didn't want to be forced to buy a new version of this product when I switch my computer system over to Windows 2000 (or whatever Bill Gates comes up with next).
ABOUT THE ACTUAL GAME:
What can I say??? This game is an arcade classic, and a personal all-time favorite of mine. The images on the DVD look EXACTLY like they did in the arcade. I can not tell any difference. It is awesome, and I love it!!!
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of the BETTER if not the BEST version..., July 1, 2000
Myself being a HUGE fan of Don Bluth's animation, having played the arcade version TO DEATH as a kid, and managing to play just about every home version from the first attempts, (dust off your memory here) the Commodore 64 version by Electronic Arts, the NES, Super NES, & Game Boy versions, if you could call them that, (none of which bore any resembelance to the original laserdisc arcade version) to the early Amiga, IBM PC, & MAC diskette versions (pre CD-ROM) which were basically digitized and compressed versions of the arcade game, to every imaginable CD-ROM version, IBM PC, Sega CD, 3DO, Atari Jaguar, and the PC DVD ROM, I have been searcing for that "holy grail" original arcade version of Dragon's Lair since the game was brought home....So far, there is NO perfect arcade version that gives you the TOTAL ORIGINAL ARCADE MOVE INPUTS AND SCREEN VARIATIONS, however, Digital Leisure has done the best versions on PC DVD ROM, and for home DVD Players with this version, the play is solid, and ALL the animation is in tact. Any other gripes aside, the one second pauses are really not a big deal, because as any fan of the arcade version knows, most of the pioneer Laserdisc players were pretty faulty to begin with...so just consider it a "genuine faulty arcade feature" ;-)...secondly, and what I believe to be the most important reason to own this DVD, is the comprehensive history of Dragon's Lair and Space Ace....this section is compiled from TV news broadcasts and interview sessions with Bluth and company from 83-84, which contains deleted game footage, early production designs, and interviews with arcade patrons with hairdews and outfits that will make you embarrassed to be a child of the 80's! TRULY WORTH THE PURCHASE!
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good movie, decent translation, okay game, February 14, 2000
Lets get this out of the way first, if your looking for an arcade perfect version of Dragons Lair you still haven't found one with this DVD version. There is a second pause EVERY time you make a move whether it is correct or not, and some slight changes have been made since the arcade, such as the falling disk scene and the lightning knight scene. The game has been simplified with a yellow box that tells you when to make a move instead of your own intuition and the in-game flashes that occasionally appear. Also a lot of the levels have less moves per level than the arcade did. I figure that this was to make the pause bearable but all it does is make the game even more simple than it used to be. Also the death scenes will sometimes end so fast that you don't get to see the whole thing. One last complaint is that the scenes are no longer randomly generated as a result of the DVD limitations,(or so the manual says). Besides all these flaws though, if any old school gamers like me wanted this game more for the Don Bluth animation then playing, rejoice because there is a movie mode included which will play the whole game pause free and is the real reason to pick up this classic game.
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