Dragons Lair on Sega CD

[MulishaSoldier929]

Found a copy of 'Dragons Lair' for the Sega CD at a local game store yesterday. I have never actually played Dragons Lair but heard the animation was sick and the game was hard as hell. Just curious if the Sega CD version is a quality port and worth the $15 they are asking.

[isiolia]

Not having played that one, I'd say no.

The reason being that Dragon's Lair is a Laserdisc game. Think quicktime events these days. Hit the right direction at the right time, and move on to a video segment where you don't die horribly.

At the time it came out on the Sega CD, being able to have full motion video on a console was fairly novel. Objectively speaking, however, the Sega CD is not that good at FMV. It still had a low resolution, low color count, and so on.

The game has been released on tons of systems, along with some spinoffs. Heck, you can get straight up DVD and Blu-ray versions of it. Don't even need a console.
For $15(ish) on Amazon you can buy the Wii edition that also includes Dragon's Lair II and Space Ace. On a system capable of outputting Laserdisc quality video. To me, that'd be a better way to go.

[Zing]

I stayed up all night the first night I rented it so I could complete it. There was no password or save system.

It was Dragon's Lair with Sega CD quality video, so that's what you should expect.

[aaron]

unless you're a sega cd collector, there's no reason to get it for $15.

try these instead:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_ ... s+lair+DVD

[jfrost]

There's Dragon's Lair in HD for the PS3 and 360 if you really want to play it.

[CRTGAMER]

For $15(ish) on Amazon you can buy the Wii edition that also includes Dragon's Lair II and Space Ace. On a system capable of outputting Laserdisc quality video. To me, that'd be a better way to go.

This, the Wii version is very good, faithful to the Arcade and better resolution then the Laser Disc. I own the original Dragons Lair Laser Disc, Wii and Gamecube versions. The Gamecube version is also good and offers direct control of Dirk.

Dragons Lair Comparison - http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 84#p488284

[MulishaSoldier929]

Kinda was hoping to add this game to the ol'sega cd collection(its lacking. ALOT) but if the port is as poor as you guys say then i just saved $15. I have a wii tho so it looks like i will be going that route. Thanks for the heads up!


Edit: just watched on youtube the sega cd version. Wow did i dodge a bullet lol. Gameplay looks the same but the image is super grainy