CEC_DFW
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Chuck e cheese still has 2 DLs on location... Surprisingly
Dragons Lair - FIrst time you saw one.....
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benkeezer
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First time I played was at the Escape Arcade in Delmar, NY BITD. I thought it was the coolest thing since sliced bread. Not much of a fan now.
Never saw/seen one in real life.
Saw it for the first and only time in the wild at the Hershey Park arcade in PA back in the 80's.
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First time I saw one in the wild was when I was in high school, I believe it was either the fall of 1983 or spring of 1984.
My church youth group went on an outing to Great America just outside Chicago...this was before it was acquired by Six Flags. They had a brand-new Dragon's Lair in one of their arcade rooms. It stood out because of the animation and the fact that it was the only 50 cent game in the room. I promptly put about $4-$5 in it.
My church youth group went on an outing to Great America just outside Chicago...this was before it was acquired by Six Flags. They had a brand-new Dragon's Lair in one of their arcade rooms. It stood out because of the animation and the fact that it was the only 50 cent game in the room. I promptly put about $4-$5 in it.
yeah and it cost .50 cents, that pissed me off!!
It was in the local arcades first time I saw it/them.
OregonPacman
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I first saw Dragon's Lair at Bally's LeMans in Columbus, NE in 1982. I didn't understand how to play and wasted the first and only $.50 (cost that much for 1 play) I ever put into a DL machine. I have loathed it ever since.
At the movie theater at Parmatown mall in Parma, Ohio. The laserdisc graphics blew me away but it cost 50 cents to play. I tried it when it first came out but did not get very far. A couple of weeks later I got to watch someone who knew how to play the game so I got a lot further for my fifty cents. I never made it all the way through but liked the game.
The two things that kept me from mastering the game was the price to play and the fact that there was a Star Wars cockpit on the other side of the theater. I played the hell out of that SW and it came first over any new game, especially one that cost twice as much to play and was just knowing when to press a button to see the next cartoon.
The two things that kept me from mastering the game was the price to play and the fact that there was a Star Wars cockpit on the other side of the theater. I played the hell out of that SW and it came first over any new game, especially one that cost twice as much to play and was just knowing when to press a button to see the next cartoon.
jonathan1138
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Good observation here - once i understood the game better, it made me like it a bit more. When i first approached it thinking i can move Dirk Freely that was a big letdown.
For SW - probably the most approachable, set in and get your moneys worth game for that time. Still holds up wonderfully today.
Gruber
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Wow, sounds just like my story. I saw it first at Showbiz also. They had a mach 3 sitdown too! I have to agree did draw crowds just to watch. The one I saw had dual monitors. I observed play for a bit then gave it a whirl. I liked it! Was lots of fun. It guided/gave you hints... but not too many!. Love the Black knight room with the tiles!
I also liked Cliff Hanger alot. This may be well known. In case it is not... Cliff Hanger footage is all from a "Lupin the 3'rd" Anime called "The Castle of Cagliostro" I found the movie on VHS at a rental store a few years back. Kind of a interesting. Sorry did not mean to derail....
Very cool on your Dragons Lair. Would love to have one!
I saw DL and SA first at a Showbiz in Grand Rapids. I was 5 or 6 and thought they were awesome. But yeah, hard to play. I would watch the attract forever though.
They had DL2 at a local arcade when I was 12 or so. I played the crap out of that -- I prefer it to the other two games because it does a much better job of guiding you through the scene. I wish it was more like SA though in that when you die, you continue where you died instead of having to start the scene over...
So now I have DL and SA on Daphne, and wouldn't you know it, DL2, the only one I really want to play, doesn't work. :\ Anyone got a known Daphne-working DL2 dvd? It doesn't recognize mine and the support team over there has been non-responsive.
They had DL2 at a local arcade when I was 12 or so. I played the crap out of that -- I prefer it to the other two games because it does a much better job of guiding you through the scene. I wish it was more like SA though in that when you die, you continue where you died instead of having to start the scene over...
So now I have DL and SA on Daphne, and wouldn't you know it, DL2, the only one I really want to play, doesn't work. :\ Anyone got a known Daphne-working DL2 dvd? It doesn't recognize mine and the support team over there has been non-responsive.
GameyMcGame
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Fun & Games, Rt. 9 Framingham.
Remember being amazed by the 'graphics'....
Played it and thought it was broken.
I know understand how to 'play' LD games but still contend that they are all broken.
Remember being amazed by the 'graphics'....
Played it and thought it was broken.
I know understand how to 'play' LD games but still contend that they are all broken.
11strings
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We had several in Marin County and one of the arcades had it for 25 cents for awhile so I was able to learn it on the cheap. I had it memorized pretty quickly and I was able to kill the dragon on 1 man, which was pretty exciting back then because you would always get a big crowd and I was still a little kid.
The main arcade I went to (Novato Billiards) converted their Dragon's Lair to Space Ace... and just never spent the time/money to learn that one - my older brother could beat it, by that time I was playing Zoo Keeper directly across the room from it. They had a M.A.C.H. 3 cockpit/sitdown too.
The main arcade I went to (Novato Billiards) converted their Dragon's Lair to Space Ace... and just never spent the time/money to learn that one - my older brother could beat it, by that time I was playing Zoo Keeper directly across the room from it. They had a M.A.C.H. 3 cockpit/sitdown too.
Me neither. I have seen them at CAX, but have still never played it. No desire, I guess.
I remember seeing it back in 1983. I don't remember if it was at our local mall or another one that my family visited, but I remember walking up to it and seeing it was .50 to play versus the other games that were a quarter at the time. I figured what the heck and would give it a try. I loved the graphics but as many have stated, it just seemed like it was to hard to "play". It basically had the same handicap as Q*Bert: if you hadn't played it enough to get the feel for the controls, you were going to die quickly..
I remember always having been fascinated by the graphics and the way the screens looked when someone who 'could' play was going through it. I also loved the trumpet sound you hear in between screens.
When it came out for Sega CD I was sure I was buying it. I ended up hooking up my Sega CD to my VCR, so I could not only remember how to beat the boards, but so I would have actual proof when I finally beat it, and I did.
I'd love to have one of the games, but I can just see me being the only one playing it, and that gets kind of lame after a while.
I remember always having been fascinated by the graphics and the way the screens looked when someone who 'could' play was going through it. I also loved the trumpet sound you hear in between screens.
When it came out for Sega CD I was sure I was buying it. I ended up hooking up my Sega CD to my VCR, so I could not only remember how to beat the boards, but so I would have actual proof when I finally beat it, and I did.
I'd love to have one of the games, but I can just see me being the only one playing it, and that gets kind of lame after a while.
CrazyKongFan
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The DL at our local Showbiz had one of those monitors on top so everyone could watch too. Hey hindered, where did you play DL2? I played it alot at Putt Putt Golf and Games in Kalamazoo when I was in college. I'd go there when the tokens were really cheap (I think it was Saturday morning) and buy a bunch, then it didn't cost so much to master it 
There is a version of Daphne that has DL2, it's the newer one where it downloads a legal torrent to your PC, and you have to have the DVD to authenticate it. I had it on my laptop, but lost it when the drive crashed.
There is a version of Daphne that has DL2, it's the newer one where it downloads a legal torrent to your PC, and you have to have the DVD to authenticate it. I had it on my laptop, but lost it when the drive crashed.
tigerstyle
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I remember being very puzzled by what kind of game it was. The cab was in a Zeller Stores, and as a kid (we're talking 5 or 6), i was so confused by what it was suposed to be. It was like.. a cartoon.. in an arcade machine? For the longest time i thought you had to pay to watch it.
That game was eventually replaced by some Konami war-themed platformer.. Run and shoot? You were a soldier with a knife and you had to jump around stabbing and sometimes you would get a machine gun, and eventually, the game was replaced by a NARC cab, which blew my mind as a kid.
That game was eventually replaced by some Konami war-themed platformer.. Run and shoot? You were a soldier with a knife and you had to jump around stabbing and sometimes you would get a machine gun, and eventually, the game was replaced by a NARC cab, which blew my mind as a kid.
The DL at our local Showbiz had one of those monitors on top so everyone could watch too. Hey hindered, where did you play DL2? I played it alot at Putt Putt Golf and Games in Kalamazoo when I was in college. I'd go there when the tokens were really cheap (I think it was Saturday morning) and buy a bunch, then it didn't cost so much to master it
Yeah, it was at Putt Putt.
And yeah I know about the new version of Daphne, that's what I have. But it doesn't like my version of the DL2 dvd to authenticate. SA and DL authenticated fine with the same vintage dvd from the same company. Dunno why it doesn't like my DL2.
Phetishboy
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