Dragon's Lair is RAD!

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Okay, I've been wanting a Dragon's Lair since it first hit the arcades in 1983. I used to ride my bike several miles just to dump my only 50 cents into Dragon's Lair at the local arcade. I remember watching "Silver Spoons" and seeing the Dragon's Lair machine in the background and the damn Rick Schroeder kid would almost never play it!

1991, I'm technically an adult at this point, I pop into my old stomping grounds arcade after work. Holy Crap! Dragon's Lair 2! When in the hell did this come out! Again, I vow that I will someday own a Dragon's Lair game.

Fast forward to...
2011, I'm still technically an adult who has an 18 year old kid at this point. I start collecting old arcade games in January. My first game.....Cocktail Ms. Pacman. It was given to me from a TV show that wrapped. It didn't work and there was a horrible arcing sound when it turns on. After finding KLOV, I fix it. I"m hooked. I can't stop thinking about Dragon's Lair. Over the past few months, I've bought and restored my garage to the hilt with arcade games from my past. Robotron, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, Space Invaders, Stargate, Asteroids Deluxe, Galaga, Centipede, Tempest, Joust...still no Dragon's Lair.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a fellow KLOVer comes up with Dragon's Lair cabinet for me. It's stripped of parts but DL none-the-less!

1 week later, I'm talking with a friend of mine and I bring up the Dragon's Lair. I'm talking about how excited I am to be getting a cabinet to finally build my Dragon's Lair machine. I continue that I will, someday, have DL, DL2 and Space Ace in my garage arcade. He laughs and says, "I have Dragon's Lair 2 in my garage. You can have it."

WTF?!?!?!?

ARe you kidding me! He continues, "I've had it in my garage for years. I never play it. It's just collecting dust. It should go to a good home. Take it home."

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I'm in disbelief!!! I love Dragon's Lair!
 
Man that looks awesome. I'd have a hard time dedicating that much space to just one game (Yes, you can run DAPHNE, I know, I know!) but if I had the space, would love to hear the sounds of DL again on something other than my iPhone. Maybe I'll dig out my CD-i. :)
 
Man. Believe me. I'm super thankful for the Dragon's Lair 2 but I can't wait to get moving on the Dragon's Lair. That game is my holy grail.
 
It's so dusty, I almost refused it but I figured that someone would know a good dust removal guy.
 
Awesome, nice to see there are still some of these out there working! Gives hope to guys like me!
 
I love my dl 2 game! That thing will kick your butt for months to come! Good friend good score!
 
While I'm a huge DL fan, and played the heck out of it in the arcade, I've never been able to get into DL2 for some reason.

I did get into Space Ace some, but it never grabbed me like the original DL either. I think one thing that bothered me, and this may sound funny, is that there was a lot of talking between the characters in SA and DL2, while the only speech on DL was the Princess on the final scene.

Congrats on your pickup, I'd bet I'd get into the game if I had it in my collection though :) Enjoy!
 
Yeah. Oddly enough, I have to admit that even though Dragon's Lair 2 is coming to me 100% working, I am more excited about the Dragon's Lair cabinet that is empty. How odd is that?
 
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If anyone deserves it, it would definitely be you John. Good Luck with the DL cab let me know what you will need to get it going. Have plenty of friends with parts..
 
D is dropping it off today on his way to his parents. I friggin' waiting at the shop back door. LOL.
 
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