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The bold and the beautiful.

Dragon's Lair Trilogy is now available DRM-free on GOG.com. It contains both Dragon's Lair games, plus their sci-fi cousin Space Ace.

Even if you've never tried Dragon's Lair or Dragon's Lair: Time Warp before, it's hard to ignore their pop-culture footprint. A pretty straightforward story of a heroic knight braving all sorts of traps to save a princess in distress, made into an arcade legend thanks to the fluid animation, beautiful cartoon visuals, and...erm...challenging QTEs that bankrupted many a wee lad.

Its sci-fi counterpart, Space Ace, stars the intrepid Ace as he tries to grow the hell up and win back the lovely Kimberly. Would be nice if he could also thwart Borf's unsavory plan and save the rest of humanity from being reduced to defenseless infants.

All three games have been remastered and contain sweet extras, like interviews with the creators or insights on how their amazing animation came to be.
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wolfsite: It's the grand father of the QTE as that is all it is. The original version didn't even give any indicators of what and when to hit the button.
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XYCat: how frequent are the QTEs though?
Depends on the scene but they pretty much happen every few seconds with a very short window to perform the action.
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wolfsite: It's the grand father of the QTE as that is all it is. The original version didn't even give any indicators of what and when to hit the button.
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XYCat: how frequent are the QTEs though?
Very VERY frequent. Almost the entire games.
Released: June 19, 1983? They look a bit younger than that.
Almost unbelievable that this was first released in 1983, even for Arcades.
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XYCat: how frequent are the QTEs though?
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Lucian_Galca: Very VERY frequent. Almost the entire games.
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XYCat: how frequent are the QTEs though?
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wolfsite: Depends on the scene but they pretty much happen every few seconds with a very short window to perform the action.
lol sounds harsh :D
OH GOD THE MEMORIES!

Standing in line as a kid, waiting to plunk down, what was it $2 (every other game 25 cents), to have at this machine.

The game was little more than a gimmick, but arcades, remember those?, had lines around the block waiting to play this thing.

I can't push 19.99 but on the wishlist she goes. I know I won't be able to resist the nostalgia tractor beam for too long. :P
Post edited July 24, 2018 by tinyE
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wolfsite: Depends on the scene but they pretty much happen every few seconds with a very short window to perform the action.
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XYCat: lol sounds harsh :D
It is, though at least the newer versions seem to give you a better indicator of what you have to press. The original arcade versions were a bit harder to tell.
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wolfsite: Depends on the scene but they pretty much happen every few seconds with a very short window to perform the action.
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XYCat: lol sounds harsh :D
It is. Some versions of the game even flipped scenes that can completely throw you off leading to cheap deaths.
Wonderful news! Finally we see these classics on GOG. Thank you!
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BranjoHello: Almost unbelievable that this was first released in 1983, even for Arcades.
Dat Laserdisc tech. Hype.
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GOG.com: All three games have been remastered and contain sweet extras, like interviews with the creators or insights on how their amazing animation came to be.
I assume that these extras are only available in-game; I see no mention of them in the game card.
Also, I wanna give a shout out to the legendary animator behind these. Don Bluth, who's done a ton of other amazing animated films.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bluth
Post edited July 24, 2018 by Lucian_Galca
I saw this game being played by kids on the first episode of season two of Stranger Things.

Will give this game a try once the price drops.
Thank you so much GoG, I love the first and second Dragon's Lair so much. It's right now it bit pricey for me, but wishlisted!
Makes me want to play Road Avenger now actually