Playing this game at Cidercade feels so nostalgic. The cool thing about this place is you don't have to insert coins to continue playing. Everything else is free to play.
I had a release of Dragon's Lair for the Amiga. Came on 6 disks (3.5 floppies). It took forever to load beteen discs, and disc errors. I called the company (1989?) and they told me it's a 'feature' of the discs being written on Apple drives, as part of it's copy protection. Despite my requests and protests, they refused to send me something formated on actual Amiga drives. Went into the too frustrating to play stack. The arcade laserdisc games drove me nuts. But, it was always fun to watch someone else breeze through it.
That's pretty wild, I guess everybody that bought it probalby had the same problem, what a waste! Now you can play it on a DVD or Blu ray in a Blu ray player with your t.v. remote!
Did you know that the original Dragon's Lair took 6 years to be animated. Animation process started in 1977 and finally ended in 1983 which was the same year the game was first released.
I believe the 6 years reference refers to Rick Dyer's initial concept of a "choose your own adventure" style game which started in the late 1970s and this was shown in one of the videos on the making of "Dragon's Lair" in the Digital Leisure 20th anniversary DVD. Bluth left Disney with John Pomeroy in 1979, but they did "The Secret of Nimh" in 1982 before the 22 minutes of full motion animation for "Dragon's Lair" was released in 1983.
@@LyonsArcade I remember playing Sega's Astron Belt on a school trip to Belgium in 1983. That was interesting (kinda like Buck Rodgers with laserdisc backgrounds), then of course the first Dragon's Lair, which appeared in my home town around 1984. I remember it being way too expensive to play, so I'd just watch others play it. :-)
I have a Star Wars arcade racer twin seat, one of the Hikaru boards have gone so trying to source one.... It's very difficult. I have d lair 2 on my pc emulator running daphne it's very cool even has the overlay with the scores and credits etc. Owning the real thing would be awesome tho, I live near Wimbledon U.K so shipping would cost a a lot, why do none of these ever come up around the uk..... Nice video tho fella👍
Thank you! I think some of these games like this one maybe, had certain distributors that sold them so maybe there just weren't that many distributors that brought them to the UK.
It might be the one you played! We sold a Centipede to a woman once who after she bought it, told us that she thought that was the one she used to play, since the #6 score on it was her initials! We didn't tell her that Centipede only saves the top 3, lol...
@@LyonsArcade happy to report 5 years later that my arcade1up dragons lair arrives tomorrow so hopefully I can finally beat this thing man!!! Had to look up this video again!!! Much love amigo!
It's just a jump to the left. And a little step to the right. Put you hands on your hips. And give your knees a grind. You do a pelvic thrust until your insane. That's how you do the time warp again.
In Charlotte here back in the day they used to do the show pretty much every weekend I believe, I can't remember where they used to play it... this would have been in the 90's.
Hello.. Great video... Could you make another video about the laser disc and the motherboard. I have a game and it won't advance past Time Warp. If you can show the LEDs during the bootup. Thanks
Unfortunately I no longer have this game to video for you, we sold it shortly after filming this video. If you're getting the Time Warp on the screen I would look at the motherboard as a potential problem, as you likely know it controls the scenes the laserdisc plays.
Intresting due to that the first cd player was patentet and presented to the press in 1982 . At the time it was a game that was way ahed of its time. I got my first cd rom i beleve it was in Christmas 94 or 95. At the time i had a IBM pc 2 computer. Its a good game to show what they could make at the time whith the technology .
@@odenviking Believe it or not, LaserDisc first came out in test markets in the USA in 1978. However, it was very much bleeding edge at the time. Although players and discs quickly sold out, they were returned almost as fast because of problems. Philips couldn't make reliable players and MCA couldn't make good discs. Basically, it wasn't until Pioneer took over at around 1980 that the format would see much needed improvements.
I can't believe how fast it works I have never seen a laserdisc seek so fast I wonder how they did it I have 4 laserdisc players and they take about a second to go to the next chapter on a movie or longer and I use to have this game on DVD and it was really slow on there unplayable
Well, it looks less like laser rot and more like a single line dropout. It can be anything from a defect in the disc to the disc being dirty or severely scratched. Since the drop out isn't "helicoptering," the disc is obviously in CAV, or standard play, format ... which would be expected anyway because LD-based arcade games must be able to access specific frame numbers encoded on the disc. Standard play also allows the quickest possible response from the player when changing to different parts of the disc side. Out of curiosity, who pressed the disc? Pioneer or 3M?
"Kidnapped? Kidnapped AGAIN?!?" Yeah, for a buck. I don't recall it as being fifty cents. i think it was a full dollar. But perhaps inflation has invaded my memory.
Back then there were laser discs movies and machines but they were too big then they made smaller discs and machines that replaced vhs. Those discs were like LPs size I wanted one but I was too young and my parents weren't into new technology. An old movie about a 747 crashing into the ocean in that movie you see the guy putting a big disc to see a movie. I forgot the name of the movie but the 747 hit a oil rig and it went down so laser discs were ol tech just some people weren't ready for it I was.
Joe's Classic Video Games iam going to check it out on eBay and buy one. There was an electronic store where I used to live in New York City they had a lot of movies that were laser disc Top Gun was one of them and they were closing out but my parents didn't buy it. Man your dad sold it, like I said my parents wouldn't buy one but I knew this was the future.
Where do you even go to these? I been dying to go for 90's arcades. Not the shitty Peter Piper or Chuck E Chesses Arcades in which are boring to my taste.
If you have a playstation 4 or Nintendo switch for can get the trilogy which has the original dragon's lair,dragons lair time warp,and space ace for 19.99.
Wish they would create new games like this today, which would be digital and skip the laserdisc. Tired of all the shooting games. I’m currently enjoying both Dragons lair games and Space Ace on my Nintendo Switch!
Yeah it was an interesting concept.... it's kind of geared towards coin op though so it's harder to make it as fun for the home systems since once you memorize it you're pretty much a wizard :)
Playing this game at Cidercade feels so nostalgic. The cool thing about this place is you don't have to insert coins to continue playing. Everything else is free to play.
I had a release of Dragon's Lair for the Amiga. Came on 6 disks (3.5 floppies). It took forever to load beteen discs, and disc errors. I called the company (1989?) and they told me it's a 'feature' of the discs being written on Apple drives, as part of it's copy protection. Despite my requests and protests, they refused to send me something formated on actual Amiga drives. Went into the too frustrating to play stack. The arcade laserdisc games drove me nuts. But, it was always fun to watch someone else breeze through it.
That's pretty wild, I guess everybody that bought it probalby had the same problem, what a waste! Now you can play it on a DVD or Blu ray in a Blu ray player with your t.v. remote!
I played the cabinet when I was 11 years old. I have it on my nintendo switch. I love dragons lair and space ace.
They really have an awesome vibe to them!
Joe's Classic Video Games yes I rock at space ace.
That game would piss me off! BIG TIME!
Hunter they make a DVD of it, it's kind of cool you can play it with your remote since it just plays scenes...
Did you know that the original Dragon's Lair took 6 years to be animated. Animation process started in 1977 and finally ended in 1983 which was the same year the game was first released.
I can believe it!
+Joe's Classic Video Games, Ann other interesting fact is that the inspiration for "Daphine" came frome multiple Playboy magazines.
I believe the 6 years reference refers to Rick Dyer's initial concept of a "choose your own adventure" style game which started in the late 1970s and this was shown in one of the videos on the making of "Dragon's Lair" in the Digital Leisure 20th anniversary DVD. Bluth left Disney with John Pomeroy in 1979, but they did "The Secret of Nimh" in 1982 before the 22 minutes of full motion animation for "Dragon's Lair" was released in 1983.
Remember those laserdisc games well. Caught my eye the first time I saw it. A maintenance person open one up for service and the laserdiscs were huge.
Great game for its time. I loved Mach3, but also played Space Ace and Firefox a fair bit.
A certified coin muncher! 1990 I was at college and didn't have the money to play this, so it kinda passed me by. Fun watching you play it, though.
I love these weird games like this, the whole Laserdisc era was so crazy.
@@LyonsArcade I remember playing Sega's Astron Belt on a school trip to Belgium in 1983. That was interesting (kinda like Buck Rodgers with laserdisc backgrounds), then of course the first Dragon's Lair, which appeared in my home town around 1984. I remember it being way too expensive to play, so I'd just watch others play it. :-)
Great thorough video! Thanks for sharing, even if you failed to save Daphne!
well well well now that's a keeper :) someone will snap that up immediately :)
Very fun, but super hard! Has a nice presence to it, we get lots of comments on it in our store.
I remember when video games looked like this. :)
Wasn't THAT long ago :)
I know. Even given the amount of money in quarters I would drop into these games, I still enjoyed playing them, and seeing how far I would go.
I have a Star Wars arcade racer twin seat, one of the Hikaru boards have gone so trying to source one.... It's very difficult. I have d lair 2 on my pc emulator running daphne it's very cool even has the overlay with the scores and credits etc. Owning the real thing would be awesome tho, I live near Wimbledon U.K so shipping would cost a a lot, why do none of these ever come up around the uk..... Nice video tho fella👍
Thank you! I think some of these games like this one maybe, had certain distributors that sold them so maybe there just weren't that many distributors that brought them to the UK.
I absolutely hated this game and loved it at the same time
That's kind of what keeps you putting in another quarter, there's a thin line between love and hate!
Funny that you got this in Knoxville--the only place I've seen and played this game was in Gatlinburg. Great video man!
It might be the one you played!
We sold a Centipede to a woman once who after she bought it, told us that she thought that was the one she used to play, since the #6 score on it was her initials! We didn't tell her that Centipede only saves the top 3, lol...
There is funspot in new Hampshire. Got all three of the Bluth games
@@LyonsArcade happy to report 5 years later that my arcade1up dragons lair arrives tomorrow so hopefully I can finally beat this thing man!!! Had to look up this video again!!! Much love amigo!
Arcade 1up made a great arcade of this.
Cool Dragon Lair movie laser disc insert coin player one
Ka Ching!
@@LyonsArcade Look! Take the arcaede if you want.
im amazed that small case could fit a laserdisc and the monitor
It's just a jump to the left.
And a little step to the right.
Put you hands on your hips.
And give your knees a grind.
You do a pelvic thrust until your insane.
That's how you do the time warp again.
You're not one of those dudes that goes to the midnight screenings of Rocky Horror are you???????
I would if I could.
But never had a chance to.
Looks like a blast.
In Charlotte here back in the day they used to do the show pretty much every weekend I believe, I can't remember where they used to play it... this would have been in the 90's.
Hello.. Great video... Could you make another video about the laser disc and the motherboard. I have a game and it won't advance past Time Warp. If you can show the LEDs during the bootup.
Thanks
Unfortunately I no longer have this game to video for you, we sold it shortly after filming this video. If you're getting the Time Warp on the screen I would look at the motherboard as a potential problem, as you likely know it controls the scenes the laserdisc plays.
@@LyonsArcade WHAT ?! YOU SOLD IT ?! HOLY CLASSICS ! AND I WANTED TO COME TO YOUR PLACE AND PLAY IT ! BLANKIT ! LOL
Wow I totally would love one of those. What would this sell for?
This particular one is probably worth Three Thousand Dollars or so by now. We sold it for well over $2k a few years ago....
Joe's Classic Video Games I think I’d need to find the space for it before I even start to find the dollars lol it’s a biggie! Such a cool game
@@LyonsArcade May go up in value sense there is a movie coming out on Netflix with Ryan Reynolds as Dirk in the movie dragons lair.
Woah!!!!! Super awesome
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Intresting due to that the first cd player was patentet and presented to the press in 1982 . At the time it was a game that was way ahed of its time. I got my first cd rom i beleve it was in Christmas 94 or 95. At the time i had a IBM pc 2 computer.
Its a good game to show what they could make at the time whith the technology .
Yes I think they wanted to be cutting edge, and none of the arcade games had live video like this until the Laserdisc games :)
CD is digital and Laserdisk is analog media
@@ToomsDotDk sorry i was in the wrong. I saw those huge laser discs in Japan in the eraly 90 ies.
@@odenviking Believe it or not, LaserDisc first came out in test markets in the USA in 1978.
However, it was very much bleeding edge at the time. Although players and discs quickly sold out, they were returned almost as fast because of problems. Philips couldn't make reliable players and MCA couldn't make good discs.
Basically, it wasn't until Pioneer took over at around 1980 that the format would see much needed improvements.
@@Watcher3223 thanks for the info.
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I use to play this at Walmart and pizza hut
This might be the same cabinet you were playing!
So none of the Dragon's Lair II cabinets had the LED score and stuff like the first game? I bet that saved a ton of money in manufacturing them.
Yup they didn't need it since they could overlay the graphics on the screen with the special laser disc player in part II....
You can dowload dragons lair 2 on AppStore
I saw a guy beat this with $1 than I tried and guess ..... what I lost and lost but finally got it done eventually
Man all this thing ever did was take my money :)
Joe's Classic Video Games this game was a coin gobble 😆
@@LyonsArcade Gauntlet did that for me back in 85
The laserdisc is probably starting to rot, which was pretty common for this particular game. :/
Yes, unfortunately. I go over that a little bit at about 7:43
I can't believe how fast it works I have never seen a laserdisc seek so fast I wonder how they did it I have 4 laserdisc players and they take about a second to go to the next chapter on a movie or longer and I use to have this game on DVD and it was really slow on there unplayable
Well, it looks less like laser rot and more like a single line dropout. It can be anything from a defect in the disc to the disc being dirty or severely scratched.
Since the drop out isn't "helicoptering," the disc is obviously in CAV, or standard play, format ... which would be expected anyway because LD-based arcade games must be able to access specific frame numbers encoded on the disc. Standard play also allows the quickest possible response from the player when changing to different parts of the disc side.
Out of curiosity, who pressed the disc? Pioneer or 3M?
"Kidnapped? Kidnapped AGAIN?!?"
Yeah, for a buck. I don't recall it as being fifty cents. i think it was a full dollar. But perhaps inflation has invaded my memory.
It may have been... it's adjustable so wherever you played it might have had it set at a buck.
No, it was fifty cents. I used to play it after guitar lessons every week.
To have a mother-in-law like that you have to ask the question.. "Is Daphne worth it?"
She must be a REALLY good cook....
I actually read that the first time as "monster-in-law" XD
AWSOME
Yes sir!
Back then there were laser discs movies and machines but they were too big then they made smaller discs and machines that replaced vhs. Those discs were like LPs size I wanted one but I was too young and my parents weren't into new technology. An old movie about a 747 crashing into the ocean in that movie you see the guy putting a big disc to see a movie. I forgot the name of the movie but the 747 hit a oil rig and it went down so laser discs were ol tech just some people weren't ready for it I was.
I think we had a player for just a few months that my dad bought used then sold, lol
Joe's Classic Video Games iam going to check it out on eBay and buy one. There was an electronic store where I used to live in New York City they had a lot of movies that were laser disc Top Gun was one of them and they were closing out but my parents didn't buy it. Man your dad sold it, like I said my parents wouldn't buy one but I knew this was the future.
bro good arcade
Thanks Bro we appreciate you watching Wilder!
You wouldn't believe this statement. I COMPLETED THIS GAME BLINDFOLDED. got witnesses as well.
Yeah, it's normal for people to not believe things that aren't true.
@@Gameboy-Unboxings you don't have to believe it. I guess the only way was to see it.i used sound and timeing to accomplish this.
Where do you even go to these? I been dying to go for 90's arcades. Not the shitty Peter Piper or Chuck E Chesses Arcades in which are boring to my taste.
Not very many places that still have them, sadly...
You can play 90’s arcades at a place called the tilt and you spelled shifty wrong
There is a classic arcade in north myrtle beach mall, vacation
If you have a playstation 4 or Nintendo switch for can get the trilogy which has the original dragon's lair,dragons lair time warp,and space ace for 19.99.
@@alexander2685 Its not about playing the games its about enjoying a nice 80s and 90s arcade environment..
how many plays are on the coin counter
I don't think it has a counter, I think it kept the info in the software and that's been reset...
Don Bluth was pretty good at drawing.
He was pretty good at it! Thanks Scott!
go to exactly 18.15 and pause
subliminal messaging...
I dont get why the laserdiscs seek faster than cds and even dvds
I'm not sure the makeup of how they store and index so it may have to do with where it writes on the disc or in what order...
Wish they would create new games like this today, which would be digital and skip the laserdisc. Tired of all the shooting games. I’m currently enjoying both Dragons lair games and Space Ace on my Nintendo Switch!
Yeah it was an interesting concept.... it's kind of geared towards coin op though so it's harder to make it as fun for the home systems since once you memorize it you're pretty much a wizard :)
to bad shipping to spain is way to expensive, I want one of these .
You're not kidding :) It'd probably be $1000 or so...
I never liked dragons lair. You had to react with spastic quickness to get it right & it was too touchy, miliseconds.
Ben Zielke oh yes oh yes I try
I actually prefer the first Dragons Lair IMHO…
Yeah it's iconic!
poor disk video quality
Not like this 😂😂😂😂