Everything. It was a new technology used in a never before attempted format. There were bottlenecks everywhere, both mechanical and electronic. It is a wonder they got anything working. Compared to Pong and Space Invaders this looked like magical science fantasy though, and it gave hints for the new science and technology of home entertainment systems.@@zippymufo9765
There was a Saturday kids game show called Starcade? I remember they showed the intro where the pig throwing the spear was in it. They also showed where you could go through the smashing door and go left, to the mudmen, straight through the door or right over the up and down pylons. I remember when Dragon's Lair hit my local arcades and always wondered what happened to those scenes. This is the first time I saw the whole pig spear scene.
0:00-0:42 Narrator: "Dragon's Lair, a fantasy adventure where you become a valiant knight on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon. You control the actions of a daring adventurer finding his way through the castle of a dark wizard who has enchanted it with treacherous monsters and obstacles. In the mysterious caverns below the castle, your odyssey continues against the awesome forces that oppose your efforts to reach the dragon's lair. Lead on, adventurer. Your quest awaits."
Dragon's Lair: Prototype Yellow Room: Sword, Right, Right Tentacles: Sword, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up Pool Room: Left (Right), Up, Right (Left), Up, Left (Right), Up, Sword, Left (Right), Up Flattening Stairs: Left, Sword, Left, Left Snakes: Sword, Sword, Sword, Up Giddy Goons: Sword, Right, Sword, Up Fire Room: Right, Up, Down, Left Fire Ropes: Right (Left), Right (Left), Right (Left) Wizard's Chamber: Up, Sword, Down, Sword, Right Crypt Creeps: Up, Sword, Up, Sword, Left (Right), Sword Catwalk: Up, Up, Sword, Right, Right Three Caves: Up, Up, Left
Not hearing the proper background sounds that were used in the final version was frustrating. Glad they eventually thought of what was used. The sound in the tentacle room is super creepy and it is weird not hearing it (as with most of these scenes).
Yeah I want to know where the damn movie is. Dragon name of the movie that I just watched in stock footage from the game you can do the same thing with any game so basically when they said they were making the movie Dragonair we boy lied to
It seems Dragon’s Lair was meant to be longer, and contain alternative paths. This is interesting.
I wonder if it was a limitation of the hardware that they had to stick to one path for each scene.
@@zippymufo9765 Yes.
@@aresaurelian Not enough space on the laserdisc, or it just couldn't handle all the different options? Or both?
Everything. It was a new technology used in a never before attempted format. There were bottlenecks everywhere, both mechanical and electronic. It is a wonder they got anything working. Compared to Pong and Space Invaders this looked like magical science fantasy though, and it gave hints for the new science and technology of home entertainment systems.@@zippymufo9765
The followed this concept up and executed it beuryfully in Space Ace.
I would really love to see an explorer mode where these scenes are used from the prototype of dragon's lair
Me too.
I wish they had it in a arcade, and dragon's lair trilogy also, it would be fun
@@DeadBeatTeen32i last saw it at Barcade in NY along with Space Ace
2:45 Y’know that there kinda feels like an outtakes where the eels are just blind and can’t tell what there doing
Those are sea snakes
@@rickmartinez3268 oh
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Narrator: "The caverns of doom have outwitted you. If you can survive them, you'll face these adventures."
I loved playing this in the early 1980's. It took a lot of my quarters.
There was a Saturday kids game show called Starcade? I remember they showed the intro where the pig throwing the spear was in it. They also showed where you could go through the smashing door and go left, to the mudmen, straight through the door or right over the up and down pylons. I remember when Dragon's Lair hit my local arcades and always wondered what happened to those scenes. This is the first time I saw the whole pig spear scene.
Yes. I remember starcade
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Oh hell nah now that looked a bit creepy, thank goodness they didn't used that scene
Indeed.
0:00-0:42
Narrator: "Dragon's Lair, a fantasy adventure where you become a valiant knight on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon. You control the actions of a daring adventurer finding his way through the castle of a dark wizard who has enchanted it with treacherous monsters and obstacles. In the mysterious caverns below the castle, your odyssey continues against the awesome forces that oppose your efforts to reach the dragon's lair. Lead on, adventurer. Your quest awaits."
There's just something hilarious about Dirk cheerfully humming moments before he has to make a life or death choice.
That revive screen has 2 Variant:
- Using Continue after game over for Revive.
- Used one life after death (a.k.a. Life lost)
these scenes come from the prototype of dragon's lair
Tustutorialesdelmaestro HMM
HMM!
How true
Maybe it’s the 2002 Repro of the OG laserdisc
No it has 3 extra minutes.@@thehammersmithcrumpetradar
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Narrator: "The room of raging fire has triumphed. Should you conquer it, these perils await."
Dude, you found 3 extra minutes of this prototype footage!
I’d seen this vid b4 on a webpage dedicated to laserdisc gaming, but i didn’t expect much more cut content for an interactive Don Bluth film
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Narrator: "The wizard's chamber has outwitted you. If you master it, you'll face these challenges."
Dragon's Lair: Prototype
Yellow Room: Sword, Right, Right
Tentacles: Sword, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up
Pool Room: Left (Right), Up, Right (Left), Up, Left (Right), Up, Sword, Left (Right), Up
Flattening Stairs: Left, Sword, Left, Left
Snakes: Sword, Sword, Sword, Up
Giddy Goons: Sword, Right, Sword, Up
Fire Room: Right, Up, Down, Left
Fire Ropes: Right (Left), Right (Left), Right (Left)
Wizard's Chamber: Up, Sword, Down, Sword, Right
Crypt Creeps: Up, Sword, Up, Sword, Left (Right), Sword
Catwalk: Up, Up, Sword, Right, Right
Three Caves: Up, Up, Left
This is very rare. Regarding what was never shown in the laser disk video game.
Those 2 spiders just standing there creep me out.
Me two
@@mequetrefe8162same here
If you pause at 1:21 you’ll see someone’s hand moving the production marker
1:22 Can someone please tell me the intended use for that scene?
It's probably a continue option
@@misterartist1603 A continue option would have been a godsend back in the day.
I'm betting these are early versions of these scenes.
The most frustrating "arcade game" in history.
Not hearing the proper background sounds that were used in the final version was frustrating. Glad they eventually thought of what was used. The sound in the tentacle room is super creepy and it is weird not hearing it (as with most of these scenes).
3:44-3:50
Narrator: "You faced the chamber of endless deaths. If you can overcome its evil, these perils await."
The synth baseline to the respawn and death scenes was annoying. I'm glad it was removed in the official release.
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Fascinating that they had finished animation that they decided to cut.
#IN_DIRK_WE_TRUST
That’s the game over.
Those tentacles are like don't do that! 5:50
It hates being cut in half
what the heck are the bats doing
They reused this scene in the ds version
Which scene? I'm guessing the Drawbridge scene is what you are referring to, right?
@@mythrix5565probably.
Dirk for president !
4:09 GIMME WATERRR!!!
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5:14--5:16--6:29--7:44
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9:04 so a mortal Kombat two hurt sound came from Dragons lair ok
The is a vhs tape
Tentacle attack 9:10
Yes & snake attack 4:36
Game over tentacle rape
Perfect way to die
9:14 Not as effective without the scream honestly.
Yeah I want to know where the damn movie is. Dragon name of the movie that I just watched in stock footage from the game you can do the same thing with any game so basically when they said they were making the movie Dragonair we boy lied to
So this is the origin of all Hmm comments?
MrPhantaze HMM!
No... That's Space Ace
Watch john tron.
Damn that's dark 3:21
@@joosoo well dragon's lair has moments where reaction to death is "Hmm"
Drowning 3:20
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Hmm 🤔
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