Daphne's attitude is so funny, it's as if so many knights have tried to rescue her, now she presents the key like a "Price is Right" item and reacts to the knight's moves like if it was part of a tv game show.
That's the thing about watching countless hapless individuals die horrific and gruesome deaths while trying to save you. It screws with your head. The poor girl is messed up. :D
This game is now 40 years old! Seems cheesy, cliche, and even sexist. But like I said, it's now 40 years old! Also, the evil dragon dwells among lots of gold coins? Nice copycat of Smaug from The Hobbit! But don't worry Don Bluth, everyone still loves your work!
I have a theory that she was never actually in danger. The way she reacts and gives insight makes me 100% believe she set all this up just to find someone brave or something. I mean the way the rooms are set up are less like a defensive castle and more like a step by step trial or labyrinth. I mean I know it's a video game, and the point is she's an object of fascination, but she is definitely too well put together to be in any kind of danger. That gold is hers and she uses it to play a sick game of suitors.
I don’t think I ever told a game to go do something physically impossible to itself more than I did Dragon’s Lair. I still feel like it owes me at least $100.
My older brother and his buddy would play this after closing hours at the arcade that his buddy’s cousin managed, so they were able to use the same quarter (coin compartment unlocked), and a note pad with pen to write down each of the directional arrow commands to beat the game.
Same, some of this was absolute bullshit with the timing, even when you knew what to do. It's funny how you can tell how much of a novelty FMV games were- when Dragon's Lair first released kids were lined up, snaking through the entire arcade, then 9 years later when SEGA CD released and a bunch of companies dumped these weird experimental FMV games onto that platform and other CD based consoles, games LIKE Dragon's Lair, they were panned for being awful games, and mediocre movies. Kinda cool though how "movie games" have come around a lot since then, the first big one I remember was Metal Gear Solid, but of course there were others like it that just weren't very popular, stuff like Enemy Zero or D. And now there's games like Until Dawn and Detroit Become Human, finding a really great middle ground between a cinematically-presented story, and enjoyable gameplay where your decisions change the plot.
I've always liked Dragon's Lair for being a cartoon video game where everybody seems to kind of realize there's something less than completely serious about reality. And I've always kind of liked Princess Daphne for feeling like she's an in-game actress who knows exactly how stupid this role is and is treating the entire thing as a source for future audition material.
RIP to the first voice actress of Princess Daphne from Dragon's Lair for being a nice friend of Don Bluth that worked with him at Disney, Princess Daphne is even my number 1 female video game crush and hottest video game female of all-time.
Daphne's parents wanted to make sure she only married the best possible nobleman in the kingdom, so they had her live in a castle full of treasure (treasure that was for her and her future husband's kingdom), then they bought a dragon from a wizzard, probably Merlin, to act as a guard dog for Daphne and the treasure. The dragon would kill all who were not strong or smart enough to slay him, but Daphne was never in any danger as the dragon's job was to protect her. Then finally the bravest and wisest of all the knights in the kingdom killed the dragon and thus passed the test set down by Daphne's parents. And the knight didn't just save Daphne, he also removed a magic sword from a large diamond, this sword was likely Excalibur. It can therfore be argued that Daphne's father is/was King Arthur and in his old age had set up the entire Dragon's Lair quest simply as a way to find the man who could remove the sword by virtue and thus inherit the kingdom and marry his daughter. This also explains why there is so much magic in the quest as King Arthur was friends with Merli likely helped build all the magic puzzles.
American: I wonder if I should get rid of this gun that could kill me... no, I'm sure it'll be fine Humanity: I wonder if I should get rid of this pollution that could kill me... no, I'm sure it'll be fine There are plenty of exemple in fact
@@_Iso_X Well that gun can also save my life when a burglar shows up, cuz the cops sure as hell wont get here to help me on time. And the pollution will be fine so long as I'm not working in China. Their cities are blanketed in smog.
Now that's a princess worth fighting for. OH MY! Threw a lot of my allowance at that gal. The game was revolutionary in its time, and only the big arcades could get it (they had the traffic to make it worth having). What an era that was. Pure awesomeness in video games.
It was so different from every other game. It foreshadowed the end of the arcade era. Imitators multiplied, crowded out the classic games. Then before long it's Leisure Suit Larry and the day is done.
Never completed it, but got far... as long as I had enough quarters! The visual & audio clues helped, but once you won it, it restarted the game without clues.
I'm a damsel. I'm in distress. I can handle this. Have a nice day. - Megara, Hercules (1997) You saved my life. That means that you're responsible for me. - Elliot, Open Season (2006)
That movie's not happening anymore. They made their pitch for it, and couldn't get any major investors or studios to back it. It was a real shame, because a lot of fans donated a lot of money to that campaign.
@@PeachWookiee Apparently, there as talk of a live action adaptation on Netflix, but that's not the full-length, animated movie that people supported on Indiegogo.
@Koriander Yander It was a laserdisc game that had interactive gameplay. Either you give the right command, and proceed toward the ending, or the wrong command, and Dirk dies in one of many different ways. The death scenes actually account for most of the animation that had to be produced. The game had a sequel, Time Warp, and a spin-off Space Ace. As well, some other game companies produced similar content like Mad Dog McCree.
Played this at Chuck E Cheese in my youth...lasted about two minutes each time. Though that was longer than I would have lasted with the Princess at that age
I just heard of her passing. So sad because Daphne is a tie with Chel from Road to El Dorado for the hottest chicks ever! If I had to save both of them I would be beyond dead.
"Seeeve me!" When I first played this game, it was in a CD-ROM multimedia pack we got on sale at the department store. It was the 320x200 very pixellated MS-DOS port. We were pretty stoked that it was essentially a cartoon that you were playing through, even though it was obviously brutal and very short sequences to enjoy before you had to frantically press something. But there were many funny moments that my brothers and I remember. My youngest brother's favourite bit was when the king lizard thing donks Dirk on the head and he goes "Hmph!"
I have always loved this game. I remember spending all day one summer on my old Xbox 360 trying to complete it and when I finally did, I unlocked the little helmet for my Xbox avatar and equipped it immediately. I was so proud
This was the 1st game available in the UK using the 'new' laser-disc tec. Was only available in arcades, seen in the UK coming up for the mid 80s. This was before cd discs were a thing here too, they weren't really available here until 80s end. Imagine going from 80s Donkey Kong, Pac man, Tron, etc, to this. Was news worthy at the time.
@@kittycake713 Heavy Metal (1981) is a bunch of short cartoon stories that loosely tie together. Different artists did each segment. One appears like Don Bluth but I only see him in the credits of the 2000 remake (not nearly as good).
Her voice is on godly terrifying. The knight is kinda ugly. But in all fairness, the animation for this game is fantastic. I wish they had made a movie out of this with a more complicated plot. It would have been a masterpiece.
2:03-2:15 Is this how a drunk and/or high person talks like. It sounds to me like Daphne isn't taking her situation seriously which leads me to wonder if she's sober.
She actually may not be, bc in an absolutely wild interview with the creators, they said the prison drains intelligence. The meta reason is bc they needed a way to reconcile her more no-nonsense personality from the prequel cartoon show with what you see in game; but seriously I think there were better options than “literal bimbo-making bubble” and yet they went with it.
There's a certain magic to 1980s fantasy that's lost on our current generation. Everything is so cookie cutter and clean now. Dragon's lair is so simple. Yet complex and fun.
1980s fantasy was inspired by Conan the Barbarian, Fafhrd & Gray Mouser, Tolkien presented in a fashion that was far more nuanced in scope compared to the Peter Jackson films, etc., where most characters were normal people, and he most powerful were simply "heroes." Fantasy for the current generation is based on 80s & 90s fantasy with superhero-level powers mixed in as the norm, not the exception.
I remember when this game first hit the arcade in the 80's. There would be at least 5-10 people just standing there waiting to play or just watching. It was the centerpiece in the arcade. First game you saw as you came in the door. No one had ever seen anything like it.
I remember when this came out, I was 10 years old going on 11. Going from Space Invaders, Pacman, and Donkey Kong to this was a huge deal. This was the first game I remember that was 50 cent to play instead of a quarter.
This game came out in the era of 8-bit games and caused a stir. It was driven by a video disk, not actual computer graphics. And it was also pure memorization.
A great plot twist would have been that Princess Daphne is the true villain. Each "Dirk the Daring" that "rescues" her is transformed into a dragon who "keeps her imprisoned."
@@bigneiltoo Truly.. But totally worth it to get that kiss at the end. And, of course, Dragon's Lair II showed evidence that she would prove to be, uh, GENEROUS with her obvious charms. "Do it for the children" indeed!
gotta love that Star Wars blaster sound effect they used - made by recording someone smacking a metal support cable attached to a radio tower - how ingenious.
That's exactly the reason why she was dressed like that, to motivate boys to toss their money in arcade machines as much as they could afford. And it worked 🤣
Одна из легендарных видеоигр 80х , Дон Блут Гений ! Жаль что в свое время не вышел полнометражный анимационный фильм с элементами рисованной и компьютерной анимации ...
@breadandcircuses8127 does it matter? A real feminist would accept some people are into that sort of thing. I didn't say EVERYONE should be a sexy princess in a bubble or that women only have value if they are a sexy princess in a bubble. Just that if I personally had the opportunity. 👀 Yeah I'd take it for a while it looks fun, what's wrong with that? What I do and want is no one's business as long as it hurts no one but me. Preferably it won't it me though that would not be fun. 🤣
@breadandcircuses8127 for funsies. Haven't you done something just because it brings you entertainment? Besides she doesn't look to be in danger. She gets to roll around all day in a pretty dress. No work, no responsibility, sign me up. I work full time and am still broke as a joke, I'm stressed out all the time. This looks like a good vaycay free of charge.
O.k. now it's starting to make sense to me now. This is the reason why I'm into Blondes. Princess Daphne was my 1st crush. Then Princess Peach I've been recusing princess most of my life. Luck for me my wife of 24 years is blonde with blue eyes.
Look what they did to Peach in the Mario movie who she was originally EXACTLY like, they made her strong and confident like Daisy defending herself, sadly in today’s world (at least in movies), no way Daphne would be like this, even if the DL movie was actually made, apparently she was gonna be more than an airhead, (and probably lead up to this at some point..)
@@princesspeachfan100 Well who knows. I respected the idea how princess peach was the damsel in distress. It was just a character trait of hers. I don't understand why people have to reflect on fantasy characters so much thinking it's how the world views women or something. Women (as well as men) are dynamic and unique. Everyone is different. Just as there are women who are damsels to be protected, there are those that aren't. Just like there are men who are strong and confident knights in armour, there are those who are insecure and timid who only wants a hug to night cry before they sleep. And I think that is ok. Idk, each to their own. Everyone can like what they want. Which means I can like what I like too. It harms nobody.
@@swefress Oh me too, and then there’s people like “if they made her that way, that would be boring” or “Glad she isn’t a damsel in distress, it’s really getting old..” and I’m just like that’s literally part of her character! Why change that?
@@princesspeachfan100 Because that's the world we live in now. "change the old, in with the new" instead of "in with the new". It's like if we were wrong before or something.
@@swefress Oh I know, people who actually like that Peach don’t know her character… She can fight and everything in spin-offs, but I think that has to do with that she’s playable, not apart of her actual character giving her a personality change for the movie where she feels and acts more like Daisy in certain scenes…
When my family went out to eat I was lucky if my parents gave me a dollar to play the video games. No way in hell was I spending a quarter to play something this extreme with die to learn.
I remember when “Joystik” magazine came out with the issue that guided you through beating every scene of Dragon’s Lair. As a 12 yo kid, I studied that like a prospective college student studying for the ACT/SAT.
how this still has yet to become a movie blows me away - i know they tried but still - they have been sitting on our treasure of quarters for decades!!! lol
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Daphne's attitude is so funny, it's as if so many knights have tried to rescue her, now she presents the key like a "Price is Right" item and reacts to the knight's moves like if it was part of a tv game show.
That's the thing about watching countless hapless individuals die horrific and gruesome deaths while trying to save you. It screws with your head. The poor girl is messed up. :D
At least she seemed thankful for being saved...
Well it is an 80s game and PD is telling the gamer/Dirk how to save her from the bad dragon.
This game is now 40 years old! Seems cheesy, cliche, and even sexist. But like I said, it's now 40 years old! Also, the evil dragon dwells among lots of gold coins? Nice copycat of Smaug from The Hobbit! But don't worry Don Bluth, everyone still loves your work!
@@Halpin2006 🤡🤓
This princess got enough people killed to rival that goomba in the first Mario game.
Lmao
😂
And got more quarters than an entire laundry mat lol.
the fappers from 80s
@@nekoisbehindu ain't no way
I have a theory that she was never actually in danger. The way she reacts and gives insight makes me 100% believe she set all this up just to find someone brave or something. I mean the way the rooms are set up are less like a defensive castle and more like a step by step trial or labyrinth. I mean I know it's a video game, and the point is she's an object of fascination, but she is definitely too well put together to be in any kind of danger. That gold is hers and she uses it to play a sick game of suitors.
congratulations, you have witnessed the unrealistic standards and fantasies when men write and describe women in pieces of fiction
@@ecto.astronomer6702 it’s just a game
Nah they factually do dum shit exactly as u described
@@ecto.astronomer6702 and the unrealistic standards and fantasies women expect men to go through just to get with them
@@Bear0601 and then you look at real life and you see men are expected the bare minimum in a relationship and still complain about it💀
I don’t think I ever told a game to go do something physically impossible to itself more than I did Dragon’s Lair. I still feel like it owes me at least $100.
most underrated comment ever!
My older brother and his buddy would play this after closing hours at the arcade that his buddy’s cousin managed, so they were able to use the same quarter (coin compartment unlocked), and a note pad with pen to write down each of the directional arrow commands to beat the game.
@@princessmarlena1359 did they managed to beat it?
@@Germanskill205 yes
Same, some of this was absolute bullshit with the timing, even when you knew what to do. It's funny how you can tell how much of a novelty FMV games were- when Dragon's Lair first released kids were lined up, snaking through the entire arcade, then 9 years later when SEGA CD released and a bunch of companies dumped these weird experimental FMV games onto that platform and other CD based consoles, games LIKE Dragon's Lair, they were panned for being awful games, and mediocre movies.
Kinda cool though how "movie games" have come around a lot since then, the first big one I remember was Metal Gear Solid, but of course there were others like it that just weren't very popular, stuff like Enemy Zero or D. And now there's games like Until Dawn and Detroit Become Human, finding a really great middle ground between a cinematically-presented story, and enjoyable gameplay where your decisions change the plot.
R.I.P. Vera Pacheco, the voice behind Princess Daphne
Really annoying voice actually
She's a over date time already cartoon games 80's
@@dOlli3cOutur3 who asked
@@dOlli3cOutur3 when you die I'll call you the most annoying dick head in the world
@@dOlli3cOutur3 ur so right tho
The Black Cauldron, the 80s Zelda cartoon, and Thumbelina all in one.
Holy shit, you're right-
I see Anastasia in Daphne’s face
LINK MAH BOIIIIIIIIII
Exactly what i was thinking. Monus the Zelda part
I loved The Black Cauldron as a kid!
I've always liked Dragon's Lair for being a cartoon video game where everybody seems to kind of realize there's something less than completely serious about reality. And I've always kind of liked Princess Daphne for feeling like she's an in-game actress who knows exactly how stupid this role is and is treating the entire thing as a source for future audition material.
RIP to the first voice actress of Princess Daphne from Dragon's Lair for being a nice friend of Don Bluth that worked with him at Disney, Princess Daphne is even my number 1 female video game crush and hottest video game female of all-time.
Vera Lanpher Pacheco
@@alkohallick2901 I know who I am talking about.
Ok you are disgusting
@@LooneyCartoonMan So why didn't you mention her by name if you "know who you're talking about"??
@@alkohallick2901 Well everybody else does, why can't I?
Daphne's parents wanted to make sure she only married the best possible nobleman in the kingdom, so they had her live in a castle full of treasure (treasure that was for her and her future husband's kingdom), then they bought a dragon from a wizzard, probably Merlin, to act as a guard dog for Daphne and the treasure.
The dragon would kill all who were not strong or smart enough to slay him, but Daphne was never in any danger as the dragon's job was to protect her. Then finally the bravest and wisest of all the knights in the kingdom killed the dragon and thus passed the test set down by Daphne's parents.
And the knight didn't just save Daphne, he also removed a magic sword from a large diamond, this sword was likely Excalibur. It can therfore be argued that Daphne's father is/was King Arthur and in his old age had set up the entire Dragon's Lair quest simply as a way to find the man who could remove the sword by virtue and thus inherit the kingdom and marry his daughter. This also explains why there is so much magic in the quest as King Arthur was friends with Merli likely helped build all the magic puzzles.
Dragon: I wonder if I should get rid of this sword that can kill me ... Nah. I'm sure it'll be fine.
Afterall only a worthy hero can pull it from this gem... and it looks really nice by that pile of gold.
American: I wonder if I should get rid of this gun that could kill me... no, I'm sure it'll be fine
Humanity: I wonder if I should get rid of this pollution that could kill me... no, I'm sure it'll be fine
There are plenty of exemple in fact
@@_Iso_X Well that gun can also save my life when a burglar shows up, cuz the cops sure as hell wont get here to help me on time. And the pollution will be fine so long as I'm not working in China. Their cities are blanketed in smog.
@@_Iso_X those examples don't work well cuz guns and pollution have other uses that we keep them for. What use does a sword have to a dragon?.
@@MorrisJohn-vo2vnShowing of. Maybe it belonged to someone the dragon killed and was put on display as a trophy
Now that's a princess worth fighting for. OH MY!
Threw a lot of my allowance at that gal. The game was revolutionary in its time, and only the big arcades could get it (they had the traffic to make it worth having). What an era that was. Pure awesomeness in video games.
It was so different from every other game. It foreshadowed the end of the arcade era. Imitators multiplied, crowded out the classic games. Then before long it's Leisure Suit Larry and the day is done.
I remember it was the loudest game, and was right in front of the gate to the arcade....people used to stand around and watch other people play!
@@michaelt5988 yup. Good Times.
Meanwhile, Danny from game grumps deadass kept dying because he was distracted by her.😂😂😂
If there was a remake they would make sure they would make her distractingly ugly, or an overweight carpet cleaner instead.
Can’t blame him
he just like me fr
Because they suck at games and give 12 year old tier "comedy".
@@Big_Bulli people like you who genuinely have opinions on arbitrary things are so strange to me
Spent, hours, days, weeks, months completing this in the local arcade....memories, sweet memories!!
Never completed it, but got far... as long as I had enough quarters! The visual & audio clues helped, but once you won it, it restarted the game without clues.
I'm a damsel. I'm in distress. I can handle this. Have a nice day. - Megara, Hercules (1997)
You saved my life. That means that you're responsible for me. - Elliot, Open Season (2006)
Dragon's Lair. The coin guzzler of it's time
That sword sheathing bit @ 0:52 was badass looking like how a Samurai would sheath his katana stylishly
God, I hope Don Bluth doesn't die before he turns Dragon's Lair into a full movie...
That movie's not happening anymore. They made their pitch for it, and couldn't get any major investors or studios to back it. It was a real shame, because a lot of fans donated a lot of money to that campaign.
I thought Netflix was going for it…
@@PeachWookiee Apparently, there as talk of a live action adaptation on Netflix, but that's not the full-length, animated movie that people supported on Indiegogo.
@Koriander Yander It was a laserdisc game that had interactive gameplay. Either you give the right command, and proceed toward the ending, or the wrong command, and Dirk dies in one of many different ways. The death scenes actually account for most of the animation that had to be produced. The game had a sequel, Time Warp, and a spin-off Space Ace. As well, some other game companies produced similar content like Mad Dog McCree.
Don't say God in vane, please.
3:00 Once Dirk rescues Daphne, he'll use HIS magic sword.
😂😂
Yes he will...... he he he he he
Lucky bastard
And he did, over and over and over again ... have you seen the brood they had at the start of Dragon's Lair 2?
Right
I never noticed before but her hair tufts up on the sides to look kind of like elf or anime girl ears. Nice touch and way ahead of its time.
Anime is for degenerate losers.
i'm given the impression that this is an elaborate setup between the dragon and daphne given her tone and whatnot
It’s nice to see that men of culture got gigs back then that are still recognized to this day.
culture is eternal
what does this mean 😭
@@moomiira game recognizes game
This game makes Cuphead seem like therapy
Played this at Chuck E Cheese in my youth...lasted about two minutes each time. Though that was longer than I would have lasted with the Princess at that age
Gross
Real but gross
Princess Daphne would say “You were just a boy, then. Now you’re a MAN, right?” 😉
@@decristal48 V1rg1n:
@@wintercolt237 That's an insult for you, right? Weirdo xd
@@decristal48 No, I mean that no man listens to you, v1rg1n 😂😂😂
She’s so saucy and cute! I love her voice. I’d save her! 😁
NGL this deserved to be an animated movie with all these cutscenes
Definitely a groundbreaking game, with an excellent iconic damsel-in-distress character.
I just heard of her passing. So sad because Daphne is a tie with Chel from Road to El Dorado for the hottest chicks ever! If I had to save both of them I would be beyond dead.
Rest in peace my Princess Daphne... :(...
🙏😕
💐
😔
Love how daphne is almost turned on by the fact that she needs to be saved
I wish we could go back to this animation.
"Seeeve me!" When I first played this game, it was in a CD-ROM multimedia pack we got on sale at the department store. It was the 320x200 very pixellated MS-DOS port. We were pretty stoked that it was essentially a cartoon that you were playing through, even though it was obviously brutal and very short sequences to enjoy before you had to frantically press something. But there were many funny moments that my brothers and I remember. My youngest brother's favourite bit was when the king lizard thing donks Dirk on the head and he goes "Hmph!"
Daphne: Save Me, Save Me, Save Me
Player: Nope, go save yourself.
Player: oops outta quarters
Hello!she still trap that glass ball and she can't get out.
@@stephanierayside2272 she's not going anywhere then, she is safe.
Daphne: I'm sorry, but I wasn't asking you, I was telling you. 😡
Player: Yes ma'am right away 😯
Daphne: Splendid 😊... Now save me.
Daphne’s hair looks like Thumbelina’s
Yeah, the same guy worked on them both
I thought I was the only one who noticed.
I have always loved this game. I remember spending all day one summer on my old Xbox 360 trying to complete it and when I finally did, I unlocked the little helmet for my Xbox avatar and equipped it immediately. I was so proud
This was the 1st game available in the UK using the 'new' laser-disc tec. Was only available in arcades, seen in the UK coming up for the mid 80s. This was before cd discs were a thing here too, they weren't really available here until 80s end. Imagine going from 80s Donkey Kong, Pac man, Tron, etc, to this. Was news worthy at the time.
Don Bluth is my favorite animator of all time!!!!
You'd probably like the movie Heavy Metal (1982). Similar animation style.
@@bigneiltoo cool I’ve actually been meaning to watch that, I can’t tell if the story actually sounds good or bad but I’m a sucker for good animation
@@kittycake713 Heavy Metal (1981) is a bunch of short cartoon stories that loosely tie together. Different artists did each segment. One appears like Don Bluth but I only see him in the credits of the 2000 remake (not nearly as good).
Her voice is on godly terrifying. The knight is kinda ugly. But in all fairness, the animation for this game is fantastic. I wish they had made a movie out of this with a more complicated plot. It would have been a masterpiece.
Hotter than Jessica Rabbit
Well Jessica wasn't bad...She was just drawn that way 🤣
Had this game. Could never finish it. So am glad I found this. 👍😊
2:03-2:15 Is this how a drunk and/or high person talks like. It sounds to me like Daphne isn't taking her situation seriously which leads me to wonder if she's sober.
Lol that would actually be really funny
She actually may not be, bc in an absolutely wild interview with the creators, they said the prison drains intelligence. The meta reason is bc they needed a way to reconcile her more no-nonsense personality from the prequel cartoon show with what you see in game; but seriously I think there were better options than “literal bimbo-making bubble” and yet they went with it.
@@brittney8767
"Bimbo-making bubble" 😭
@@brittney8767
Awww but I like the idea of her being stoned the whole time LMAO
if you played this at the arcade you were either rich, or a complete masochist, because at 50 cents a pop, it was an expensive learning curve.
Tru Dat.
Oh man I am so old. I remember the cartoons of this game. This was actually not bad it came along Space Ace the Sci Fi Version.
Defender of justice, truth, and the planet Earth!
I had the movie poster until quite recently.
playthrough of *"SPACE ACE"* ruclips.net/video/L_-Bd8qVdWw/видео.html
There's a certain magic to 1980s fantasy that's lost on our current generation. Everything is so cookie cutter and clean now. Dragon's lair is so simple. Yet complex and fun.
1980s fantasy was inspired by Conan the Barbarian, Fafhrd & Gray Mouser, Tolkien presented in a fashion that was far more nuanced in scope compared to the Peter Jackson films, etc., where most characters were normal people, and he most powerful were simply "heroes." Fantasy for the current generation is based on 80s & 90s fantasy with superhero-level powers mixed in as the norm, not the exception.
Can we stop to appreciate the fact that Don Bluth is one of the greatest animators of all time.
I remember when this game first hit the arcade in the 80's. There would be at least 5-10 people just standing there waiting to play or just watching. It was the centerpiece in the arcade. First game you saw as you came in the door. No one had ever seen anything like it.
@breadandcircuses8127 "desperate losers"? Dude, they were kids
The best upright video game ever from the 1980s . Rock on!!!!!
3:07 dirk is about to have the longest most intense sword battle of his entire god damn life
I remember when this came out, I was 10 years old going on 11. Going from Space Invaders, Pacman, and Donkey Kong to this was a huge deal. This was the first game I remember that was 50 cent to play instead of a quarter.
This game came out in the era of 8-bit games and caused a stir. It was driven by a video disk, not actual computer graphics. And it was also pure memorization.
2:07 That must be a very cold cave.😉
😂😏😉
Considering she didn't cut her way out of that glass globe with those perkies, you know she was faking being captured.
She's no doubt a princess worth saving from a dragon
Get the girl?
That's a worthy dragon quest if there ever was one
A great plot twist would have been that Princess Daphne is the true villain. Each "Dirk the Daring" that "rescues" her is transformed into a dragon who "keeps her imprisoned."
ye old symphony fantastique plot
Possibly the greatest boss battle in videogaming history. Almost certainly the greatest payoff.
I agree. You had to pay 50 cents a game and start from the beginning. It took about 30 minutes.
@@bigneiltoo Truly.. But totally worth it to get that kiss at the end. And, of course, Dragon's Lair II showed evidence that she would prove to be, uh, GENEROUS with her obvious charms. "Do it for the children" indeed!
gotta love that Star Wars blaster sound effect they used - made by recording someone smacking a metal support cable attached to a radio tower - how ingenious.
I both wanted to smooch princess Daphne and wanted a dress that sparkled like that as a kid. 😅
Search for the movie Legend and look for the dancing dress scene...I'm sure you would appreciate the character played by Mia Sara.
Omg right??? I NEED THAT DRESS IT'S SO SPARKLY
Man this game got on both me and my bro nerves lol but couldn't stop playing
Remember this was a kids game and Daphne was dressed like that.
That's exactly the reason why she was dressed like that, to motivate boys to toss their money in arcade machines as much as they could afford.
And it worked 🤣
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Reminds me of a strip club 😂
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Says the guy with the uwu profile pic.😂
I could never survive this game long enough to see any of this broad...
The 70s actually had a 2 dimensionally animated game. 2D!! And animated by no less than the all time awesome Don Bluth. Unbelievable.
It’s like a mix between Thumbelina, Sword and the Stone, & Dungeons & Dragons 😂 I had no clue this existed, but it would be a cool movie.
Одна из легендарных видеоигр 80х , Дон Блут Гений ! Жаль что в свое время не вышел полнометражный анимационный фильм с элементами рисованной и компьютерной анимации ...
The knight had a neurons activated moment.
I wish I was a sexy princess floating in a magic bubble guarded by a dragon.
@breadandcircuses8127 does it matter? A real feminist would accept some people are into that sort of thing. I didn't say EVERYONE should be a sexy princess in a bubble or that women only have value if they are a sexy princess in a bubble. Just that if I personally had the opportunity. 👀
Yeah I'd take it for a while it looks fun, what's wrong with that?
What I do and want is no one's business as long as it hurts no one but me. Preferably it won't it me though that would not be fun. 🤣
@breadandcircuses8127 for funsies. Haven't you done something just because it brings you entertainment? Besides she doesn't look to be in danger. She gets to roll around all day in a pretty dress. No work, no responsibility, sign me up. I work full time and am still broke as a joke, I'm stressed out all the time. This looks like a good vaycay free of charge.
O.k. now it's starting to make sense to me now. This is the reason why I'm into Blondes. Princess Daphne was my 1st crush. Then Princess Peach I've been recusing princess most of my life. Luck for me my wife of 24 years is blonde with blue eyes.
Very interesting, considering my woman of nearly 10 years reminds me so much of Princess Daisy.
her endless ooh!s when hes fighting the dragon crack me up
Played this many times at the arcade won a lot
Imagine a modern interpretation of a dragons lair game mayne in a souls style
Just say you’d like an easy mode, mac
Apparently, it's cold in that crystal ball.
2:33 you're welcome fellas
I hope we get the Dragon’s Lair Games on Steam Someday
This one is on Steam.
❤ Daphne
Sometimes when she says “save me” 🐭 it sounds like “BABY !”
I recognise this from stranger things
Do you?
1983: Woman: save me!
2022: Woman: I can save myself.
Oh C'mon, 😉
and then proceeds to fail miserably without the governments' help.
God Bless Vera Lanpher Pacheco. she did a wonderful Job voicing Princess Daphne.
Fun fact: Anyone who actually got to the end of this game is extravagantly down bad.
Best looking video game ever
Beauties like Daphne will be extinct with how things are going.
I am going to miss the days.
Look what they did to Peach in the Mario movie who she was originally EXACTLY like, they made her strong and confident like Daisy defending herself, sadly in today’s world (at least in movies), no way Daphne would be like this, even if the DL movie was actually made, apparently she was gonna be more than an airhead, (and probably lead up to this at some point..)
@@princesspeachfan100 Well who knows. I respected the idea how princess peach was the damsel in distress. It was just a character trait of hers. I don't understand why people have to reflect on fantasy characters so much thinking it's how the world views women or something. Women (as well as men) are dynamic and unique. Everyone is different. Just as there are women who are damsels to be protected, there are those that aren't. Just like there are men who are strong and confident knights in armour, there are those who are insecure and timid who only wants a hug to night cry before they sleep. And I think that is ok.
Idk, each to their own. Everyone can like what they want. Which means I can like what I like too. It harms nobody.
@@swefress Oh me too, and then there’s people like “if they made her that way, that would be boring” or “Glad she isn’t a damsel in distress, it’s really getting old..” and I’m just like that’s literally part of her character! Why change that?
@@princesspeachfan100 Because that's the world we live in now. "change the old, in with the new" instead of "in with the new". It's like if we were wrong before or something.
@@swefress Oh I know, people who actually like that Peach don’t know her character… She can fight and everything in spin-offs, but I think that has to do with that she’s playable, not apart of her actual character giving her a personality change for the movie where she feels and acts more like Daisy in certain scenes…
I pumped so many rolls of quarters into this game when it first hit the arcades.
The dragon being a moron for keeping the one thing that could kill him right in his room though, in easy access
Then that explains why the princess wasn't so worried about being captured.
Dark souls before dark souls.
You are maidenless. Rescue the maiden.
I've always loved the name Daphne for some reason ever since I saw scooby doo. One of the cutest girl names to me.
One of the hardest games of all time.
*knight is almost crushed to death*
Daphne: *seductive* Oouuuu
Daphne is the perfect embodiment of "No thoughts, head empty." At least what I can guess from how her voice tone is.
Animatioj is crazy good Holy
I feel like 'slay the dragon with the sword' is a euphemism
Men of culture 👇
Hot princess here 01:45 and here 02:05 here too 02:33 next here 02:45 lastly 03:04
When my family went out to eat I was lucky if my parents gave me a dollar to play the video games. No way in hell was I spending a quarter to play something this extreme with die to learn.
Pathetic!
Where'd you see this for a mere quarter? Every one I EVER saw was fitty cent....
@@richardadams4928 it probably was 50 cents. Since I never played it I don't remember the costm I just knew I wasn't paying it. Lol
the "Learning Curve" on this game was very BRUTAL!
I remember when “Joystik” magazine came out with the issue that guided you through beating every scene of Dragon’s Lair. As a 12 yo kid, I studied that like a prospective college student studying for the ACT/SAT.
Good lord, the turkey timers on that woman. No animator would get away with that, today.
I always loved this animation.
The 80’s were awesome man
I remember all the various condesending looks Dirk would give you when you screwed up before turning to bones. 🤣
how this still has yet to become a movie blows me away - i know they tried but still - they have been sitting on our treasure of quarters for decades!!! lol
Makes you think the treasure room is all the money spent to beat the game by people 😂
Let it never be said that Don Bluth did not know how to draw.
Man it's been 40 years since the game was released...
Kids who first played these are 50 by now
damn must be so cold in that lair
I like how in the freeze frames, the knight kinda just looks like he's thinking "damn, that's crazy 😮" the whole time she's being snatched lmao
I used to own this game on PC. Came out on CDs. It was also one of the very first laser disc games in the arcades.