Dragon's Lair (Blu-ray) (1983)

Product Summary Publisher: Digital Leisure Inc Format: Blu-Ray DVD UPC: 00624719991024 Buy.com Sku: 202883761 Item#: V2EGCD Buy.com Sales Rank: 31885 Category Keywords: Animation  Dragons  Medieval  Rating: NR   First Ever High Definition Film Transfer!     Features: All special features presented in 1080p Become Dirk The Daring, a brave but bumbling knight is out to save Princess Daphne - again Comes with full-length visual commentary on the game Control Dirk as he fights through Mordroc's castle and its many dangers Digitally restored and enhanced with 5.1 Surround Sound Features interviews with original creator Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and Rick Dyer New characters combine with advanced cel-shaded graphics for a bigger, better adventure   Become Dirk The Daring, a brave but bumbling knight is out to save Princess Daphne - again : Control Dirk as he fights through Mordroc's castle and its many dangers : New characters combine with advanced cel-shaded graphics for a bigger, better adventure : Digitally restored and enhanced with 5.1 Surround Sound : Features interviews with original creator Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and Rick Dyer : Comes with full-length visual commentary on the game : All special features presented in 1080p   "...certainly much better than the CD-ROM...The video is clean and crisp and the audio superb."  Epinions.com "...a revolutionary achievement in video game development."  Robert C. Waltham, TheCritics.org   Editor's Note The first game ever to combine film-quality animation with video-game engineering, DRAGON'S LAIR is as much a movie as it is a kind of Choose Your Own Adventure game. Animator Don Bluth's revolutionary arcade classic allows the player to control the action of an animated film using the remote control of a DVD player or a joystick connected to a PC computer, Sony PlayStation 2, or X BOX. The objective is to guide valiant knight Dirk the Daring through a series of obstacles and treacherous monsters in the Castle of the Dark Wizard, where he must rescue a fair princess from the lair of an evil dragon. Viewers may play the game or just watch the story unfold as a short film in this imaginative, beautifully animated interactive story.   Features Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound Completely Arcade Authentic Fully Interactive Gameplay Digitally Remastered From The Original Film Interactive Menus Relive The Arcade Experience With This Remastered HD Adventure Restored Original Soundtrack Stunning Classic Cel Animation From Don Bluth Three Different Viewing Resolutions Watch Mode: Sit Back & Watch The Beautiful Animation Unfold Before Your Eyes   Technical Info Release Information Studio: Digital Leisure Inc Release Date: 4/17/2007 Original Release Date: 1983 Catalog ID: 991024 UPC: 00624719991024 Number of Discs: 1 Audio & Video Original Language: English Available Audio Tracks: English Video: Color   Cast & Crew Dan Molina - Voice Of Don Bluth - Director Lucille Bliss - Voice Of Marty Foulger, et. al. - Writer Michael Rye - Voice Of Rick Dyer - Producer Vera Pacheco - Voice Of   Product Images Next >

It's HD and computer game for your BlueRay player. Pretty kewl they came out with this. I think it sets the way for more interactive movies in the future. Games don't only have to be on individual systems now. Just food for thought.
 
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Yep, I was one of the kids dumping my quarters into Dragon's Lair when I was a kid. So, I was pretty amazed when I found that this was available for the PS3, which I had bought in March. It's pretty well put together, with EXCELLENT video rendering of the exact original game, and interesting commentary by Don Bluth and original developers. Cool footage shows how the video has improved over the years across several systems. My only frustration so far is that even on Easy, it's pretty tough, since you only get one shot on each sequence. Wrong move, and Dirk's dead. Plus, the game moves on to the next sequence without letting you try, try again to get a sequence right. Maybe you can set it to let you do this, but I haven't found any option like that. Overall, a neat pickup just for its nostalgic value.
 
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