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(46,356 posts) Fri May 18, 2012, 10:44 PM May 2012

Anyone remember "Dragon's Lair?"

Laserdisc arcade game, animated by Don Bluth?

It's available on XBox Live.

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Anyone remember "Dragon's Lair?" (Original Post) Archae May 2012 OP

I remember it cost twice as much to play as the other video games WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #1

Yeah, I dumped some money in that 30 years ago. HopeHoops May 2012 #2

Dirk the Daring. MrSlayer May 2012 #3

Wasn't that like a buck twenty-five when everything else was still a quarter? Iggo May 2012 #4

I must have spent a thousand in quarters Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #5

I remember dropping a lot of money playing Dragons Lair OmahaBlueDog May 2012 #6

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

1. I remember it cost twice as much to play as the other video games

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2012, 10:49 PM

May 2012

-and was very difficult for me to get any feel for what I was doing and the time it took to switch scenes with each move really kept me from getting into any rhythm. I'm sure the modern version has tackled these problems though...

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

2. Yeah, I dumped some money in that 30 years ago.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat May 19, 2012, 10:29 AM

May 2012

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)

3. Dirk the Daring.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat May 19, 2012, 09:15 PM

May 2012

Game was pretty easy once you figured out the patterns.

Iggo

(47,572 posts)

4. Wasn't that like a buck twenty-five when everything else was still a quarter?

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat May 19, 2012, 09:29 PM

May 2012

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I was an Asteroids/ Defender/ Robotron kind of guy.

Woody Woodpecker

(562 posts)

5. I must have spent a thousand in quarters

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat May 19, 2012, 09:44 PM

May 2012

trying to finish the damn game.

I loved it - wish I could find it for the PC.

OmahaBlueDog

(10,000 posts)

6. I remember dropping a lot of money playing Dragons Lair

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat May 19, 2012, 10:05 PM

May 2012

I finally got through the thing. It probably cost me $100 in 1984 money

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