#Dragons Lair 3 with original controls upgrade#

#Dragons Lair 3 with original controls upgrade#

Before you can upgrade the laser disc player you need to make sure you have Shaun Wood's 'Merlin' board installed.

At this point I decided to replace the existing LV1000 laser disc player with an upgraded Pioneer LV4400.

The score board lit up, monitor had a vertical collapse issue. The good thing was that the machine looked essentially 'complete'as far as the hardware. When I got the machine I turned it on and the fan vibrated the entire machine and was really loud, I then simply disconnected. I didn't mind at this point I'm confident with time I can fix just about any machine so I took the chance and shipped it almost blind. The game was claimed to be complete but also stated arcade technician needed, game doesn't work. I was scared and reluctant to do so because at first the seller wasn't providing me with all of the pictures I needed to know if they game was complete. I found one that wasn't restored but I needed to ship the game. Dragon's Lair's are getting tougher to find especially running original hardware such as a laser disc / laser disc player. This game to my knowledge at the time was one of the first games that cost. You start out with 5 Dirks which seems like a decent amount until you realize how quickly and easily if your timing isn't perfect you can perish before you can blink. The controls seem easy yet the game is certainly frustrating if your unfamiliar with the game play. You control Dirk with a wico joystick maneuvering up, down, left or right, as well as a sword button. The laser disc player jumps from scene to scene depending on selecting the correct move. He worked on animating several other movies but will forever be know for his contribution to one of the most technologically amazing video games at the time.ĭragon's Lair is also one of only three video games (along with Pong and Pac-Man) in storage at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.Įssentially Dragon's Lair is a cartoon that is played on a laser disc which you control Dirk's quest. The animator Don Bluth also worked for Disney creating classics such as The Secret of NIMH (1982), An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), Rock-A-Doodle (1991). Dragon's Lair was released by Cinematronics in 1983, which was worked on by Don Bluth.

That quote will forever be etched upon your brain if you have ever played Dragon's Lair. In the mysterious caverns below theĬastle, your odyssey continues against the awesome forces that oppose Way through the castle of a dark wizard, who has enchanted it with You control the actions of a daring adventurer, finding his

Knight, on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of anĮvil dragon. 'Dragon's Lair: The fantasy adventure where you become a valiant