A valiant knight, Dirk the Daring is on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon.A valiant knight, Dirk the Daring is on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon.A valiant knight, Dirk the Daring is on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon.
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Dan Molina
- Dirk the Daring
- (voice)
Vera Pacheco
- Princess Daphne
- (voice)
- (as Vera Lanpher)
Michael Rye
- Narrator
- (voice)
Dave Spafford
- Lizard King
- (voice)
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Storyline
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- TriviaDirector Don Bluth would regularly view the in progress animation on it's original film format while editing on both a one inch display and in a full sized movie theater screen. Because of that, he was always disappointed with the picture quality of the subsequent versions of the game because the quality was never as good as it's film version until the HD version was made.
- GoofsWhen the player dies in the room with the collapsible stairway, Dirk has a large, bulbous nose as he slides down.
- Quotes
Princess Daphne: Please save me. The cage is locked, with a key. The dragon keeps it around his neck. To slay the dragon, use the magic sword.
- Alternate versionsThe Gameboy Color version has all of the levels but are shortened and missing some sound effects. other than that, the Gameboy Color version contains a bilingual language (English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Japanese, and Chinese).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Silent Madness (1984)
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I can see how the "hardcore modern gamers" would hate this game. What they fail to realize is that this was more than a game, it was innovation in the field of animation. Sure you couldn't directly control Dirk the Daring's moves, but you're decisions instead at key moments were the difference between Dirk being one step closer to Daphne (the Princess) and the decaying skeletal remains of failure.
Don Bluth was certainly a genius for coming up with something so simple and addicting, even though Laserdisc games in general never went to far in the industry. Dragon's Lair's animation was top notch and kept quarters rolling in simply to view the beautiful animation on screens once reserved for simple computer pixels. It's no wonder this game is one of only three arcade games in the Smithsonian (Pong and Pac-Man are the other two).
Thankfully, after 17 years, we finally have a 'perfect' home version thanks to DVD technology and Digital Leisure. You can buy it for a standard DVD player (along with getting interviews with Bluth and a 'watch' mode so you can enjoy the animation without entering moves) or the DVD-ROM version (which is more faithful to the arcade by not replaying the 'resurrection' scene before each new scene and randomising the scenes but lacks the extras of the regular DVD).
Don't let the simplistic gameplay stop you from enjoying what is a piece of history in animation.
Don Bluth was certainly a genius for coming up with something so simple and addicting, even though Laserdisc games in general never went to far in the industry. Dragon's Lair's animation was top notch and kept quarters rolling in simply to view the beautiful animation on screens once reserved for simple computer pixels. It's no wonder this game is one of only three arcade games in the Smithsonian (Pong and Pac-Man are the other two).
Thankfully, after 17 years, we finally have a 'perfect' home version thanks to DVD technology and Digital Leisure. You can buy it for a standard DVD player (along with getting interviews with Bluth and a 'watch' mode so you can enjoy the animation without entering moves) or the DVD-ROM version (which is more faithful to the arcade by not replaying the 'resurrection' scene before each new scene and randomising the scenes but lacks the extras of the regular DVD).
Don't let the simplistic gameplay stop you from enjoying what is a piece of history in animation.
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