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Released
Dec 29, 1990
Studio
MotiveTime Ltd
Platforms
1

Dragon's Lair

NES port of Dragon's Lair (1983, 3DO, Amiga, Android +12)

Dec 29, 1990 MotiveTime Ltd 1 platform

Adventure video game Platformer Action Fantasy

Dragon's Lair is a side-scrolling platform game based on the laserdisc game of the same name released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and developed by the MotiveTime group. Plotwise, the game is identical to the original. The game is a side-scroller with the character walking slowly. Dirk can walk, crawl, or jump forward, and he has an array of weapons that he can discover and use to dispose of enemies. The controller layout is reversed from other mainstream NES titles, with Select functioning as the Pause-button while Start is used for the Candle object (which helps reveal hidden weapons). Also, B is used for jumping, and A for attacking (the input of the A & B buttons is almost always the opposite in similar NES games). Two different versions were released later, first for the Famicom, with major improvements on playability and speed, and a second one for PAL regions, expanding upon the Famicom version with new enemies and cutscenes.

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Released
  • December 29, 1990North America
  • 1990Australia
Also known as
Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair Sullivan Bluth Presents: Dragon's Lair Sullivan Bluth's Dragon's Lair
Versions
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Languages
1 language
  • English interface

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