Sometimes, you can be pretty good at a game and still finish it. Most games allow a little leeway in terms of player skill, making it so that even if you screw up occasionally, you can still complete the game. Dragon’s Lair is not most games. It demands perfection from its players. Dragon’s Lair II, recently released on the PSN, cannot be beaten without precise control and exact movements. Or, in the case of Avault's Jason Iatomasi, infinite lives and a whole lotta time.
Pocket Gamer: Believe it or not, I was alive and cognisant back when Dragon's Lair was still in arcades - and yes, I was alive back when there were arcades.
Dirk the Daring can’t seem to keep Princess Daphne safe. After saving her from Singe the Dragon, Dirk must now rescue his fair maiden from the evil wizard Mordroc before they marry. Aided by a talking Time Machine, Dirk must travel through well-known fairytales and time periods to defeat the wizard and rescue Daphne once and for all.
8bitfix writes: I remember playing Dragon's Lair for the first time, in the midst of rotting fruit. It's 1984 and I am playing the machine just feet away from day old cabbage and bruised pears. I am standing completely engrossed by the game as people are buying raisins and cigarettes. The first time was in a supermarket. How strange these bedfellows, but this was the world of arcades in 1984; they were everywhere. Here I was being read scripture by Dirk The Daring, as he lay forth the groundwork to worship him and his adventure in buffoonery. Almost 30 years later, I am still on the religious mission to convert as many people as possible to Don Bluth and Gary Goldman's singular, and utterly gorgeous game. When I heard that director Martin Touhey was in the process of creating what is looking to be the definitive documentary on Dragon's Lair.
Oh man, for a moment I thought it was lair 2.