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Dragon's Lair (Japan)

NES / Famicom
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1990
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Dragon's Lair adapts the Don Bluth interactive cartoon on Motivetime NES with knight Dirk saving princess Daphne from a dragon. The representation loses the film animation in favor of a classic platform with scripted scenes in a degraded film license formula. Criticized for its gap with the original laserdisc arcade, curiosity of the 8 bit NES catalog.

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Category
Adventure 1 player 7+
Description
Japanese take on Don Bluth's interactive cartoon, knight Dirk braves the castle of dragon Singe. Published by Sony Imagesoft, released in 1991 in Japan. Punishing platforming with reflex-based encounters. Japanese edition.

Dragon's Lair review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Sloppy"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,1 MB 📅01/12/1990
Published by Sony Imagesoft

Dragon's Lair (NES) price, value & rarity

Highly sought-after
Q1 loose
 $154 Q6 complete
 $230 Q10 new
 $736 !
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Dragon's Lair
Europe
01/12/1990
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Dragon's Lair
USA
01/12/1990
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Collector interest

Japanese Famicom edition of Dragon's Lair, the scarcest of the three on the platform owing to thin local distribution. Where the PAL release stays affordable, the Japanese version reaches markedly higher loose and sealed levels, lifted by the rarity of its boxed copy in Japan. It mainly appeals to collectors chasing the hardest-to-complete port of the Don Bluth license.

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