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Dragon's Lair (USA)

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
American take on Don Bluth's interactive cartoon, knight Dirk braves the castle of dragon Singe. Published by Sony Imagesoft, released in 1990 in the USA. Punishing platforming with reflex-based encounters. American 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
💾0,07 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
Japan
01/12/1990
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Collector interest

American NES edition of Dragon's Lair under the Sony Imagesoft label, more common than the Famicom version yet propped up by the North American profile of the Don Bluth license and the game's enduring difficulty legend. Its valuation, close to the Japanese loose figure, reflects steady nostalgic demand on the NTSC market rather than print-run scarcity.

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