Dragon's Lair
a.k.a. ドラゴンズレアー
published by Sony Imagesoft / Elite / Epic Sony Records in 1990-12, developed by MotiveTime, running on Nintendo Entertainment System
type: action/reflex
genre: Fantasy
series: Dragon's Lair
perspective: side view
player options: single player
languages: eng jpn
genre: Fantasy
series: Dragon's Lair
perspective: side view
player options: single player
languages: eng jpn
2.9/5
Official description
From deep within Mordroc's castle, a foul stench rose up to mix with the cold, damp midnight air; the telltale sign of the evil wizard's pet fire-breathing dragon, Singe; the reeking breath of the beast that guarded the Princess Daphne in the dark and deadly caves far below the surface. Dirk the Daring walked steadily toward the castle gate. He felt no fear. Fear was for cowards, not the most courageous knight in the land. No other would dare enter this perilous castle where Mordroc had imprisoned the helpless princess. But then, no other could match Dirk's unrelenting love for the beautiful Princess Daphne. There was no other possible course of action. Now was the time for heroes. Now was the time to enter the Dragon's Lair!
# 2019-07-15 14:57:07 - official description
# 2019-07-15 14:57:07 - official description
Technical specs
display: raster
Editor note
The NES version came first and the European and Japanese releases came later. There is uncompiled assembly code in the ROM. It doesn't do anything, it is just recorded in the unused space in the ROM. Accidentally included to be sure. The source code reveals that a PDS development system was used (software and peripheral for x86 MS-DOS). European and Japanese releases are significantly different and use an MMC3 chip and character ROM rather than UNROM which used a RAM chip that was populated by code in the program ROM. The MMC3 version runs much, much faster.
zerothis # 2021-09-19 06:13:18
zerothis # 2021-09-19 06:13:18
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External reviews (9) - average: 62% - median: 75%
review source | issue | date | score | |||
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Console XS | uk | 1 | 1992-06 | 45/100 | 45% | view |
Consoles + (001-155) | fr | 6 | 1992-02 | 31/100 | 31% | |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | us | 20 | 1991-03 | 16/40 | 40% | view |
Game Zone | uk | 3 | 1992-01 | 87/100 | 87% | view |
Joystick | fr | 23 | 1992-01 | 90/100 | 90% | |
Mean Machines | uk | 16 | 1992-01 | 21/100 | 21% | |
N-Force | uk | 1 | 1992-07 | 86/100 | 86% | view |
Player One | fr | 16 | 1992-01 | 75/100 | 75% | |
Total! | uk | 3 | 1992-03 | 83/100 | 83% | view |
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