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Dragon's Lair (Coleco) / Other Computer Ports (Patreon)

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2021-07-08 17:16:53

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http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dragons-lair-coleco/

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dragons-lair-escape-from-singes-castle-the-curse-of-mordread/

We're returning to our Dragon's Lair piece, this time focusing on some early console and computer ports, as they do their best to convert an FMV laserdisc game into ROM and floppy disk formats.

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Dragon's Lair (Coleco)

With the massive success of the original arcade game, it was inevitable that there would be ports to home computers and consoles. However, with the limited technology of home computers in the early 1980s, people expecting a straight, perfect port of Dragon's Lair from the Laserdisc/arcade release to 5.25″ floppy disks, a cassette tape, or a game cartridge were bound to be disappointed, to put it mildly.