![]() ![]() All animations are now rendered in much higher resolutions, and all grainy effects have been drastically reduced. Technically, all three titles have received nice revamps. Of course, you can also play the games with their original arcade settings, complete without any aids and CRT effects. There’s even an option to just watch the three games without actually playing them, therefore turning them into actual short-length cartoons you can watch at any time. You can set the games to feature longer response times, an actual icon telling you which direction of the analog stick you should point to, and even a shortened version which omits the most difficult parts of the games. Thankfully, this trilogy features various difficulty settings. Those three games were notorious for their difficulty, giving less than a second for players to read the onscreen prompts and press the appropriate button. Needless to say, Dragon’s Lair wasn’t like anything else from the day.ĭragon’s Lair Trilogy features not only the original game, but also its 1991 sequel and Space Ace, yet another animated game produced by Don Bluth, this time around set in a sci-fi world. One day, you’re playing a simple sprite-based game, and on the next day, there’s a brand new arcade featuring actual animated cutscenes produced by legendary animator Don Bluth ( An American Tail, The Land Before Time, Anastasia). Try to picture yourself back in 1983, with games like the original Donkey Kong considered actual graphical achievements for the time. Dragon’s Lair is entirely comprised of animated cutscenes, with those QTEs serving as “keys” in order to access the next one. For those who don’t know, Dragon’s Lair is an arcade title based around quickly pressing button prompts onscreen (basically the precursor to quick time events) in order to proceed to the next scene. ![]()
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