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Title -  Dragon' Lair   (ドラゴンズ・レア)

 

Maker - Epicenter Interactive    Catalogue No. - G-6035

 

Type - Anime Action FMV

 

 

Surprisingly Dragon's Lair on the Mega CD doesn't look too bad considering the Mega CDs lack of colours.   The screen shots on the back of the box however aren't from the Mega CD version or if they are then they've been cleaned up quite a bit so don't be confused that the Mega CD version looks that good.  As you may know, Dragon's Lair was originally a laserdisc game that has you pushing a direction or hitting the attack button at certain times throughout the game.  The problem is that unlike the Japanese laserdisc games, Dragon's Lair doesn't actually tell you which direction to push in or when to hit the attack button.  This results in you being killed due to you having no idea that you were meant to press a button.  The only way to progress through this game is to be killed and make a note of the position.  Then figure out which direction you are mean to push or whether you are meant to hit the attack button.  Because of this I find Dragon's Lair very annoying.  At times it may be obvious that you must press a button or what ever but other times there's no hint what so ever making the game a very annoying experience.  Brain Dead 13 on the Saturn suffers from the exact same problem.

This Mega CD version comes in a card slip case that you can see above alone with a hints book.  Below you can see the actual CD case.