Dragon's Lair for PSP

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

We're truly in a golden age of Dragon's Lair home ports.

Thanks to the frame-by-frame HD re-master several years back and the ease of quality video file compression, we're seeing great port after great port of the Don Bluth laserdisc classic.

Following in the footsteps of the iOS, DS and DSi Ware releases - the recently released PSP (PSN Download only - $7.99) version is no exception.

Great video quality, accurate gameplay, audio and scoring, and a decent file size (under 300MB) makes it a great option for PSP owners looking to take Dragon's Lair on the go.

Nice to see that Digital Leisure has finally hit a consistent stride where quality is concerned.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

thanks for the info. I'm sure Dragon's Lair would look great on the PSP, but personally I don't think anything will surpass the GBC version of the great granddaddy of all FMV games.

I personally like when animation is turned into sprites and forced to animate as such. I guess that's why I love the Sega CD version of Time Gal so much.

http://satoshimatrix.wordpress.com/2...eview-sega-cd/

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

thanks for the info. I'm sure Dragon's Lair would look great on the PSP, but personally I don't think anything will surpass the GBC version of the great granddaddy of all FMV games.

I personally like when animation is turned into sprites and forced to animate as such. I guess that's why I love the Sega CD version of Time Gal so much.

http://satoshimatrix.wordpress.com/2...eview-sega-cd/

The GBC version is a techincal feat indeed. While it's far from arcade authentic, it's a blast to play on the GBC/GBA.

I've always much prefered it to the god-awful Sega CD era of PC and console ports when Digital Leisure seemed to be intent on re-imagining the move sets for each room and using unauthentic level branching and audio effects.

Thankfully we're past that. Like I said, this is truly a golden age of arcade authentic laserdisc ports.

[Baloo]

How many ports of this game do we really need though?

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

How many ports of this game do we really need though?

Eh *shrug* it's really in the same realm as something like Pac-Man and Space Invaders: an iconic classic from the golden age of arcade gaming with a very dedicated fan base.

Now that technology has caught up to the point where we can have arcade perfect ports on iPhones and DSes expect to see it on every console and portable that Digital Leisure can easily port it to.

As one of those fans who cut my teeth on the arcade original, after suffering through 20 years of imperfect, mostly shitty ports I can't find much of a reason to complain.

If they keep bringing it to devices I own, I'll probably keep buying it.

I'm sure there are die-hard Pac-Man, Tetris, Super Mario Bros., Myst, Frogger, Bejeweled etc. etc. fans that do the same for their favorite games each time that they're ported and re-ported to a new platform.

[thegamezmaster]

I first bought this for my dsi wanting one on a handheld. Then saw it was available for the psp so I downloaded it for the psp and took the ds copy back. Not only is it $13 cheaper but it's a much better translation. Love it.

[Flashback2012]

Eh *shrug* it's really in the same realm as something like Pac-Man and Space Invaders: an iconic classic from the golden age of arcade gaming with a very dedicated fan base.

Now that technology has caught up to the point where we can have arcade perfect ports on iPhones and DSes expect to see it on every console and portable that Digital Leisure can easily port it to.

As one of those fans who cut my teeth on the arcade original, after suffering through 20 years of imperfect, mostly shitty ports I can't find much of a reason to complain.

If they keep bringing it to devices I own, I'll probably keep buying it.

I'm sure there are die-hard Pac-Man, Tetris, Super Mario Bros., Myst, Frogger, Bejeweled etc. etc. fans that do the same for their favorite games each time that they're ported and re-ported to a new platform.

You've hit the proverbial nail on the head. As a die-hard Pac-Man fan, I've bought the game many times over on multiple consoles and in several different iterations. I've done the same for a few other game franchises as well.

I was stoked to see the Wii compilation of the Bluth games and I really need to get off my duff and pick it up. As far as a PSP version goes, I'm quite happy the game is available for the platform but it would have been nice to see a UMD release as well as the digital copy (though I imagine the cost to profit ratio for such wouldn't be very financially sensible for Digital Leisure or whomever the rights holder is).