Dragon’s Lair

for Panasonic 3DO

Condition: 9.5/10

Dragon’s Lair is a video game franchise created by Rick Dyer and Don Bluth. The series is famous for its western animation-style graphics and convoluted decades-long history of being ported to many platforms and being remade into television and comic book series.

In Dragon’s Lair, Dirk the Daring must rescue his darling Daphne from the dastardly dragon which resides in the castle’s dark dungeon. That’s an awful lot of D’s, and Dragon’s Lair’s most important “D” is probably Don Bluth. At one time an animator for Disney, Bluth became quite well-known for movies he did after leaving the mouse house, such as “All Dogs go to Heaven,” and he even animated the “Space Ace” TV show.