Dragon's Lair is an adventure developed by MotiveTime Ltd, released 29 December 1990 on Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Dragon's Lair is
Dragon's Lair is an adventure game developed by MotiveTime Ltd and released in 1990. It was published by CSG Imagesoft. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Unlike the original Dragon's Lair, where gameplay depended on quick time events, the player fully controls Dirk as he makes his way through the castle defeating enemies and avoiding obstacles to rescue Princess Daphne. Dirk now has equipped throwing knives to launch at enemies rather than using his sword, and the game features gold collectibles.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Dragon's Lair holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1990 averaged 65, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Dragon's Lair launched on 29 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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All media
Dlc
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Quick answers
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