Dragon’s Lair reconfirmed for DS, Dragon’s Lair 2 and Space Ace coming as well

Conspiracy Entertainment Europe is pleased to announce that they have secured the publishing rights to one of the world’s best known gaming franchises; Dragon Lair. They will be releasing the original Dragon Lair and Dragon Lair II ‘Warp Time’ for the Nintendo DS. In addition, as part of this deal, they will also publish the DS version of Space Ace. United Coders (formerly announced as Wizardry Engineering) are developing all versions of the games.

Lead Programmer & Executive Producer, Hans Olsen of United Coders said:

This is such an important gaming franchise as it falls into one of those conversations ‘Do you remember were where you when Elvis or Diana died?’ except with this game it’s ‘Do you remember in which chip shop or arcade you first played this game?’. ‘We talked long and hard with the original creators of Dragon Lair - Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and Rick Dyer – they were so impressed with our vision for these titles, that we now have these gaming gems to bring to the market in a new format’.

Dragon’s Lair DS features two modes of play; 1983 Arcade mode and Director’s Cut.

The 1983 version plays just like the original arcade released in 1983. This mode satisfies the
hardcore gamer who wishes to re-live the first ever handhold version of Dragon’s Lair, that is 100% true to the original and has all scenes, all death scenes, and all the quirks and oddities found in that version.

The Director’s Cut is aimed mostly at players who have never experienced the game before, Dragon’s Lair plays somewhat differently in a very unique way; and in director’s Cut there is also full support for Rumble Pak, Stylus Support, Voice Recognition.

Dragon Lair is due to ship in the first quarter of 2008 with the others to follow at a later date.


Link_8's thoughts: At long last a Dragons Lair game i remember playing the original arcade one in a arcade i had 10-20 min away from me this was truly a amazing game for its time. I hope it still holds to it. One of the things i noticed was voice recognition. Now how will that be incorporated into this game? I will keep you updated on this seeing as i am really looking forward to this.
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