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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1807.0. "Dragon's Lair" by LEDS::ACCIARDI (Dukakis should pluck his eyebrows) Mon Oct 24 1988 12:07

    While at the Software Shop on Saturday, I saw a small demo disk
    of Dragon's Lair.  Remember the first laser-disk based arcade game?
    I must have dumped a zillion quarters into that machine.
    
    Without going into too much detail, I'll just say that watching
    this demo was just like standing in front of the original arcade
    version.  The animation is perfectly smooth and as fast as the
    original.  It's like watching a cartoon.
    
    Dragon's Lair comes on 6 floppies(!) and is due RSN.
    
    
    Ed.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1807.1	Dragons Lair	WJG::GUINEAU	Somewhere else in time	`Mon Oct 24 1988 13:20`	6
	Jeese Ed, We must have just missed eachother. I saw that demo too - AMAZING game! John
1807.2		CSC32::J_PARSONS	Like Lesser Birds on the 4 Winds...	`Mon Oct 24 1988 14:24`	2
	I've heard that this game is going to require 1 meg minimum to run, 1.5 meg for the full audio effects. I've yet to see the demo
1807.3	suspicious	SAUTER::SAUTER	John Sauter	`Mon Oct 24 1988 16:05`	6
	I saw the demo at System Eyes in Merrimack, NH, on Saturday. The graphics and sound seem too good to be true. I suspect that the real game's graphics and sound won't be that good (though I'd be happy to be wrong). I was told that the demo takes more memory to run than the game will take, for what it's worth. John Sauter
1807.4	all animation?	WJG::GUINEAU	Somewhere else in time	`Mon Oct 24 1988 19:47`	4
	I wonder if it will be continuous smooth animation, or just bursts (ala Cinamaware style)? John
1807.5	A dragon's byte	GLDOA::STOUGHTON	INSTALLS-R-US	`Mon Oct 24 1988 20:40`	3
	I don't know about the 1.5 meg but you need at least a meg to run the game. I saw the demo Saturday at Compusoft in Kalamazoo, MI. and it looks real good!!!
1807.6		BAGELS::BRANNON	Dave Brannon	`Mon Oct 24 1988 20:41`	7
	ahh.... is that demo disk available for copying or is it just a dealer only demo? it sounds like a "killer" demo to me. -Dave
1807.7		HPSCAD::GATULIS	Frank Gatulis	`Tue Oct 25 1988 11:18`	5
	I say the demo at the memory location and Roy was not sure if the demo was dealer only and therefore would not give me a copy. He said he'd try and find out and would be happy to give a copy if it's legit.