Dragon's Lair

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Dragon's Lair

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Sega (JP/EU), ReadySoft (US)

Developer: ReadySoft

Licensor: Epicenter Interactive

Original system(s): Arcade Boards

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-06-03	¥6,8006,800	G-6035
US	1994-01^[4]	$59.9959.99^[3]	T-121015
EU	1994-03^[1]^[2]		4436-50
BR	199x		061030

Non-Sega versions
3DO Arcade CD-i IBM PC Jaguar CD Macintosh

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Dragon's Lair (ドラゴンズ・レア) is a full motion video game released for numerous consoles including the Sega Mega-CD in 1993. It was revolutionary when first released in the arcades in 1983, and served as the first successful full motion video game which relies solely on quick time events.

The Sega Mega-CD version is mostly faithful to the arcade original, but suffers due to the limited colour palette of the system. A Sega Saturn version was also planned^[5].

Production credits

Sega Conversion

Produced by: David Foster
Directed by: Tony Bozek
Programmed by: David Foster
Computer Graphic Touchup: Mike Boulet, Tony Bozek, Carol Chan, Jackie Liew, David Magerman, Norice Millen, Shawn Moore, Jason Silverberg, Joe Verissimo, Nadia Yee
Sound: David Foster, David Magerman
End Music: Tony Bozek, Shawn Moore
Additional Programming by: Anselm Hook

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Dragon's Lair/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0612: "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (1993-1x-xx)
also published in:

Sega Visions (US) #16: "December/January 1993/1994" (1993-xx-xx)^[7]
GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[8]
Sega Visions (US) #17: "February/March 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[9]

Print advert in Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) #16: "January 1994" (1993-12-21)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #1: "July 1994" (1994-07-19)^[10]

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0705: "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (1994-0x-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[11]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #59: "June 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[12]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-05: "May 1994" (1994-04-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[17]

Consoles + (FR)

82

^[18]

Digitiser (UK)

32

^[19]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

62

^[20]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[3]

Gamers (DE)

7

^[21]

GamesMaster (UK)

NTSC-U

46

^[22]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

29

^[23]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[24]

Hyper (AU)

44

^[25]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

87

^[26]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

42

^[27]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

80

^[28]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

67

^[29]

Magazina Igrushek (RU)

50

^[30]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

67

^[1]

Player One (FR)

75

^[31]

Play Time (DE)

48

^[32]

Play Time (DE)

30

^[33]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

63

^[34]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

90

^[35]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

45

^[36]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

69

^[37]

Todo Sega (ES)

75

^[38]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

69

^[39]

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Based on 25 reviews

Dragon's Lair

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Disc Jewel Case

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

609,457,296

CD (JP)

G-6035

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

212,178,624

CD (US)

T-121015

References

[:File:MeanMachinesSega17UK.pdf_p80-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Mean Machines Sega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-28), page 80

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_04.pdf_p106-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sega Magazine, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-15), page 106

[:File:GamePro_US_057.pdf_p42-3] 3.0 ^3.1 GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:Mega_UK_16.pdf_p105-4] Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 105

[:File:SegaVisions_US_25.pdf_p38-5] Sega Visions, "September 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 38

[:File:Dragon.27s_Lair_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-6] File:Dragon's Lair MCD JP SSEnding.pdf

[:File:SegaVisions_US_16.pdf_p35-7] Sega Visions, "December/January 1993/1994" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 35

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p101-8] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 101

[:File:SegaVisions_US_17.pdf_p87-9] Sega Visions, "February/March 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 87

[:File:EGM2_US_01.pdf_p125-10] EGM², "July 1994" (US; 1994-07-19), page 125

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p163-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 163

[:File:EGM_US_059.pdf_p161-12] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 161

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-06.pdf_p20_.2818.29-13] Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 18 (20)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87_.2885.29-14] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85 (87)

[:File:GamePro_US_057.pdf_p42_.2840.29-15] GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 40 (42)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega17UK.pdf_p80_.2880-83.29-16] Mean Machines Sega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-28), page 80-83 (80)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-06.pdf_p20-17] Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 20

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_033.pdf_p146-18] Consoles +, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 146

[digitiser1994-02-22-19] Digitiser (UK) (1994-02-22)

[:File:EGM_US_055.pdf_p42-20] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:Gamers_DE_1994-05.pdf_p44-21] Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 44

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_016.pdf_p68-22] GamesMaster, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 68

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_01.pdf_p23-23] Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 23

[24] Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 60

[:File:Hyper_AU_006.pdf_p57-25] Hyper, "May 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 57

[:File:Joypad_FR_032.pdf_p134-26] Joypad, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 134

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-07.pdf_p59-27] MAN!AC, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 59

[:File:Mega_UK_18.pdf_p32-28] Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 32

[:File:MegaTech_UK_26.pdf_p20-29] MegaTech, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 20

[:File:Migr_2_RU.pdf_p62-30] Magazina Igrushek, "2/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_043.pdf_p90-31] Player One, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 90

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-03.pdf_p104-32] Play Time, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 104

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-07.pdf_p138-33] Play Time, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 138

[:File:SegaPower_UK_52.pdf_p36-34] Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 36

[:File:SegaPro_UK_27.pdf_p24-35] Sega Pro, "Xmas Special 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 24

[:File:SegaZone_UK_17.pdf_p56-36] Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 56

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-37] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:TodoSega_ES_13.pdf_p52-38] Todo Sega, "Abril 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 52

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-03.pdf_p76-39] Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 76

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Dragon's Lair

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References