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Space ace dexter turns into a borf how to#
The thing that made these sticker cards really stand out though was that the back of each one had hints on how to beat a level of the game. I liked these instantly because I was also a big fan of Wacky Packages which is a subject for another blog entirely. The packs consisted of stickers with silly slogans on them starring the characters from the game. They had boxes of DL sticker packs that had the classic stick of gum wrapped in the wax casing. At one point the Woolworths in the same mall started stocking up some "Dragon’s Lair" merchandise. They either played it and didn’t like it because of the price or just preferred the older games like Galaga or Swimmer. As a result, the laserdisc player often had to be repaired or replaced.Įventually "Dragon’s Lair" reached mega popularity, even though most kids I knew didn’t really care about it. This was compounded by the game's popularity. The high amount of seeking, coupled with the length of time the unit was required to operate, could result in failure of the laserdisc player after a relatively short time. "Dragon's Lair" required seeking different animation sequences on the disc every few seconds. Although the players were of good quality, the game imposed unusually high strain.
Another bit of fun technical fact is that the original laserdisc players that came with the game often failed. The game had a cartoon comedy aspect that stemmed from the bizarre looking monsters and humorous death scenes. The screen shows animated cut scenes, and the player executes an action by selecting a direction or pressing the sword button with correct timing. In game play, Dirk has to quest through a massive castle with tons of traps, monsters, and pitfalls. The story of the game was simple: Players control Dirk the Daring, trying to rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe. I had found my ultimate arcade game and made a pact that I would one day beat this game and see the fabled Dragon’s Lair at the heart of the creepy castle. When I finally got my chance, I stood there and went through all my lives almost instantly but I didn’t mind. I immediately went to the token machine and cashed my $2.00 dollars and waited in the small line to play. I could not believe the technology I was witnessing in my hometown arcade.
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The programmers had literally made the jump graphically from Space Invaders to full blooded animation and it was playable.
Space ace dexter turns into a borf movie#
This game was a cartoon, a literal animated movie inside a wooden gaming cabinet. Then someone walked over and plunked in their 50 cents. I just stood there in awe watching the demo screen. One day we went in there and saw a game called “Dragon’s Lair”. This was a tradition that continued every Saturday for the longest time.ĭream Machine continued to bring in new games and back in those days before the internet, you would just show up and hope to see a new game with better graphics. We would show up with our two dollar allowance and stretch that money out for hours and hours, playing away the day on such classics as Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Q-Bert. The second floor consisted of older games like pinball and Arcade Classics like Punch-Out. The main floor would have all the newest releases wedged in with all the ticket based games like Skeeball. I felt like I was walking into a casino made just for kids. I looked up and saw the “Dream Machine” words done up in the Pac-Man font and heard tons of different game sounds coming from inside. I remember the first time standing outside its doors peeking in. To a young kid this place was all kinds of awesome. If you asked me the whole mall should have revolved around “Dream Machine”, which was the name of the arcade chain that was gracious enough to have an outlet at our mall.
The whole shopping arena was built around a Sears and Roebuck store which was the reason for the name. Every Saturday my brother and I would take a bike ride down to this mall which was called Sears Town. Thankfully we lived close to a mall that had one of these fun places in it. The games you would find there would boast better graphics and game play all wrapped in neatly designed wooden cabinet cases. The arcades back then had the allure of going to an amusement park. Even though the Atari was fun it still didn’t hold a candle to the arcades.
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