486 Computer Game Dragon’s Lair 1993 Vintage PC DOS by ReadySoft CD Only

Game Dragon’s Lair 1993 Vintage 486 PC DOS by ReadySoft

From Wikipedia:

Dragon's Lair is a video game published by Cinematronics in 1983 as the first game in the Dragon's Lair series. In the game, the protagonist Dirk the Daring is a knight attempting to rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe who has locked the princess in the foul wizard Mordroc's castle. It featured animation by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth.

Gameplay

The game displays animated cutscenes, and the player executes an action by selecting a direction or pressing the sword button with correct timing in order to clear each quick time event (QTE). The comedy aspects of the game stemmed not only from the bizarre-looking creatures and humorous death scenes, but also the fact that the player character was somewhat clumsy in his efforts, as well as being a reluctant hero, prone to shrieking and reacting in horror to the various dangers he encounters. Instead of controlling the character's actions directly, players control his reflexes, with different full motion video (FMV) segments playing for correct or incorrect choices. While there are a limited number of scenes, other than the first and last, these are played in a random order. Some scenes are played more than once before reaching the end and additionally some scenes are flipped or mirrored such that the opposite actions (e.g. left instead of right) are required.

Plot

The attract mode of the game displays various short vignettes of gameplay accompanied by the following narration: "Dragon's Lair: The fantasy adventure where you become a valiant knight, on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon. You control the actions of a daring adventurer, finding his way through the castle of a dark wizard, who has enchanted it with treacherous monsters and obstacles. In the mysterious caverns below the castle, your odyssey continues against the awesome forces that oppose your efforts to reach the Dragon's Lair. Lead on, adventurer. Your quest awaits!"

From the readme file on the CD:

Dragon's Lair has to be run from DOS, not WINDOWS.

For optimum performance, you should have a 486DX, a 300K/s CD-ROM drive or better, a local bus (or accelerated) video card, and 8Mb of RAM or better (although not all are necessary to achieve peak performance.) The single biggest factor determining performance is the CD-ROM data transfer rate -- a 300K/s drive is strongly recommended.

From the front of the CD:

Dragon’s Lair
Readysoft
Packed with spectacular animation and sound from the original arcade version
© 1993 ReadySoft incorporated. All Rights Reserved
Made in the U.S.A.

UPC: n/a

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