Dragon's Lair 1983 ALL SCENES!

These are all the iconic scenes from the game Dragon's Lair which was released in 1983! Love the art style of this game! Thanks for watching!
/ skotabig

[@frankmann1060]

To the people asking about the glitter and how this looks like Disney, the answer is that the animation was done by the master animator Don Bluth.

[@normvw4053]

This was a cutting-edge video game...43 years ago.

[@johnsmith1953x]

Math is harrrrddd.....

[@mikepettersen4554]

Do you remember the video game playing game shows? Where the first person to beat Dragon's Lair was interviewed? I can't remember the name odlf the show. Can you?

[@Metzwerg74]

nope it was cutting edge graphics, but the game was actually just a movie, where you had to press an arrow button to decide what happens... there were so many better games out by the time....

[@johnsmith1953x]

@@Metzwerg74 Partially correct. I remember EVERY single kid was blown away by this game. The cabinet itself cost $35,000 in 1983 money. That's like $125,000 for a single arcade cabinet in todays (2024) money. There were other similar games that added genlocking of computer graphics ontop of these "movie games" that made it less of a movie.

[@Metzwerg74]

@@johnsmith1953x it was still boring as hell to play.... and super frustrating when the controls did not do what you "told" them to... but you are right, it was less than a movie... and even less than a game...

[@DarkRedKitten]

I am obsessed with how they animated the glitter outfits back then.

[@Wrapscallionn]

I showed it to my daughter, who is attempting animation, and she said " what the hell! How did they do that?" And now she's off trying to read about this game...

[@mikkelnpetersen]

It's an ancient lost art, known only to a selected few, who only share it with the worthy.

[@angrydalek]

I get the feeling this was the inspiration for dark souls

[@skotabig]

@@angrydalek 🤣

[@russfagle1165]

Some of the coolest animation art ever created. Period. Bluth and his team were some of the best ever to hold a pencil.

[@skotabig]

@@russfagle1165 100 percent!

[@tigershark7155]

Not only was this game a "quarter hog!" The controller was usually damaged by frustrated people.

[@skotabig]

@@tigershark7155 ha! So true

[@armybeef68]

Actually ours was 50 cents per game.

[@paktype]

I remember seeing a guy finish the entire game in one go - didn’t even break a sweat.

[@skotabig]

@paktype I never saw anyone cone close to beating this game, lol.

[@nightmarefredbeer1455]

I guess, when you learn all the patterns, it does become easier.

[@skotabig]

It's tough!

[@montanajackson3713]

I wish the planned dragon’s lair movie was animated like this, not live action.

[@skotabig]

@@montanajackson3713 100 percent

[@edwardflounoy7207]

I didn't hear about that😮 a animated would be entertaining than live version

[@onlynameMrBlank]

They did a Kickstarter for an animated Dragon's Lair a few years ago. They had animatics and everything, but I don't think it went anywhere; haven't heard a peep about it for a long time.

[@misterpegasus1105]

I've never heard of this game but the animation looks a lot like Disney's old 2D style!

[@DartLuke]

Animation was made by Don Bluth, he was one of Disney’s animators

[@BrightLord1823]

Black cauldron memories

[@equusamans]

I wish Disney or any other major company would make a classic 2D animated movie again. If I had a couple million bucks, I'd take that chance.

[@skotabig]

@@equusamans id watch it

[@RogueT-Rex8468]

To this day I’m upset that the planned movie was made live action. Literally the only reason any Don Bluth fan was waiting and excited was because we were at long last going to see his legendary animating skills again after what? 20 years?? Damn I was angry when they said it was live action. So lame.

[@Internetguy_L337_90D]

they would probably have made more money that way by appealing to the OG gamers.

[@skotabig]

Yea, NOBODY wants a live action Dragons Lair!

[@thanqualthehighseer]

I remember this game. It was bloody hard.

[@skotabig]

@@thanqualthehighseer yes it was!

[@edwardflounoy7207]

Both this and space ace looks hard😮

[@blaydeesy2005]

I despised this game lol.

[@skotabig]

@blaydeesy2005 I just love the animation, but yea, gameplay wise, it was a racket!

[@Metzwerg74]

@@skotabig gameplay-wise it was clunky and boring, far behind about every other game of that time....

[@GholaMuadDib]

After all these years, I finally get to see this game play out. A cartoon that was an arcade game, was amazing to me in the late 80s early 90s. I never got very far. Lost a lot of quarters playing this. Thanks for this upload. ⚔️

[@skotabig]

@@GholaMuadDib exact same for me! My pleasure

[@Sindarielle]

I never made it to the Dirk Gets Accosted by Dance Troupe level. This game was so difficult.

[@skotabig]

@@Sindarielle yes it is!

[@armybeef68]

Man, I'm 14 again. I will say, I finally did beat it, on the DVD game from Blockbuster. And yes, it actually was exactly just like the arcade game, just as hard, and with all the prompts, everything was exactly the same, except for me, I was 32 at the time.

[@skotabig]

Hell yea

[@paulbahn4577]

Thank you! I had forgotten this game.The technology was impressive looking back. Never knew the whole game for obvious reasons. Great blast from the past.

[@skotabig]

@@paulbahn4577 my pleasure

[@GnomeWagon]

When I was nine, I watched my brother spend $5 playing this game at a local Christian college rec room. I spent 50 cents and lost in ten seconds. It's crazy what memories this unlocks in me. It was fall. The sunlight in the late afternoon was warm and orange on the trees, but the air was cold.

[@skotabig]

Nostalgia is amazing! Thanks for watching!

[@Phoenixguy357]

I like how the solution to every enemy is to bat it once with the sword

[@skotabig]

@@Phoenixguy357 haha, yea!

[@aislemontecristo]

Really? It was all the actual animation? Man, they really knew how to make the most of everything.

[@kummer45]

Now we have the technology to make these graphics (animations) and add them gameplay mechanics all the way.

[@JohnLaw73]

I could never figure out how too navigate this game back in the day! Mind you i was like 10 at the time but it was a pain!

[@seanbigay1042]

Somehow, I keep seeing our brave knight in a leather jacket and fedora. With, of course, a bullwhip instead of a sword.

[@seanbigay1042]

Da da-da DA! Da da-DA! Da da-da DA! Da da-DA da-DAAA!

[@seanbigay1042]

On the down side, that plump blonde is as annoying as Willie Scott ...

[@MelissaSainz-tx3vt]

I loved playing this game and watching other kids playing this game in the arcade back in the day....there was always a line or it was broken. LOL

[@skotabig]

@@MelissaSainz-tx3vt an absolute classic

[@ЕвгенияАндреева-ы3я]

Кажется, я теперь знаю, чем вдохновлялся Миядзаки , когда делал свои Dark Souls!! 😆

[@MrRock4evr]

From the looks of the princess, it must have been pretty cold in that dungeon...

[@Shazameatums]

Had this game for Sega CD

[@skotabig]

@Shazameatums one of the few systems I really wish had growing up

[@dannylo5875]

The story actually was a fun story. Unlike the current games. Nostalgia.

[@pandablair4226]

Looks like the guy who beats up Arthur from the sword in the stone movie

[@DavidSimmonds-zn2rv]

I WAS 8 YRS OLD FLEETWOOD ARCADE

[@skotabig]

@DavidSimmonds-zn2rv I was 3 when it released, but played it when I got a little older for sure!

[@gawainethefirst]

An entire game of Quick-Time events.

[@t.e.sprocketeering]

It’s not a war-crime the first time?…

[@gabrieldjatienza6971]

9:19 minute running time if player makes it through all those traps! Unless the player has additional coins to insert for continuing the game itself, it might exceed an hour if the player is aware of those death traps from those flashing lights!

[@Marinealver]

7:45

[@emmastraub6842]

I can’t believe they have never made a movie about this

[@charliewilson85]

Beautiful thumbnail 👏

[@skotabig]

@@charliewilson85 thank you

[@EFCLARK]

I could never get past that damn flying horse! It was a mind blower when it came out though. If I'm not mistaken there was another game or two like this then🤔

[@skotabig]

@@EFCLARK yea, Space Ace and Dragons Lair 2. Both up on my channel! 😆

[@EFCLARK]

@@skotabig Yes!

[@sarahmarie-jq7lr]

Poor guy

[@skotabig]

All in a days work I guess!

[@HylianMom]

This is nostalgia!! ❤

[@umngyr]

This is giving me Heavy Metal vibes

[@ЮтюбПетрович]

1983? No way! First time when I played it was a 1999 and it was Panasonic 3Do 64bit.

[@Metzwerg74]

yeah the remake....

[@theicecavalier342]

I mowed a Lotta lawns in '83 so I could hit the change machine and try in vain to save the girl. They should have made this game with levels. IE: super easy, easy, and hard, instead of impossible.....

[@tapinewoods3937]

Don Bluth should make a movie out of this.

[@someguardsman]

I remember playing this in an arcade near me. We did the math for lives, turns out it was a Dime a Dirk.

[@blaydeesy2005]

This game was impossibly hard lol. But he had that one sword swing lol

[@skotabig]

@@blaydeesy2005 meant to take your quarters! 😆

[@sakuramoon9023]

They have this game at my local arcade, and you can't even play it without dying once you start playing. The controlls literally don't work.

[@skotabig]

That's a shame. You can get the trilogy on steam for pretty cheap! ; )

[@davidgiles4681]

that game cost $1 in 80's money. when all other games cost a .25 it cost a dollar. it was the game to beat.

[@ricardolivi9158]

Pitfall + Castlevania:

[@Spiffybigdaddy]

I can’t stop thinking he sounds like courage the cowardly dog

[@АлексейПанасюк-ы8ъ]

Самый опасный замок в мире

[@nickwerner7983]

3:18 Where Peter Griffin had trouble

[@brianbrowm2630]

I mean she bad but I’m not doing all that for no 😸 😂

[@skotabig]

@@brianbrowm2630 🤣

[@jonathanminella1329]

Only nine minutes long?????

[@StrattCaster]

He screams like Homer Simpson or should I say Homer Simpson screams like Dirk the daring?

[@skotabig]

@@StrattCaster ha, I never noticed that! Accurate

[@edwardflounoy7207]

I saw on Instagram a person drew a parody of dirk from dragons lair. Its funny🤣

[@canaldoandrers]

4:27 😂😂😂😂

[@HOTAIR83]

Tak to tylko w bajkach.

[@truepremise2053]

The Fight Presented In Shit Is Self Harm.

[@pottertheavenger1363]

how was this game played?

[@skotabig]

@@pottertheavenger1363 arcade cabinet. Joystick and button I believe?

[@ВалераЧортАвтоподбор]

Arcade controller,later it was ported to PC

[@JStankXPlays]

Bad Dragon 😂

[@kevinharms5158]

Imwant my 10 minutes back

[@lashelleullie]

I'm so glad to see this all the way through. These games were challenging to get through back in the day😊

[@skotabig]

so cool to watch though! : )

[@christinebutler2396]

I wonder Dragon's Lair wasn't made into a movie by Don bluth.

[@skotabig]

Would've loved that

[@dreamguardian8320]

They were planning on making it, but it got changed to a live action remake for Netflix, staring the man who played Deadpool. A real disappointment😞

[@skotabig]

@dreamguardian8320 yea, but if they remake it I want it to look like the old cartoon animation and not new cgi. : )

[@dreamguardian8320]

@@skotabig We all want it to be 2D animated, nothing else.

[@edwardflounoy7207]

​@@dreamguardian8320you mean Ryan Reynolds? Can't see him playing the role

[@tossedsaladandscrambledegg8576]

Many 1984 Saturdays at the NAS Memphis enlisted club wasting quarters on this game! It was awesome!

[@skotabig]

@tossedsaladandscrambledegg8576 my spot was Crystal's pizza!