#Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp

[videogamerzero1]

Well I beaten Dragon's Lair, its sequel Time Warp & Space Ace, specifically the Wii version of this port & man, this is impressive to have a game that is just like fully animated throughout all of this granted it kinda cheats since it is just an interactive cartoon but it's still neat that it's like this especially when later on Cuphead would perfect it by being a playable cartoon video game but it was nice that all three games would be the stepping stone to that game & by an ex-Disney animator, Don Bluth

[oldmanwinterstmnt]

When the game just has to rub it in!

I might be in the minority, but I appreciated all those arcade-styled games that took the opportunity to make you think about the consequences of your failure when all credits and continues were exhausted. It could have been a blunt and absolute Game Over message or even an alternative “Bad Ending.” I think it’s a decent motivation to come back later to improve your skills and at least progress a bit further than your last playthrough, until you finally achieve those breakthroughs and score the win!

Also, I’ve never had the chance to play an original arcade Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp machine or even the original ROM. Modern remastered versions of the game don’t have this Game Over screen.

Screencap source: Joe’s Classic Video Games @YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rCKFynm4h8

[oldgamedebris]

Sorry, but you know the rules.

[randompanimation]

Sorry, but you know the rules.

[gamenit3]

Late Game Nite Playlist - Dragon's Lair Trilogy

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[hardcore-gaming-101]

Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp

In the early 1990s, with the FMV game suddenly in vogue again thanks to the CD-ROM, Bluth and his team (Rick Dyer had since moved on to work on his own set of FMV titles) decided to return to work on Dragon’s Lair 2. The game would be much larger in scope than the original Dragon’s Lair, featuring a time-travel scenario that would take Dirk across history and myth to save Princess Daphne once again, this time from the evil wizard Mordroc, who apparently was the owner of the castle you explored in the first game, despite the fact that his name wasn’t even mentioned. Mordroc plans to marry Daphne with the Death Ring, which will turn her into an ugly monster much like himself. This kind of defeats the point of marrying Daphne in the first place (Side Note: Dirk and Daphne sure have a suspiciously large number of children, don’t they?), but regardless, Dirk must find a way to catch up with Mordroc as he travels across history before Mordroc puts his evil plan into action, or not only will Dirk find himself without his true love, but facing the wrath of his mother-in-law as well. It’s never properly explained why Mordroc is traveling across these different time periods that Dirk chases him in, although if he just teleported Daphne to his lair and wed her immediately, the game would be quite short, uneventful, and bland. 

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[head-vampire]

Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp (1984) animation sheets

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[fancoloredglasses]

Dragon’s Lair (Do you read this or not read this? Wrong choice. You die)

Back in the days when arcades were more than driving games, Big Game Hunter and Dance Dance Revolution (and you used actual quarters to play them). I spent many weeks’ allowance playing Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Galaga, and the like.

However, in 1983 a game-changer hit the arcades...

(Thanks to Ruslan Pyliah) 

Dragon’s Lair was a video game whose images weren’t generated by lines of computer code, but by actual animation (from the studios of Don Bluth, the people who animated The Secret of Nimh and An American Tail) The player “controlled” a knight known as Dirk the Daring as he navigated the game. (Essentially, the player watched the animation, and at certain points (usually indicated by a flash on the screen) had to either move the joystick in a certain direction or press the Sword button. Failure to do so ended horribly for Dirk)

Here is a complete playthrough of the game, including all the grisly endings

(Thanks to Were1974)

There were two other video games animated by Bluth’s studios: “Dragons Lair II: Time Warp” (in which Daphne, now married to Dirk, is once again kidnapped) and “Space Ace” (in which you play wimpy space pilot Dexter (who has the power to “hulk up” into the hunky hero Space Ace), who along with his partner/girlfriend Kimbery must stop the evil Commander Borf from taking over Earth) Of the three, Space Ace was my favorite, though I never actually beat any of them.

A year later, ABC aired a series created by the Ruby/Spears animation studio that lasted one season (what is it about ABC Saturday mornings that most of their series could only run for one season without cancellation or reinvention?)

(Thanks to mschwartz311)

Joining Dirk and Daphne in Dragon’s Lair are Dirk’s squire Timothy and horse Bertram, as well as Daphne’s father King Ethelred. The series also tried to have a similar feel to the game in that during the cliffhanger before commercials, the viewer was posed with a number of options as to how Dirk could deal with the threat. Upon the return from the bathroom ad break, the narrator would show how each of the wrong choices would end badly for Dirk before showing the correct choice and going on with the story.

As you can tell from the intro, the animation isn’t nearly as polished as Bluth’s work (but it’s for a weekly show as opposed to a single production, so quality was going to be a bit less) but they did a passable job of getting the correct look.  Also, for a brave knight, Dirk is a little awkward when it comes to Daphne, and Daphne is a bit of an adventure hound (always wanting to go with Dirk into danger) and the “adventure” is not as action-packed and dangerous as the video game, but for the under-10 crowd, it’s decent enough. As I’m sure you know, Watch Cartoons Online has the complete series, and if anyone has a request for an episode, please let me know.

A quick note that CBS’s Saturday Supercade (which featured embarrassing adaptations of popular arcade games of the time, including Donkey Kong and Q-Bert) featured a Space Ace cartoon. The less said about it the better.

I have recently learned that Ryan Reynolds will be producing (along with Don Bluth) and starring in a live action Dragon’s Lair film for Netflix. I hope he gives it the affectionate treatment he gave Deadpool (though I kind of think Jim Carrey would a better fit for Dirk)

[anvils-and-dynamite]

Wow! Enchanted Portals looks a lot more bizarre than Cuphead, and that's saying a lot! It kinda reminds me of Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp.

You stole the words right from my mouth! Except the Dragon’s Lair II bit. Is it because of Beethoven?

[2dtraditionalanimation]

Animator: John Pomeroy Character: Dirk the Daring and Princess Daphne Film: Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp (1984) Studio: Cinematronics

[arcadephile]

Congratulations; it’s beautiful.

FINALLY… my first laserdisc game. It took me a long long time. All original hardware and it comes from an amazing collector.

[oldgamedebris]

[randompanimation]

[head-vampire]

Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp (1991)

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[my-km-me]

My version of the Philips CD-i mini

Preserve the way the games were originally meant to save (or lack of). No save states

Controllers: Two regular, two arcade sticks

Brain Dead 13

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Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp

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Bold = Personal favorite CD-i games

[realfinemood]

Games completed in 2017 

LittleBigPlanet 3

The Deadly Tower of Monsters

Mass Effect 2

Tales from the Borderlands

Borderlands

Mass Effect Andromeda

Night in the Woods

Toren

Dream Daddy

Undertale

Saints Row: Gat out of Hell

Dragon's Lair

Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp

Abzû

Unravel

Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy

Also still, like. So many hours of Overwatch. So many. Too many. How do I break free of Overwatch.