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| Author: | Tanuki [ 29 Mar 2008, 00:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair |
 Widescreen Grade: B Ultra-Widescreen Grade: Incomplete Multi-monitor Grade: C 4k Grade: Incomplete Read Full Detailed Report - Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair This adventure game is based on the arcade classic Dragon's Lair. The animation and art style is designed to mimic the look of the original game. Don Bluth created two new animation sequences for the introduction and ending of this game. Brave the castle and find your squeaky-voiced squeeze.  4:3  16:10  16:9  3x1 |
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| Author: | The_cranky_hermit [ 29 Mar 2008, 01:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Dragon's Lair 3D: Detailed Report |
This game has the ugliest and most horrifying rendition of Princess Daphne yet, beating out the part of Dragon's Lair II where she looks like this: 
Anyway, grade is D+ due to the game's insistence that you set the aspect ratio every single time you play it. Coverage is 100%. |
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| Author: | Tanuki [ 29 Mar 2008, 03:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Dragon's Lair 3D: Detailed Report |
This game has the ugliest and most horrifying rendition of Princess Daphne yet 
:? Hey Cranky do you have the HD versions? They look widescreen. Just curious. |
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| Author: | The_cranky_hermit [ 29 Mar 2008, 04:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Dragon's Lair 3D: Detailed Report |
I was actually referring to the 3D renders of Daphne. And I don't have the Blu-Rays. Aside from being hideously overpriced (Dragon's Lair has less than 30 minutes of animation including all the mirrored scenes and deaths - not worth $20 to upgrade my DVDs to high-def) and that I've read the Blu-Rays are buggy, they also cut off the top and bottom of the original frames in order to make it widescreen. To me, that's just as bad as tearing off the left and right of a widescreen movie in order to make it accessible to those rednecks who can't stand 'dem black bars. |
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| Author: | Tanuki [ 29 Mar 2008, 04:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Dragon's Lair 3D: Detailed Report |
And I don't have the Blu-Rays. Aside from being hideously overpriced (Dragon's Lair has less than 30 minutes of animation including all the mirrored scenes and deaths - not worth $20 to upgrade my DVDs to high-def) and that I've read the Blu-Rays are buggy, they also cut off the top and bottom of the original frames in order to make it widescreen. To me, that's just as bad as tearing off the left and right of a widescreen movie in order to make it accessible to those rednecks who can't stand 'dem black bars. I was thinking about the 2006 DVD versions. http://www.digitalleisure.com/contents/screenshots/screenshots_dlHD.htm It states multiple resolutions. Maybe they have a pillarboxed widescreen mode? I was actually referring to the 3D renders of Daphne. I kind of figured. Have not reached that point. |
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| Author: | The_cranky_hermit [ 29 Mar 2008, 15:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Dragon's Lair 3D: Detailed Report |
Yeah, that has three different modes available. Two of which are hilariously misnamed. Aside from widescreen, there's "anamorphic" which actually means "the original 4:3 frame." And then there's "full screen" which actually means "1280x1024 - we trimmed off a bit from the left and right." But would the video quality be all it could be, with three versions crammed onto a single DVD-ROM? IMO, the "anamorphic" trailer looks like DVD quality animation. Better than the old DVD, but not what I'd call 'HD' worthy. Maybe if they released a BD-ROM threepack for $30 or less that had the misnamed "anamorphic" mode and had no bugs, I'd consider the upgrade. |
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| Author: | Tanuki [ 29 Mar 2008, 21:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Dragon's Lair 3D: Detailed Report |
Aside from widescreen, there's "anamorphic" which actually means "the original 4:3 frame." What was that in the arcade? Was it a standard screen? I thought it was square? |
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| Author: | The_cranky_hermit [ 29 Mar 2008, 23:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Dragon's Lair 3D: Detailed Report |
It was 4:3 in the original arcade. Most arcade games of the time (and since then) were. |
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| Author: | Tanuki [ 30 Mar 2008, 01:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Dragon's Lair 3D: Detailed Report |
It was 4:3 in the original arcade. Most arcade games of the time (and since then) were. Hmmm. The bink videos I have with DL 3D open in Rad tools as 512x512. I wonder if that is an error or if they decided to go with square FMVs? 
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| Author: | The_cranky_hermit [ 30 Mar 2008, 01:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Dragon's Lair 3D: Detailed Report |
DL 3D was never an arcade game, and I'm pretty sure those FMVs were never part of the original arcade games. |
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