Here's one for veteran arcade dwellers who were easily impressed by cartoon-style graphics in the early eighties: Digital Leisure has released a high-definition version of Laser Disc classic, Dragon's Lair. "Using today's most sophisticated film transfer equipment the original Dragon's Lair film master was pulled from the vaults at Technicolor and carefully cleaned, reprinted and captured for this HD experience," boasts the press release. Teary-eyed nostalgia lovers will also enjoy the new five channel surround sound audio mix. You can download a trailer here.
Naturally, Digital Leisure, which buys and re-purposes "video-intensive games" like a sort of videogame antique restorer/second-hand car dealer, plans to follow-up Dragon's Lair HD with the release of Space Ace HD and Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp HD, "over the coming months".
Frankly, I find it comforting to think that, with each gigantic leap forward in content delivery technology, there will always be a new version of Dragon's Lair to showcase its benefits. When we're all buying machines that beam video directly into our eyes, nay into our very souls, Digital Leisure will be there, hawking a compatible version of this crusty, barely interactive caper.
