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is it worty the money to buy dragon's lair dvd 20th Anniversary edititon?
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jimjim:
Okay, just sent it to your comcast email, it is about 10 megs so I hope your mailbox can handle it. (and I hope you have a fast connection
AllisterFiend:

--- Quote from: jimjim on October 20, 2005, 01:52:21 am ---Okay, just sent it to your comcast email, it is about 10 megs so I hope your mailbox can handle it. (and I hope you have a fast connection  )

Thanks, I got it.  I will try installing it this weekend.  I've been playing it on my cab via media player.  I use the 4 way to move dirk and just press the return key to use the sword.

Even with the "easy" mode and infinity lives, this game is fricken hard.  The timing is so precise, it is kind of annoying.  You can pick the correct way to go, and still die because you were a split second too late or for some reason your move did not register. (The registering part is the most annoying)

I know it takes getting used to, and I am getting a little better, but it almost seems using the directional keys on the keyboard is a little easier.  I realize that this is sacrilege, but it seems to register better. (No, I'm not using the 8 way joystick.)

So, here is the obvious question, does ripping it to the hard drive help the playability, or is my memory faulty and I just had an easier time in the arcades because I had better reflexes in my youth?  :)  DVD drives are slower than hard drives, so I was just thinking.

Thanks again for sending me the dvd2daph file.

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I do not think it is your memory and ripping it to your hard drive will help due to the speed difference.

I have been using Daphne for a while now and everything plays just like I remember, except for Space Ace which is much harder than I remember but I am pretty sure it is just me  ;).

Start converting! you will enjoy the game much better.

Allister Fiend
Skadar:

--- Quote from: jimjim on October 20, 2005, 01:52:21 am ---Even with the "easy" mode and infinity lives, this game is fricken hard.  The timing is so precise, it is kind of annoying.  You can pick the correct way to go, and still die because you were a split second too late or for some reason your move did not register. (The registering part is the most annoying)

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Be sure to watch the Starcade episode on the DL DVD.  You will see players playing the actual arcade machine.  Notice that the timing is not as precise as you imagine.  You are allowed to pre-emptively make your moves repeatedly until they register.  This makes the game much easier than when you try to time a single joystick movement to the right moment.

Listen to the audio clues... you'll hear the players making many pre-emptive moves and it sounds like this:  BAAAAP  BAAAAP  BAAAAP blip!

I hope that I described this well enough!
MrTroy:
Which DVD2Daph do you have. Release Canadate 3 supported Dragons Lair 2. I have Dragon's Lair and Space Ace working currently. And I REALLY bought the 20th Anniversary to play Dragon's Lair 2.
AllisterFiend:

--- Quote from: MrTroy on October 23, 2005, 10:17:03 am ---Which DVD2Daph do you have. Release Canadate 3 supported Dragons Lair 2. I have Dragon's Lair and Space Ace working currently. And I REALLY bought the 20th Anniversary to play Dragon's Lair 2.

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I have the DVD2Daph 3.0 Release Candidate 1 version and it will not work on my 20th anniversary copy of Dragon's Lair II.

Are you saying that Release Candidate 3 will?

It's my understanding that there is supposed to be a new version of DVD2Daph released soon now that the new Daphne has official support for Dragon's Lair II.

Anybody else know the status of DVD2Daph?



--- Quote from: jimjim on October 20, 2005, 01:52:21 am ---Thanks, I got it.  I will try installing it this weekend.  I've been playing it on my cab via media player.  I use the 4 way to move dirk and just press the return key to use the sword.

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Jim Jim,
 
  Did you ever get Daphne to work?


Later,
Allister Fiend
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