Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp

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Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp is a laserdisc video game that was released in arcades in 1991. It is regarded as the first "true" sequel to Dragon's Lair. As with the original, Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp consists of a superbly animated short film that requires the player to move the joystick or press fire at certain times in order to continue. The game follows a traditional damsel in distress storyline where Dirk must find and rescue Daphne with the help of a well spoken time machine. Strangely it seems that the time machine is (or has been possessed by) the brother of Mordroc, the foul wizard that has kidnapped Daphne. As the title suggests, Dirk travels through several dimensions and historical eras searching for Daphne, some are inspired by classic stories and fairytales such as Alice In Wonderland and Sleeping Beauty.

Development on the game began in 1983 after the success of the original Dragon's Lair, and finally reached arcades eight years later, due to Nintendo's credit on the title screen. Gameplay-wise, it differs from the original in two important ways. First, it's linear, as opposed to the randomized sequences of rooms from the first game. Second, golden treasures are scattered throughout the game; getting each treasure is optional and requires an extra move, but the player is awarded extra points. The developers originally planned to include a longer battle sequence at the end if the player managed to collect all the treasures, and a shorter one if they missed any, but this idea was scrapped in the final version and the longer sequence is used regardless.

[edit] External links

• Digital Press interview with Dragon's Lair II animator Don Bluth
• Dragon's Lair II: TimeWarp at MobyGames
• Detailed Info on Dragon's Lair II: TimeWarp

Don Bluth
Video Games
Dragon's Lair (1983) • Space Ace (1984) • Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (1991)
Animated films
The Small One (1978) • Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1982) • The Secret of NIMH (1982) • An American Tail (1986) • The Land Before Time (1988) • All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) • Rock-A-Doodle (1991) • Thumbelina (1994) • A Troll in Central Park (1994) • The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) • Anastasia (1997) • Bartok the Magnificent (1999) • Titan A.E. (2000)