The NES version for Dragon's Lair brings Dirk the Daring in a side-scrolling game, different from the interactive movie gameplay common to the other games under the same license.Once again, Dirk is up to rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe. To do so, Dirk will use weapons such knifes, axes, fire balls, etc, thrown against dragons, bats, snakes, the Lizard King (who will steal gold from him), among other foes. He will also do a lot of jumping and ducking to avoid threats along his way, such as falling bridges, presses, spikes and holes on the floor. To complete a stage, all he has to do is to get to the end of it alive.At the end of some stages, Dirk will take an elevator that will lead him to other stages. The elevator makes short stops at some platforms, and you have to decide if Dirk will jump onto that platform or another. If he takes the wrong platform, he may go back to a previous stage and go through it all over again. From the elevator Dirk can also get to a bonus level, the Lizard King's throne room, where he can try to recover the gold the King has stolen from him.Although Dirk has a life bar, he will instantly die if takes damage from the most of the threats. He also has a "candle bar", which is used (by pressing the start button) to light up dark places and to discover hidden items at specific locations.The game can be played by 2 players taking turns. The PAL version has faster gameplay, additional enemies (including level bosses), death animations and splash screens in between the levels.

Overall 5.8    Graphics 7.7    Sound 2.3    Addictive 1.3    Story 2.7    Depth 1.7    Difficulty 9.7

NOPE   cplegogame25
The game is really hard to play, Dirk moves so slow and all of his actions are delayed by half a sec...
  Graphics 7   Sound 2   Addictive 1   Story 3   Depth 1   Difficulty 10
      Review Rating: 1/5     Submitted: 11-23-13     Review Replies: 0

One of the most annoying games on NES   Drail012
For the NES, this game is very far from its origin in the arcade. While the designers stuck with wha...
  Graphics 7   Sound 2   Addictive 2   Story 2   Depth 2   Difficulty 9
      Review Rating: 1/5     Submitted: 11-15-13     Review Replies: 2

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ignite444 06-17-14 - 03:53 AM
 This game has a 5.6 because... Why?
dragonslayer444 11-23-13 - 03:33 PM
 is this version the ntsc or the pal one pal version is a lot smoother and a lot more responsive
guillaume64 09-16-12 - 07:28 PM
 what about try on ds
rockster572 06-15-12 - 08:26 PM
 The Nerd sent me here.
geiguey 05-07-12 - 06:28 AM
 this game is hard
Diego Ashton 04-28-12 - 11:12 AM
 I mean there is a japanese verison
Diego Ashton 04-28-12 - 11:11 AM
 Well this game stinks. You walk slow and could get killed a lot. Well, this a Japanese verison that goes faster.
PoundDotBlam 12-05-11 - 10:25 PM
 Tough game. You have to have played and died a million times before you know what you need to do... just like the real DL... this game isn't that awful... its just hard.
Eternal_Kuja 10-08-11 - 12:22 AM
 AVGN was right, this really is a ridiculously hard game. I can get past the first screen, but that's it. XD
SlackJawedYokel 05-20-11 - 06:33 PM
 dear god what did mankind do to deserve this abomination upon this earth.. im just thankful its not LJN
Panache 11-27-10 - 05:57 AM
 I got past the first screen!!! Then died all fast on the next one...
QwertJones 04-01-10 - 03:14 PM
 THIS IS THE MOST HARD GAME EVAR IT IS EVEN HARDER THAN THE ADVENTURES OF SUPER SAM
QwertJones 04-01-10 - 03:14 PM
 this is the worst game ever but it is so entertaining to play and lose
avgn97 02-28-10 - 10:53 AM
 it's a fact that this game is the worst nes game ever! D:
The Angry Video.. 09-25-09 - 03:51 PM
 WHATS THE POINT OF HAVING A LIFE BAR IF EVERYTHING KILLS YOU IN 1 HIT!
plzwork12 07-02-09 - 05:05 PM
 wow avgn was right this is one of the worst games i've every played
Davideo7 02-04-09 - 10:19 AM
 This game is like on every system prior 2000