23.Sep.2025
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Video documentary: Dragon's Lair on the Amiga
The new video "Dragon's Lair on the Amiga - How a laserdisc game fit onto 6 floppy disks" at Modern Vintage Gamer takes an in-depth look at the technology behind the Amiga version of Dragon's Lair: How could a game that originally ran on a laserdisc with animated film sequences be compressed so that it fit onto just six 3.5" floppy disks?
The video highlights both the original method of working with real laser discs in an arcade setup and the difficult adaptation process for home computer hardware at that time. It explains in detail how graphics and videos were heavily compressed, what tricks were necessary for data management, and what restrictions developers had to make to get Don Bluth's masterpiece to run on the Amiga without completely losing the illusion of the original. (nba)
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