History Trivia / DragonsLair

* AcclaimedFlop: Due to being released during the start of the Console Wars leading to a dis-interest in arcades at that time leading this game to flop leading to Dragon's Lair Fans and Don Bluth Fans being unaware that there was a sequel to the first game until years later. It's unknown if this is true but seeing the evidence and timing being legit it seems possibly true.

* AcclaimedFlop: Due to being released during the Console Wars leading to a dis-interest in arcades at that time. It's unknown if this is true but seeing the evidence and timing being legit it seems possibly true.

* PortOverdosed: Almost every console and computer in the 1980s got some version of ''Dragon's Lair'', and the Laserdisc version has been ported many times, too, to Windows, early CD consoles, DVD players, and even the GameBoyColor (!). It is one of the most ubiquitous video games in history.

* DoingItForTheArt: It ''is'' a Don Bluth production, after all. He's made it abundantly clear that he wants to, one again, remind people of the potential of classical hand-drawn animation, not to mention crowd-funded the project so as to avoid the ExecutiveMeddling that ruined his career in the 90s.

** Originaly the final stage during a with the fight with Mordoc [[https://vimeo.com/150957289 was much shorter]]. The fight did not have Daphne turn into a giant monster, but insted have dirk just put the ring in Mordoc instead.

** Originaly the final stage during a with the fight with Mordoc [https://vimeo.com/150957289 was much shorter]. The fight did not have Daphne turn into a giant monster, but insted have dirk just put the ring in Mordoc instead.

** Originaly the final stage during a with the fight with Mordoc was much shorter. The fight did not have Daphne turn into a giant monster, but insted have dirk just put the ring in Mordoc instead.

* MoneyDearBoy: Don Bluth only agreed to make the game because he needed extra money to pay off the animators for ''Film/TheSecretOfNimh''.

* NoExportForYou: In Latin America, partly due to the cost of both the machine and the pricing for game, as the game required 50 cents (two quarters) to play in the U.S., while the sequel (the only game who was brought in that region) required at least in some Latin American arcade centers a whooping amount of ''four tokens''[[note]]Depending of the exchange rate, it could be as about ''two dollars'' for game.[[/note]] to play, and the fact the game was in English without any kind of subtitles, either in English or Spanish

* WordOfGod: The designers went through PlayBoy magazines for the inspiration of Daphne.

* CrossDressingVoices: Daphne's Mother is voiced by Hal Smith, the same voice actor as the villain of the picture!

* TalkingToHimself: Mordroc, Daphne's mother, The Time Machine, the Cheshire Cat and the Card Soliders are voiced by Hal Smith.

* DevelopmentHell: Production on ''Dragon's Lair II'' started in 1983, but TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 caused Cinematronics to freeze royalties to Creator/DonBluth's animation studio, driving them into bankruptcy and shelving the project for years before its eventual completion and release in 1991.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Michael Rye provided the voice of the narrator in the attract mode. Rye was a prolific actor who did voice work for ''scores'' of Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons in the 70s and 80s, as well as providing the voice of Duke Igthorn and King Gregor in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears''.

* NoBudget: Initially, this game was produced on a shoestring budget of $1 million. Only one professional actor was invited (and only the attract mode gives him showtime as a narrator), while the others have been voiced by the animators themselves; Dirk, for instance, was voiced by Dan Molina, the film editor, who in turn would later do the sounds for [[Disney/ChickenLittle Fish Out of Water]], and Daphne's voice originally belonged to Vera Lanpher, who was the head of the clean-up department. All the staff's soul they have put into the development, however, paid off magnificently.

!!''Dragon's Lair 2''

* DevelopmentHell: Production on ''Dragon's Lair II'' started in 1983, but TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 caused Cinematronics to freeze royalties to DonBluth's animation studio, driving them into bankruptcy and shelving the project for years before its eventual completion and release in 1991.

* NoBudget: Initially, this game was produced on a shoestring budget of $1 million. Only one professional actor was invited (and only the attract mode gives him showtime as a narrator), while the others have been voiced by the animators themselves; Dirk, for instance, was voiced by Dan Molina, the film editor, who in turn would later do the sounds for [[Disney/ChickenLittle Fish Out of Water]], and Daphne's voice originally belonged to Vera Lanpher, who was the head of clean-up department. All the staff's soul they have put into the development, however, paid off magnificently.
* PortOverdosed: Almost every console and computer in the 80s got some version of ''Dragon's Lair'', and the Laserdisc version has been ported many times too, to Windows, early CD consoles, DVD players, and even the Game Boy Color (!) It is one of the most ubiquitous video games in history.

* DevelopmentHell: Production on ''Dragon's Lair II'' started in 1983, but TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 caused Cinematronics to freeze royalties to Don Bluth's animation studio, driving them into bankruptcy and shelving the project for years before its eventual completion and release in 1991.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Prototype version of ''Dragon's Lair II'', despite not having deleted scenes like its predecessor, actually had an entirely different soundtrack.

* NoBudget: Initially, this game was produced on a shoestring budget of $1 million. Only one professional actor was invited (and only the attract mode gives him showtime as a narrator), while the others have been voiced by the animators themselves; Dirk, for instance, was voiced by Dan Molina, the film editor, who in turn will later do the sounds for [[Disney/ChickenLittle Fish Out of Water]], and Daphne's voice originally belonged to Vera Lanpher, who was the head of clean-up department. All the staff's soul they have put into the development, however, paid off magnificently.

* NoBudget: Initially, this game was produced on a shoestring budget of $1 million. Only one professional actor was invited (and only the attract mode gives him showtime as a narrator), while the others have been voiced by the animators themselves; Dirk, for instance, was voiced by Dan Molina, the film editor, who in turn will later do the sounds for [[ChickenLittle Fish Out of Water]], and Daphne's voice originally belonged to Vera Lanpher, who was the head of clean-up department. All the staff's soul they have put into the development, however, paid off magnificently.