Dragon's Lair DS?

For those that weren't around (see: not alive) 20 years ago to witness the coming and going of the interactive story Dragon's Lair, featuring one of my favorite dashing heroes of all time Dirk the Daring, you now have the chance to play the "RPG by Numbers" game on your handheld DS platform.

For a bit about the game's past and inception check this out for a good description, reading that is almost as fun as playing the actual game.

The new DS version will feature:

· Dual Screen (book-style) full-screen action

· Single Screen (top-down) full-screen action

· D-Pad & Touch screen support (in both Dual Screen & Single Screen modes)

· Voice Recognition

· Rumble Pak Support

· Arcade & Home modes: This feature allows you to switch between the Arcade and Home versions of the game (Arcade default). The differences between the two are that the latter includes the additional sequences that were not in the original Arcade game.

· Game Statistics: Displays your lives and overall score

· Lives: Choose between unlimited, standard 5 lives or sudden death single life mode

· Difficulty: Easy or Hard. The Hard option complicates things by adding additional moves in certain sequences and mixes up the scenes for less linear stage progression. Timing of moves is also affected - achieve higher scores

· Visual Move Guide On/Off: Toggle this option on to bring up a visual clue that shows whether you entered the right move or not. A red circle means you entered the wrong move or your timing is off, a green one lets you know you did it right.

· Watch mode (learning mode - video mode): All game scenes without deaths - all game scenes with deaths scenes, in addition to an option where the player can choose to watch a specific scene

Now while I look back at it the gameplay makes me sad, but at the time I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread, which is probably why I have a metal Dragon's Lair lunchbox. So for the nostalgia value this is worth picking up, but if you're younger than 20 I wouldn't bother, the interaction is limited, and unless choose your own adventure books have magically become popular again you'll probably be sadly disappointed with your decision to spend the money.

\\drew