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From: jvs@iwsl7.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games.video
Subject: Dragon's Lair questions!
Message-ID: <111@iwsl7.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Aug-83 15:18:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: iwsl7.111
Posted: Mon Aug  8 15:18:27 1983
Date-Received: Tue, 9-Aug-83 10:49:30 EDT
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I've been reading the discussions here about the new game Dragon's Lair.
Today at lunch I finally got to see the game at one of the local pizza
places.  At first I was very impressed with game picture.  Next I was a
little turned off by the $.50 price per play but I decided to give it a
shot anyway.  Now I was mad.  I read the instructions, watched the game
commercial (very impresive), gave the controls a good looking over (very
simple looking, to the point of deception), then put my money in.  I thought
I was now ready to play, but I must have missed something somewhere.
The screen proceded to blink on and off and show a few pictures, but it
didn't seem to need me there at all.  I played (I use the term loosely) 
several times but never could figure out what was going on.  The screen
kept blinking and going its merry way but nothing I tried seemed to have
any effect at all.

Can someone tell me what was going on?  I've read that in each frame the
player has to make a choice.  My questions are: what are these decisions
and how do you make them?  What are the controls good for?  In short,
HOW DO YOU PLAY THIS GAME?  I'm not kidding, it did'nt feel like I was playing
at all.  I'm sure I must be missing something.  But in the meantime I
really feel ripped off playing this game.

               HHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!!!!!

                                                John V. Smith