DRAGON'S LAIR ENHANCEMENT ROM SET VERSION 2.1 - 1 January 2005
Created by Dave Hallock
with Jeff Kulczycki

INTRODUCTION

Roland R8 Samples Top Guide

If you find an R-8 for under $200 and can snag the or Dance (R8-02) card, you’ll own a piece of drum machine history that still sounds modern. The velocity-sensitive, layered samples rival some Kontakt libraries.

A high-quality free option that focuses on the electronic sounds (TR-808, TR-909, and CR-78) that defined 90s IDM. roland r8 samples top

The R8 uses ROM cards. To get the , you need to source these specific cards, or their digital conversions: If you find an R-8 for under $200

: These brought the TR-808 and TR-909 sounds into the R-8's 16-bit, 44.1kHz engine. The R8 uses ROM cards

If you own Kontakt 6 or 7, check out "Legacy Drums: R8." This library specifically highlights the noise floor of the R8. The hiss and hum are part of the texture.

The R-8’s architecture allowed for data cards containing new waveforms. The "Top" samples almost exclusively refer to two specific cards: and House .

ENHANCEMENTS

All animation recorded on the laserdisc is now used.*
Disc searches have much smoother video transitions.*
Scenes are grouped into the story's originally planned sections.
Several new interactive choices and branching during gameplay are possible.*
There are several new DIP switch options and enhancements to previous options.
There is a new and structured scoring scheme, with detailed score chart.
Timing is optimized to the DIP switch selection for the laserdisc player.
Original typos and bugs from 1983 have been discovered and corrected.*
Prototype game mode.
Much more!

*also in the previous DLE 1.x series

DIP SWITCH SETTINGS

View the DLE 2.1 DIP switch settings chart.

VERSION

DLE 2.1 replaced DLE 2.0 by compressing the software to fit onto 3 EPROMs instead of 4, and by allowing the diagnostics ROM check to pass if other game EPROMs remain in the unused sockets, and by correcting a bug with one of the death scenes.

The 2.x series of DLE resequences the game to keep similarly-themed scenes in sections. Reversible scenes only need to be completed once during one game. The DLE 2.x scene sequencing chart provides a thorough explanation.

The 2.x prototype mode plays over eight minutes of cutting room floor animation that was added to the limited edition laserdisc, with the original experimental design concepts of multiple branching and the "ACTION" button that were present in the prototype Dragon's Lair arcade game.
(The original Dragon's Lair laserdisc works with the standard game mode. The limited edition disc is not required.)

DLE 2.0 succeeded the 1.x series.

EPROMS

DLE 2.1 is a 3 EPROM set that works with any working Cinematronics Dragon's Lair game using any laserdisc player or video source.
Dragon's Lair uses type 2764 or 27C64 EPROMs or compatible, rated 250ns or faster (2764-25).
EPROMs rated slower, such as 300ns and higher (2764-30), have been reported incompatible.*
National Semiconductor brand EPROMs have been reported incompatible.*
*(These are original hardware incompatibilities, not specific to this ROM.)

DOWNLOAD

VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!
The download contains readme21.txt. This complete text file, or a printout of it, MUST accompany all distribution of DLE.
These ROMs are EXTREMELY DIFFERENT and this information is essential, with new DIP switch settings and a guide for the prototype mode, among other things.
Keep it together with the ROM files. Keep a printout with your game cabinet, including through any change of ownership. Please don't leave new owners clueless. Thank you!

DOWNLOAD DLE_21.zip NOW!

For EPROM set availability and shipment, contact Dave Hallock.

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