Dragon's Lair opens its doors November 23 on PSN for $10

@Brettski

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@Brettski
Pretty sure I played this on a friend's 3DO when he lent me the system.
Frustratingly Annoying!!

@Drakkenfyre

Tetris?

@Drakkenfyre

Doom

Lode Runner

@Cleric

Let me repeat, this game has been released for a ton of systems, and almost every US console system, and even DVD players, which aren't even a game system.

Off the top of my head.

NES
SNES
Sega CD
Sega 32X
Sega Saturn
Playstation
Playstation 2
Playstation 3
XBox
Pc
3DO
Game Boy Color
Game Gear
Jaguar
Jaguar CD
Turbo-CD (I think)
NEC
Philips CD-i
Every DVD player
Every BluRay player

Not even Doom had that many ports and rereleases (not sequels).

Oh, and I am not even counting all the various computer platforms, like Amiga, Mac, Atari, ect.

@Drakkenfyre

I would have to disagree as I've seen Doom ported to everything with a screen. usually a proof of concept but still.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versions_and_ports_of_Doom

@Drakkenfyre

Supposedly its been released 63+ times

@Punkrawk Bbob
There's no Doom on the PS3 or Xbox360 or Wii. Plus, when someone makes Doom for a platform, that's generally the end of it. There were probably at least 6 releases of Dragon's Lair just for the PC.

I remember I had a CGA version, a VGA version....and this was before the CD-ROM version came out >_>

And the DVD version

and the anniversary version...

This is _just_ the PC. The original Doom game was released I think only twice for the PC. Doom and Ultimate Doom.

Tetris is harder to quantify, because there are so many clones of it that are effectively identical in every significant way. Colored blocks are a little harder to legally protect than Dirk the Daring.

@sigma8

There is a Doom on the Xbox 360. Hell there's even a Doom 2.

@Punkrawk Bbob

I am talking commercial releases.

I had a version of Doom for my TI-82 calculator in high school, but I wouldn't consider it a port.

@sigma8

Not to mention Dragon's Lair 3D, which recreated the original game in 3D polygons, which also came out for the pc, XBox, and Playstation 2.

@Shadsy

Tetris: 71 or so, by my count.
Dragon's Lair: 63
Doom: 22 or so (Not sure why someone would think DOOM would be most re-released)

There you have it folks.Tetris is, out of the games listed in this comment section - the most re-released game. Followed by Dragon's Lair.

Now stop arguing.

@Faenix

How many of those are sequels. and remixes? How many are clones?

How many are rereleases and ports of the original game? Not Tetris 2, not The Next Tetris, not Super Tetris, and not "Textris" knockoff clones to get around the copyright.

With Dragon's Lair, it's the original game, within limits of the system. The CD-based version will be FMV, while the NES version is a side-scroller that follows the same stages. (Even the Game Boy Color version is an FMV.) And the old computer versions are semi-3D versions also based on the stages.

@Drakkenfyre

Seems the list for tetris had some "tetris varients" in it, after I take a re-look.

Dragon's Lair has got to be the worlds biggest cash cow.

@Faenix

After looking about for a BETTER list, games with ONLY Tetris in the name is at 46 - that number sky rockets if you count all the knock offs and sequels though - while dragon's lair is STILL at 63 (64 if you count PSN and PSP as there own versions) So, Dragon's Lair.. you are the most milked game. Here is your medal *hands DL its medal*

@Faenix
lol excellent sleuthing.

And poor Space Ace probably only has like 10 releases. Red heads get short shrift, I tell you!

@Faenix How about Pac-Man?

@Drakkenfyre
This just in, the game's not on STEAM!

@Drakkenfyre
Don't forget home computers of the 80s.
I had it on my Commodore64...aahhh those days...

@Drakkenfyre

So... I'm confused here. We won't count Tetris variants, but anything with "Dragon's Lair" in the title qualifies? Obviously commodore 64, SNES, NES, PS2, Arcade, and DVD aren't playing the same versions of the game. They're all different interpretations of the same game. IE - variants. So count up the number of "ports" (not remakes) of the arcade version to other systems. I can guarantee that's gonna drop your number to sub-20.

Not sure why we don't count fan-ports to systems either. It's a very functional accessible port of the game to a new system. That's kind of a weak argument.

I don't give a shit what has had more releases, but your methods of gathering a census are skewed and inaccurate.

@Punkrawk Bbob Just like the real census! Rimshot!!

The Tetris variants are true variants. Tetris DX, or Tetris Online, or Tetris Disco Jazz Edition (made up example)

Dragon's Lair is ported as faithfully as can be for each system.

The arcade version used a Laserdisc. Every CD or DVD-based version is the same, except for quality. The Sega CD version will be visually inferior to the 3DO version, and the 3DO version will be visually inferior to the arcade version. The Game Boy Color version is actually FMV, with every scene intact, but it's color palette is more limited. Some versions have missing scenes due to space constraints. There is a case here and there where a scene was adding back in into a later edition that was cut from an earlier edition due to space contraints. Or in one case, a scene added in (for the anniversary edition) that was cut from the original game, and based on storyboards from the original game.

The pc CD version is the same as the arcade, as is the three rereleases of the same game.

The HD-DVD, BluRay versions are also identical.

Let's use your criteria, no remakes like the NES port.

PC (DOS, floppy)
PC (DOS)
PC (Windows 95)
PC (Windows 98)
PC (Anniversary edition)
Mac
Mac (Anniversary edition. I believe this was also released for Mac.)
Amiga
Sega CD
3DO
Jaguar CD
Playstation
Playstation 2
Playstation 3
XBox
DVD
DVD (Anniversary edition)
HD-DVD
BluRay
iPhone
iPad

And that's not even counting the rereleases of the rereleases, like the Windows 95 and Windows 98, DVD versions being rereleased multiple times. And if you want to get damn technical, they rereleased the arcade version in a combo cabinet with Dragon's Lair II, and I believe one with Space Ace,

And again, we are talking COMMERCIAL RELEASES here. Things that actually made money. Home ports of games don't count. The port of Doom I had for my TI-82 calculator in high school didn't even have a title screen that said "Doom", it was near stick-figure quality, had one enemy, and drew frames 1 frame at a time. You would be an idiot to consider that a "commercial port".

Shit, forgot the Sega Saturn, Philips CD-i, and Turbo-CD versions.

@Drakkenfyre

... are you Don Bluth? You are way too invested in this.

@Punkrawk Bbob

"And again, we are talking COMMERCIAL RELEASES here. Things that actually made money. Home ports of games don't count. The port of Doom I had for my TI-82 calculator in high school didn't even have a title screen that said "Doom", it was near stick-figure quality, had one enemy, and drew frames 1 frame at a time. You would be an idiot to consider that a "commercial port"."

Just for the record, this is the first time you mentioned commercial releases. port =/= commercial release. they're two independent terms that have no correlation what-so-ever. So if you mean "what has been commercially released the most", say that. If you mean ported, then say ported.

Ah, yes. The old "You refuted my claim with facts, therefore you are too invested in this/must be someone connected/ect."

I don't like people going "Hey, you're wrong. Blah blah blah, use better facts". Then I use better facts, and you say I am too invested.

I was making a comment on one of the most rereleased games in history, and when you pop in saying my facts were gathered wrongly, I counted to your criteria, and proved your prediction wrong.

Considering all of the ports that are ports of the original game and not remakes, including the rereleases of the rereleases, of which some I do not remember the exact number, but are at least one each, that puts the ports at 27 that I know of. You said "sub 20+".

My original line in this post, which I started, said "You have to wonder, with as many ports and rereleases this game has, is it the most rereleased game, ever?" I was speaking of actual releases. Where companies and money were involved. If you were to consider home done ports, I could port Pong 500 times to different versions of DOS, Windows, Linux, and release them all at once, and claim it's the most ported game of all time.

@Drakkenfyre
I'm pretty sure the xbox and ps2 versions were just the dvd versions. I still have a copy of Space Ace bought in the xbox section that says "xbox compatible" printed on the cover, but it's just a dvd that plays in any dvd player. Since xbox and ps2 both could play dvds, they could use the same dvd disc. So, I assume Dragon's Lair was made the same way.

There was an actual PS2 version, with high score saving and everything. The DVD release put "PS2 compatible" to entice people to buy it. Alot of DVD's at the time said that. Regular movies, "PS2 compatible!" As if you couldn't infer that yourself.

In my original count, I also missed the PSP version.

@MasterGouken

No. Next will be Hologram Time Traveler with 3D support!

@onlysublime
lol HD-DVD

@onlysublime Atari ST! Yes! I have Dragon's Lair 1 & 2 & Space Ace for the ST. Friggin' great computer.

@PenPenKun *high five*, fellow Atarian! did you get Braindead too (also from the same creators)?

@Art84
That's a bad standard to judge a game on.

@The Aquacharger

I'd say that's a fair standard to judge a game on. If it's frustratingly hard you won't have any fun with it. How much fun can you really have seeing the "loading... please wait" screen every minute or so?