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"DRAGON'S LAIR" COMING TO BLU-RAY DISC IN TRUE 1080P HD.


High Definition gaming has arrived! Dragon's Lair Dragon's Lair was one of the first laserdisc video games, released in June 1983 by Cinematronics. It featured animation created by former Disney animator Don Bluth.  continues to revolutionize the video-game industry by becoming the first game title ever to be released for the Blu-ray* Disc High Definition format using BD-J.

An instant hit in its 1983 arcade debut, Dragon's Lair has now been digitally restored and enhanced with an all-new 5.1 surround sound An audio recording and playback system that uses five or more channels plus a subwoofer channel. See 5.1 channel and 3D audio.  mix. The video has been transferred directly from the original film and cleaned frame by frame by Digital Leisure and authoring studio Infinite HD, creating a truly vibrant image. In addition, Dragon's Lair is the first release to be authored in the Blu-ray Java environment, or BD-J, an advanced format that allows users to enjoy a fully arcade-authentic experience.

"I've seen the newly restored footage and it just looks amazing" said Don Bluth Donald Virgil Bluth (born September 13 1937) is an American animator and independent studio owner.

Bluth was born in El Paso, Texas and became one of the chief animators at Disney.
, original creator of Dragon's Lair. "It looks even better than I can remember. The visuals, the 5.1 surround sound audio, all I can say is 'Wow!' Now a whole new generation can enjoy Dragon's Lair all over again."

All the special features on the disc are in full 1080p HD, including brand-new interviews with creators Don Bluth, Gary Goldman For the screenwriter, see .

Gary Goldman (born November 17 1944 in Oakland, California) is an American animator. Pre-Disney
Raised in Watsonville, California, as a youth, Goldman studied piano and enjoyed model-making and drawing.
 and Rick Dyer, and even a full-length visual commentary of the game.

Digital Leisure plans to follow up Dragon's Lair Blu-ray with the release of Space Ace and Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp time warp
n.
A hypothetical discontinuity or distortion occurring in the flow of time that would move events from one time period to another or suspend the passage of time.
 in the Blu-ray format.

Digital Leisure is a leading publisher of interactive video-based titles. The company remasters video-intensive titles that benefit from the superior video and audio quality of DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 and the newest High Definition formats.

For more information, call 905/888-9550, ext. 83 or visit Web site: http://www.digitalleisure.com.

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Date:May 1, 2007
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