Digital Leisure Releases Space Ace for DVD-Video; Follow-Up to Dragon's Lair Now Available for DVD Movie Players.GORMLEY, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 1999-- When Digital Leisure shipped 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. for DVD-Video late last year, it set a new standard for interactive gaming on set-top 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. movie players. Now with it's release of Space Ace, the much awaited follow-up to Dragon's Lair, DVD owners will be able to use the remote control for their DVD players to control the action as Ace battles the evil Commander Borf. As one of the first animated video games See video game console. in history, Space Ace features non-stop video action. The evil Commander Borf has kidnapped Ace's girlfriend, the beautiful Kimberly, and is plotting to enslave en·slave tr.v. en·slaved, en·slav·ing, en·slaves To make into or as if into a slave. en·slave  ment n. the Earth using his dreaded "Infanto Ray", a weapon that changes everyone it blasts into a helpless baby. Using the remote control from the DVD movie player, game enthusiasts can choose to guide Ace, or his weak alter-ego Dexter, through Borf's strongholds to find and destroy the Infanto Ray, rescue Kimberly and save the Earth. Space Ace, the classic laser-disc based arcade game An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, typically installed in businesses such as restaurants, pubs, video arcades, and Family Entertainment Centers. Most arcade games are redemption games, merchandisers, video games or pinball machines. , features spectacular quality animation created by 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. , a former Disney animator famous for his work on An American Tail, The Land Before Time and he also co-directed the more recent blockbuster Anastasia. In addition to the fully playable game, the Space Ace DVD-Video release contains exclusive interviews with Bluth and Rick Dyer, co-creators and designers of the game. A special "Watch" option allows players to view the entire game without requiring moves on the DVD remote. "Many DVD-Video owners don't realize the hidden capabilities that are built into their machines," Elizabeth Foster, president of Digital Leisure said. "Space Ace, possibly the most complex DVD-Video title authored to date, makes use of real-time decision making and user input to determine the flow of the game. Space Ace is even more interactive that Dragon's Lair, allowing the player the choose to play either Ace or Dexter on the fly." Following the release of Space Ace DVD-Video, Digital Leisure plans to release Space Ace DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. in September and Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp for DVD-Video and DVD-ROM in October. Dragon's Lair is currently available for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). formats. Digital Leisure is a leading publisher of interactive DVD-ROM and DVD-Video titles. The company acquires and remasters existing video-intensive titles that would benefit from the superior video and audio quality of DVD. The company can be contacted at http://www.digitalleisure.com |
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