After 30 days and $240,579 the Dragon's Lair Movie Kickstarter has been canceled.
This is a Retro Cabinet that brings back memories of lots of quarters wasted in frustration. New Wave is thrilled to announce that Cinematronics’ 1983 arcade hit Space Ace is joining the company’s line of fully playable 1/6-scale RepliCade mini arcade cabinet replicas.
Indie video game movies might be a tough sell, but with the most recent releases of Detective Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog, perhaps they can work.
Firewatch could be cool, they could get the voice actor to play the role easily enough, Rich Sommer is it? Doesn't sound like it's happening though. Shame the devs next game disappeared when they got bought and dissolved, it looked good.
Recreate classic video arcade ambiance in your own home for a fraction of the cost of full sized, vintage arcade cabinets, each fully playable and officially licensed by the original manufactures.
I loved Dragon's Lair when I was a kid (along with it's counterpart Space Ace). It was an awesome experience to walk into an arcade and beat the game with one quarter while a crowd of onlookers gathered around.
Despite my nostalgic reminiscing, I'm not really surprised that the Kickstarter campaign failed to meet it's goal. Dragon's Lair is over 30 years old...practically a relic when it comes to video games. I'm not sure that there is an audience for a 2D animated film based on a game from the 80s. I appreciate the talented individuals who created these classics. But perhaps it's time for Bluth and company to let it go.