Dirk manages to find the princess and goes into battle with Singe, largely mirroring the original arcade's version of the fight. Daphne explains to Dirk how the wizard has become extremely powerful and would be undefeatable without the help of the Dragon Essences: magical objects that grant their users abilities and are each guarded by the strongest beings in the castle. Daphne is taken through a portal, but leaves behind an amulet that allows her to talk to Dirk as he works his way through the castle withholding her. Dirk sees this as he is riding his horse, Bertram, and unsuccessfully tries to rescue her. The story starts as the Princess Daphne is captured by the dragon Singe commanded by the wizard Mordroc. Treasure is also brought into the game to act as optional challenges to complete collecting all 100 treasures unlocks extra gameplay options such as unlimited mana, alternate character skins, and faster sword charging for use when the player starts a new game. A crossbow is also introduced and is used as an alternative weapon and resourceful object for puzzles. Health and Mana meters are also introduced and can be given upgrades throughout the game. New mechanics are introduced by the Dragon Essences that grant new powers. Many of the rooms seen in the original are seen again, though some are modified. A mostly linear exploration of the castle is broken up with boss fights, many of which are characters from the original arcade game, but not all.
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The game is the first in the series to host non-restricted movement for the player.
The game uses cel shading to mimic the style of the hand-drawn art of 1983 game. Animator and director Don Bluth, who produced the cartoon animation for the original Dragon's Lair, produced new animated sequences for the opening and ending of the game. Many of the characters and locations from the 1983 original make appearances in the game, along with new puzzles, rooms and enemies. It is based on 1983 arcade video game Dragon's Lair and follows a similar story: Dirk the Daring must enter the evil wizard Mordroc's castle to rescue Princess Daphne from Singe the Dragon. Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair (titled Dragon's Lair 3D: Special Edition in Europe) is an action-adventure game released in 2002 by Ubisoft.
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