[ARCADE PC] Dragon's Lair 1 & 2 + Space Ace remastered using deep learning, 1080p 16:9 & 4:3 formats

[Blue Goblin]

Now that I have Dragon's Lair Remastered working on my PC, I noticed on my monitor, Dell 1908FP (Analog) The resolutions of the DL, DL2 and Space Ace appear pixelated. The resolution on the monitor itself is at the recommended 1280 x1024. I configured that on DaphneLoader as well with the same pixelated results.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

[andin]

En 15/8/2021 a las 20:05, bernardcozier dijo:

Glad to know that someone else is enjoying it. Eventually I plan on getting the iircade Space Ace dedicated art cabinet and replacing the internals with my version. That's my ultimate plan. Don't care for the 1280x1024 LCD I prefer another 19" 1024x768 LCD true 4:3 ratio. I was also able to source the highest quality oggs by converting from the wmv's on the now impossible to get HD PC DVD version. The only thing is daphne doesn't support 48000Hz so I had to convert to 44100 the good news though is that the highest bit rate on these audio versions have been fully maintained. So this is an audio-only-superb-upgrade to my previous link :

 

https://mega.nz/file/UTAXmSpD#fdG6mJ-1zNc67_hn2oh_8yRV5dpUSmYJA8FiBgmZ97Y

 

Enjoy!

Hi, Thank you very much! I realized Spanish OGG version seems to have a lower volume.. so I though about normalize (or clean/fix) it. Did you also work with the spanish version, as well as Dragon's Lair 1 & 2?. If not, could you please suggest any tool to normalize these files? Thanks again! 😀

Modifié le 18 mai 2022 par andin

[DigitalMenace]

Thanks a lot for the work. I know it's an old post, but I just got these. I may run them through a color correction in Adobe PP. too saturated and skin colors way off. even Dirk's white clothes are discolored. not sure why you did that. Where you trying to make Dirk and Dexter brown because your spanish?

[Issei_Taito]

Having actually been around 12 when these hit the the hottest spot at the time, that being Arcades. I think my reaction to the quality of first seeing these on my gaming monitor (55in TV), would be almost as close as first seeing them in the arcade. Well done sir, and thank you for hard work.

[faluki]

The rest of the laserdisc could be adapted to this quality, it is a job very well done (timegal, ninja hayate, super don quix-ote...)

[pavlovtiger]

I've been trying these off and on all day.  Are Dragon's Lair 1 and Space Ace just not working on Hypseus Singe/Singe 2?  Of the three, was Lair 2 the only one ported so far? Batch files don't play nice with Hypseus, and the Daphne installs these come with do load, but mine only end up displaying 1/4 of the video due to it starting zoomed in.  I can't seem to fix this no matter what settings or resolutions I use, and I'd like to run these games with the fantastic newer video.

[adolfo69]

Hello, I congratulate you for the perfect video rendering of these historic games, in this regard I would like to ask you if there is also Italian audio?

[BLADESCATER]

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Modifié le 1 juin par BLADESCATER

[Hoagie]

Why is everyone talking about Singe?

 

These are Daphne video files.

 

They play perfect in Daphne/Hypseus using the lair, dle21, ace, sae and lair2 ROMS - and are very nice encodes

 

 

Modifié le 24 août 2023 par Hoagie

[pavlovtiger]

As I understand it, Hypesus is just an upgraded/updated version of the Singe emulator.  I may be wrong about that though.  But if Lair and Space Ace run in Hypseus, I can't seem to get my existing batch files to launch them correctly...has anyone got proper batch files they might share?  Roms I have covered.  I think I only need those two, since Lair 2 has a full-on Hypseus port I have working fine.

[Hoagie]

18 hours ago, pavlovtiger said:

As I understand it, Hypesus is just an upgraded/updated version of the Singe emulator.  I may be wrong about that though.  But if Lair and Space Ace run in Hypseus, I can't seem to get my existing batch files to launch them correctly...has anyone got proper batch files they might share?  Roms I have covered.  I think I only need those two, since Lair 2 has a full-on Hypseus port I have working fine.

 

 

I think it is more accurate to say Hypseus is an upgraded version of the Daphne engine, with Singe support thrown in.

 

hypseus lair vldp -framefile vldp/lair/lair.txt -fastboot -scorebezel

 

hypseus ace vldp -framefile vldp/ace/ace.txt -fastboot -dedannunbezel

 

Will get you the basics with the video/audio and framefiles from sirdrak here.

 

[pavlovtiger]

Thank you.  That got me up and running, I can get rid of the old Daphne completely at this point because everything will run through Hypseus I think.  Not sure if stuff like Astron Belt and Bega's Battle have updated video files or not, but Hypseus should run whatever I got with the proper batch files, which I can just make using these as template.

[petran79]

On 5/29/2020 at 7:58 PM, sirdrak said:

Yes, in theory there is an onscreen service menu in the game if you press 'sword' and, holding it, then press the service key (default key '9'). When you release both keys, the service menu appears and you can change the number of lives and other things.

 

does not seem to work. When I press lcrt or 1 and then 9 and then release both keys, nothing happens.

It only works on DL2 but the opposite. Have to press 9 first and then sword

 

http://www.daphne-emu.com/site3/faq_entry.php?id=58

Modifié le 3 août par petran79

[TestingTesting123]

Il 03/08/2025 at 11:54, petran79 ha scritto:

 

does not seem to work. When I press lcrt or 1 and then 9 and then release both keys, nothing happens.

It only works on DL2 but the opposite. Have to press 9 first and then sword

 

http://www.daphne-emu.com/site3/faq_entry.php?id=58

apparently all title of first Dragon's Lair not contain the option/service menù.. this is present only in Dragon's Lair 2.

 

However, I downloaded these same videos some time ago.

I just tried them by enabling the B7 dipswitch (which activates the prototype game mode using the dle2.1 ROM), but it doesn't seem to work:

When Hypsus starts, the initial boot screens appear, then I see Dirk die in a loop and the game doesn't work.

I have no idea if it is caused by dle21.txt, which may need to be corrected somewhere.

Modifié le 12 août par TestingTesting123

[xxOToTOxx]

7 hours ago, TestingTesting123 said:

apparently all title of first Dragon's Lair not contain the option/service menù.. this is present only in Dragon's Lair 2.

 

However, I downloaded these same videos some time ago.

I just tried them by enabling the B7 dipswitch (which activates the prototype game mode using the dle2.1 ROM), but it doesn't seem to work:

When Hypsus starts, the initial boot screens appear, then I see Dirk die in a loop and the game doesn't work.

I have no idea if it is caused by dle21.txt, which may need to be corrected somewhere.

 

 

These rips are just the early standard 1983 laserdisc footage.

 

For the prototype footage you need the 2002 Limited Edition Dragon's Lair Laserdisc.

 

You need to hunt that disc down. It's out there on Internet Archive but not upscaled.

See here to watch the prototype running:
 

 

 

 

[TestingTesting123]

Il 12/08/2025 at 20:54, xxOToTOxx ha scritto:

 

 

These rips are just the early standard 1983 laserdisc footage.

 

For the prototype footage you need the 2002 Limited Edition Dragon's Lair Laserdisc.

 

You need to hunt that disc down. It's out there on Internet Archive but not upscaled.

See here to watch the prototype running:
 

 

 

 

so ok.. i thinks the original sirdrak file (on first post) it's perfect for dle21 without prototype enabled right ?

 

I just tried downloading version 16:9 and it's the proper frame file. Everything is configured to work with the current version of “hypseus,” and I noticed one particular point that seems to be missing a video of a death or something similar.
I report same things also here If anyone can tell me if they detect the same block:

- reach the very last scene.. when you need to beat dragon.

- daphne say to dirk somethings like "save me... key it's around neck... use magic dragon etc etc."

- you need to move left from from behind the rock. 

- If I remember correctly, twice to the right.

- There is a scene with Daphne exclaiming. Then there is a shot from above where you have to escape from the dragon upwards (which is the correct move). But if you here press the "Sword" button you death.

In some cases, and with some of the videos I've tried in the last few hours, “hypseus” freezes completely and the only solution is to close it.

With sirdark videos, on the other hand, a black screen appears with a circle in the middle and a static image that is impossible to understand.

After some analysis, in theory, the file "dls38d4.vob.m2v" should be reproduced but it's not append. I don't understand why.... That's why I'm wondering if the file is correct and has also been tested on version 2.1 enhanced.

[ducon2016]

On 5/27/2020 at 6:13 AM, sirdrak said:

In the last times the use of artificial intelligence and deep learning to improve photos and videos has become popular, and several applications have appeared that allow it to be done easily and effectively. 
That said, why not to use this kind of technics to enhance some laserdisc games? That's exactly what i have done. This works extremely well with cartoons/anime, so the logical choose was the Don Bluth's trilogy (Dragon's Lair 1 & 2 and Space Ace). I used some programs like Video Enhace AI to upscaling from 720p versions to 1080p with a noticeable improvement in image quality (AI processing removes all compression defects, image noise and adds new detail to textures). I did versions on 16:9 and 4:3 formats for use with Daphne emulator, with original english audio and adding spanish audio from Fx Interactive spanish Pc versions of the games. 

 

There is a little problem with the file SPA05.VOB.m2v of Space Ace 1080p 4:3 version, so i reuploaded a corrected version of it. You can download it in this link: https://mega.nz/file/iqgiHAyJ#dumzUBbN9296tMlYbF2HV32WBl58L7pRhzBVsA28AJ0

 

I am late to the party but finally got to download and try your versions and they are amazing. Did you use super resolution frame per frame or gave it to a program dealing with videos? 

 

I have a bug with Space Ace when you arrive with the ship at the base, if you fail there should be a crash video going through the roof. With your version I just have a black video when I fail. Is that a problem with my configuration of the version uploaded?