Finally I found this thread! First I want to give my opinion on the well debated topic of MAME versus original hardware: naturally it is completely up to the player and owner of the machine. To even argue about it, as I've seen many times, is like arguing what car brand you drive. Just never mind the technology behind the access hatch, and focus on *what is on the screen*.
.. unless what is on the screen isn't what the game really should look or play like. That is a completely different matter. And that is what I am curious about regarding Dragon's Lair and Space Ace.
I recently recieved a little gift from a friend in the UK, it is the Dragon's Lair 3D. There are two discs in the package and the game is so fun! I've played it all the way to the dragon, and now I'm stuck. But that's not what I aim to solve now. The matter is that I've become more and more curious about the 'real deal'. Since Dragon's Lair and Space Ace came out I've not had any opportunity to play them, mostly I've just had a brief minute walking by the games while on a trip, also involving other people so I couldn't really get away to experience the games in full. So I only remember a few moments from the demo-play.
Now I wonder what the differences are between what's available out there and the original laser disc games. What about the picture quality? DVD is newer than LD, so I would imagine that the DVD-version has better picture? On the other hand the LD discs are larger thus perhaps holding more data. And then I keep thinking about the access times, from the moment you push a button till the reaction on the screen, also the search times between various sequences. Does somebody know anything about this?