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Frequently Asked Questions

One of the best ways to overcome confusion about Daphne is to read the list of Frequently Asked Questions.

Daphne Overview

What is Daphne?

Daphne is a program that lets people play original laserdisc arcade games (such as Dragon's Lair) on their computers.

History

The history of Daphne is terribly fascinating. Perhaps one day I will include it here :)

Game List

Daphne (as of v1.0) can play the following games:

• Astron Belt
• Badlands
• Bega's Battle
• Cliff Hanger
• Cobra Command
• Dragon's Lair
• Dragon's Lair II : Timewarp
• Esh's Aurunmilla
• Galaxy Ranger
• GP World
• Interstellar
• M.A.C.H. 3
• Road Blaster
• Space Ace
• Star Blazer
• Super Don Quix-ote
• Thayer's Quest
• Us vs Them

Getting Started

Requirements

To play Daphne, you will need a Pentium III 500 MHz machine or faster. Almost everyone has better than that these days.

Installing

Get the latest version of Daphne from the Download Section.

Windows

We distribute Daphne as a "Zip" file. Before you can use Daphne, you must "extract" Daphne's "Zip" file using something like WinZip or WinRar. When extracting, you will be asked to which folder you wish to extract. You can extract the Daphne's "Zip" file to any folder on your computer that you would like. If you don't know where to extract to, "c:\daphne" is a place that will work.

Mac OSX

For OSX, we distribute Daphne as a compressed .DMG file. After downloading the file, just double-click on it to run it.

Linux

For x86/linux, we Daphne distribute as a .TAR.GZ file. To "extract" the file, use a command like this:

tar xvfz daphne.tar.gz

The actual command will depend on the exact name of the file, which is the name of the file that you download.

Playing your first game

Here are easy instructions for playing Dragon's Lair in Daphne. This isn't the only way to play Dragon's Lair, but it is the easiest way, and the only way that we recommend. If you want to try other ways to play Dragon's Lair, make sure you have successfully gotten this method working first!

1. Run DaphneLoader (running Daphne directly will not work)
2. You may be prompted that a new version of DaphneLoader exists. If so, click OK to automatically update to the latest version. If not, continue to the next step.
3. You will see a list of games. Click on Dragon's Lair so that Dragon's Lair is now highlighted.
4. Click the Start button.
5. You will be warned that a Dragon's Lair DVD will be required. If you don't have a Dragon's Lair DVD, or aren't sure if you have one or not, go read about it here. Otherwise, click OK.
6. You will be prompted that DaphneLoader needs to download some files. Click OK to begin the download.
7. The download will take hours or days depending on how fast your internet connection is. Be patient and allow the download to finish. You will be glad you did.
8. Once the download finishes, you will be prompted to insert your DVD. Insert the DVD and click OK.
9. DaphneLoader will attempt to authenticate the DVD. If authentication succeeds, go to the next step. If authentication fails, go here.
10. Once the authentication is complete, you will be prompted that the game is ready to begin. Click OK and enjoy playing Dragon's Lair!

Reference

DaphneLoader Daphne

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