I just downloaded DAPHNE and Dragon's Lair out of nostalgia for the arcade.

I'm very confused.

I remember very clearly (I think?) an opening scene where the main character is running out of a house and onto a horse, being chased by a fat woman for some reason.. I think he gets clobbered by a pan if you move incorrectly?

The graphics and death scenes are familiar.. I do remember the yellow blinking signals, though the random nature of the scenes is incredibly confusing and not how I remember.

Am I thinking of a different game?

You are remembering Dragon's Lair 2 : Time Warp

Thanks!

That was my first thought, but the space scenes I looked at didn't ring a bell.

you're thinking of Space Ace.