10 Video Game Moments So Difficult They Were Just Unfair
4. Dragon's Lair - The Drawbridge
There are some games that are tough. And then there are games like Dragon's Lair where the average player can't complete the first section.
I don't mean it's just difficult to beat the first level. It's difficult to beat the First Screen in the game. In Dragon's Lair, you play a knight called Dirk who must rescue Princess Daphne. You begin in front of a drawbridge guarded by a water serpent.
If you touch the serpent, you die. If his fire touches you, you die. If the portcullis falls on you, you die. If you think you can just take your time to kill the dragon, guess what? Standing on the bridge for longer than a second causes it to collapse, killing you. All of Dirk's movements are really slow so it's difficult to retreat, duck, or jump out of the way when trying to dodge enemies or projectiles
Without exaggerating, the first screen of Dragon's Lair is harder than the final boss of some games. Because of this, some players gave up on this section, never seeing anything beyond that infernal drawbridge.