The C-64 version was actually a port of the Coleco Adam's version.
The C-64 or Adam version wasn't really a port of the arcade game, but rather a licenced re-imagining, so it's difficult to compare it to the other versions. (It was basically an entirely different game with the Dragon's Lair name slapped on it)
On it's own, it was an alright game, but there were others in the "mult-mini-game" genre that did a better job (Aztec Challenge was good, as was the game based on the "Aliens" movie)
Regarding the compression: Would a blue-ray version also need compression? I don't think so... :O)
Hmm...
Audio: 2*16bit*44.1khz*60*60=606MB
Video: (if i'm right with the laserdisc resolution of 425x440 on pal)
425*440*24bit*30fps*60*60=56GB
Sums up to 57GB uncompressed for an hour.
With lossless compression you should be able to squeeze it down to 1/3 which fits on a single layer blue-ray disc. Without any compression you're done on a three layer blue-ray disc. :O)
It might be more than that. I recently played my Dragon's Lair DVD on my HD widescreen television, and it scaled to widescreen without distortion or black side bars. I didn't verify how much it changed from the full frame version (it could have very well zoomed into the full frame to eliminate the black bars). It didn't seem to lose any of the frame from the top or bottom of the screen though...
The C-64 or Adam version wasn't really a port of the arcade game, but rather a licenced re-imagining, so it's difficult to compare it to the other versions. (It was basically an entirely different game with the Dragon's Lair name slapped on it)
On it's own, it was an alright game, but there were others in the "mult-mini-game" genre that did a better job (Aztec Challenge was good, as was the game based on the "Aliens" movie)
Regarding the compression: Would a blue-ray version also need compression? I don't think so... :O)
Hmm...
Audio: 2*16bit*44.1khz*60*60=606MB
Video: (if i'm right with the laserdisc resolution of 425x440 on pal)
425*440*24bit*30fps*60*60=56GB
Sums up to 57GB uncompressed for an hour.
With lossless compression you should be able to squeeze it down to 1/3 which fits on a single layer blue-ray disc. Without any compression you're done on a three layer blue-ray disc. :O)
It might be more than that. I recently played my Dragon's Lair DVD on my HD widescreen television, and it scaled to widescreen without distortion or black side bars. I didn't verify how much it changed from the full frame version (it could have very well zoomed into the full frame to eliminate the black bars). It didn't seem to lose any of the frame from the top or bottom of the screen though...