DAPHNE

This article is about the emulator software application. For other uses see Daphne (disambiguation).

DAPHNE is an arcade emulator application that emulates a variety of laserdisc video games with the intent of preserving these games and making the play experience as faithful to the originals as possible. The developer calls DAPHNE the "First Ever Multiple Arcade Laserdisc Emulator" ("FEMALE").

The software is available for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X operating systems, and consists of a command-line emulator (DAPHNE itself) with a graphical frontend (DaphneLoader) to make configuring and launching easier. DAPHNE is capable of displaying the games' full-motion video by playing MPEG video files on the computer or by driving certain models of laserdisc player directly via a serial interface. As with other arcade machine emulators, ROM images are also required to play the games. These may be ROM images from the original arcade machines, or alternatively fans of two of the most popular laserdisc arcade games, Dragon's Lair and Space Ace, have created updated ROMs that alter the gameplay, correct bugs and reintroduce removed sequences.

As of version 1.0 beta the DAPHNE project is supported by Digital Leisure, the current copyright holder for several laserdisc titles including Dragon's Lair and Space Ace, allowing people who already own legal copies of these games on DVD to download versions that function in DAPHNE.

Supported titles

Astron Belt
Badlands
Bega's Battle
Cliff Hanger
Cobra Command
Dragon's Lair
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp
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

Translation

The word "DAPHNE" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German.