Dirk the Bold was a heroic, if clumsy, knight. When Princess Daphne was kidnapped by the dragon Singe and taken to his castle, Dirk set out to rescue her. Due to the limitations of computers at the time, this conversion of the coin-op arcade game, Dragon's Lair features only the first half of the game, which consists of entering Singe's castle and meeting the dragon. The adventures continue in a second part that completes the conversion of the arcade game.
Dirk the Bold is controlled by the player, who sees Dirk's actions on the screen from a third-person visual. The game is reactive and players must press the correct direction of the controller or action button at the right time for Dirk to avoid traps, defeat monsters and stay alive.
