Conspiracy Entertainment has secured the publishing rights to one of the world’s best known gaming franchises, Dragon's Lair.

Conspiracy will be releasing the original Dragon's Lair and Dragon's Lair II: Warp Time for the Nintendo DS. United Coders (formerly Wizardry Engineering) is developing all versions of the games.

Lead Programmer & Executive Producer, Hans Olsen of United Coders, comments: "This is such an important gaming franchise as it falls into one of those conversations - ‘Do you remember were where you when Elvis or Diana died?’ - except with this game it’s ‘Do you remember in which chip shop or arcade you first played this game?’

"We talked long and hard with the original creators of Dragon's Lair - Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and Rick Dyer – they were so impressed with our vision for these titles, that we now have these gaming gems to bring to the market in a new format."

Dragon’s Lair DS features two modes of play: 1983 Arcade mode and Director’s Cut.

The 1983 version plays just like the original arcade game released in 1983. This mode satisfies the hardcore gamer who wishes to re-live the first ever handheld version of Dragon’s Lair, that is 100% true to the original and has all scenes and all the quirks and oddities found in that version.

The director’s cut is aimed mostly at players who have never experienced the game before, plays somewhat differently "in a very unique way"; and in the director’s cut there is also full support for the Rumble Pak, stylus support, and voice recognition.

Dragon's Lair DS is due to ship in the 1st quarter of 2008 with the others to follow at a later date.