Digital Leisure, Inc. was formed in 1997 with a vision of acquiring, re-mastering and publishing existing video-intensive games that would benefit from the superior video and audio quality of DVD and bringing these interactive titles to DVD movie players, PC DVD-ROM and PC CD-ROM systems.Digital Leisure first acquired the rights to Dragon's Lair, Space Ace and Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp in early 1997, the three games that redefined the gaming industry in the 1980s. The games were created by Rick Dyer and feature spectacular quality animation by Don Bluth, an ex-Disney animator who is also known for his work on All Dogs Go To Heaven, The Land Before Time and Anastasia.

The company completely rewrote the code for the games to accurately duplicate the game-play of the arcade version, including scenes that were missing from many of the computer adaptations. The video was encoded with MPEG2 compression and AC3 audio from the original source and rivals the quality of the original laser disc. The games were released in 1998 and 1999 on various formats including CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video and PlayStation 2 and enabled the company to build its international distribution network of large chain stores and national distributors such as Toys R Us, Best Buy, Ingram Entertainment, Electronics Boutique, Babbage's Etc. and others. The products continue to sell well for the company worldwide and form a strong base from which the company has built on.

The company acquired the North American rights to publish "Tender Loving Care", an interactive movie on DVD-ROM and CD-ROM featuring Academy award nominee John Hurt in early 1999 which broadened the Digital Leisure line-up and met with commercial success. In mid-2000 the company acquired the worldwide publishing rights to Kingdom II: Shadoan, another Rick Dyer creation, for DVD-ROM , DVD-Video and CD-ROM.

In early 2000, the company added the development and publishing rights of Hologram Time Traveler which was released in the fall of 2000. Selling over $18,000,000 in its arcade debut, Hologram Time Traveler remains the first and only coin-operated arcade game to deliver a real 3D hologram experience.

With the release of the Sony PlayStation 2 in October 2000, the company seized the opportunity and re-branded its DVD-Video titles as "PlayStation 2 Compatible" (as the PlayStation 2 will play DVD movies, it also will play the company's DVD-Video based games) and sold the games into the PlayStation 2 market as new releases with the release of the PlayStation 2 hardware, which met with great success for the company.

In 2001 the company acquired the development and worldwide publishing rights to the entire American Laser Games catalog of nine laser disc arcade titles including Mad Dog McCree, Crime Patrol and Who Shot Johnny Rock? These titles have been released over the last years on CD-ROM and DVD-Video/PlayStation 2 with Space Pirates and Fast Draw Showdown being released in 2005.

With the release of Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox 360, which plays DVD-Video discs as well as Xbox-specific games, we have re-branded all of our DVD-Video releases as Xbox and Xbox 360compatible.

In 2003, Digital Leisure signed a distribution agreement with Empire Interactive to release the "Virtual Music Studio" brand eJay to the North American market.  The eJay range spans programs from the award-winning Dance, HipHop and Techno series including current bestsellers Dance 7, HipHop 6 and Techno 5.

With the evolution of optical media to High Definition formats Digital Leisure has completely remastered the award winning Dragon's Lair for Blu-ray and HD DVD with releases slated for 2007. Digital Leisure will continue the remastering process with Space Ace and Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp for release in 2008.

Based outside Toronto, Canada, Digital Leisure acquires licenses to classic video-based titles and provides distribution services for both its own products and third party publishers including the eJay line of music software from Empire Interactive.

Presently Digital Leisure sells it's products worldwide through distributors and retailers. Some of the company's larger accounts include: Wal-Mart, Toys R Us, Blockbuster Video, Electronics Boutique, Babbage's., GameStop, Tower Records, Circuit City, Best Buy, Micro Center, Future Shop, Chapters.ca, Fry's Electronics, Staples Canada, London Drugs, CompUSA and Amazon.com

Going forward, Digital Leisure Inc. plans to continue bringing classic video-based games to the newest technologies of the future.