Double dragon video game nintendo1/31/2024 ![]() Master System - The detail level is fairly good, but definitely not on par with the NES version. The texture work is consistently good (check the road in the first screen shot, it has the main part of the road, with the sidewalk, and sewer gratings both apparent) little elements like signs and posters have been included, and often there are detailed far backgrounds visible (cityscapes, mountains etc). Then the jumping bits start, and the slow striking gets to the point where all you’re doing in flying kicking people… It might have been more fun if I was doing co-op, but I chose the one version that doesn’t have it (out of the viable options, anyway).NES - The detail level is actually quite nice. It’s Bo Abobo, one of the few non-Jimmy and Billy characters I actually knew the name of…ĭouble Dragon on the NES can be quite fun… for a bit. I had Double Dragon III (I think it was III…) on the Mega Drive, but as for the original, it’s only vague memories, not enough to give a score for anyway… ![]() I remember specifically picking up the red barrels and throwing them at enemies, causing them to fall down a large hole… and that’s about all I remembered about the game. I definitely remember not being able to make this jump… The Black Warriors gang has kidnapped Billy Lee’s girlfriend Marian, and now he and his brother Jimmy must fight their way through the entire gang until they defeat the boss and save the girl… which they do. The sound is okay, decent midi music and some good thud sounds and people groans. mode) and the backgrounds are decently detailed for a late 80s NES title. The sprites are good (especially the larger ones for the Mode B VS. The graphics are fine, unless you unfairly compare them to the Arcade original. Jesus, what the hell kind of cave is neon pink and purple? Player 2, the only caveat is that you have to play as the same character… You can also choose a “Mode B” where the game works like a VS. You can still select multiplayer, but it’s turn-based, like Super Mario Bros, rather than on-screen co-op. I mean I’ve played tonnes of scrolling beat ‘em ups, but they’ve all been on 16-bit or higher consoles (or Arcade cabinets), so of course this is going to feel less polished, but even so it still feels sluggish, and having to make precision jumps (something you’ll have to do more often in the NES version than the original) it’s a real struggle sometimes. Throw in bosses with larger health bars and that’s your game! I will say that it feels very slow and sometimes unresponsive, which is a shame. You can also pick up weapons like baseball bats and steel drum barrels to use, as well as holes in the ground you can use to sends foes to a quicker death. Punches, kicks, jumping kicks, grapple and throw, those are your tools to take out the endless string of often similar-looking foes. I’m whipping Lash… oh the irony, I guess?Īs it’s a scrolling beat ‘em up, you’ll be unsurprised to learn that the key point of the game is to scroll and beat people up. To be honest, had I done any research going into this, I’d probably have reviewed the Arcade game via MAME instead, but I went for the NES version as it’s on Nintendo’s online service, meaning it was easier for screenshots… ![]() There’s no simultaneous co-op, there are only two enemies on screen at once, and a lot of the level layouts are radically different. I say the game was ported to the NES, but it was quite different due to the limitations of the hardware, and the inexperience of the team porting it (mostly the latter given the Master System version being far better!). The game also came to the Master System, the GameBoy, the Amiga, C64, Spectrum, Mega Drive… and lots more in between. ![]() The original Arcade game was released in 1987, with a NES port released the following year. The barrel throwing is about all I really remembered about the game… That being said, I didn’t actually play the original Double Dragon all that much, me and my brother rented it out once or twice, and I played it around my friends once, so this was an interesting revisit in that it felt fresher than most of the older games, with no nostalgia glasses to block any potential flaws… though given the film I reviewed alongside this, any flaws will seem pretty minimal… ![]() Double Dragon is one of the earliest examples of a scrolling beat ‘em up, one of my favourite genres as a kid, and one I still enjoy today. ![]()
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