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Double Dragon

Developer: Technōs Japan Corporation Publisher: Tradewest
June 1988
NES
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#3,588 All-time
#25 for 1987
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1987 Technōs  
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JP 4 974365 143695
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1988 Technōs  
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JP 4 968947 920026 TJC-WD
1988 Technōs Tradewest  
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XNA 0 31719 19883 2 NES-WD-USA
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XNA 0 10086 07012 5
1989 Imagineering HES  
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XEU
1989 Imagineering Technōs  
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US
1990 Technōs  
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JP 4 968947 446014 DMG-DDA
1990 Technōs  
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1990 Technōs Tradewest  
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XNA 0 31719 19901 3 DMG-DD-USA
1991 Technōs Tradewest  
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ES 0 45496 43008 5 NES-WD-ESP
1992 Technōs Accolade  
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XEU XNA 0 15605 03112 0
2003 Million Atlus  
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XNA 7 30865 85008 2 AGB-BDDE-USA
2004 Million Atlus  
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JP 4 984995 101064 AGB-BDDJ-JPN
2008 Technōs Aksys  
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2009 Tec Toy  
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A couple dragons walk into a bar...
To put this review into context, I spent $100 to play Forza Horizon 4 a few days early instead I spent three of those days trying to beat Double Dragon. I spent $100 to not play a game I’ve been waiting two years for, to play Double Dragon.

There’s so many flaws with this game, the graphics are pretty poor even for the NES, there’s insane flickering when 2 or 3 sprites are on the screen, there is no real style or good soundtrack, even the gameplay isn’t great considering they have you play some of the worst platforming sections jumping using the a + b button, there is no use for the punch and all you need is to spam kick.

So why would I subject myself to this, I’m not sure. The first two levels are simple and honestly boring, but the insane difficulty spike on mission 3 compelled me, it forced me to play so smart, to memorize each screen and plan every movement. It was a lot of cussing and smashing the b button of my switch into dust but I did it, I got to the final screen and I felt more accomplished than I have playing a game in a while.
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OLi_10 Double Dragon 2024-03-18T18:44:38Z
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NG4100 Double Dragon 2024-03-18T01:39:31Z
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2024-03-18T01:39:31Z
6.3
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hevykofe Double Dragon 2024-01-02T11:26:56Z
NES • XNA
2024-01-02T11:26:56Z
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Zippybing Double Dragon 2023-12-20T02:27:23Z
NES • XNA
2023-12-20T02:27:23Z
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superae Double Dragon 2023-08-16T04:49:57Z
NES • XNA
2023-08-16T04:49:57Z
3.5
1
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lashdaddy32 Double Dragon 2023-06-26T18:07:21Z
NES • XNA
2023-06-26T18:07:21Z
4.0
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Invedit Double Dragon 2023-06-17T08:32:17Z
NES • XNA
2023-06-17T08:32:17Z
3.0
1
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Baller16 Double Dragon 2023-06-13T18:00:41Z
NES • XNA
2023-06-13T18:00:41Z
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1068396 Double Dragon 2023-04-07T18:30:44Z
NES • XNA
2023-04-07T18:30:44Z
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joshxxi Double Dragon 2023-03-25T04:39:52Z
NES • XNA
2023-03-25T04:39:52Z
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nikos3194 Double Dragon 2022-11-09T15:56:29Z
NES • XNA
2022-11-09T15:56:29Z
2.5
1
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SneedDeck Double Dragon 2022-08-28T22:53:00Z
NES • XNA
2022-08-28T22:53:00Z
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0 31719 19883 2/NES-WD-USA/xna

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  • MisTurHappy 2021-12-21 06:48:44.854205+00
    Holds up surprisingly well, imo. At least well enough that I can completely see why it was such a hit at the time. My biggest gripe is that visibility is really rough at points, since you need to be WAY too close to the edge of the screen in order to scroll ahead. Gameplay is obviously pretty simplistic (despite a surprising number of moves available) but it's also a short enough game that it never really started to bug me. Not likely to boot it up just to play it for fun in the future, but I'd say it's more than worth at least one look.
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  • okayfrog 2023-07-28 04:10:55.901743+00
    I feel like several of these ports should have their own pages. had no idea there were so many and that a good amount of 'em looked so different from one another

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqQL8jgUQ9Q
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    • DomMazzetti 2023-10-04 14:39:16.713777+00
      Yeah some of these function completely differently, Double Dragon Advance is barely functional.
    • omo_ree 2023-12-06 03:37:11.411836+00
      The zeebo one is a fully original game lol
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  • EJ_082887 2023-11-11 01:59:21.462257+00
    Advance has some real in depth moves and combo system surprisingly! But its so unforgiving with its death traps and pits. Enemies are so repetitive that the jokes of multiple Abobos got old real fast. At least the modern ports is less than $10
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  • renegadexavier06 2024-04-03 13:46:59.24678+00
    Awesome theme song!
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