Why would you do that?
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I find it funny that the Double Dragon 1 art for the 2600 looks better than all the other Western Double Dragon art.
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Did Double Dragon have the most random redesigns of any game heroes? The answer: YES!
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Heh, just noticed that, pretty sure they just traced over some Hokuto no Ken.
Criminal Upper
Banned
Probably. You gotta be a pretty cool dude if you managed to BEAT IT. Guiness World Record shit.
Seraphinianus
Banned
beaten!! awww yeah
I like machine gun willy in the background. Not so hot on Mickey Rourke bimmy and jimmy
Ronabo
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It took me 3 days and a lot of cussing when it came out but I beat it.
Seraphinianus
Banned
I kind of dig the Spanish one.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
beat it a couple days ago
Ronabo
Member
hell if I remember, I was like 17 at the time. I was just really good at games back then.
Pretty sure I couldn't get past the second stage in that game.
I beat it but I hated every second of it. Terrible game.
KittenMaster
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Haha yeah, the international designs for boxarts are all over the place. It's pretty much a different "actor" every time.
I dunno, I always felt that the combat in Double Dragon III NES was great.
revolverjgw
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And by two minutes, too. It wasn't even close. Beaten like a rented mule.
FlashbladeGAF
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Kinda reminds me of the box covers for the Great Giana Sisters:
Pretty far out for a Super Mario Bros. clone.
missed one
DD 2 japanese/ NA box art is the best.
Funny the commodore cover is the same thing done in a different style
fallingdove
Member
Thanks for the thread!
I loved Double Dragon growing up.. And its always wonderful to see awesomely bad box art.
I loved Double Dragon growing up.. And its always wonderful to see awesomely bad box art.
LongDongJunon
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Holy Damn! I completely forgot Billy and Jimmy were in Rage of the Dragons.
Criminal Upper
Banned
I really doubt that's Nintendo's fault. Pretty sure the rights to Double Dragon were super mixed up, and nobody owned it for a while. It's only been within the last YEAR that Majesco got the rights, and released the GB version on the eshop, and is releasing DD Neon this summer.
Hours Left
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Now I want this again. But the game itself is so ugly... :/
Rhazer Fusion
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The NES version IMO is by far the best version. The arcade version is terrible and the Genesis version is even worst.
Space Runaway
Member
Rip-off, just like the concept for the game itself. Though in this case it's a good thing.
I remember before the NES version came out everyone I knew used to think their names were Spike and Hammer because of that picture on the arcade marquee.
IndieJones
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PrinceOfApathy
Banned
Who are these guys?
EDIT: I mean Scot Hall?! Is that you?
Its amazing to see how DD artstyle fluctuated from Street punks, to post apocalyptic Mad Max or Fist of the North Star. Jeebus.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
I honestly never knew that a version came out for the Atari 2600!
See You Next Wednesday
Banned
WTF are those actual sprites to be used in the game or just art?
GrayFoxPL
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Game uses 3D models. Ugly as fuck!
Between Last Battle on Genesis, and Double Dragon, the Hokuto Homages were apparently very strong in the west.
I wonder how much the enemey designs for the artist involved changed over these times, as well? Would love to see how Linda, Roper, Abobo, etc changed throughout time, as well.
Which reminds me, did anyone else have the strategy guide vhs, the "Game Players Guide to Double Dragon"? Those vids helped cement the character names in my head in the 90s... I would get those tapes whenever I saw them... even if they had games I never had. I think they might have motivated me to seek out Milon's Secret Castle...
(Note: Double Dragon series NES music is always SO GOOD.)
I wonder how much the enemey designs for the artist involved changed over these times, as well? Would love to see how Linda, Roper, Abobo, etc changed throughout time, as well.
Which reminds me, did anyone else have the strategy guide vhs, the "Game Players Guide to Double Dragon"? Those vids helped cement the character names in my head in the 90s... I would get those tapes whenever I saw them... even if they had games I never had. I think they might have motivated me to seek out Milon's Secret Castle...
(Note: Double Dragon series NES music is always SO GOOD.)
Criminal Upper
Banned
The Gamer's Guide video is hype as fuck.
"Now you must fight Willy and your brother. Use these techniques on both of them. Corner them, and don't stop kicking."
Herbspiceguy
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Space Runaway
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Last Battle was Fist of the North Star. They completely revamped it when they brought it over to the US like they did with "Black Belt" but it's a legit FotNS (2) game in Japan.
VeryGooster
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I was always partial to the DD2 NES box art.
Haunted
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The only acceptable ones.Double Dragon Arcade:
Double Dragon Movie
Pyrrhus
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Double Dragon really was a joyful bastard mashup up Bruce Lee, The Warriors, Mad Max, and everything else that was popular with the target audience of the day. I wish Way Forward had gone with a serious, loving take on the unintentional hilarity of the franchise instead of an over the top, too-cool-for-this parody. They got it wrong. The feel of DD was mid-to-late 70s grindhouse, not mid-80s kitsch.
Criminal Upper: Games Player guy made me forget he was from the 90s, lol. He wasn't EXTREEEEEME, and they didn't assault me with mohawks and and spray cans! Though I did get attacked by "Statagtites!" and "Loxars!" Rather than "Ropers"....
Herbspicesoy: So THAT'S why that Double Dragon cover seemed familiar... and the stage is also in SFA1 as Rose's! Gaming draws from the same places..
Oh, I know, just said it that was to be quick to the point. Even if it looks like crap, I wanna play the Sega Ages Remake someday, too!
I'd love to see an old school Double Dragon recieve a 100% Hokuto / FOTNS Skin. Dragon Spin Kick + Exploding Heads would be ridiculous, but cause manly tears to flow.
...Wish we heard more info on Hokuto Musou 2 by now, but that's neither here nor there... *ahem*
It was just a great cover. The light glowing from the bottom, the whip wrapped around Billy's arm as he pulls aganist it, Marian looking oddly sexy for a videogame of the time (especially in the "uncensored" versions)... just a Badass cover.
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For the record, newer footage of Double Dragon Neon looks better than the first stuff, just still not the somewhat serious gritty thing most fans would initially want. I'd love to see them release a skin / alt mode for the game that makes it more traditional (would love it even more if it was just a free bonus with the game.) Change the High Fives to quick, understated Bro-Fist, make the enemies have the look and design of the classic games, and take out the tap-rewind revival mechanic, and just work on normal life-gaining through score.
Herbspicesoy: So THAT'S why that Double Dragon cover seemed familiar... and the stage is also in SFA1 as Rose's! Gaming draws from the same places..
Oh, I know, just said it that was to be quick to the point. Even if it looks like crap, I wanna play the Sega Ages Remake someday, too!
I'd love to see an old school Double Dragon recieve a 100% Hokuto / FOTNS Skin. Dragon Spin Kick + Exploding Heads would be ridiculous, but cause manly tears to flow.
...Wish we heard more info on Hokuto Musou 2 by now, but that's neither here nor there... *ahem*
It was just a great cover. The light glowing from the bottom, the whip wrapped around Billy's arm as he pulls aganist it, Marian looking oddly sexy for a videogame of the time (especially in the "uncensored" versions)... just a Badass cover.
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For the record, newer footage of Double Dragon Neon looks better than the first stuff, just still not the somewhat serious gritty thing most fans would initially want. I'd love to see them release a skin / alt mode for the game that makes it more traditional (would love it even more if it was just a free bonus with the game.) Change the High Fives to quick, understated Bro-Fist, make the enemies have the look and design of the classic games, and take out the tap-rewind revival mechanic, and just work on normal life-gaining through score.
Space Runaway
Member
Ah I see.
Also, not only does the Sega Ages game look like crap, it plays like crap too. They pretty much butchered the Mark III game. Not only did they cut nearly all the bosses but they couldn't even be assed to make full levels and just had you walk to one end of the (very short)stage and back to the other end. =P
Best part about the Sega Ages version was it included an emulation of the original game as well as an insert card that has some art and background info.
Schattenjäger
Gabriel Knight
Music in Super Double Dragon IV is fucking amazing
gunstarhero
Member
That DD2 for the Famicon cover is epic - I want that on my wall!
The original DD on SMS was SO good. Played that game to death - and bragged to my NES owning friends about its 2-player awesomeness.
A rare victory for Sega back then.
The original DD on SMS was SO good. Played that game to death - and bragged to my NES owning friends about its 2-player awesomeness.
A rare victory for Sega back then.
thekonamicode
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Jimmy is the best.