Atari ST Arcade Conversions : TECHNOS JAPAN (#9)

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Published on August 25, 2021 6:42:12 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqgoKVBzcYQ

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Double Dragon (1987)

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5 arcade games from Technōs Japan were ported to the Atari ST between 1988 & 1991 : Double Dragon, Double Dragon II: The Revenge, Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone, Renegade & Soldier of Light.

00:00 Introduction
00:15 "Double Dragon" (Arcade - 1987)
01:37 "Double Dragon" (Atari ST conversion by Binary Design - 1988)
03:05 "Solar Warrior / Xain'd Sleena" (Arcade - 1986)
04:28 "Soldier of Light" (Atari ST - 1988)
05:50 "Double Dragon II: The Revenge" (Arcade - 1988)
07:25 "Double Dragon II: The Revenge" (Atari ST conversion by Binary Design - 1989)
09:05 "Renegade / Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-Kun" (Arcade - 1986)
10:45 "Renegade" (Atari ST conversion by Software Creations - 1988)
12:30 "Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone" (Arcade - 1990)
14:27 "Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone" (Atari ST conversion by Storm - 1991)

Technōs Japan Corp was a Japanese video game developer, best known for the Double Dragon and Kunio-kun franchises (the latter including Renegade, Super Dodge Ball and River City Ransom) as well as Karate Champ.

Technōs was founded in 1981 by three staff members of Data East. Their first game was Minky Monkey, released in 1982.
In 1983 Technos created two arcade games published by Data East, Tag Team Wrestling and Karate Champ.

Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun ("Hot Blooded Tough Guy Kunio"), a side-scrolling beat-em-up released in 1986 about a high school student who fought thugs and delinquents from other schools, was the company's first big hit in Japan. Kunio-kun was released in the west as Renegade with the game's graphics changed to make the game marketable in the overseas market. Technōs Japan's subsequent arcade beat-em-up, Double Dragon, was a big success worldwide when it was released in 1987.
Technōs also released two arcade sequels to Double Dragon: Double Dragon II: The Revenge in 1988 and Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone in 1990 (the latter was developed by an external development team at East Technology).

Outside the Double Dragon and Kunio-kun games, Technōs produced a few original games for the arcade and home markets such as U.S. Championship V'Ball, The Combatribes and Shadow Force, as well as two WWF arcade games (WWF Superstars and WWF Wrestlefest), but most of these games did not achieve the same kind of success that Kunio-kun and Double Dragon achieved.

By 1996, Technōs Japan declared bankruptcy and ceased operations.

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* Credits :
"Xain'd Sleena arcade gameplay" from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtWYgrN75SM

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