Double Dragon Arcade (Neo Geo)

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Published on June 1, 2022 5:32:00 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7eMUeMn0yo

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Double Dragon (1987)

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Billy and Jimmy Lee (voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa and Kaneto Shiozawa respectively), return to their childhood city, after receiving a letter from their master. The city has changed drastically in the ten years since the brothers left, becoming a haven for street gangs known as Bloody Town after it has fallen under the control of the crime boss Koga Shuko (v.b. Osamu Saka). Shuko is hosting a martial arts tournament in order to recruit new members into his organization, but also to lure the Lee brothers in bringing him one half of the titular Double Dragon medallion, which Shuko is in possession of the other half. Whoever possesses both halves of the Double Dragon medallion will acquire unlimited powers.

The character roster includes 10 immediately playable fighters and 2 boss characters. Billy and Jimmy Lee both fight using the fictional Sou-Setsu-Ken martial arts style, with Billy having the faster techniques, while Jimmy is stronger. The twin brothers also have the ability to transform into an alternate form as a super move, altering their move lists. The other eight fighters include Marian (v.b. Yuka Koyama), a female gang leader and childhood friend of the Lee brothers, Abobo (v.b. Daisuke Gouri), a strongman employed by Shuko, Burnov (v.b. Daisuke Gouri), a former wrestler with a rivalry against Abobo, Eddie (v.b. Yukimasa Kishino), a kickboxer, Amon (v.b. Kaneto Shiozawa), a ninja, Cheng-Fu (v.b. Hisao Egawa), a master of the drunken fist, Dulton (v.b. Yusaku Yara), a street fighter, and Rebecca (v.b. Keiko Han), a master of the dual tonfa.

When fighting against the CPU, the player will compete against all 10 of the playable fighters, including a clone of their own character. The first opponent can be freely selected by the player. After all 10 of the default fighters are defeated, the player will face Shuko's bodyguard Duke (v.b. Hisao Egawa) before challenging Shuko himself. In the console versions of the game, Duke and Shuko are both playable

The game plays like a conventional one-on-one fighting game. One of the unique aspects of Double Dragon is the lack of specific punch and kick buttons like other fighting games. Instead, there are four attack buttons of varying strength and speed, which can perform punches or kicks depending on the character's position. The player's character and his or her opponent have a super move meter called the "charge meter", overlaid over the character's health gauge. The less health the character has, the quicker it will fill up. "Charge moves" are usually performed by executing the command of a regular special move and pressing two attack buttons simultaneously at the end instead of just one. Other techniques available in the game include dashes, air guards, air throws, and down attacks (which allows characters to jump over and attack their opponent while they are momentarily unconscious on the ground).

The characters and settings are inspired by the Double Dragon film, which featured prominently in the game's intro. This includes the appearances of a submerged Hollywood Sign, the appearance of the Dragon Wagon in Billy's stage, the Lee brothers' transformation technique, Marian's depiction as a gang leader, and the inclusion of Koga Shuko as the game's final opponent. However, the characters are depicted in a more anime-like style and only five of the game's twelve fighters are actually featured in the movie; Burnov and Duke are from previous Double Dragon games and the rest are new characters created specifically for this game.

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