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The Classics of Gaming: Double Dragon

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Ghin
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States2391 Posts
November 20 2010 15:35 GMT
#1
Whether you are new to gaming or an old school pro, there are some games that everyone who considers themself a gamer should have played through or be forever considered a noob. This one part illustrated series (maybe more later, we'll see) will be about the classic Double Dragon for NES. If you've already played it, I hope this article brings a single man tear of nostalgia to your eye and maybe convinces you to play it through again. If you've never played it, I hope this article holds your interest and forces you to try it out.

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Things like this happen in Double Dragon

In Double Dragon you take the role of Billy Lee, master kung fu guy. You must beat your way through an assorted horde of thugs to rescue your girlfriend, who I guess has the plague, so you can bring her to a hospital before she dies.
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I can see the sores growing on her leg!

Part of what makes this game so awesome is the fighting. When you start off you only know how to punch and kick (and how to headbutt, obviously as this is a staple of kung fu). As the game progresses and you beat up more people, you learn more moves, like uppercuts, roundhouse kicks, the deadly knee to the face attack, and the always interesting nose stealing attack, pictured here.
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I got your nose.

In addition to using your hands and feet and forehead, you can also pick up some objects and use them as weapons. Weapons like this baseball bat:
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I'm sure you remember this fucking bridge

Weapons are scattered throughout each level, usually in the hands of someone who wants to kill or maim you. Some of the weapons include knives, barrels, boxes, and dynamite.
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please to enjoy dynamite

As you increase in power, so do the enemies. A variety of scary thugs will try to harm you.
This is Williams, pictured here ready to gangbang me:
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sup

He's pretty useless for the majority of the game, but you might want to watch behind you when he's around. Later on he starts to carry weapons and learns how to jump kick, but he's still a major wuss.

This is Linda:
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eeeeeeeeek

Linda is the most useless enemy in the game. The first one you meet usually has a whip, but she's so terrible you can usually just kick her in the face until she falls over. Later on you can use the knee/elbow/throw to deal with her quickly.
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Her arms are bigger than mine

This is Abobo, one of the tougher enemies
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I have no idea what's going on in this picture

The first one you meet you can push off the ledge, like in the picture. After that, its a bit more complicated. This is the part where the game ends for you if you've never played it before:
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The reason it ends is because of this screen:
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You need to beat both of them at the same time without dying up to this point to be able to beat the game. You can jump kick them to death without taking much damage, but this takes forever. The best way is to knock one down (hint: jump kick) and then stand right on top of his foot and mash the kick button as he's getting up. If you're standing in the right place, he won't hit you when he gets up and instead will try to back up (and fail because you're kicking him in the crotch). [image loading]
A dramatic reenactment

The last enemy I'll discuss is this guy with a machine gun, shown here about to kill me:
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This is another part of the game you will probably end up dying. The best way to deal with him is to hit him with the jump kick and knock him down, and then stand so that when you kick your foot is directly over his feet. When he gets up, if you time it right, he'll take the kicks to the gut and fall over again. If you can catch him with an elbow, that works well too.

The elbow is the best attack in the game. You won't get it until later on, but it will kill most enemies outright when you use it. The enemies cower in fear when you use it.
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Assorted cowering

Another thing that makes this game awesome is the colorful graphics.
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yeah that's right

Some of the levels look pretty weird:
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Yeah, I'm sure you remember this part too

I just realized that none of the pictures I have left show the graphics, so here's a picture of Mission 4:
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This is another place you will die randomly

The music is also really good, but I have no idea how to show that. I looked on youtube but every video I found in the 5 minutes that I looked was retarded people playing.

So I hope you enjoyed this. I sort of had a point when I started but it just turned into random pictures with comments. Maybe if I get bored I'll do another one.
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Hopefully this was easier to read than this sign

****
Legalize drugs and murder.
Catch]22
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden2683 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-20 15:39:22
November 20 2010 15:39 GMT
#2
Loved it, and nostalgia'd. Really an awesome game. Too bad Abobo was such a pushover in Battletoads vs Double Dragon.
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
November 20 2010 15:40 GMT
#3

fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24671 Posts
November 20 2010 15:43 GMT
#4
Never played it although I had the double dragon hand game:

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Was fun!
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Ghin
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States2391 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-20 15:50:36
November 20 2010 15:48 GMT
#5
On November 21 2010 00:39 Catch]22 wrote:
Loved it, and nostalgia'd. Really an awesome game. Too bad Abobo was such a pushover in Battletoads vs Double Dragon.

lol battletoads double dragon

how to win game:
Pick Jimmy
press forward forward kick x infinity

Sweet game though. I love the music and the awesome synth guitar solos. The title screen music has an amazing fake guitar solo. Plus every level is unique and has some ridiculous theme (I'm looking at you, rocket level).

oh apparently this is the second part in a two part series:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=51878
Legalize drugs and murder.
Peeano
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Netherlands4987 Posts
November 20 2010 15:51 GMT
#6
Try SoR2 for the Genesis it's way better.
FBH #1!
Coagulation
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States9633 Posts
November 20 2010 15:57 GMT
#7
double dragon was gameing at its best when played 2 player with a friend.
Ghin
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States2391 Posts
November 20 2010 16:09 GMT
#8
On November 21 2010 00:51 s.Q.uelched wrote:
Try SoR2 for the Genesis it's way better.

The Streets of Rage series wouldnt have existed if it wasn't for Double Dragon. That's why its a classic. Double Dragon came out for NES in 1988 and Streets of Rage 2 came out in 1993? (I'm pretty sure its '93).
Legalize drugs and murder.
myopia
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2928 Posts
November 20 2010 16:11 GMT
#9
Double Dragon 2 had such good music. I loved 3 as well because you could play as Ranzou (sp?)

it's my first day
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
November 20 2010 17:01 GMT
#10
I miss Ghin Defence!

Don't forget sR. Once you're in sR, you're in for life! :@
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
McDonalds
Profile Joined March 2010
Liechtenstein2244 Posts
November 20 2010 17:10 GMT
#11
I remember going to the store with my mom to get Double Dragon. Back then you had to go through this lengthy process of getting a ticket and then getting the game from a security booth thing. Anyway we did all that and nearly ended up getting Dragon Warrior by mistake. They almost didn't listen to me but right before we paid for it I was like "no!!"
High five :---)
Ryps
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Romania2740 Posts
November 20 2010 17:13 GMT
#12
The only thing I remember about Double dragon is dying a lot and killing my team mate, one of the hardest games I played when I was young.
Ghin
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States2391 Posts
November 20 2010 17:16 GMT
#13
On November 21 2010 02:01 Chef wrote:
I miss Ghin Defence!

Don't forget sR. Once you're in sR, you're in for life! :@

I'm actually working on a SC2 version of Ghin Defense lol

Interesting fact: CharlieMurphy is the only person who didn't like Ghin Defense after playing it.
Legalize drugs and murder.
jjun212
Profile Joined December 2004
Canada2208 Posts
November 20 2010 17:16 GMT
#14
lolll jimmy and bimmy

tell me someone else gets that too =D
zobz
Profile Joined November 2005
Canada2175 Posts
November 20 2010 21:09 GMT
#15

I don't know what exactly "bleeps and boops the music of videogames" is but if you search for it on youtube you'll usually get what you're looking for. I guess it's not that surprising that the music is very similar in style to the other Technos Japan games like River City Ransom etc. One song is even exactly the same.
"That's not gonna be good for business." "That's not gonna be good for anybody."
Osmoses
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Sweden5302 Posts
November 20 2010 21:30 GMT
#16
On November 21 2010 02:16 jjun212 wrote:
lolll jimmy and bimmy

tell me someone else gets that too =D

AVGN?
Excuse me hun, but what is your name? Vivian? I woke up next to you naked and, uh, did we, um?
rel
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Guam3521 Posts
November 20 2010 22:10 GMT
#17
I'm posting because I'm sR, and I support this message.
BTW no one should doubt Ghin on Double Dragon. I've known Ghin for around a decade, and probably 1/3 of that was him playing DD and ranting about it over MSN.
I'll tank push my way into her heart. ☮♥&$!
Kgosi
Profile Joined July 2009
Iceland79 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-21 04:31:05
November 21 2010 04:30 GMT
#18
Just thought I'd leave this here.

Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
November 21 2010 04:46 GMT
#19
oh god i love double dragon so much! I used to play it all day and all night. Double dragon II was awesome!
ironchef
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Canada1350 Posts
November 21 2010 07:34 GMT
#20
Love and grew up with DD1 and DD2. The theme song sometimes still gets me nostalgic. Double Abobo needs to become an internet meme or something, it's a defining moment in history :D
“Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.” - Marcus Aurelius
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