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Double Dragon (video game)

Double Dragon
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American promotional flyer for the arcade release by Taito. In this flyer, the main characters have their localized names as "Hammer" and "Spike".
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Director(s) Yoshihisa Kishimoto
Shinichi Saito
Producer(s) Yoshihisa Kishimoto
Designer(s) Koji Kai
Shinichi Saito
Programmer(s) Hiroshi Satoh
Tomoyasu Koga
Nari Nishimura
Hideki Kaneda
Artist(s) Kumiko Mukai
Mizuho Yama
Akemi Tasaki
Misae Nakaya
Masato Shiroto
Composer(s) Kazunaka Yamane
Series Double Dragon
Platform(s)
Release date(s) July 1987 (NES) NA Oct 1988
Genre(s) Beat 'em up
Mode(s) Up to 2 players, simultaneous
Cabinet Upright
Arcade system Custom
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Secondary

Sound

Sound CPU

Sound chips

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Raster (Horizontal)

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Main

Secondary

Sound CPU

Sound chips

Raster (Horizontal)

Video

Double Dragon (Japanese: 双截龍(ダブルドラゴン) Hepburn: Daburu Doragon?) is a 1987 beat 'em up video game developed by Technōs Japan and distributed in North America and Europe by Taito. The game is a spiritual and technological successor to Technos' earlier beat 'em up, Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (released outside of Japan by Taito as Renegade), but introduced several additions such as two-player cooperative gameplay and the ability to arm oneself with an enemy's weapon after disarming them. Double Dragon is considered to be one of the first successful examples of the genre, resulting in the creation of two arcade sequels and several spinoffs, as well as inspiring other companies in creating their own beat 'em ups.

Originally an arcade game, home versions were released for the NES, Master System, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Genesis/Mega Drive and Atari Lynx, among other platforms during the series's height of popularity. A remake titled Double Dragon Advance was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. The NES version was re-released for the Wii's Virtual Console on April 28, 2008 in North America at a cost of 500 Wii Points. Nintendo also released the Game Boy version on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in 2011.


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