Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone
| Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone | |
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The Japanese brochure from the arcade version, with illustration by Kazumi Kakizaki
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| Developer(s) | East Technology |
| Publisher(s) | Technōs Japan |
| Designer(s) | K. Ichikawa T. Irisawa T. Chida J. Hasepin H. Nagoshi U. Hoshino |
| Programmer(s) | N. Takioka E. Ogura Y. Katsumata |
| Composer(s) | Akira Inoue Takaro Nozaki |
| Series | Double Dragon |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, DOS, Game Boy, Mega Drive/Genesis, iOS, Android |
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| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Publication | Score |
| CVG | 83% |
| Crash | 70% |
| Sinclair User | 93% |
| Your Sinclair | 88% |
Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone (ダブルドラゴン3 ザ・ロゼッタストーン Daburu Doragon 3: Za Rozetta Sutōn?) is a side-scrolling beat 'em up produced by Technōs Japan that was originally released as an arcade game in 1990. It is the third arcade game in the Double Dragon series.
Double Dragon 3 can be set up to be played by up to two or three player simultaneously, similarly to The Combatribes. The first two players control returning heroes Billy and Jimmy Lee respectively, while the third player controls a new character named Sonny (a yellow-clad palette swap of the Lee brothers). The controls consists of an eight way joystick and three buttons once again, but the combat system has been greatly altered from previous games. The game discards the directional attack buttons from Double Dragon II: The Revenge, returning to the punch and kick format of the original Double Dragon. However, moves such as the elbow strike and the hair grab had been removed and new abilities were added in their place. The player can now run by pushing the joystick left or right twice and perform moves with a second player such as a back-to-back hurricane kick when standing near each other and a triangle jump kick when one player jumps towards the other. Other new moves include a running head-butt, a belly-to-back throw and a jumping knee drop.
At the start of certain stages, players will have access to an item shop where they can purchase in-game power-ups such as faster attack speed or new moves by using real money. The item selection vary between stages and each one cost a single credit.
One item, "Extra Guys", allows the player to control one of three new character types in addition to the Lee brothers (リー兄弟?). These characters form other teams of fighting siblings as well, allowing each player to control a different member of the group. When the player's current fighter is killed, the new one will replace him, essentially substituting the extra lives system from previous games. These new fighters consists of the Urquidez brothers (ユキーデ兄弟?) (mixed martial arts champions), the Chin brothers (陳兄弟?) (tai chi experts) and the Ōyama brothers (大山兄弟?) (karate masters). Each player can hold up to three extra fighters in reserve and availability of a fighter type varies depends on the stage.
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