Here is the cast of characters you will encounter throughout the game. You get points for punching and kicking enemies, every 1,000 points a heart appears under you life bar and with each new heart you learn a new move. There are a few speed run and playthroughs on YouTube but the game never gets touched at the live Games Done Quick charity events even though both Double Dragon 2 and Double Dragon 3 are played regularly.ĭouble Dragon features a level up system that was rare for this type of game when it came out. Since I was 7 years old I have been playing Double Dragon at least a few times per year and for some reason I was never able to beat it until today. It was something I didn’t think was possible (he also beat Metroid which I still find astonishing as it was before the internet and we had no strategy guide). Several years later while I spent the night with Jamie we rented Double Dragon again and I watched him beat the game. Turns out, he just rented it, it wasn’t for keeps. I don’t know why this exact phrase stuck permanently in my head. I had never heard of it before but was very excited to play it based on how excited Jamie was. When I was about 7 years old my cousin Jamie, who was 10, came to spend the night at my house and brought Double Dragon.

James and Mike Mondays play Double Dragon.

Interesting links related to Double Dragon A very simple beat-em up with a cliche “save the girl” story. Short review: I honestly don’t know if this game is good or not as I can’t separate my nostalgia from the game. But realistically probably 50 hours over 25 years.

Total time played: 15 hours over 2 years (since I have been documenting).

Double dragon 2 nes ending theme