Double Dragon Arcade Review

Double Dragon: The predecessor to all streamyx broadband speed the arcade fighting smash hits such as Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Virtua Fighter and about a Wireless Adsl Modem others.

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One can't help but wonder would all of those 90s arcade fighters have come out if it wasn't for Double Dragon? Prior to soul internet lining up and waiting to put quarters into Street Fighter II, Double Dragon was the game everybody waited in line for,

While the game may not hold up as well as once did, Double Dragon was the first real brawler that became an arcade hit. The story was based around a guy (or 2 guys, if you were playing co-op) who has to get his girlfriend back. He goes through al these levels and has to beat up a gang of hoodlums who have taken her hostage.

Every level has enough depth to keep you coming back for more. The difficulty progresses just perfectly as to help the gamer get speedometer cable adapter to the controls.

The control system of Double Dragon was quite unique for its time. First of all the game had 3 buttons. It seemed like almost every arcade had at most two buttons. Hitting the buttons in a different combination would make the character pull of a new move. Obviously these are things that are commonplace in games now, but at that time, they were considered groundbreaking.

Hopefully gamers better than streamyx take another look back and give this game the credit it truly deserves.

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