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Double Dragon

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A game credited, in part, with the popularity of the brawler genre in the arcade craze of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Double Dragon is the blueprint for the beat'em up genre.

April, 26 2016

I grew up on the 80's arcade scene and I can pretty well remember the progress especially when it came down to the side scrolling beat'em up genre. Renegade which was released in 1986 was quite popula… Read more

Different elements turns this into something else.

November, 8 2015

A highly trained martial artist named Billy Lee declares war on a gang called the Black Warriors. Lead by the Shadow Boss, the gang has assaulted and kidnapped his girlfriend Marian. Now Billy venture… Read more

My money's on Bimmy.

May, 16 2012

I don't know if there were side-scrolling beat-em-ups BEFORE Double Dragon, but if not, talk about being a trailblazer! Remember how popular this genre was in the arcades and living rooms of yesteryea… Read more

Game details

Name

Double Dragon

Platform

Amiga (Platform), Atari Lynx (Platform), Game Boy (Platform), Game Gear (Platform), Genesis (Platform), PC (Platform), Sega Master System (Platform), Amstrad CPC (Platform), Atari ST (Platform), Commodore 64 (Platform), MSX (Platform), ZX Spectrum (Platform), Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform), Arcade (Platform), Nintendo Switch (Platform), Wii Shop (Platform), Xbox 360 Games Store (Platform), PlayStation 4 (Platform), Nintendo 3DS eShop (Platform), Wii U (Platform), Atari 2600 (Platform), Atari 7800 (Platform), Zeebo (Platform)

Developer

Krisalis Software Ltd. (Company), Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. (Company), Technos Japan Corp. (Company), Binary Design, Ltd. (Company), Imagitec Design Inc. (Company), Animagic S.A. (Company), Zemina Co. (Company), Imagineering Inc. (Company), Knight Technologies (Company), Acclaim Studios Manchester (Company), Xortrapa Soft (Company)

Publisher

Telegames, Inc. (Company), Dro Soft (Company), Sega (Company), Activision (Company), Nintendo (Company), Tec Toy Indústria de Brinquedos S.A. (Company), Taito Corporation (Company), Tradewest, Inc. (Company), Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. (Company), Accolade, Inc. (Company), Mastertronic Ltd. (Company), Arc System Works Co., Ltd. (Company), Ballistic (Company), Aksys Games (Company), Arcadia Systems, Inc. (Company), Erbe Software, S.A. (Company), Zemina Co. (Company), Home Entertainment Suppliers Pty. Ltd. (Company), Beam Software (Company), Salu Ltd. (Company), Ocean Software Ltd. (Company), EDOS (Company), 16-Blitz (Company), Mastertronic plus (Company), Tronix (Company), JVH Products (Company), Classic Game Gear (Company)

Genre

Brawler (Genre), Fighting (Genre)

Theme

Martial Arts (Theme)

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