Double Dragon (NES)

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Double Dragon
Double Dragon - NES - USA.jpg
Platform: NES
Year: 1988
Developer: Technos Japan Corp.
Buy: Amazon
For other games in the series, see Double Dragon.

Double Dragon was the first successful beat-em-up series. The arcade game took plenty of quarters from kids wanting desperately to beat up Willy and rescue Marian. The NES port was similar to the arcade game. You still got to punch, kick, and fight your way through four difficult missions, but there are some other changes that really disappoint the NES players. The biggest letdown comes from the lack of two player simultaneous play. Part of what made Double Dragon so great was the "double" part. Taking that away made the game half as exciting. Also, because of the lack of processing power on the NES, some of the enemy characters were removed, and a most of the animation was toned down. In the end, you're left with a lukewarm fighting game, that is rather disappointing, not to mention insanely difficult.


Screenshots


Double Dragon - NES - Title.png

The title screen.

Double Dragon - NES - Slums.png

The start of the game.


Music

One thing that was done right in the NES port was the music. Double Dragon has an amazing electric guitar sound, especially in "The City Slums" and "Opening". The other tracks are also very nicely composed.

Most of the music is ported from the arcade version, only the NES sound makes it seem a little louder and more in-your-face. There are two songs that are unique to this version and they are "The Cave", and "Game Over". Also, the entire arcade track of "Setting Off" was ported to the NES, but you only get to hear the beginning of it during the intermissions.

The music was ported from the arcade version. Kazunaka Yamane composed the arcade version and ported his compositions to the NES. Interestingly, the game has credit screens, but they were not used in the game. It is unknown why this is. However, the game's ROM contains the credits. The hex numbers must be translated to the text in the PPU viewer to properly view them.

The album Original Sound of Double Dragon contains arranged versions of the arcade music, but since they're similar to the NES port, they're included here. Most of the track titles come from the album.


Recording

#

Title

Composer

Arranger

Length

Size

Listen

01 Opening (Double Dragon) Kazunaka Yamane Unknown 1:35 1.4 MB
02 Setting Off (A New Battle) ~Partial~ Kazunaka Yamane Unknown 0:06 77 KB
03 The City Slums (The Black Warriors Arrive) Kazunaka Yamane Unknown 2:43 2.2 MB
04 The Industrial Area (The Great Fray) Kazunaka Yamane Unknown 1:32 1.2 MB
05 The Woods Kazunaka Yamane Unknown 2:30 2.0 MB
06 The Cave Kazunaka Yamane Unknown 0:40 550 KB
07 The Giant Abobo Appears Kazunaka Yamane Unknown 1:04 848 KB
08 The Hideout (Willy the Nemesis) Kazunaka Yamane Unknown 1:12 945 KB
09 After the Battle Kazunaka Yamane Unknown 0:02 50 KB
10 Game Over Kazunaka Yamane Unknown 0:04 74 KB
11 Setting Off (A New Battle) Kazunaka Yamane Unknown 1:15 1.0 MB
12 Ending (Reunion With Marian) Kazunaka Yamane Unknown 0:22 382 KB


Credits

(Source: Arcade, [1])

Albums


Game Rip

Formats

Download

Size

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Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.

Releases

  Japan.svg   Japan
Double Dragon - NES - Japan.jpg
Title: 双截龍 (Double Dragon)
Platform: Famicom
Released: 1988/04/08
Publisher: Technos Japan Corp.
  USA.svg   USA
Double Dragon - NES - USA.jpg
Title: Double Dragon
Platform: NES
Released: 1988/06/??
Publisher: Tradewest, Inc.
  UK.svg   UK
Double Dragon - NES - UK.jpg
Title: Double Dragon
Platform: NES
Released: 1990/??/??
Publisher: Tradewest, Inc.


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