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Sega Master System was the version I had, and played it to death. It's a bit on the easy side but very fun and mostly accurate to the arcade as you say. Most importantly though it allows for 2 player simultaneous play, which many home versions do not.
I remember getting Double Dragon for the NES after playing it in the arcade. I was so bummed. It's not terrible, but the Master System version was so much better.
Double Dragon II uses the same engine and arcade hardware as I (it was released mainly as a conversion kit), but is by a country mile the best game in the main series.
The Spectrum deserves way more credit than it gets. Ignore the colour clash and the sprites are incredible. This applies to many more games too. Robocop, Target Renegade, Chase HQ, HKM, all unbelievable.
Haven't played it but the version looked... slow. There's a reason Technos brawlers were so beloved on Famicom/NES, they were some of the fastest games with chibi sprites zooming around the screen with running attacks and the like.
For me I liked the master system version as it was a two player game and the screen scrolled with the main characters in the middle of the screen. I know that the sprite's were small and that they used to flicker quite badly but it was still playable
Haha. I didn't realise these videos would be as popular and controversial as they have been. Make sure to watch tonight's releasing at 8pm. Welcome aboard 😀
One of the few times the Master System game was superior with simultaneous gameplay and looked closer to the arcade.I can still remember Christmas morning when I was 8 and how disappointed I was that the NES version didn't have simultaneous play and being able to play the game with your friends at the same time was a big deal back then.
Another nice video, thanks. Small oversight, as for the Commodore C64, there were two versions for the Amstrad CPC. You showed the worst of the two, the other is a little less beautiful but much more playable. It's even one of my favorite games on Amstrad CPC.
Very old. I tried to give you a head's up when I said the CPC and C64 had four ports between them, but I thought straight up asking for it and the Zeebo version would be getting greedy. Maybe a follow up on CPC, if you ever check out other ports? I'm dying to know if it lives up to the glowing write up in The Double Dragon Dojo?
@juststatedtheobvious9633 yup. The Zeebo port was also great. I will of course. Follow up many of these videos with modern versions using the same hardware.
This is great, please compare other Technos games! My fav is Renegade/Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-Kun, it had amazing Famicom port with same chibi art as River City Ransom, also there are SO many versions of Super Dodgeball and remakes.
Me and my friend was just about to complete the game in the late eighties on the sega master system when the game disappeared. We then realised his Rottweiler had chewed the power cable the dog received a shock but was ok.
@becomeanolive1637 you had to work with what you had back in the day. So, by default, I found it to be the best home version around. Also, if I had to become an olive, I'd be the type with a pepper in the middle.
The nes version was hampered by the lack of two players, but it was awesome in its own right. The leveling up system was actual cool making the game more appealing for changing the gameplay just a tad.
The Commodore 64 version of DOUBLE DRAGON ruined my Christmas the year it came out, how they got away with releasing that garbage was a disgrace. But what a game the arcade version was.
Hi Jamie - just came here from your OutRun video. I'm sure you've turned off comments on it because everyone's saying the same thing, but you weren't changing gear in most of the games, that's why you didn't see any cars! Good video apart from that, but surely worth doing the video again?
Hey you should try shadow of the beast,switchblade,klax,road blasters and supersqeek on lynx I use a modded one! But thanks great video keep them coming.
Thanks. But only two of those are arcade games. I will be doing much more at some point. But for now. I need to keep arcade ports coming as they are so popular.
Thanks. I never get bored of classic arcade game. Just one note though. Supposedly there were two ports for the cpc the second may have been by virgin games. Apparently played a lot better.
I had the Master System version when I was younger. A nice little port, and two players could enjoy it as well. I always wanted the Genesis version, though, but it never showed up at any of the stores around where I lived at the time. And now, even the cart-only copies aren't exactly cheap anymore, and a complete copy has become pricey (I like my Genesis games complete when I get them).
@@JustJamie1983 It was weird, because Ballistic's other games showed up. I remember seeing Onslaught, Hardball, Bubsy, Turrican and Star Control (great port btw, and the first 12Mb cart for the Genesis) and others on the shelves at Electronic's Boutique, Software Etc. and places like that, but I never saw Double Dragon anywhere.
As an NES owner and Double Dragon fan, I was low-key jealous of the Master System version. The advertisement rubbed it in our Nintendo faces that the Sega version was more arcade accurate as well as featuring kind of a big deal at the time.... 2-player co-op!
Once again I agree with you Jamie. Although I prefer the original arcade version. There's no doubt that the GBA port is the best. Thanks for the video.
I had the NES version and thought it was too different from the arcade. Double Dragon 2 on the NES was superior to the arcade despite the technical limitations of the NES.
I had the Spectrum version back in the day. I thought it was laugh out loud hilarious, in a good way. I got much enjoyment out of this game. I’m pretty sure you are able to climb the ladders if you line up correctly too
Did I miss the NES version on your list? Did you explain why it was missing? I just never saw it anywhere and don’t remember hearing why it wasn’t included. Maybe I need to watch the video again.
Only thing better is the two player mode but it's way harder and the nes version has that duel mode so in my opinion there both equal but that's " my" opinion were all entitled to one, don't mean it's fact or anything other than " my" opinion
I used to play the PC version a lot. You could play either 16 colour mode or CGA. The one you show is the 16 colour mode but on my computer instead of being too fast it was way too slow and not very fun. The CGA mode on the other hand ran at a perfect speed for our ancient computer and included everything the arcade had except that it loads between levels and the statues that stabbed in the last level weren't there. Even though the AMIGA and Genesis have much better graphics I would say the PC version was the best port because it was very true to the arcade and the game speed was just right. Then Genesis version looks way too fast to me.
The Genesis version was one of the few unlicensed games that came out alongside Super Off Road from a comp called Ballistic I think.Even if the music and AI didn't quite match the arcade it was the closest you could get in late 92 or early 93 when it was released.The Master System version is superior to the NES version too it was one of the few times Sega had the better version of a big game for the time.
the DGA is the best for me so far. I often play it again and again on my GBA emulator. If they could only make the graphic better these days it would be the best DD1 ever!
One thing that is pretty effed up on the master system port is the weapon collision detection.. check your footage in slo mo and watch the enemy fly back before your whip makes contact. I always thought that was lazy of the programmers.
There's term coined by Indie Gamer Chick for the feeling of weight that characters should have in a brawler, where blows look like they have force and actually hurt, and enemies react as such and are pushed back. She calls it 'oomph'. It's a good term, and an easily-understood marker for what distinguishes a good brawler from a lame one.
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It's been a very long time since i played it on the c64, but when i got double dragon on the c64, i was a very happy kid. turns out it's the worst version of all, just goes to show how time dilutes your memories and why it's sometimes best not to revisit your old favourites.
I got the OG on the Speccy.. It wasn't brilliant it wasn't horrendous but it could have been so much better. So I was hesitant when for Christmas 1990 we me and all my mates were pulling out that seasons big games from a bowl on paper to see who was going get what games for Christmas between us so we could create (completely legitimate compilation tapes TM) for each other and have ALL the games. We'd all upgraded to C64 by this point and I got stuck with being the one to get DD 2... and... wow.. DD2 on the C64 is proof that the original could have had a decent port if the programmers had actually cared
Double Dragon on the Genesis was rated very poorly almost everywhere including Sega Lord X’s review, how Accolade messed this up is beyond me, especially because it came out much later than any other port, and as a side note it wasn’t even a licensed game.
Great list. The only thing I would swap is I would put the Master System above the Genesis. The music on the Genesis is atrocious and the speed and gameplay isn’t right and as good. Outside of that, I thought it was great. Was the Nes version not listed because it is so different?
Yes, I did mention that at the start, as much as its one of my personal favourites (NES), it just couldn't fit in, much like the Game Gear has an OK version too.
@ Ah cool. I mist have missed that. I most often listen to videos while doing chores and glance over from time to time. Makes sense. Hopefully we get a DD2 video. My favorite version of that one is the PC Engine CD port.
Unfortunately, I suffered the Melbourne House c64 version. I still have the £9.99 Deluxe boxed version. It had a note from the programmers apologising for the characters being split into two different sprites due to the limited memory. Despite it being bad, I played it more than most games I had. We just accepted that Double Dragon was a very hard game to convert, so we forgave it for being as bad as it was.
As a kid I thought the SMS version far outclassed the gimped NES port, but as an adult I realize it's the exact opposite. The minute-by-minute gameplay is broken by the fact that there's no hitstun, therefore no combos. You can't even link two punches together unless the CPU decides to stand there and let you do it. The SMS audio/visuals are much better but the actual in-game mechanics and fisticuffs are much worse.
Double Dragon 2 on the NES was co-op, my brother and I had loads of fun playing that game! While I can now objectively realise it wasn't a fantastic game, it's the one I have fondest memories of, along with maybe Elite and SM3.
Played it to death in the arcades first time around and have amazing memories from those days. I’ve no interest in going back to it……I was there, the golden age of gaming and played it how it was meant to be played.
The GBA version isn't really an arcade port, any more than the NES version is. The first level of Double Dragon Advance is a tribute to the arcade but after that it diverges and incorporates elements from Double Dragon 2, and Super Double Dragon from the SNES.
How come NES not on list? With exception that only one player in story mode, it was identical to arcade with extra levels. The music was fantastic too. I thought it would be number one.
I really wanted the original trilogy to be rebooted on the Neo•Geo, but instead we got two knock-off versions of SF and KOF with the "Double Dragon" franchise name slapped on them. Also, the amazing and addictive GBA port made a huge mistake by shoehorning characters and stages in the game that belong in a potential Double Dragon Advance 2.
Just to note but there are two versions of DD on Amstrad. The one you showed in the video but also a Spanish version by different developers. Sadly it isn't the better game. Same applies with DD2 on Amstrad but there is only one version of DD3
I have to mention that there are 2 ports on the Amstrad CPC....one being WAYYYYY worst than the other.... Wish the best of the two was mentionned in this ranking rather than the crappy one....
I remember playing a demo of this a year after i bought Target Renegade for the Speccy (Which is better in pretty much every respect), and thought "Bad arcade port". When i tried it in the arcade a few years later, i came to conclusion that it was actually a reasonably accurate port, just the arcade was a bit rubbish.
Watchable and entertaining video, thanks. For me MD version is too fast and doesn't have the slowdown, which I think is part of the game. BTW its not "without further a jew" despite what you may well have heard at the Labour Party Conference, they meant something more sinister Its "without further ado"
@@JustJamie1983 miss hearing maybe. For years I thought the lyrics to 'dance dance wherever you may be' said I am the lord of the dance settee. As a kid and into my adult years I pictured a giant dance settee, with the lord dancing on the sofa. Later I discovered it was 'said he' Happens to the best of us mate 😁 Happe
Great video. The arcade machine itself runs like crap, slowdown all over the place. Its crazy to think how much more advanced final fight was just a couple of years later ..
You missed the GOOD version of Double Dragon on the Amstrad and played the rubbish Spanish version :( There were 2 versions released. Oh well, too late now I suppose. Despite it's slightly messy graphics, might have appeared high up your list. Watch out the exact same thing if you do Double Dragon II - seek out the disk version.
Yeah I agree. I’m a massive fan of the arcade but the megadrive version just doesn’t play the same. Had the sms version as a child, still find it very playable today unlike segas 16bit version.
I posted the same as well. I would have put it at #4; behind the GBA, Lynx, and SMS ports. I am certainly glad I had rented it in the day instead of deciding to buy it on a whim.
These are great! The Amiga port was awful.. Ive seen ports since that look almost arcade perfect on the Amiga.. They just used the Atari ST port for the original Amiga version..
More than just a port, "Double Dragon Advance" is a full on remake which integrates elements from Double Dragon 1, 2, 3, and even some new content. It was even developed with some of the Technos staff that worked on the original. The definitive version of Double Dragon for the ages.
I have the Atari 7800, C64, Master System and Mega Drive version. Don't think any of them are great. Had the C64 version as a child and didn't hate it. Master System has the endless credits bullshit. Mega Drive version should have been a lot better in general. The Atari 7800 version has horrible music.
The Genesis enemies are attached to you in lockstep. I can't disagree with it's placement though, near all arcade-like version's of this game are terrible.
Trigger warning? For what? I'm pretty sure anybody watching this video hasn't even played half these ports let alone all of them to get upset where a version might rank.
in my opinion the rank for the DOS version is awful. in my opinion it could rank better than the CPC, speccy and atari 2600 and 7800 ports, and maybe upfront of the MSX.
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To this day, Double Dragon Advance is probably the Closest and BEST "port" for the original Arcade game.
Agreed 👍
I love these port comparison videos you do, thanks!
Hey no worries. Sid James is a legend 😀
Sega Master System was the version I had, and played it to death. It's a bit on the easy side but very fun and mostly accurate to the arcade as you say. Most importantly though it allows for 2 player simultaneous play, which many home versions do not.
I agree, next to the arcade, the sms was the best
I was quite surprised at the Lynx version. Despite it being zoomed in, it looked pretty close to the original arcade version.
Yup. Absolutely craziness how well it pulled that game off.
Ok relax. Not really
Opinions can vary 😉
@@CheapJabroni Not really relax? Whut?
I think this is the first time where I watched the Genesis port of Double Dragon was praised.
Cool 😎
Watched a few of your port comparison vids now, a good series :) Especially cool to see the Atari 2600 port of Double Dragon getting a mention!
How could I have missed out that one lol a miracle how it even was thought of in the first place.
I remember getting Double Dragon for the NES after playing it in the arcade. I was so bummed. It's not terrible, but the Master System version was so much better.
Yup. I think both versions are awesome but can get your disappointment too.
Also,SMS version it was for 2 players. Which made it so much more fun.
Arcade version definitely the best 👍
100%
as in 99% of examples of ports from arcade xD
Double Dragon II uses the same engine and arcade hardware as I (it was released mainly as a conversion kit), but is by a country mile the best game in the main series.
Nice one! I loved Double Dragon back in the day, I never knew there were versions other than the NES.
Haha, far too many, mostly pretty bad, but its all about showcasing the past.
The Spectrum deserves way more credit than it gets. Ignore the colour clash and the sprites are incredible. This applies to many more games too. Robocop, Target Renegade, Chase HQ, HKM, all unbelievable.
100%
Haven't played it but the version looked... slow. There's a reason Technos brawlers were so beloved on Famicom/NES, they were some of the fastest games with chibi sprites zooming around the screen with running attacks and the like.
Super Double dragon for SNES is the best double dragon game I’ve played and one of the best and most underrated beat em ups of all time!
Had that for Christmas 1993. Sadly it's very different to the arcade game.
Yeah but it was infinite
They got Billy looking like beavis😂
Love these kinda vids, keep it up! 👍
Thanks very much 😀
For me I liked the master system version as it was a two player game and the screen scrolled with the main characters in the middle of the screen. I know that the sprite's were small and that they used to flicker quite badly but it was still playable
Seeing the background through the character's midriff was such a good feature it was brought back in the Saint's Row reboot.
Hahaha
Hammer and Spike and Marian and the black shadow warriors🐉🐉
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Haha. I didn't realise these videos would be as popular and controversial as they have been. Make sure to watch tonight's releasing at 8pm. Welcome aboard 😀
One of the few times the Master System game was superior with simultaneous gameplay and looked closer to the arcade.I can still remember Christmas morning when I was 8 and how disappointed I was that the NES version didn't have simultaneous play and being able to play the game with your friends at the same time was a big deal back then.
Another nice video, thanks.
Small oversight, as for the Commodore C64, there were two versions for the Amstrad CPC. You showed the worst of the two, the other is a little less beautiful but much more playable. It's even one of my favorite games on Amstrad CPC.
Ah, thanks for letting me know. Is that recent CPC release?
Very old. I tried to give you a head's up when I said the CPC and C64 had four ports between them, but I thought straight up asking for it and the Zeebo version would be getting greedy. Maybe a follow up on CPC, if you ever check out other ports?
I'm dying to know if it lives up to the glowing write up in The Double Dragon Dojo?
@juststatedtheobvious9633 yup. The Zeebo port was also great. I will of course. Follow up many of these videos with modern versions using the same hardware.
Yep, the Virgin Mastertronic version from 1988 for CPC is missing
@@JustJamie1983 no the second release was closer to the double dragon 2 release. It was based on the Atari ST version. It's flipping great mate.
This is great, please compare other Technos games! My fav is Renegade/Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-Kun, it had amazing Famicom port with same chibi art as River City Ransom, also there are SO many versions of Super Dodgeball and remakes.
Hey, there, a couple of those are coming.
Me and my friend was just about to complete the game in the late eighties on the sega master system when the game disappeared. We then realised his Rottweiler had chewed the power cable the dog received a shock but was ok.
Oh no!
I love the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis port. It was the closest you could get to the arcade at home.
I think so too.
You are both a very small minority, the Genesis version as mentioned in my previous comment has been rated very poorly almost everywhere.
@becomeanolive1637 you had to work with what you had back in the day. So, by default, I found it to be the best home version around. Also, if I had to become an olive, I'd be the type with a pepper in the middle.
Great video mate, would love to see Robocop and Gauntlet videos 👍
Coming soon!
The nes version was hampered by the lack of two players, but it was awesome in its own right. The leveling up system was actual cool making the game more appealing for changing the gameplay just a tad.
Just a different game really.
I owned the IBM PC Port and beat is many times back in the day. My memory may be clouded, but it seemed to run well enough on my 286 that I owned.
Yup. This was running with around 286 settings.
The Commodore 64 version of DOUBLE DRAGON ruined my Christmas the year it came out, how they got away with releasing that garbage was a disgrace. But what a game the arcade version was.
I really have no idea. Just very different times when quality control likely wasn't a thing.
Same here, I remember the devs actually apologized for how bad it was in the manual
The c64 version is a real hidden gem
Haha
Thanks Jamie. Arcade version for me. Cheers.
Good choice!
Arcade was great especially it was ahead of its time in 87, Nintendo version was great and id say GBA version definitely right up there.
Arcade original for me 😄🤘🏻 one of the first I ever played on Arcade
Of course, nothing will be the arcade classic, but a couple was very very close.
Hi Jamie - just came here from your OutRun video. I'm sure you've turned off comments on it because everyone's saying the same thing, but you weren't changing gear in most of the games, that's why you didn't see any cars! Good video apart from that, but surely worth doing the video again?
Thanks for your comment. But it was disabled as TH-camrs don't deserve to be abused.
Hey you should try shadow of the beast,switchblade,klax,road blasters and supersqeek on lynx I use a modded one! But thanks great video keep them coming.
Thanks. But only two of those are arcade games. I will be doing much more at some point. But for now. I need to keep arcade ports coming as they are so popular.
Only really enjoy this on arcade. A game of its time.
Absolutely. Made way and inspired many awesome beat em ups.
Thanks. I never get bored of classic arcade game. Just one note though. Supposedly there were two ports for the cpc the second may have been by virgin games. Apparently played a lot better.
Ah I see. Sorry about that. Likely the same reason the C64 had two versions.
It was French. Horrible graphics, but probably the best playing computer port.
I had the Master System version when I was younger. A nice little port, and two players could enjoy it as well. I always wanted the Genesis version, though, but it never showed up at any of the stores around where I lived at the time. And now, even the cart-only copies aren't exactly cheap anymore, and a complete copy has become pricey (I like my Genesis games complete when I get them).
To be honest with you. I don't recall it being on the shelves for Mega Drive here either.
@@JustJamie1983 It was weird, because Ballistic's other games showed up. I remember seeing Onslaught, Hardball, Bubsy, Turrican and Star Control (great port btw, and the first 12Mb cart for the Genesis) and others on the shelves at Electronic's Boutique, Software Etc. and places like that, but I never saw Double Dragon anywhere.
I love the nes version
It's superb
It's funny hearing that the Megadrive version is hard, as it was criticised back in the day for being too easy.
Back in the day. People had a better threshold for difficult games.
As an NES owner and Double Dragon fan, I was low-key jealous of the Master System version. The advertisement rubbed it in our Nintendo faces that the Sega version was more arcade accurate as well as featuring kind of a big deal at the time.... 2-player co-op!
Once again I agree with you Jamie.
Although I prefer the original arcade version.
There's no doubt that the GBA port is the best.
Thanks for the video.
Arcade is just beat em up gold!
Best of the best
I had the NES version and thought it was too different from the arcade. Double Dragon 2 on the NES was superior to the arcade despite the technical limitations of the NES.
The Game Boy Advance version is my go-to port to this day.
It was a phenomenal conversion.
I had the Spectrum version back in the day. I thought it was laugh out loud hilarious, in a good way. I got much enjoyment out of this game.
I’m pretty sure you are able to climb the ladders if you line up correctly too
Haha. I will play it again on my new Speccy at some point.
Did I miss the NES version on your list? Did you explain why it was missing? I just never saw it anywhere and don’t remember hearing why it wasn’t included. Maybe I need to watch the video again.
Why would it have been? It was pretty much a spin off.
@ I always thought it was a good version… much better that the Atari 2600. Abobo comes through the wall, it features the into with Jimmy’s girl…
The SMS version was a gazillion times better than its NES counterpart.
Liar.
@ What I’m a lying about?
Lol, nes version should be called Single Dragon
Only thing better is the two player mode but it's way harder and the nes version has that duel mode so in my opinion there both equal but that's " my" opinion were all entitled to one, don't mean it's fact or anything other than " my" opinion
There is also a version on Steam for PC which is a faithful copy of the arcade game. For me, it's the best there is at the moment.
Hey? Thanks. I will check that out.
I used to play the PC version a lot. You could play either 16 colour mode or CGA. The one you show is the 16 colour mode but on my computer instead of being too fast it was way too slow and not very fun. The CGA mode on the other hand ran at a perfect speed for our ancient computer and included everything the arcade had except that it loads between levels and the statues that stabbed in the last level weren't there. Even though the AMIGA and Genesis have much better graphics I would say the PC version was the best port because it was very true to the arcade and the game speed was just right. Then Genesis version looks way too fast to me.
The Genesis version was one of the few unlicensed games that came out alongside Super Off Road from a comp called Ballistic I think.Even if the music and AI didn't quite match the arcade it was the closest you could get in late 92 or early 93 when it was released.The Master System version is superior to the NES version too it was one of the few times Sega had the better version of a big game for the time.
the DGA is the best for me so far. I often play it again and again on my GBA emulator. If they could only make the graphic better these days it would be the best DD1 ever!
It is rather good.
One thing that is pretty effed up on the master system port is the weapon collision detection.. check your footage in slo mo and watch the enemy fly back before your whip makes contact. I always thought that was lazy of the programmers.
Ah. To be honest. I didn't actually catch that but thanks for the comment.
MSX version really reminds me of my hero on master system. Sprites look identical.
I will check that out. Thanks
There's term coined by Indie Gamer Chick for the feeling of weight that characters should have in a brawler, where blows look like they have force and actually hurt, and enemies react as such and are pushed back. She calls it 'oomph'. It's a good term, and an easily-understood marker for what distinguishes a good brawler from a lame one.
It's a good term to use. I've used it myself.
You missed the original Game Boy Version... that was great too :)
It was different to the arcade game.
I’d be curious where in the ranking you’d put the NES version. I’m not sure why you didn’t put it in the list?
Because it's a different game. But likely in first place if this wasn't based on Arcade ports.
Hi not on this topic but could you tell me how you add a update file for a game in the retrobat prog. cheers
I have two RB playlists full of guides.
@@JustJamie1983 could you point me in the right direction please thank you
@dekdeejay5081 well. I've no idea what system you are referring to? Ps3?
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It's been a very long time since i played it on the c64, but when i got double dragon on the c64, i was a very happy kid. turns out it's the worst version of all, just goes to show how time dilutes your memories and why it's sometimes best not to revisit your old favourites.
Exactly my thoughts on that too. Although I still use a C64 today.
I got the OG on the Speccy.. It wasn't brilliant it wasn't horrendous but it could have been so much better. So I was hesitant when for Christmas 1990 we me and all my mates were pulling out that seasons big games from a bowl on paper to see who was going get what games for Christmas between us so we could create (completely legitimate compilation tapes TM) for each other and have ALL the games. We'd all upgraded to C64 by this point and I got stuck with being the one to get DD 2... and... wow.. DD2 on the C64 is proof that the original could have had a decent port if the programmers had actually cared
My thoughts exactly with DD2 on C64. Sprites were a little chunky but nevertheless. A solid beat em up.
Double Dragon on the Genesis was rated very poorly almost everywhere including Sega Lord X’s review, how Accolade messed this up is beyond me, especially because it came out much later than any other port, and as a side note it wasn’t even a licensed game.
These type of videos are great,great bit of history.
Be good to do a street fighter 2 version of this to.
Will see what I can do 😀
Weird, I don't remember Double Dragon being released for the Megadrive back in the day? I thought they went straight to Double Dragon II.
I paid £9.99 for the Speccy version 😭😭
Around £20 in todays money...you were robbed.
Love the video! There is a Double Dragon port on Sega Game Gear (it sucks). Cheers from Brazil!
Yup. The Game Gear game is very different.
Great list. The only thing I would swap is I would put the Master System above the Genesis. The music on the Genesis is atrocious and the speed and gameplay isn’t right and as good. Outside of that, I thought it was great. Was the Nes version not listed because it is so different?
Yes, I did mention that at the start, as much as its one of my personal favourites (NES), it just couldn't fit in, much like the Game Gear has an OK version too.
@ Ah cool. I mist have missed that. I most often listen to videos while doing chores and glance over from time to time. Makes sense. Hopefully we get a DD2 video. My favorite version of that one is the PC Engine CD port.
@gametourny4ever627 ah, the CD port is one of the finest around and totally unappreciated too.
Unfortunately, I suffered the Melbourne House c64 version. I still have the £9.99 Deluxe boxed version. It had a note from the programmers apologising for the characters being split into two different sprites due to the limited memory. Despite it being bad, I played it more than most games I had. We just accepted that Double Dragon was a very hard game to convert, so we forgave it for being as bad as it was.
My condolences. You had the same fate as me with DD. An absolutely bad port.
As a kid I thought the SMS version far outclassed the gimped NES port, but as an adult I realize it's the exact opposite. The minute-by-minute gameplay is broken by the fact that there's no hitstun, therefore no combos. You can't even link two punches together unless the CPU decides to stand there and let you do it. The SMS audio/visuals are much better but the actual in-game mechanics and fisticuffs are much worse.
Hey, thanks for your feedback.
I Agree. NES mechanics are better but the SMS looks more close to the arcade.
My version of Double Dragon and CPC was not the same how comes .?
You likely had a different version.
Arcade machine is a classic rest were mostly tragic
Hmmm, kinda 😀
There were in fact 2 CPC ports. One was poor and the other one was actually not too bad
Their was indeed.
The GBA version takes elements from SNES version which i like
Awesome.
I literally got an NES because Double Dragon was announced as a title for the system. It was a disappointment given how much they changed the game.
You missed the original Gameboy port. It is actually quite good, far better than most of the versions you rated above.
It's also different.
Thing that disappointed me the most for the NES was no 2 player co-op. Even the fricking Atari 2600 had 2 players!
Yeah. Bit odd and I never understood why that would have been?
Double Dragon 2 on the NES was co-op, my brother and I had loads of fun playing that game! While I can now objectively realise it wasn't a fantastic game, it's the one I have fondest memories of, along with maybe Elite and SM3.
Played it to death in the arcades first time around and have amazing memories from those days. I’ve no interest in going back to it……I was there, the golden age of gaming and played it how it was meant to be played.
It's worth revisiting. Such a great game still.
I enjoy watching videos of the old games on TH-cam!
@samcushing3790 the old ones can be the best 😀
The GBA version isn't really an arcade port, any more than the NES version is. The first level of Double Dragon Advance is a tribute to the arcade but after that it diverges and incorporates elements from Double Dragon 2, and Super Double Dragon from the SNES.
How come NES not on list? With exception that only one player in story mode, it was identical to arcade with extra levels. The music was fantastic too. I thought it would be number one.
Totally different game which adds many parts which aren't in the original arcade version.
Weren’t the bad guys in the game called the “shadow warriors” not the black warriors?
Depends on the version and region.
I really wanted the original trilogy to be rebooted on the Neo•Geo, but instead we got two knock-off versions of SF and KOF with the "Double Dragon" franchise name slapped on them.
Also, the amazing and addictive GBA port made a huge mistake by shoehorning characters and stages in the game that belong in a potential Double Dragon Advance 2.
Yeah that's a real shame.
Just to note but there are two versions of DD on Amstrad. The one you showed in the video but also a Spanish version by different developers. Sadly it isn't the better game. Same applies with DD2 on Amstrad but there is only one version of DD3
Yup. I have found out about the other Version since. A little like the C64.
Bu video serisine devam edin lütfen
I have to mention that there are 2 ports on the Amstrad CPC....one being WAYYYYY worst than the other.... Wish the best of the two was mentionned in this ranking rather than the crappy one....
Yup.
I remember playing a demo of this a year after i bought Target Renegade for the Speccy (Which is better in pretty much every respect), and thought "Bad arcade port".
When i tried it in the arcade a few years later, i came to conclusion that it was actually a reasonably accurate port, just the arcade was a bit rubbish.
Target Renegade was great. Such a shame about...Renegade III - The Final Chapter!
@@JustJamie1983 I saved up 2 weeks of paper round money to buy that travesty. Still haven't forgiven Your Sinclair.
@spodula take them to court 😀
No zeebo port?
2600 version blows the rest away no comparison
Exactly 💯
Watchable and entertaining video, thanks.
For me MD version is too fast and doesn't have the slowdown, which I think is part of the game.
BTW its not "without further a jew" despite what you may well have heard at the Labour Party Conference, they meant something more sinister
Its "without further ado"
Just a slip of the tongue or how I naturally pronounce it? thanks for watching 👀
@@JustJamie1983 miss hearing maybe. For years I thought the lyrics to 'dance dance wherever you may be' said I am the lord of the dance settee. As a kid and into my adult years I pictured a giant dance settee, with the lord dancing on the sofa. Later I discovered it was 'said he'
Happens to the best of us mate 😁
Happe
Great video. The arcade machine itself runs like crap, slowdown all over the place. Its crazy to think how much more advanced final fight was just a couple of years later ..
Yeah I can see that, but no denying this was a beat em up game changer in its day.
You missed the GOOD version of Double Dragon on the Amstrad and played the rubbish Spanish version :( There were 2 versions released. Oh well, too late now I suppose. Despite it's slightly messy graphics, might have appeared high up your list. Watch out the exact same thing if you do Double Dragon II - seek out the disk version.
The genesis game had awful sound and music and the game was far too fast
All subjective 😀
Looks like Michael Jackson on the Commodore 64
Yeah I agree. I’m a massive fan of the arcade but the megadrive version just doesn’t play the same. Had the sms version as a child, still find it very playable today unlike segas 16bit version.
I posted the same as well. I would have put it at #4; behind the GBA, Lynx, and SMS ports. I am certainly glad I had rented it in the day instead of deciding to buy it on a whim.
There is an MD+ hack that adds arcade music. Add the Pyron color hack. Then add the arcade speed hack.
Marian is Jimmy’s girlfriend not Billy & Jimmy’s dojo student
Depends on which manual/instructions you are reading. This actually changed with particular ports.
These are great! The Amiga port was awful.. Ive seen ports since that look almost arcade perfect on the Amiga.. They just used the Atari ST port for the original Amiga version..
Exactly.
More than just a port, "Double Dragon Advance" is a full on remake which integrates elements from Double Dragon 1, 2, 3, and even some new content. It was even developed with some of the Technos staff that worked on the original. The definitive version of Double Dragon for the ages.
You forgot the ZEEBO version?? C'mon Mann.
I have the Atari 7800, C64, Master System and Mega Drive version. Don't think any of them are great. Had the C64 version as a child and didn't hate it. Master System has the endless credits bullshit. Mega Drive version should have been a lot better in general. The Atari 7800 version has horrible music.
The Genesis enemies are attached to you in lockstep. I can't disagree with it's placement though, near all arcade-like version's of this game are terrible.
Thanks for your feedback.
Double Dragon Reloaded is the best version ever created.
Trigger warning? For what? I'm pretty sure anybody watching this video hasn't even played half these ports let alone all of them to get upset where a version might rank.
Haha. People have reacted so badly with one of these videos that it is their as reminder that people have different opinions.
in my opinion the rank for the DOS version is awful. in my opinion it could rank better than the CPC, speccy and atari 2600 and 7800 ports, and maybe upfront of the MSX.
Hey, thanks very much for your feedback.
Mexican double dragons? Bonito and Julio 😅
Haha
11:21😂
It's true lol
Amstrad version looks least playable
@@MrYossarianuk just extremely slow.
What ????? The megadrive double dragon is atrocious!! It's utterly broken.
Thanks for the feedback.
How is the 7800 version not #1
Haha. It was very close.
Make the collection for the 5 and the 4
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