@@senseicorey9979 Agreed. That's why the Dark Souls games were a breath of fresh air. Brought me back to video games with that old school style of struggle and accomplishment. They are basically NES games at heart.
Double Dragon taught me a very, very important lesson early on in my life as a gamer. Because kicking enemies kills them quicker, but punching them gives you a lot more experience in the long run, enemies aren't always obstacles and can be "used" for your benefit. Sometimes, doing things the hard way leads to greater rewards. I'm sure that somehow translated into everyday life.
IIRC, both this game and Renegade were both designed by Yoshihisa Kishimoto and marketed for US arcades by Taito America Corporation, but the difference between both games is that the NES version of Renegade was published by Taito and the NES version of Double Dragon was published by Tradewest (founded by the Cook family and former SNK America head John Rowe) and Renegade was composed by Kazuo Sawa and Double Dragon was composed by Kazunaka Yamane.
+Dana Long I believe so, but they were both developed by Technos. Renegade was the beginning of the Kunio series, and Double Dragon kind-of spun off as a parallel series. I love them both, Technos did a lot of great stuff that Nintendo themselves published.
Other games in the Kunio series included River City Ransom, Super Dodge Ball and Crash & The Boys Street City Challenge (both C&TB and RCR were published by Technos' American division whilst Super Dodge Ball was published by CSG Imagesoft, which is now known as Sony Computer Entertainment America). As for the DD franchise, Acclaim Entertainment published the remaining two DD sequels for the NES (as well as DD II & III for the Game Boy), Acclaim's Flying Edge division published DDIII's arcade version for the Genesis, Accolade's Ballistic division published Double Dragon for the Genesis and Tradewest published DD for the Game Boy, Super Double Dragon for the SNES and Double Dragon V for the SNES and Genesis.
@@NintendoComplete At the bottom of your description for the Renegade NES video version of Renegade; you posted the box cover art for the Master System version. The NES version’s is different (and cooler looking).
Still one of my favorite beat em' ups for any system. This is a huge part of my childhood right here, and I get very nostalgic every time I hear the opening theme music. It's just as fun today as it was back then.
This game, Double Dragon, was on a 1989 VHS tape with tips & tricks on getting a high score. It was one of those Kodak VHS video tapes. It had Blaster Master, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, T&C Surf Design, Double Dragon and WWF WrestleMania. It was called How To Score More Points On Nintendo Games #2.
Crazy how much our parents had to pay for these games that can be beat in like 20 minutes. That was my moms gripe. 40 to 60 bucks back then for an nes game.
@egomaniac247 I was one of those kids that git to do anything I wanted so I stayed on nintendo. Even at bedtime I stayed up at night playing. Then on the weekends nintendo nintendo nintendo. My whole apartment complex was nintendo kids
When I was a kid I didn't realize that was the guy's hand was holding the chick at the beginning.. I just thought she bent in half and had a handlebar in her back, and that punching her activated it. 🤣
I had a love and hate relationship with this game. I remember being 6 years old and renting this game. Started it up and I was like hey this isnt like the arcade I felt cheated. Needless to say i learned to really like this game but it was always very difficult for me. Could not get past the first platforming cave level. Played it years later and still could not pass that cave level! Lol
Loved this game, played the arcade with my cousins, and then the NES version with them. We would laugh hysterically if we hit each other by accident, and then of course the person who was hit would take revenge.
As a child, I never beat this game. I return to it in my 20's and I beat it. I was so stressed but satisfied at the same time, I ALMOST threw away the console hahahaha
Beating Willy that way's kind of ballsy considering he could shoot or ram you if you got too close to him, even if you are able to land an attack on him on some occasions. Typically when I got to him, I'd keep scrolling vertically to keep out of the way of his machine gun shots and try kicking him if he got close enough to me before grabbing, pummel him, and toss him since it takes 3 to 4 combos with that sequence to beat him. For anyone suggesting the elbow, that's a bit risky to use on Willy since you'd be opening yourself up to machine gun shots from him.
In DD1 for the NES, due to the lack of a two-player mode, Jimmy was the real boss. But I would have done otherwise. In the arcade version, there was a guy who looked like the Dragon Brothers named Jeff. So I'll make him the real boss. I would have done differently with Jimmy. He went to rescue Marion alone and fell into the trap of the bandits. Billy saves Marion and Jimmy :) Very easy :P
Hey NC! Guess what?! We used your footage again! I don't want to come off as a self-promoter, so I don't want to drop a link, but you know where to find it. If you stop by a leave a comment I'll pin it! Thank you so much!
Sweet, I'll check it out. Don't worry about it, it'd be great if you did leave links. I mean, you're linking me from yours, so fair is fair, right? I certainly am happy to return the favor.
2:47 and here comes abobo! Even though there's a game that is called abobo's Big Adventure and he's the main character going to save his son very brutal game
Why is this game never mentioned on "most difficult NES games" lists? I can beat Contra, Super C, Ninja Gaiden I & II in one gaming session but I still haven't beat this.
I could NEVER get past mission 3. I played this game and RollerGames with a friend back in 1999. After that it was time to go to St. Ann Catholic Church.
You seem to have forgotten about a trick when you get that whip when you're on that stage when you get all the way to the top that web service into a bed which allows you to beat up that karate dude
Played in the arcades then got it on Nintendo. Per usual, the console version is extremely inferior. Enjoyed it as much as I could. Fortunately all those arcade games are easily accessible for free or very cheap. I can finally play the real arcade version whenever. It remains one of the best beat 'em ups ever.
Hey, NintendoComplete scene 4:20-4:49 is incomplete. Where are all my ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️s at?😂 Also, Double Dragon rule of thumb - if you can knock an enemy , especially a boss, off a cliff or into the water to their death you do so.🤦♂️
Two things I never understood about this game why you never seen or fought the enemies in the opening sequence of the game ( blue haired guys) and of course the color changes on the hearts, etc
The hearts/health bar are constantly changing color due to them sharing a palette slot with the background. The NES had some pretty strict limitations on how many colors could be displayed at once. Only 4 palette sets limited to 4 colors each could be used for background data at any given time.
Palette limitations. The NES had an excruciatingly tiny amount of screen RAM, and sprites were limited to just 3 colours (plus one transparent). That's why the colours of the bad guys look different at the start.
Am I the only one after finding out the whole story and plot of this game. After beating it, thought ok the game was good. But who in their right mind? Actually thinks the ending was a good ending. One brother makes a gang just to kidnap his own girlfriend. Then gets his brother to help fight through the gang he made. To save the girlfriend. Then at the end of the game the brothers fight to save the girl. Whoever wins, wins the girl. Seriously!!!!! Freaken lame!!!!
First opening scene is a chick getting punched in the stomach what the hell LOL I can't believe I played this as a kid it's still an awesome game though
You punch WAY too often and get hit a lot as a result. It's best to kick kick and then finish it off with a punch. I cringe at how many times you get hit with easy opponents.
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I FINALLY beat this game at 41 years old and damn near cried 😂😂😂. Man this game is so hard.
lol!
Felt the same way when I finally beat Ninja Gaiden 3 lol. Congrats !
Forreal I just beat double dragon 2 after cleaning and fixing my nes..only took me 30 years
It's such a dopamine hit, achievements in these older games. Totally blows away new games with quick saves / loads
@@senseicorey9979 Agreed. That's why the Dark Souls games were a breath of fresh air. Brought me back to video games with that old school style of struggle and accomplishment. They are basically NES games at heart.
Double Dragon taught me a very, very important lesson early on in my life as a gamer. Because kicking enemies kills them quicker, but punching them gives you a lot more experience in the long run, enemies aren't always obstacles and can be "used" for your benefit. Sometimes, doing things the hard way leads to greater rewards. I'm sure that somehow translated into everyday life.
Thank you Chuck Norris! 👌
Haha 🎉
I PREFERRED THE HEADBUTT
Brings back memories of my childhood 😊 😊 😊😊😊 I love it.
That diagonal kicking motion really changes the game. Finally 40 years later I completed this game
I miss playing this game. One of my favorite childhood games.
There’s still ways to play it
This game had a great soundtrack.. especially the pink cave, Chin's theme
I had this as a kid and suddenly remember at 33 yrs old. I never got pass mission 3 so it was crazy watching this. Thank you
The follow-up to Renegade was one of the first of the "modern beat 'em up" breed, and it's by far one of the best beat 'em ups on the Nintendo.
IIRC, both this game and Renegade were both designed by Yoshihisa Kishimoto and marketed for US arcades by Taito America Corporation, but the difference between both games is that the NES version of Renegade was published by Taito and the NES version of Double Dragon was published by Tradewest (founded by the Cook family and former SNK America head John Rowe) and Renegade was composed by Kazuo Sawa and Double Dragon was composed by Kazunaka Yamane.
+Dana Long I believe so, but they were both developed by Technos. Renegade was the beginning of the Kunio series, and Double Dragon kind-of spun off as a parallel series. I love them both, Technos did a lot of great stuff that Nintendo themselves published.
Other games in the Kunio series included River City Ransom, Super Dodge Ball and Crash & The Boys Street City Challenge (both C&TB and RCR were published by Technos' American division whilst Super Dodge Ball was published by CSG Imagesoft, which is now known as Sony Computer Entertainment America). As for the DD franchise, Acclaim Entertainment published the remaining two DD sequels for the NES (as well as DD II & III for the Game Boy), Acclaim's Flying Edge division published DDIII's arcade version for the Genesis, Accolade's Ballistic division published Double Dragon for the Genesis and Tradewest published DD for the Game Boy, Super Double Dragon for the SNES and Double Dragon V for the SNES and Genesis.
@@NintendoComplete At the bottom of your description for the Renegade NES video version of Renegade; you posted the box cover art for the Master System version. The NES version’s is different (and cooler looking).
Urban Champion was pretty funny but quite basic.
Still one of my favorite beat em' ups for any system. This is a huge part of my childhood right here, and I get very nostalgic every time I hear the opening theme music. It's just as fun today as it was back then.
Nintendo - “We only allow family friendly games.”
*double dragon starts off with domestic violence and kidnapping* 😂
It’s grandfathered in.
There were knobs that actually complained about the fighting in Blades of Steel.
@@SamtheBravesFan Blades of Steel was one of my favorites. I still remember getting it on Christmas morning when I was 10 or 11.
I always liked ice hockey better than blades of steel.
They didn't live together.
I used to play it with my brother, nostalgia.
I bet your daddy "played" with him, too. He was a home oh.
I used to play this with my younger brother. It was the only fighting game I liked. Miss those days.
You sound just like me 👍🏽
Is it me or did this game had the best nes music
Good music COMPOSITION.
It did not. But was pretty good.
@@Don_Ramiro can you show me 1 game that had better music than this?
@@Vikk009 The Super Mario Bros trilogy? Batman (original & Return of the Joker)? Ninja Gaiden trilogy? The Megaman games? Just to name a few...
@Don_Ramiro I would agree with mario but the others I consider less compared to dd series, but I guess we all have different opinions
This game, Double Dragon, was on a 1989 VHS tape with tips & tricks on getting a high score. It was one of those Kodak VHS video tapes. It had Blaster Master, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, T&C Surf Design, Double Dragon and WWF WrestleMania. It was called How To Score More Points On Nintendo Games #2.
I remember that.
I remember the woman at the video store telling me when i rented it: you know this isn't a video game, right? lol
Man I miss this so much. Just binged ur page. Great vids man!👍🏻
Crazy how much our parents had to pay for these games that can be beat in like 20 minutes. That was my moms gripe. 40 to 60 bucks back then for an nes game.
Sheeeit, this game lasted until the genesis came out for me and I never beat it lol
@egomaniac247 I was one of those kids that git to do anything I wanted so I stayed on nintendo. Even at bedtime I stayed up at night playing. Then on the weekends nintendo nintendo nintendo. My whole apartment complex was nintendo kids
That's what rentals (are/were) for!
Beating Double Dragon in 20 minutes took hours to do.
There were also one one battles you could do.
When I was a kid I didn't realize that was the guy's hand was holding the chick at the beginning.. I just thought she bent in half and had a handlebar in her back, and that punching her activated it. 🤣
I still play NES games.
I remember the enemies would duck evade the spin kick attack so frequently I almost didn't want to reach 7 hearts.
I had a love and hate relationship with this game. I remember being 6 years old and renting this game. Started it up and I was like hey this isnt like the arcade I felt cheated. Needless to say i learned to really like this game but it was always very difficult for me. Could not get past the first platforming cave level. Played it years later and still could not pass that cave level! Lol
Loved this game, played the arcade with my cousins, and then the NES version with them. We would laugh hysterically if we hit each other by accident, and then of course the person who was hit would take revenge.
As a child, I never beat this game. I return to it in my 20's and I beat it. I was so stressed but satisfied at the same time, I ALMOST threw away the console hahahaha
I loved this game. I made it to the very last level but could never beat it.
Beating Willy that way's kind of ballsy considering he could shoot or ram you if you got too close to him, even if you are able to land an attack on him on some occasions. Typically when I got to him, I'd keep scrolling vertically to keep out of the way of his machine gun shots and try kicking him if he got close enough to me before grabbing, pummel him, and toss him since it takes 3 to 4 combos with that sequence to beat him. For anyone suggesting the elbow, that's a bit risky to use on Willy since you'd be opening yourself up to machine gun shots from him.
I love the NES sprites...because the Lee brothers look smug as hell XD
This music is absolutely cracked, especially the third stage
I remember in the Double Dragon cartoon his brother was with the Shadows
The cartoon was garbage.
River city ransom was a great game
I finished it in 1990. I was 10 at the time
QUE HABILIDAD SEÑOR.
En serio, esa tensión en el último nivel, me hizo acordar jugando en mi infancia, gracias :)
Apretando pero pasó.
DOUBLE 🐉 DRAGON TWO WAS THE BEST IMO
Fam, you have a pin attack. USE IT.
Haha, I haven't seen this before. (you should pin him)
Me at Mission 4
💀
I miss this game and until now i still play this game thru mobile
Everytime i see Billy and Jimmy fight at the end of this game, i can't help but think of Liquid and Solid Snake from the MGS Franchise
Man old memories great game
In DD1 for the NES, due to the lack of a two-player mode, Jimmy was the real boss. But I would have done otherwise. In the arcade version, there was a guy who looked like the Dragon Brothers named Jeff. So I'll make him the real boss. I would have done differently with Jimmy. He went to rescue Marion alone and fell into the trap of the bandits. Billy saves Marion and Jimmy :)
Very easy :P
Why Jeff? It already has a main bad guy with Willy, and he's in the game anyway. Just have him kidnap Marian and Jimmy.
Have limitations but still good beat em up
Classic game, love it
Billy Lee: I Call Upon The Power Of The Double Dragon!
Definitely the hardest Double Dragon game.
2:06 if you walk into those "cables" on the wall you can glitch up the wall in that spot. but it can also kill you because you'll fall off the screen
Double Dragon is the first NES game to be endosered to the U.S. National Video Game Team Player's Seal of Approval.
Hey NC! Guess what?! We used your footage again! I don't want to come off as a self-promoter, so I don't want to drop a link, but you know where to find it. If you stop by a leave a comment I'll pin it!
Thank you so much!
Sweet, I'll check it out. Don't worry about it, it'd be great if you did leave links. I mean, you're linking me from yours, so fair is fair, right? I certainly am happy to return the favor.
we were so diappointed 2 players couldn't play at the same time.
Jesus, taken Jimmy down with just two ticks of health! I can never beat him without dying deliberately for the health refill.
Haha, I literally tried to get through this game very recently and couldn't even do it in my first try!
No elbows?? No ground and pounds??? Why bruh? Use his whole array of moves.
Why when all you need is that sweet round-house?
Javelin Death elbow was the truth
You know you could flip off the edges and kick them
They should've named it Single Dragon, seeing it was only single player on the NES😅
I so remember the Track at 11:50
You whipped the final boss (Jimmy) with 2 health bars and won the battle with no health left... impressive.
2:47 and here comes abobo! Even though there's a game that is called abobo's Big Adventure and he's the main character going to save his son very brutal game
And most officially, Abobo appears as the very first boss since the first Double Dragon game.
Having anxiety lol! I watched my brother play this when I was 4-5 fun times I tried playing was waaaay too hard.
Yup before the interweb. This game was a bitch to beat.
Shocking lack of elbows or pin attacks. Elbows were the best against Abobos.
This is a nostalgics ando fabulous game
Why is this game never mentioned on "most difficult NES games" lists? I can beat Contra, Super C, Ninja Gaiden I & II in one gaming session but I still haven't beat this.
What a clutch you were so close to dying
To this day, I never understood the reasoning behind the color changes of the life bar and hearts.
NES color palette limitations
how can you uppercut 2 people at the same time with one hand?
I could NEVER get past mission 3. I played this game and RollerGames with a friend back in 1999. After that it was time to go to St. Ann Catholic Church.
Who is the last boss?is he Jimmy Lee?
if u look closely billy lee the main character is looks like classic jeane claude van damme 😅😅😅
You seem to have forgotten about a trick when you get that whip when you're on that stage when you get all the way to the top that web service into a bed which allows you to beat up that karate dude
Played in the arcades then got it on Nintendo. Per usual, the console version is extremely inferior. Enjoyed it as much as I could. Fortunately all those arcade games are easily accessible for free or very cheap. I can finally play the real arcade version whenever. It remains one of the best beat 'em ups ever.
I thought double dragon 2: the revenge was way better. And better than its arcade version
The NES version is somewhat better than the arcade version.
Same here kinda.
I get all my hearts in the first level get 3 hearts on the wills
My favorite double dragon character is bimm- oops, meant Billy. Too used to that😂
This game know it brings back memories for me I love everything about it even now it takes me back💥💥💥
I did this in 89
no entiendo porque en la saga de double dragon no hay objetos para sanar la salud del personaje
Hey, NintendoComplete scene 4:20-4:49 is incomplete. Where are all my ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️s at?😂 Also, Double Dragon rule of thumb - if you can knock an enemy , especially a boss, off a cliff or into the water to their death you do so.🤦♂️
Good.
I dont get why is Billy the final boss here? He's supposed to be your bother and the second dragon!
Get a life.
@@HomeOh-lg8sh Why are you trowing trash to me ? I was just asking a legit question
Women must've been really really rare in that world. Also, why was she so casually sleeping in the other guy's apartment??? Hmmm???
Two things I never understood about this game why you never seen or fought the enemies in the opening sequence of the game ( blue haired guys) and of course the color changes on the hearts, etc
The hearts/health bar are constantly changing color due to them sharing a palette slot with the background. The NES had some pretty strict limitations on how many colors could be displayed at once. Only 4 palette sets limited to 4 colors each could be used for background data at any given time.
Palette limitations. The NES had an excruciatingly tiny amount of screen RAM, and sprites were limited to just 3 colours (plus one transparent). That's why the colours of the bad guys look different at the start.
Mission 2 song is the shit
PTSD TRIGGERED
i can manage 5 hearts by the beginning of mission 2
is that his brother he fighting
Yup
I always hated this part 14:30. Love this game tho.
Way superior to the arcade
What the hell is a GRIGR??
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Am I the only one after finding out the whole story and plot of this game. After beating it, thought ok the game was good. But who in their right mind? Actually thinks the ending was a good ending. One brother makes a gang just to kidnap his own girlfriend. Then gets his brother to help fight through the gang he made. To save the girlfriend. Then at the end of the game the brothers fight to save the girl. Whoever wins, wins the girl. Seriously!!!!! Freaken lame!!!!
Both buttons nothing stronger
First opening scene is a chick getting punched in the stomach what the hell LOL I can't believe I played this as a kid it's still an awesome game though
DEI = Didn't earn it.
This was a very violent videogame..
Easy mode
Billy mission complete enemy heart 💜💜💜💜💜💜
Bat go punch ✊ kick 🦵 jimmy angelica rescue
You punch WAY too often and get hit a lot as a result. It's best to kick kick and then finish it off with a punch. I cringe at how many times you get hit with easy opponents.
Says the guy with zero speedruns or longplays on his channel.
Def not a speedrun lol
There going to nuke dammit
I hate/love this game lol
New games wack
USE THE DAMN ELBOW MOVE!
cheat codes!
The one thing i hated about this ge was the no simultaneous 2 player mode like in the arcade
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