Arcade Longplay [233] Double Dragon 3 - The Rosetta Stone
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This is the final Double Dragon game in the trilogy (not including the SNES version of Super Double Dragon or the Neo Geo version of Double Dragon). Billy and Jimmy Lee returned home after defeating the Black Warriors to avenge Marions death. Now they are on a new adventure from the so-called fortune teller. She tells them the legend of the three rosetta stones needed to recover and tells them to go to Egypt to see how the stones can help them. This game features a shop where the Lee brother can purchase weapons, power-ups, extra buddies to help you when you die, energy, and extra lives to help with with the fortune teller's quest. The power-ups make Billy and Jimmy twice their size and giving them more damage to the enemies and longer range of attacks. In Double Dragon 3, the games graphics departs from the cartoon like style and moving towards the more realistic looking characters. In my opinino, this game was not too bad but not as good as the first two Double Dragon games. The ability to throw objects like the knives and picking up heavy objects and throw and dump them on your enemies have been removed. This time the game costs you real money to purchase items from the shop making this game a coin sucker. The graphics are good but I didn't like the story as much as the first two games. The NES version of DD3 was better. This game is a little harder than the first two games. Even when the difficulty is set on easy and the maximum amount of energy each characters can carry, I do die quite a bit on the later stages especially the Samurai and the Knight bosses which I have to press 5 on my keyboard to inseart coin. The best weapon in this game in my opinion is the Nunchucks. The sword was alright but not that useful. The sword was a much better weapon against the Knight bosses or the samurai. But I died so quick I no longer had access to the sword when I had to use other guys bought from the shop which I didn't think it was a good idea. Not totally a bad game but not that great. The game is still fun and enjoybale to play. -
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I guess this is where microtransactions started. To the developers that made this game, you guys are sick.
microtransactions? I love the Fido Dido avatar by the way, where the hell has that guy been?
Your Mother I really miss the mascot. Awesome character.
Yeah, what'd you mean by microtransactions though?
Your Mother You pay one coin just to buy "EXTRA GUY, TRICKS, ENERGY, POWER UP, and WEAPONS."
That is what I meant by microtransaction.
Just imagine playing this game in the arcades.
Ahh rightio. NBA Jam was a game that really shafted you like that. 8 credits for a full game. Most kids whoever played that back in the day only ever played a quarter or a half at most.
This game is an interesting reminder that most of what Double Dragon is remembered for positively happened on consoles.
this game was made with consoles in mind, that's why it sucks. also because it was not developed by Technos
That's bullshit! Double Dragon was a seminal arcade game, and THAT'S what it's remembered for.
@@nebularain3338 also true. this kid probably doesn't even know what arcades are
Lotta people in denial replying to this one.
@@BelatedGamer i got bad news for you kid, real gamers never even had consoles back in the day. They just spent the whole day at the arcade
Whenever people complain about microtransactions as if they're something new, I remind them of this game and the "item shop".
"They swore they would give Cleopatra's treasure to charity." They lied.
29:32: "I'm impressed. You really have strength."
Right...the original Japanese actually said this:
"Americans not have strength. They have lots of money for to get far in game."
preety ironic for this arcade game
Japanese version came later and the item shop which had you pay real money was removed.
@@jayden6538 In turn, however, the special moves were bundled into the characters but are also harder to pull now.
...This game is balls!
Props for having the patience to actually play through this god awful mess.
Damn
Lol To Be Fair The Team Behind Double Dragon Wasnt 100% On This One
A valid point, but still, my original statement stands, lol.
@@ryandiggs750 🤣
I mean this was my first double dragon i played and i like it but was the most annoying out of the rest think my favourite is super double dragon
For all these years I've heard people say that DD3 is WAY too hard and I thought "What're they talking about? It's EASY!" But now I know they weren't talking about the NES version. They were talking about THIS version.
The Double Dragon story line really took a weird twist with this game.
"Hey guys, grab a bunch of rocks and go to Egypt to fight a guy that's killed everyone who's ever gone up against him."
"Okay."
They went downhill after the original which was awesome, DD2 ok, DD3 sucks.
I think a lot of games of this era bit off more than they could chew. A lot of playability was sacrificed for an attempt at better graphics and animation. Games were dumbed down, ending up with ridiculously hard games, where you could only pay to win. Completing DD3 on one credit would be nearly impossible, I think.
However, the game deserves credit for trying to reach beyond its comfort zone. For me Double Dragon (1) is the best DD game. Its graphics stand back a lot from today's standards, but so do those of DD3. DD1 remains sharp and playable, I think, while DD3 is more of a failed experiment.
Back then just the addition of speech simulation and pixel graphics was a major plus, but judging by today's standards, such features fail to impress anyone.
I always wondered about this. I don't think it's possible to beat this game with just one coin. I like hard games but DD3 is insanely unbeatable. Also, I never seen anyone really good at it like there were at DD1 and DD2.
Contrary to what you believe, there are many (arcade) games that look better than this and this is hardly what this could bite more than it can chew. It's just bad programming along with weak hardware. Capcom's Final Fight came a year before and it looks leagues better than this
Original dd arcade is pretty shitty.
@@broken1394 the original double dragon was incredible. this is the only shitty arcade dd game.
The adventures of bimmy and jimmy ended in a sour note then.
You mean bimmy and jilly?
Yea, where is our friend Bimmy?
Sorry Billy...Come back when you`re a little...MMM...RICHER!
...or after your name changed to Bimmy.
For me not only the NES version is better, but I also found all the 3 double dragons on NES much better games, not because the graphics, which indeed are much better in the arcade, but because the overall speed and playability of the games. I tried to play the 3 games with MAME and all the 3 were so terribly boring (being the first one the best), they get very slow a lot of times, I finished the first one, played some of the others but I deleted them after a while. I must say that usually, almost every arcade game is superior than a a console port, but Double Dragon is one of the few examples in which the ports are much better than the originals. That's just my opinion.
The first NES Double Dragon was blatantly inferior to the arcade game, with mediocre presentation, slow gameplay, clunky controls, memory limitations and most unforgivably, no simultaneous co-op so Double Dragon was bit of a misnomer in that case.
The second game is more of a matter of preference, with the NES game having more fleshed out story and more content, but also slower, more limited action, with only two enemies being able to be on screen at any time, some truly wretched platforming and a compromised ending that arguably misses the point of the arcade game.
Sacred Stones is arguably better than The Rosetta Stone, but it's still pretty much balls, so that's not really impressive.
I agree. The music had way more kick. The stages were more adventurous and didn't try to look pseudo realistic. It was an awesome challenge to earn the hearts to perform new moves on the NES. The SEGA Master System allowed 2-Players.
I agree. I think every NES version is a better and more fun game than the Arcade version.
Contra also
At 7:00 you play a role that demonstrated perfectly on what is called " getting your ass kicked" lol
The heck?! It has Silent Hill monsters in Egypt? And it becomes a platformer too? Goodness.
You only need 1 coin. Words to live by
You know an arcade game is really poor when *4* home versions with inferior hardware are better than the arcade game (Amiga, Atari ST, NES, Mega Drive)
No the intro and title screen music is kinda scary
I loved this arcade as a kid! I liked how you could select different characters from just Billy and Jimmy.
Then I hope you had this on Genesis or something. This game, on it's original form, was really just a shameless wallet-raper.
I played this just once and even as a kid, I knew it was just one big scam. The difficulty level already insanely high and then the player made to insert additional credits to obtain power ups and weapons! Yes, arcade machines are designed to make as much money as possible for the owner/operator but they went too far with the shameless greed on this one.
There was a wrestling arcade game that had a similar set up only instead of buying moves etc while in the middle of a match Hulk Hogan's face would appear with the message "Insert coins to regain power". So basically it was making you pay for extra energy.
Or they made it so that you can regain energy in game, but only very slowly, while making you lose a lot of energy over time. This happened in arcade games like the original Gauntlet or Rampage World Tour, which were both arcade games by Midway Entertainment. It gives you the illusion that you can heal up easily, but not effectively, so as to keep eating your coins/tokens.
When you stop and think about it inserting coins to get energy and so on was the precursor to in-app purchases on our smartphones and tablets today.
And to think it started with an arcade game as old as the original Gauntlet. Microtransactions aren't a new thing at all!
CaptainCorleone Jewish trick to get your money.
One reason why most people dislike this arcade version is that it was developed by East Technology (Gigandes, Sel Feena, Silent Dragon, etc.), not Technos Japan.
Don't forget Operation Wolf 3.
people dislike this game because of american technos who forced the developer to put in an item shop where you had to buy things with real money.
It was not the decision of east technology, their other games were deacent including silent dragon
@@jayden6538 The Japanese version didn't include the item shop.
All the characters walking scrolling looks animated 1 fps . weird. The Amiga game they move much more smoothly.
The Amiga game is actually better than the arcade version (Also true for the NES game which is actually not a port from this, its very different). They fixed up some wrong stuff with the arcade game, including the jerky movement/animation and the frequent slowdowns; It's a shame the best amiga ports are usually for the worst arcade games :D
@Retro Storm Do you still play Double Dragon 3 armiga sometimes these days?
Fun trivia, the first stage of this you fight the "Neo-Black Warriors" (successor gang of the original from DD1) and the boss is Willy's (machine gun guy from DD1 and DD2) younger brother (Jim I want to say his name is) out for revenge.
Many things can be said about this game, but one in particular remains a mystery for me: the animation is SO choppy when on fixed screens, but why is it so smooth during transitions ( when you make the screen scrolling / go to next portion of the level) ? There's litterally no logic, it should be the opposite in most games, not this one. Why ? Any reason for this ?
I honestly don't know. My only guess is that the programmers only figured out how to move sprites through re-drawing graphical-tiles, and not make frames, or actual movement, between them. And that would still be the case while the screen scrolls, but you stay on the same location on the screen as it does, so it looks smooth? I really don't know, but it just shows how unprofessional this game is. What were Technos thinking when they decided to give their most succeful franchise to a third-party developer to make?
You had to actually pay real money just so your character could do the tornado kick if you played the U.S version. You also had to pay real money for weapons. This game is shit but ahead of its time with nickel and dimming consumers, what we typically call DLC now days. I am not proud to say this but I own the arcade PCB to this turd because as a collector it is my duty to preserve arcade history even if the game is crap.
niceguy60 anyway to destroy the spike disc of death?
Dude I haven't played this turd in 17 years
@@niceguy60 so I assume you have a Pit fighter PCB as well, you know to preserve history (and bad memories)
@@lee3r24
Yeap dude I have a pit fighter pcb but I actually like that game
pit fighter, aww shit that brings me back!
@niceguy60 do you have arcade parties?
The beginning of the end for Technos Japan.
Terrible arcade game, full of greedy coin munching features and totally dated considering Final Fight was released a year earlier. In saying that, it made a great NES game. Funnily enough, the Amiga port had far better animation than the arcade game and was actually quite playable. Still, Technos really screwed the pooch by letting a third party developer at what is their most famous franchise. At least the music was brilliant and up there with the Double Dragon standard.
really? i thought the music fell far behind the music in the first 2 games...
i haven't given this game a proper playthrough on any console though... i actually didn't even realize there was an arcade game until just now.
The NES title sucked too. Was probably the worst of the series behind V
I love DD3... not for what is it, but what it wanted to be. The concept is great, the globe trotter indiana jones adventure with new buddies beat em up entering the magical realm like a cheap cool B Kung Fu movie. Running clothesline, rebounding from the wall flying kicks, overhead throwing and special 2 player techniques are cool ideas. The music is the best from the arcade series. For me, the problems are the gameplay and the animation. I would have preferred a smaller version of the sprites of the previous DD arcade games, with their physics and playability with the same style new enemies.
I have to disagree with your opinion on music. It is awful along with the rest of the game.
One of the worst games ever made. Hands down
Holy hell...all these years and I had no idea the THIRD game was an Arcade also. I thought the 3rd game was a nintendo original lmao.
WOW, the music sounds better than ever....I just decided to look this up after so many years and I'm shocked!
"Insert coin to purchase tricks and powerups" - what a system...
This game deserves a whopping ass TAS, just to insult the AI
NES version of "Double Dragon 3" was completely different than Arcade Version. Story was about of kidnapping of Lee brothers' girlfriend Marion. Billy and Jimmy went to journey around the world to recover her. They doesn't fight with Hiruko, and she died how her body was reduced into dust. Marion was final boss, and was transformed by evil spell into princess Noiram. In final stage you are in the chamber with three sacrophages. Inside each is mummy. First you must kill mummy from left sacrophage, next from right sarcophage and finally from middle. During fight with third mummy, her bandages burned off and revealed her true form: Marion AKA Princess Noiram.
Welp, thanks for the spoilers.
Is it an entirely different game from the NES version?
Yes.
Next episode: Double Dragon 4. January 30,2017 for Steam and PS4.
i could never get over the choppy animations.
As a kid i played a lot DD1 & DD2, i got a lot of anger while played DD3 on arcade.
Well, they finally got rid of the slowdown issue... but wtf is up with that walking animation!?
Evil Ryu I was wondering the same thing. Is the game actually like that or is it an emulation thing? looks like he has glue on his feet.
Hat Duken no one playtested this shit i guess.
I don't know.. maybe some kind of art-style with the walk? I don't know what they were thinking, maybe realistic steps? It looks like his moviment looks like is made based around graphical-tile! It looks so choppy, unprofessional and unatural!
The arcade was like that.
Looks like they need to use the restroom.
Why the blocky movement I'll never understand
OMG this is the American version! Which you have to pay credits to buy Nunchucks!
(Japanese version does not require that, more to the traditional double dragon)
Oh in MD version Billy is buffed by 20 HP.
I learnt the hard way as a kid that buying stuff in the shop cost real money! Hated this game ever since haha
I wonder if it's possible to beat this game with just one credit and without the lame coin/power-up feature.
NES version FWIW.
Theoretically, yes, but I can guarantee with almost 100% certainty that no one ever has or will
And that ladies and gentlemen is why this franchise died.
Damn you, developers, why no shop in NES version??? >.< did you know how difficult this game is in NES version??? >.
The movement of the characters is so choppy compared to the previous versions.
How can a newer Double Dragon have less better gemaplay than the previous ones?
the enemies were sloppy moving and choppy. what happened
The Spectrum version has a higher framerate than the arcade!
This game also came out on the Game Boy with Acclaim as it's publisher under the title Double Dragon 3: The Arcade Game, distinguishing them from the earlier NES release.
It’s sad that we mever did knew about the arcade version, while the nes did have some assets from the arcade version, it’s a totally different game, oddly enough the gameboy version was a straight port from the arcade version.
Billy And Jimmy Lee Are At It Again In DOUBLE DRAGON 3 THE ROSETTA STONE!
BY THE POWER OF THE DRAGON!
Wasn't aware that longplays org accepts credit feeds as well ...
Buscando desde mi infancia este juego y al fin pude encontrarlo... muchas gracias!
Was (Is) William S. Sessions an actuall person, or a bad pun, such as I. P. Freely, or Seymore Cox?
Yep . He was head of the FBI
Sooo many questions about this very unusual and seemingly almost impossible game but one is what is that flying around thing in the underground Egyptian level going "YIN! YIN! YIN!YIN!"?
Part of my life is in this shit.
wow..the nes version is actually a step up from this....gezuz
I still can’t get over the fact that you beat up an old woman in this version 😂
That was shocking.😂
Billy an jimmy with elderly abuse
Be like:
Well she was evil so...
Yes - "William Steele Sessions is an American civil servant who served as a judge and 4th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sessions served as FBI director from 1987 to 1993, when he was dismissed by President Clinton", Wikipedia excerpt.
Actually after watching this I think it's a great game.
We would have been crazy about it.
It has everything we wanted, unlike most other similar games.
How does this look better but also worse then the NES version?
I loved this, way better than the NES version. I also love how the mummy at the end basically just bitch slaps your character as an attack haha.
should be called triple dragon since it's a 3 players game.
Why does italy have archers as its enemy? i never understood this, its not like the romans were particularly famous for their archers.
Microtransactions before 7th gen EA games.
Why wasnt Sonny, Roney and Masao playable in the NES version? 😅
Thank you so much for making that goddamned joke. I make the Bimmy and Jimmy joke and no one EVER gets it!
I'M BIMMY
It was from then on that the Double Dragon game series began to lose its essence. They left aside the style of The Warriors and Mad Max movies to make a childish, idiotic and boring adventure.
It's funny when the NES version of an arcade game looks better to play.
That pyramid at the end looked so real. Imagine the coding just for that alone.
Do u think. This should be in arcade archives?
Could have bought the arcade with alll that money lol
After watching this? I definitely prefer the NES version which was MUCH more fair and overall better made.
I loved the art style of DD1 & DD2 but I felt they completely lost it on this one. Never even got it because of that. Probably killed the franchise too. Even the HD remakes never captured what I liked about the art direction of the first two.
Instead of the heroes swearing they will give Cleopatras treasure to charity, they should swear they will never make any more shitty games. This is fucking horrible!!!
Besides the fact that this version is so different from the NES version (which I prefer), omg physics @ 33:37 rofl
And after this, We gained Double Dragon 5: The Shadows Falls
There was Double Dragon IV, but only for the SNES. Instalment V was based on the cartoon series, and was cashing in on the Street Fighter clones that EVERYONE was doing then
Best regards from KRAUL-l-🤘🤘
home version for NES I never made it past the first level.
What a cheap ass game. I mean, I lost count of how many times Billy was ganked from behind. Boss attacks have priority over your own, so they can counter basically everything.
The upgrade system is a neat idea but it's almost as if those tricks and weapons don't really help.
Wow, they completed their martial arts? Looks more like they contracted bovine spongiform!
Why does Cleopatra look like a man in drag? If this was made today, I wouldn’t be surprised.
Ninjas gave him the BUSINESS
The music is world 5 is freaking awesome.
Least smooth animation in a fighting game ever.
A disgraceful cash grab
Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone
Me encantaría que hagan una buena película con esta parte 3. 😅 Si fuese posible con Ridley Scott.
I remember the time my brother told me there was a new doble dragon arcade and the first time I saw it I was awed! I got to play maybe a couple times and then never again. Then years later thanks to videos like this I can realize how dreadful double dragon 3 came out to be, even ddg 3 for new was super dreadful difficult game!
I Never Understood Y They Added More Characters Who The Hell Is Roney & Sonny?
The amiga conversion of this coin-op is the only version which is good to play. It features 50hz scrolling smooth as butter, and the graphics are great. The game logic of the coin-op is a pure Failure unfortunately (even Yoshihisa Kichimoto, double dragon designer is not proud of it, because it was made for money :( )
Oh come on! He just spawned and that discus hit him?! I call BS!
Well if you notice the game does not grant temporary invincibility each time a new life comes in unlike most other games that's the rip off.
At least this game has his charmy despite being awful. A charmy that the modern crappy games don´t have. This is just my opinion.
Technos just let everything go to
Hell at this point.
They outsourced Double Dragon III
@@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526 right.
24:30 ish had me cracking up
Honestly, this part of the game is super frustrating, I almost put my fist through the computer screen every time I play this part.
quite a bit of games did that before such as Gauntlet and Xenophobe where you could buy more health, but this game really stretched out this concept with the shop.
winners dont use drugs!
Awesome. Not bad at all. Hail Double Dragon.
Why is the animation so horrible compared to the first game?
The animation is to laggy is your video upload problem not the arcade version
The NES is totally different, way better and playable game. Give it a try guys.
Egypt really had somethin for dat azZ 😂
Don't know why still prefer the nes version despite the graphics is nicer for the arcade.
Because NES version is just better overall!
The health system was the same as the Combatribes.