Double Dragon is Disgustingly Important

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  • @nYc__dIEseL
    @nYc__dIEseL Год назад +33

    Growing up; beat ‘em ups were my favorite genre. River City Ransom, Bad Dudes and TMNT…but Double Dragon always holds a special place in my heart. Plus that soundtrack is my favorite of any NES game

    • @RaymondKarlVeasey75
      @RaymondKarlVeasey75 Год назад +6

      Bad Dudes & P.O.W. Were Cool, But The TMNT Coin-op Was On A Different Level Of Awesome.

    • @captainmartin1219
      @captainmartin1219 Год назад +1

      Glad I have both arcade games on ps4 and the nes version on xbox live.

    • @DissidentPrick
      @DissidentPrick Год назад +2

      Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja and Shadow Warriors were great beat ‘em ups but Double Dragon was the best it wasn’t until Streets of Rage that there was better than Double Dragon, but Double Dragon is my favourite.

    • @busyjaymz
      @busyjaymz 8 месяцев назад

      I dunno, but I can understand how you feel that way. Great soundtrack. MegaMan games had great music (esp MM2) and Castlevania (esp 2) did as well.

  • @jakelam5089
    @jakelam5089 Год назад +12

    The Sega Master System version of Double Dragon was quite an impressive game at it's time

  • @clawofthefallen
    @clawofthefallen Год назад +14

    Fun fact lots of people overlook. When Billy and/or Jimmy come out of the garage in the 1st stage, the car is the player car from Road Blaster/Avenger Laserdisc Arcade game.

    • @Play2win080
      @Play2win080 Год назад +5

      Yes but did you know the chopper from the garage in Double Dragon II: The Revenge was the same chopper from Cobra Command, Kishimoto’s spiritual sequel to Road Blaster?

    • @Ghost01702
      @Ghost01702 Год назад +2

      ​@@igakoga2481I didn't know that

    • @nathanmcclung7899
      @nathanmcclung7899 Год назад +1

      ​@IgaKoga I didn't know that

    • @MaximumCarnage-
      @MaximumCarnage- Год назад +1

      ​@@igakoga2481 Didn't know

  • @Mankey619
    @Mankey619 Год назад +6

    Beat em ups are one of my favourite genre of games, and thanks for indie devs for bringing back the genre back. All thanks to DD, the game that started the genre to begin with.

  • @PANTYEATR1
    @PANTYEATR1 Год назад +10

    What these beat'em ups do is remind us what arcade games and gameplay mean. Everything is a RPG or movie these days and it's overdone and worn down. If the game developers are reading this, MAKE MORE ARCADE STYLED GAMES WITH GAMEPLAY! 💪

  • @RaymondKarlVeasey75
    @RaymondKarlVeasey75 Год назад +6

    I Don't Know How Many Quarters I Put Into Double Dragon 1 & 2 Coin-Op Machines During That Time Era. Excellent Games! Awesome Video, I Love Double Dragon!

  • @gr8gmr
    @gr8gmr Год назад +3

    I like how you keep reminding people how important Double Dragon is. I hope you do the same for Kunio-kun because that series is very important too.

  • @larryconnerjr1835
    @larryconnerjr1835 Год назад +18

    Super double dragon for snes is one of the best and underrated beat em ups of all time

    • @gjergjaurelius9798
      @gjergjaurelius9798 Год назад +2

      Honestly I like super double dragon over TMNT 4.

    • @larryconnerjr1835
      @larryconnerjr1835 Год назад

      @@gjergjaurelius9798 I do to turtles in time always gets praise all these years later but I actually thought super double dragon was better and just as good as streets of rage for sega genesis but that’s just me

    • @Cluv22
      @Cluv22 Год назад +1

      LOVE this!

    • @SharifSourour
      @SharifSourour Год назад +3

      There are also romhacks to improve it.

    • @josephcrollawelch
      @josephcrollawelch Год назад

      I'll never forget me and my brother rented it on the morning it was due we made it too the last level and it froze I was devastated that was most action packed and bad ass Billy n Jimmy ever been on to me !

  • @SharifSourour
    @SharifSourour Год назад +7

    Double Dragon is essentially the prototypical modern beat ‘em up game.

    • @KenMasters.
      @KenMasters. Год назад +1

      That to me is Renegade.
      While Double Dragon is the first arcade-brawling blockbuster.

    • @SharifSourour
      @SharifSourour Год назад

      @@KenMasters. I would say it’s the OG for sure, laying out the blueprint but it didn’t have a lot of the features introduced in DD that ended up being staples of the genre from then on out.

    • @gr8gmr
      @gr8gmr Год назад

      ​@@SharifSourourLaying the blueprint is very important, especially when you consider what features it had and if it wasn't for Renegade, Double Dragon wouldn't exist.

    • @SharifSourour
      @SharifSourour Год назад

      @@gr8gmr I don't think you read the comment right and I covered a similar point with another commenter too.

    • @gr8gmr
      @gr8gmr Год назад +1

      @@SharifSourour I did read the comment right. I'm just simply pointing out the significance of Renegade and the Kunio-kun series itself.

  • @LowellLucasJr.
    @LowellLucasJr. Год назад +1

    Double Dragon and its original creator gave me an outlet to my already adventerous youth: Turf Wars and beating the hell outta punks who get in your way! Much like many legendary game titles it would later inspire, Double Dragon would always be translated to me as *BEATEM UPS ARE MY LIFE!*

  • @thebrownbaldy
    @thebrownbaldy Год назад +7

    You can definitely feel Fist Of The North Star's influence on this game.

    • @KenMasters.
      @KenMasters. Год назад +2

      Famicom versions only.

    • @aweirdredtoad3637
      @aweirdredtoad3637 Год назад

      ​@@KenMasters. Arcade ones too.

    • @KenMasters.
      @KenMasters. Год назад

      @@aweirdredtoad3637
      The arcade versions of the Double Dragons feel more like The Warriors because of how they dress and how they fight.

  • @Moncriefs
    @Moncriefs Год назад +6

    Never realized that this is where Streets of Rage got it's storyline from, even though I played both games in my childhood. Just never remembered the ending of DD

    • @AMMAZZARE
      @AMMAZZARE Год назад +1

      Every beat’em up is just a DD clone

  • @AlphaProto
    @AlphaProto Год назад +2

    Mode B was my first exposure to fighting games. I've been a player of them ever since.

  • @thehumbleone1983
    @thehumbleone1983 Год назад +1

    Here in Australia I remember the first time I saw the arcade Double Dragon game it blew my mind and later to get it on my Sega Master System was so amazing at that time to be able to play it with my friend was so cool as a kid back then some great memories

  • @reviews.7399
    @reviews.7399 Год назад +2

    Just goes to show you can’t beat the 80’s. It was truly a magical decade.

  • @RetroFred
    @RetroFred Год назад +1

    Thank goodness this didn't get taken down again. I finally get to watch it.

  • @J45yu456
    @J45yu456 Год назад +2

    Love these retrospectives. Keep it up good sir. 🎩

  • @nathanmcclung7899
    @nathanmcclung7899 Год назад

    My dad and I used to go to the bowling alley and play this, rolling thunder, and black tiger. Double Dragon was the first arcade game we beat. I was 5, so I think I was more of a hindrance than help but he'd just keep putting quarters in until we beat it. It didn't matter how many times I fell into the water.

  • @joeyfarris2543
    @joeyfarris2543 Год назад +2

    Double Dragon is my favorite game series of all time and my favorite is Super Double Dragon 🐉🐉

  • @BobbyLips
    @BobbyLips Год назад +1

    When I finally got this game for Christmas my dad didn't realize he bought the Sega Master System version. That was a painful 2 day wait to finally get to experience the game for the console I had. The NES version's OST is a top 10 for me. I still love working out to it. It's like the video game version of the Rocky IV soundtrack!

  • @turbomario
    @turbomario Год назад +2

    While i personally think Kunio Kun is a far superior series to Double Dragon, there’s no debating that DD is bloody awesome and one of the best beat em ups ever made

    • @AngryCalvin
      @AngryCalvin Год назад

      Kunio games are still great to this day if not better. Still have not played Double Dragon Gaiden yet but looking forward to it.

  • @phaikyouser9499
    @phaikyouser9499 Год назад

    There is actually quite a big ad for Kunio Kun in Double Dragon. It's like an Easter egg, it's hidden at the end of the balcony in the first stage. You can google Double Dragon arcade map and see it in full, in the game you can only see the bottom half.

  • @JogBird
    @JogBird Год назад +4

    they nerfed the elbow in follow-up games

    • @badfoot
      @badfoot Год назад

      Yeah, I remember you could complete game just by elbowing your way through.

  • @arcademcfly1039
    @arcademcfly1039 Год назад +1

    Thank you for this! Beat ‘em ups rule!
    Bad Dudes
    Battle Toads

  • @MoMo2137
    @MoMo2137 Год назад +1

    Whats the name of the game shown in 18:46?

    • @Ghost01702
      @Ghost01702 Год назад +1

      It's a version of Double Dragon. I don't know which version, though

  • @GoLion
    @GoLion Год назад

    Great vid!! Love learning more about Double Dragon and Technos!

  • @ryuhayabusa6776
    @ryuhayabusa6776 Год назад

    You've done a very nice job on your overall series.

  • @unLuckyFetus
    @unLuckyFetus Год назад +1

    Hey man, you really be busting your ass on uploads, I appreciate your work and just wanted to say thanks for the free & quality content.
    from the midwest of america
    cheers to you Mr TopHat🍻

  • @giuseppevento7349
    @giuseppevento7349 Год назад +1

    I got this all on my pandora , this game is always fun😎💪🏼💪🏼👍🏼

  • @evandenney8335
    @evandenney8335 Год назад +1

    The first 2 nes were my favorite but they were so dang short

  • @MrAllekzander
    @MrAllekzander Год назад +2

    The only thing that compared to my excitement as a child when Double Dragon came to NES was the disappointment of playing it. 😂
    At least i finally got the Genesis version!

  • @salas0727
    @salas0727 Год назад

    New double dragon collection out on Nov 9th with ports of super double dragon and double dragon advance! If you know you know, these are the pinnacle of the series 🤙🏽

  • @willspann9894
    @willspann9894 Год назад +2

    Why can't we get an arcade accurate port of the original Double Dragon on console?

    • @KenMasters.
      @KenMasters. Год назад

      Technos Japan messed up that opportunity so many times.
      Starting by porting DD 1, 2, and 3 on 8-bit consoles, the worst one being the Atari 2600.
      They were also too busy remaking the original, some good and others bad.

    • @Shin-Blade
      @Shin-Blade Год назад +1

      PS Store... 😊

    • @Ghost01702
      @Ghost01702 Год назад

      I have it on The Super Retro Cade

  • @khaimk4r4su
    @khaimk4r4su Год назад

    Thanks TopHat. Good to see ya

  • @joeyfarris2543
    @joeyfarris2543 Год назад +1

    In the arcade version it's Hammer and Spike and Marian is Hammer's girlfriend and the gang is known as The Black Shadow Warriors 🐉🐉 Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhh 👍 Thank you very much

  • @bruceaskew2107
    @bruceaskew2107 Год назад

    I can't even lie , I love the slow down effects, it doesn't feel like d.d if it doesn't slow down 🤣

  • @anthonybird546
    @anthonybird546 Год назад

    This game hit like an atomic bomb when it dropped in the arcades. I remember people (and myself) would mob up to play the game co-op on repeat, just would not stop until they beat the game, then the next pair would start. I wouldn't see people mob a cabinet like that until Street Fighter II.
    We were all a bit non-plussed by the NES release of Double Dragon. We were hoping to 2 Player co-op and only had that on the vs. mode. We wondered how'd it play on the NES because it had 2 buttons while the arcade had 3. We weren't impressed or cared for the A+B = Jump/kick mechanic at the time. We just didn't get as to why it wasn't like the arcade. No on around me at the time had a Master System so I didn't get to try that version until the early 90s.

  • @ppowerman5000
    @ppowerman5000 Год назад

    I still play this game,.every once in a while..🎉❤

  • @Labcabin96
    @Labcabin96 6 месяцев назад

    What is the hame st the 1:06 mark? I remember it but the name escapes me at the moment

  • @thecunninlynguist
    @thecunninlynguist Год назад +1

    It is!

  • @andrewvasquez1960
    @andrewvasquez1960 Год назад

    Is the slowdown still on the hamster arcade archives version on switch?

  • @michaelr9839
    @michaelr9839 2 месяца назад

    Double Dragon forever ! 🙌🏻

  • @EriknocTDW
    @EriknocTDW Год назад

    I never though of the NES port as being poor. I really enjoyed it for what it was, although I was saddened by the fact that it was only single player.

  • @Marc_Araujo
    @Marc_Araujo Год назад

    I have a lot of nostalgia for the original on the NES. Yes, it doesn't have a traditional two-player mode, but I didn't care and I loved it. Double Dragon II: The Revenge might be the superior game, but I'd chose the original over it any time.

  • @Ziki-P
    @Ziki-P Год назад

    I tried to show this to a friend that was born in 92 but when playing 2 players on ps5 the frame rate was horrible

  • @banonKING
    @banonKING Год назад

    I loved NES Kung-Fu... glad to know it was a big genesis to Double Dragon and Street Fighter.

  • @linewalker
    @linewalker Год назад

    This game and Final Fight should be adapted into live action films

    • @TopHatGamingManChannel
      @TopHatGamingManChannel  Год назад +2

      It was done in 1994. One of the most notoriously bad movies ever.

    • @linewalker
      @linewalker Год назад

      @@TopHatGamingManChannel They should've gotten Van Damme on it!

  • @dboygreenz
    @dboygreenz Год назад

    Way ahead of it's time

  • @aaronking118
    @aaronking118 Год назад

    It's not Billy and Jimmy or Spike and Hammer, it's Bimmy and Jimmy Lee !!!

  • @mightymulatto3000
    @mightymulatto3000 11 месяцев назад

    The day learned the elbow everything became possible!

  • @WakandaForever1776
    @WakandaForever1776 Год назад +2

    I remember everyone surrounding this game in the 80's then a few months later we get the better looking Final Fight

    • @AMMAZZARE
      @AMMAZZARE Год назад +2

      It was more than a few months later. Final Fight came out almost three YEARS later.

    • @WakandaForever1776
      @WakandaForever1776 Год назад +1

      @@AMMAZZARE Yeah that's what I was thinking because hardly anyone was playing DD anymore

  • @VictorHernandez-nj2lo
    @VictorHernandez-nj2lo Год назад

    Please do videos on the 2 dungeons & dragons arcade games, the bouncer, urban reign, mortal kombat shaolin monks, scott pilgrim vs the world game, dragon's crown, & mighty morphin power rangers mega battle

  • @lionwolf7861
    @lionwolf7861 Год назад

    hopefully golden axe gets this love

  • @utrock5067
    @utrock5067 Год назад

    Let's juts hope nobody tries to fix that game for "modern audience". Nor make another movie based on it.

  • @ikazuchioni
    @ikazuchioni Год назад

    Is this a re-upload?

    • @joeyfarris2543
      @joeyfarris2543 Год назад +3

      Yes

    • @TopHatGamingManChannel
      @TopHatGamingManChannel  Год назад +1

      Nope, I am just covering the same subject again in better detail. New script, new edit, new voice over. (Unless we include the 30 minutes it was live for last night. I took it down as noticed there was an error.)

  • @devingiles6597
    @devingiles6597 Год назад

    Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. You should do a review of Skullgirls in a future video.

  • @billcook4768
    @billcook4768 Год назад

    My review: Not enough dragons. 6/10. But I did like playing as Bimmy and Jimmy in Super Spike V’Ball

  • @MastersOfMask
    @MastersOfMask Год назад

    I think that you loaded the wrong video. I saw this yesterday.

  • @lagamingerie3597
    @lagamingerie3597 Год назад

    I love the graphics but the gameplay on nes is very strange for me, never made it to the end

  • @kevincollins8620
    @kevincollins8620 Год назад

    This game is good great even. But I never came back to it after streets of rage

  • @partofthetribe3277
    @partofthetribe3277 Год назад

    Don't be grumpy!

  • @emilnaklicki6837
    @emilnaklicki6837 Год назад

    As far as ports go, the game boy advanced version should be mentioned. IMO it's better then the arcade.

  • @711ramen4
    @711ramen4 Год назад

    When people talk about 80s this is it. I love this game so much.

  • @dutchcinephile1362
    @dutchcinephile1362 Год назад

    The gba version is the definitive version i played

  • @kamb0510
    @kamb0510 11 месяцев назад

    I really want an offical Double Dragon game to improve on Super Double Dragon or use a similar art style. Was not a fan of Double Dragon Gaiden

  • @deadvikingtrolls
    @deadvikingtrolls 2 месяца назад

    Double dragon advance.

  • @louway2400
    @louway2400 Год назад

    Double dragon was the yit

  • @curtjones7381
    @curtjones7381 Год назад +3

    Seems like same 3 or 4 videos rereleased over and over

    • @gcforreal
      @gcforreal Год назад

      Right

    • @joeyfarris2543
      @joeyfarris2543 Год назад +2

      Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhh

    • @TopHatGamingManChannel
      @TopHatGamingManChannel  Год назад

      If you are referring to yesterday, someone pointed out an error in the script, so I changed it and reuploaded. This video is not a reupload of my Double Dragon from years ago - my old content is too shit in comparison to my new content, so am making better videos. I am re covering topics of the past to give my audience better content on some of the most important games in history. The script is different, the edit is different, the voice over is different even all the equipment used was different too. So much work goes into these, so please don't claim they are re-releases when they simply are not.

  • @arcaderkid8449
    @arcaderkid8449 Год назад

    i read the title of this video.... and saw the Cover Jpeg on it.....
    and than read the title "Double Dragon is important"
    LMAO 😆🤣
    important enough to sucker punch a woman in her PC!!!!
    LMAO 😆😆🤣🤣🤣

  • @lordgargamel4124
    @lordgargamel4124 Год назад

    I find that those who criticize nostalgia or old school greatness, seem to be the very same who like remaking or using ideas from that time period. They criticize old school, yet they try to bring the 80s back across all forms of entertainment. This current generation is teaming with the biggest hypocrites/ contradicting people I have ever experienced in my life.

  • @excludedkratos
    @excludedkratos Год назад +2

    Lol muffin puncher.

  • @sneakyking
    @sneakyking Год назад

    It had "alien" lifestyle.
    1st good
    2nd great
    3rd onwards...not so hot

  • @machomusprime50
    @machomusprime50 Год назад

    Are Billy and Jimmy the first simps in video game history? Im not about to kill my brother over a chick. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Cookie_Cutter_Creep
    @Cookie_Cutter_Creep Год назад +1

    I thought the nes version was the superior game

    • @RaymondKarlVeasey75
      @RaymondKarlVeasey75 Год назад

      ?! 😮

    • @KenMasters.
      @KenMasters. Год назад

      Both Double Dragon and TMNT Arcade belong on SNES ports in general,
      the NES made them feel too limited compared to the arcade versions.

    • @Cookie_Cutter_Creep
      @Cookie_Cutter_Creep Год назад

      @@KenMasters. that honestly would’ve been perfect.

    • @Cookie_Cutter_Creep
      @Cookie_Cutter_Creep Год назад +1

      @@RaymondKarlVeasey75 I thought the master system version and the arcade version were complete bores. Keep in mind I actually grew up with the nes version and have only played the arcade and master system versions a few times. Lol I might be slightly biased

  • @thaiden03
    @thaiden03 Год назад +1

    your not a real gamer if you dont like double dragon. i wouldnt even accept you at my man table.

  • @liublanka3925
    @liublanka3925 Год назад

    I can’t tell what’s worse the ones who cover for Biden and change his diapers or the ones that think corny is the greatest social justice warrior in between his n word rants and watching his “svelte” wife crush big show in the hottub *the hottub is still in the mental asylum from it*

  • @SirJacob
    @SirJacob 9 месяцев назад +1

    This guy reminds me of Dr. Watson. 🧃🙂

  • @alirezai8537
    @alirezai8537 Год назад

    I like just double dragon 1.2.3 nes and super double dragon snes .... I hate arcade or Genesis version