Double Dragon (Master System) Playthrough
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- A playthrough of Sega's 1988 beat 'em up for the Sega Master System, Double Dragon.
Double Dragon, the beloved spin-off/pseudo-sequel to the rockabilly brawler Renegade ( • Renegade (NES) Playthr... ), was one of the biggest arcade hits of the late eighties. As such, it was no surprise when adaptations quickly made their way to every game console and popular computer of its day.
The 8-bit Master System version of Double Dragon was created for Sega by Arc System Works. They're primarily known for the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series nowadays, but games like Double Dragon highlight just how deep fighting games run in Arc's DNA. The company had only been established five months prior to the game's October 1988 international release, and Double Dragon was the fledgling developer's third title, preceded only by their Master System ports of Final Lap and Vigilante.
Double Dragon was a good effort for such a new studio. Unlike Technos' own in-house conversion for the NES ( • Double Dragon (NES) Pl... ), the Master System version adheres closely to the design of the original. It retains the arcade game's simultaneous two-player player gameplay, all four of its stages (albeit in simplified form), all of the enemies, and Billy and Jimmy's complete moveset. They even carried over the Road Avenger ( • Road Blaster (PS1) Pla... ) reference in the intro.
The colorful graphics are decent by 8-bit standards, though the screen scrolling is prone to judder and the sprite animation is choppy, and when played on a Japanese system equipped with the FM expansion unit, the soundtrack is nearly as good as the arcade game's.
The gameplay can be fun, especially with two players, but the controls make it difficult to pull off some of your moves reliably, and the game is entirely too difficult. The enemies are damage sponges that aren't at all stunned by regular hits and can immediately counter most of your attacks. Given the amount of damage they do, the only dependable way I've found to get through the final stage is to submit to the slow and tedious grind of running in to throw a single punch, retreating, and lining up to do it again, dozens of times in a row.
There is a groove to be found, and that's where the fun lies, but it feels like more work than it should be getting to that point. It did for me, at least, especially in comparison to the better balanced, better controlling NES game. Still, it was an ambitious project for such an inexperienced team to take on, and all things considered, it was decent. It's not the best port of Double Dragon, nor is it the best beat 'em up on the Master System, but it's easy to imagine being a kid in 1988 and having a total blast with it.
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Master System was always underrated. More detailed graphics and closer to the arcade version than the NES.
It had no gamez
But the nes version was superior, I played this one a bit and definetely the nes version was much better.
To much flicker for me. The Atari 7800 version is my favorite 8 bit version playing it with a Euro Pad or Nes like pad. The 7800 version looked closer to the Arcade especially the backgrounds.
Too bad the wonky collision and botched hit detection make this game a pain to play, even if it is more accurate to the arcade original than the NES version.
Yeah even when they implemented the MMC3 chip into NES games this looks more cleaner and detailed.
I always like watching the versions from other consoles. Not just to see how they look, but to hear the soundtrack. A lot of times it's almost like having a different band cover a favorite song of yours
The Master System version of Double Dragon was one of the first games ever made by Arc System Works - they've come a very long way since the 80s, wouldn't you say?
I grew up with the C64 version, so when I got the SMS version it was a godsend :D
They really have. I actually had no idea that they were also responsible for "Sailor Moon" on Genesis, the first "Sailor Moon" on Game Boy and even the SNES fighting game.
This is the elite version of Double Dragon. I’ve played this game soooo many times over the years and still love it to this day. The entire game is burned into my memory
Yea they own the Double Dragon franchise now.
They made the Genesis/MegaDrive and Game Gear ports of Battletoads
I remember this so vividly! I had completely forgotten about this title from my late elementary years. But, once I saw his girl get gut punched , it all instantly came back to me. This is awesome.
My Dad and I played this game so much when I was a kid. That made it one of my favorite games ever.
For me it was My brother and I
Did he let you get the girl at the end when you had to battle for her? 😂
Yes my Dad and I were at the back of the 7 eleven almost every weekend!😅😊
Had a master system myself, loved it, played on it a lot, mainly Alex Kidd and sorry can't remember all the other games I had, years and years ago, like early 90s. Good little home entertainment game system. Thanks for the video. Double Dragon sounds and plays better than I first thought It would do.
This is the first home port I ever played when I was a kid, And yes cause of that it holds a special place in my heart over the NES version.
I don't mean to be a kiss-ass, but I'm still blown away by the sheer number of full playthroughs you've done. It's insane. You are by definition a world-class expert at this point.
:) Hahaha, thanks! I appreciate the sentiment. I kinda like that ring of that, but it's not something I'd ever try to assert. It would feel way too tacky and arrogant to say that about myself, especially if I actually believed it 😅
Graphically this looks MUCH better than the NES/Famicom version
I was just thinking this looks really good but something about the music lacks punch. It's not bad, just... something is missing. Somehow the NES sounds better imo.
@@Bloodstar-o7 NES definitely had the better sound chip, I wasn’t disputing that.
1:12 Rick Astley on the posters? Is this game rickrolling me? 😆
Arc System Works makes a port of Double Dragon on the SEGA Master System for Technos Japan as one of their 1st games. They later buy out the company that they made the game for. "It's like poetry, it rhymes." George Lucas.
The only thing poetic about this game is that it had me vomiting in stanzas.
I remember owning this as a kid. Graphically it looks better than the NES version and not having to earn hearts to unlock moves is a plus, but in terms of audio and collision detection it's no contest. Not to mention I always had a devil of a time pressing both buttons at once to jump kick, being six and not having great manual dexterity (for the next six years).
You still had to unlock the moves
Long before Arc System Works was known as that company who made "Guilty Gear Strive" and weirdly inserted some product placement of said game in the recent "Onimai" anime... They made a _decent_ conversion of the original arcade "Double Dragon." The NES version may have better combat and a better soundtrack, but the Master System version is the easily the better _looking_ game and the Japanese version's FM music utterly trumps the PSG soundtrack here. The stiff character animations and difficulty due to the faulty controls keep it from being the best port. Still a solid enough game through and through.
YES! This was the version of DD I was introduced to; the music, the sprites, the catchy sound effects, this was my beginning of DD Fandom. Funny this went up too since I was doodling DD characters based on the Master System version!
Nothing will be the nes port. Love that version to death...but these other ports aren't bad at all
This port somehow predicted the future of ArcSys owning the series.
It's crazy to think that Arc System Works went from being commissioned to develop a Master System/Mark III port of Double Dragon by Technos Japan to actually owning the Double Dragon franchise and all of Technos Japan's properties from 2015 onwards after buying the rights to Technos Japan's' games from the previous rights owner, Million Co., Ltd, who owned all of Technos Japan's games from 1996 to 2015.
The collision detection is absolute shit. Fm is farty, BUT it's still a pretty damn good port and is the Origins of Arc System works who later made Double Dragon IV (Disappointing).
I absolutely loved this version of the game. A fantastic conversion.
My brother and I would play this and Rambo part II for days 😁😁
I love the Master System
Its so NOT Bad!!!!
@@kevinbbadd Agreed
Bring back memories me and my brothers use to break night. Play sega and nes games. I had time soliders and altered beast Alex kidd ect great times.
This is one of the few examples of a port on the NES being better than the Master System port. Typically it is the other way around. The sound can be a little painful. I can saw this one had a superior color scheme like most Master System games. It also can play two player like the arcade which is a place it really shines.
The NES Ghostbusters vs the MS Ghostbusters is a great example how much higher quality MS ports tended to be.
Machine gun sound like flicking a toothpick.
Horrible audio. Very repetitive gameplay and man… it’s an endurance test.
NES version is definitely more fun with more moves and kick ass audio.
The dev butchered sega version.
Such a great game. I grew up on the NES version. This one feel not as polished, and almost unfinished. NES definitely the more superior version, IMHO..
The nes can't play coop. And the levels arent the same as the arcade.
Better than NES version by miles, graphics and simultaneous multiplayer instead of turn based of the NES gives it the edge, and thankfully this isn’t the FM sound version
@9:00 Just noticed this enemy despawning trick, FYI you can also do this in the very first screen of Mission 2, beat the very first enemies and stay there for a bit without moving the screen until the “go ahead hand” on the right of the screen shows up
"Thankfully"? This game has one of the better FM soundtracks on the Master System.
@@jonespianist3189 thankfully, because to me FM sounds poorer, like listening to the game underwater, I can’t stand it
Master system = love.
I'm surprised you don't fight Jimmy as the final boss in this game like NES
i love this game. since i was a kid though, i always wondered why billy and jimmy's walking animation is like that.
Master System Version is Best! Version of Double Dragon Nes Version is Not Bad Because I'm Don't Problems Nes Version is So Poor For Master System Version
I always did a jump kick or punch whenever I finished a level lmao. 😂 Great game play. 🔥💯
I know this is on NES, but Master System? Interesting.
nice Nintendo
The first whooty kidnapped in a game
Just starts whacking people with a chicken leg. 3:58
You'd think he'd have acne after walking around holding it on his face like that.
On the final stage (the fortress), do atleast over 30 on the spot Jumping-Backwards-Spinkicks (button's 1+2 at the same time!) to continue on the final level of the game here!!.......
If I remember correctly, all you need is 10 spin kicks to reinstate the ability to continue and for player 2 to join in
Yes it's 10, it's over 30 for the NES.
I prefer the FM audio of Double Dragon.
Me too, but pretty much anything was preferable to the high-pitched blips of the Master System's PSG. It could pull some nice graphics, but the base model's audio was definitely not a strength.
Crazy how Arc System Works went from porting Double Dragon to the SMS to owning the rights to the franchise.
As for my thoughts on this game.. it was ALMOST perfect. The botched hit detection makes it a pain to play for me.
Funny I don't see a power house move. Back elbow supposedly looks downgraded in this version. This game is a no mercy holds bar.
"Double Dragon New
For Your SEGA Master System!"
"Get It?"
"GOT IT!"
"good."
This is the best of the 8 bit versions.
I remember this having infinite lives until the last level, then if you did 12 round house kicks at the start of the last level it gave you infinite lives again.
River Dragon Double Ransom!
Yo tuve Sega Máster System,si hubiera sabido que este juego Double Dragon,estaba para esta consola le hubiera dicho a mi padre que me lo comprara,por cierto buen final de Double Dragon,de Sega Máster System,ni yo lo hubiera hecho mejor,adiós y saludos desde Chile🇨🇱.
Almost nothing is so cool thant this Sega Box at level 2 lol
Lol I totally agree
Could be real nice if played in 2 players...
As a kid, my dad and I found a box from the neighbors house sitting by the road to be thrown away, it was a sega master system with a bunch of games. All the cords, controllers, and the zapper gun was with it, including games like shinobi, altered beast, double dragon, hang on, Rambo, and a few other ones. My neighbors grandson got a Nintendo for his birthday and threw out his master system. The Nintendo box was outside with the master system. Lol So we played the fire outta double dragon. Great memories
Spent many hours playing this
Played this version back in the day, it was mind-blowing to be able to do so in the comfort of my own home. That was the start of it.
SMS, Legend! I got this game from Tonka Toys as a free game for buying the system. I’ll never forget the first time I played.
I think Sega thought kids would think it was way cooler to always use weapons to kill the enemies
I think they were right. Especially the box that says Sega on it
I never beat this game as a 10 year old or whatever age I was. But I just sat and play anyway because I didn't have 30000 console games to choose from like now. Couldn't beat it then, but still enjoyable somehow
this version could of been so much better then the NES, but the use of the colors are horrible..to bright, horrible collision, etc.
hate o tell you this but Double Dragon was NOT a spinoff of Renegade,it was it's own game/series and renegade camo out AFTER....
The only thing this game had over the NES version was 2-Player co-op. Other than that it's too dry and empty.
Such a great version. Amazing that it was on the Master System.
Back in the day, many young people thought Sega Genesis was inferior to NES. Not until they saw the graphics and heard the sound effects & music, they realized they had been fooled. This is just NES 2.0 or even worse. But to this day, I'm still a NES child. :) It was the SUPER Nintendo that they really wanted, not Sega. Again, they were fooled the second time when the SN did not last a lot quicker than the original.
Are you confusing the Genesis with the Master System? I think a lot of people shrugged off the MS, but I seem to remember it being well known from the beginning that the Genesis's hardware totally trumped the NES's. That was its main selling point.
Maybe I am. What is the "Master System?"
@@Religious_man It's Sega's 8-bit machine. Their NES competitor, and it's the system in this video
Yeah no, I see no difference with that and NES.
Jackie Chan after bowling with Bruce Lee ((their only brief encounter when young)).. " see you later dragon brother"
The best one to play is the arcade of the first double dragon, arcade or NES for double dragon 2, and NES for double dragon 3.
I consider this Double Dragon's 2nd best 8-bit conversion because of its iffy collision detection
I'm with you there. It's okay, but the fighting feels much better in the NES version.
@@NintendoComplete NES version also has better graphics in my opinion.
I remember playing this at a friend’s house. The hit detection was bad and you pretty much had to use the jump kick most of the time.
Lol look how broken this game is. You move at twice the speed the enemies can, easy win
If they have Marian's twin sister, it is Sister loves Sister happy ending.
This version more like the arcade. However, the sound was better on NES version.
Where can I download it?
8:13 first loss
I liked this version because unlimited continues until the last stage. I liked the nes graphics better tho.
11:52 - Naquela época, ainda não funcionava o macete de jogar um oponente contra o outro... 😅
Too funny.. cant believe i wagged school too play this at acmates house 😂
I remember just using the elbow through the entire game on arcade, lol.
One of the very few times Sega beats Nintendo.
Better than the Nes Version and its 2 players i played it before.
I begged and begged, stayed on waiting lists at toy stores...Christmases came...no double dragon port. I finally talked a friend into letting me borrow it for a while for NES. Oh, the disappointment. This was the port I never got. 😢
Eow 5 seconds in and i can tell it's better than the nes version
I remember playing this at my friend's house. The most memorable part is throwing enemy off the edge. The game is too short, and we played over and over for hours
Break dance practices, RUclips
Increíble esta versión de sega máster system se ve mejor que la de nes 😮😮😮, buscaré en juego en esa versión para mi consola de videojuegos
I grew up on this and gangster town. Dad played this with me, mom played gt.
They punche* a woman. This game would be burnt in the streets today
River City Girls was released in 2019.
There's also tons of women in fighting games so idk what tf you are talking about.
BY THE POWER OF THE DRAGON!
Red eyed Abobo. Pretty creepy.
bimmy and jimmy should have been in smash bros....
AND abobobobobo.
1:14 Rick Astley
How do you elbow?
I think the NES version is superior to this SMS port in almost every way; especially in the level design and soundtrack. I say this as the kid who only ever owned a Master System.
A ost desse jogo é viciante!!!❤
Melhor versão deste game!! Joguei muito!
Relembrou a infância 😢
shame he doesnt drop his gun
No two-player co-op option here. Single Dragon
This version actually does have co op, it’s just not featured in this video
I remember the old commercial. It was marketed as "Two Player Double Dragon."
You can literally see Push Start right there on the top right, it is a 2 player simultaneous game
Bro this is way better than the NES. How did Sega not win the console wars of the mid 80s
BBC, barcode, and... RICK ASTLEY?