The villains are the mysterious Shadow Boss (Jimmy's initial alter-ego), and his henchmen Abobo and Willy (who were based on enemy characters from the game). The plot of the pilot episode is loosely adapted from the NES version of the first Double Dragon game. The futile search for their father, John Lee, is a subplot throughout the series. During the course of the series, the brothers recruit allies in their war against the Shadow Master and his henchmen. When Jimmy is betrayed by the Shadow Master, he renounces his evil ways and joins his brother as a Dragon Warrior. As a result, the Lee brothers oppose each other as adults. Billy is raised by an elderly martial arts master known as the Oldest Dragon, and his brother Jimmy is raised by the evil Shadow Master as his second-in-command, the Shadow Boss. The premise of the show is that the protagonist brothers are separated at birth. It was produced by DIC Animation City, Bohbot Entertainment, and Italian studio Reteitalia, S.p.A., in association with Spanish network Telecinco. Syndication ( Amazin' Adventures) (United States)ĭouble Dragon is an animated series based on the NES versions of the Double Dragon video game trilogy, that ran for 26 half-hour episodes from 1993 to 1994. They’ve done some really cool small sized cabinets of classic games like Mortal Kombat, Pac Man and NBA Jam and are currently working on a TRON cabinet.American TV series or program Double Dragon Classic Games: Double Dragon Arcade 2Īlternativly a Pandoras Box should have it, but hopefully we’ll see that legendary team at Arcade1Up do a licenced machine as well. If you want to relive the classic arcade this is a good way to do it but make sure your TV still has these plugs. I appreciate your support.īuy the movie loosly based on the game “Double Dragon the Movie”: Classic Games: Double Dragon Arcade 1 This site is a free site and passion project of one individual. If you enjoyed this article and want to buy the game or movie consider doing it via the link provided. If you love classic games and want to read about Wonder Boy in Monster Land click here When Satori finds herself pursued b y evil overlord Koga Shuko (Robert Patrick), who’s intent on possessing her mystical dragon medallion, the siblings are charged with protecting it from Shuko and his henchmen. The pair have been trained by Satori (Julia Nickson), who took them in after their parents died. In a post-apocalyptic California, brothers Billy Lee (Scott Wolf) and Jimmy (Mark Decascos) are highly trained martial artists living in the ravaged city of New Angeles. It’s probably more to do with my teenage obsession with Alyssa Milano than the quality of story though. I will admit I owned this on VHS and have watched it a heck of a lot. In 1994 they even tried to do a major motion picture, which goes down in history as a great example of why people shouldn’t make movies from video games especially when they base it so loosely. The game was so popular it appeared on several gaming consoles and even sprouted a few sequels as well as a cartoon series. Duo play is a thing that we almost take for granted in todays games, especially with online multiplayer so readily available. The two player aspect of the game was brilliant, although you could play single player, you would often wait for your best friend to really get the most out of your 40 cent credit. The fact that you could pick up a chain or baseball bat that an enemy had dropped and use it against them in a seemingly 3D environment was next level compared to most other games of the time and with limited access to arcade cabinets there was always a long line to play it. My friends and I found the graphics at the time to be absolutely mind blowing. This still has fond memories for me as one of the first beat ’em up games I’d played on arcade. The ending was changed on the NES version (mainly because there was no 2 player co-op) so that it turned out that Jimmy was actually the leader of the gang they were fighting all along. What an unusual ending for a game built on brotherly love, come on Double Dragon. This epic single player play through from arcadegamesfreak shows the full story.Īnd this two player play through from Games Archive shows the ending with both brothers fighting each other for the affection of Marion. 1987 must have been a great year for video games as another one of my top 5 classic games comes from that year.ĭouble Dragon, the beat ’em up that starred the martial arts brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee (or Hammer and Spike) who fight their way through streets of bad guys to save Billy’s girlfriend Marian.
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