Descpription:
Double Dragon is a 1987 beat-'em-up developed by Technos
Japan and distributed in North America and Europe by Taito Corporation.
The game is a spiritual and technological successor to Technos' earlier beat-'em-up,
Renegade, but introduced several additions such as two-player cooperative gameplay
and the ability to arm oneself with an enemy's weapon after disarming them.
Double Dragon is considered to be one of the first successful examples of the
genre, resulting in the creation of two arcade sequels and several spinoffs.
The player takes control of martial artist Billy Lee, or his twin brother
Jimmy (also known as Hammer and Spike in the supplementary materials for
the American arcade release), as they fight their way into the turf of the
Black Warriors gang in order to rescue their common love interest Marian.
The player character has a repertoire of martial art techniques which
they can perform by using the joystick and three action buttons
(kick, jump, and punch) individually or in combination with each other.
