Same here, I remember putting the coin in the cabinet for the first time, watching the intro thinking: “...yeah, yeah here we go again, Marian getting punched and kidn.....WTF THEY KILLED THE BITCH!!!”
Traditional fantasy and Billy and Jimmy, old fashioned hot shot icon warriors, the best fighting game ever, By Acclaim! Billy Lees is mainly inspired by John Wayne, Sgt. Rock, Madonna, and Bruce Lee, an Jimmy Lee main inspirations are Arnold Shwarzenagger, Robert Stack, Cyndi Lauper, and Bruce Lee. Billy is based on and taken from the idea of action hero Chad Mcqueen, as theirs reference in Karate Kid of Dutch for Billy Lee, and Jimmy is taken and based on the idea of the Leo influenced action&liesure arts old fashioned geek in the earlier Gen X decades.
I've really come to appreciate your content - plenty of channels do complete histories of games that show every game in a series, but your channel is the only one I've seen do deep dives of every port of one single game with detailed commentary. Can't wait to see what's next!
I'd actually prefer more history and documentary then system comparison, tends to get monotonous watching 10 versions of the same game for different systems. I like the channel otherwise, but this aspect of it I dislike.
@@seanmyster6 They were definitely going for a Danny Trejo vibe. Especially considering the roles he was playing in at the time. He always did an excellent job playing bad ass criminals in film. It's likely because he actually lived that life until he landed his first role in a movie in 1985 *Runaway Train. I can't believe the guy is like 75 years old today.
Someone on CZcams said they met Double Dragon's original creator at a con once and asked why Marian had to die. They answer they were given is that DD2 was not meant to be sequel, but rather a retelling of the story with a darker ending where Marian dies rather than being kidnapped and rescued. Part of the reason for that was to keep players going back to the first game since it has a happier ending.
This game has the slowdown too. Most of the gameplay you posted shows this. And for anyone wanting to see the best double dragon true to the arcade do a search for double dragon reloaded. Plus you can play as hulk Hogan, randy savage and more. It is the best version I have ever played. Slowdown is fixed. And it's pretty faithful to the arcade. And it's free if you can find it anymore that is.
Great video! I always loved the Double Dragon series. 2 was a great game that I enjoyed on several platforms. I had no idea there were so many cool influences, but makes sense because I love Bruce Lee movies and the Mad Max movies as well.. Great job!
In the NES version of Double Dragon II, the most powerful move is the jumping knee attack. You need to jump, land on the ground in a crouching position, then jump again from that position at the right time. It packs some serious knock back.
My go-to maneuver here. My cousin had a turbo controller & was able to pull that move off easily, pretty much beating the game by only doing that. But its hard to timed it with a normal controller
Movie was trash. Games was good cartoon was alright started getting wack when they started adding the dragon warriors. Plus I didn't like those stupid looking mask they look like sea serpents.
@@oaf-77 You can't be serious. That shit was garbage first off the actor's they pick to play Bill and Jimmy where way off, the cat who play Jimmy Lee didn't even have blonde hair. Abobo look crazy they didn't have roper, Linda, or Williams characters in the movie. Robert Patrick as the shadow master lol I see it in theaters I was so disappointed, I sat there a watch it twice just so I can try to like it. It fucking bad man it no cleaning that up.
I'm proud to say I've never seen the movie or the cartoon but I did like the crossover. Any movie where Marion is depicted as a 10-year-old boy I'm out.
I got the NES version of DD2 the same year I got my Game Genie. My friend and I spent 6 agonizing hours (probably only like 3, and 2 of those on Missions 6 and 7) beating the game. I still know how to pull off the spin kick, and the hyper knee to this day.
Oh mu god! One of my all time favorites arcades Double Dragon II, i still play this arcade in Guatemala 🇬🇹😊 Hope you can do a video about Silk Worm/Tecmo.
I remember playing this for the first time at a Mr. Gatti’s back in the late 80s. Getting used to the new control scheme was interesting to say the least. However, I have experienced slow down in this sequel too! Still love the game and the music...😃
Awesome video Pat. Agree about the controls: back in the day, the new scheme and fast pace put me off playing it too much. I always preferred the original, but I’m tempted to give it a go again on emulation, as your video really shows it has its own merits.
I once owned the MS DOS version of DD2 so long ago, and I remember all the dreadful noises that it made. It made no sense to hear those noises, whenever you used the shovel, watched the first boss disintegrate, or watched the cutter from the plow in the background strike you or the enemy on the 3rd stage. All those annoying beeps sounded the same. I think even when your character died, it made the same beep. 😋 I remember those Tiger Electronic games. Looking back now, they provided that cheap, oily, liquid crystal display entertainment. 😀 I also owned that Double Dragon part 1 from Tiger Electronics (Only God knows where it is and what had happened to it). Again looking back, if I recall correctly, in that game, only 1 opponent appears for you to fight at a time. You have to kick the opponent quickly, before he depletes your energy, so you can fight the next opponent that appears. The game showed you walking from one opponent to the next, but I think that it didn't show the background moving, so there was not really any scroll effect on the screen. I didn't know they had a DD2 out on Tiger Electronics either, but I also owned one WWF Tiger Electronics game too. I don't know whatever happened to that either, but if I remember that one correctly, you fight as Hulk Hogan. Your opponents appeared one by one, and the tactic to beating the game was to drain your opponents health quickly to 3 bars, and then press both punch and kick buttons simultaneously to perform a throw and K.O the opponent that way quickly. You could never throw the opponent before his health reached 3 energy bars. That much I remembered for certain. I believe for certain that plenty of those Tiger Electronic games are obsolete now, buried very deep in landfills somewhere by this day and age. 😋
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Not only do I enjoy your sense of humor, I absolutely enjoy your retrospective video series of amazing arcade games from back in the day. I personally enjoyed playing Double Dragon and Double Dragon II in their original arcade format as well as their not-great home conversion counterparts respectively. I even had the pleasure of playing both on MAME. Tecmo really knew how to ensure that quarters never stayed in one's pockets for too long.
Because of the arcade version I got the "you are too into video games talk from my aunt" cuz I refused to leave the arcade in Indiana fort wayne area circa 1989 until I saw the ending. Little did she know Robotech and the Double dragon franchise were the only respite from my abusive childhood. Life goal accomplished spring 1989; take that Margarita!
When DD2 came out in the arcades, it was a big hit immediately. Took me almost 2 hours just to play it with so many teens on the machine at the time, but fun times indeed. I still have the NES version of the game, but the arcade will always to me be the best!!!
I used to play Amiga games with a master system controller and the extra button worked on many games. Can't remember if it did on Double Dragon 2 but I spent hours playing this on the Amiga after getting it in the Fists of fury compilation set which I still have.
Yooooo. I had that Tiger handheld lol. It was right before I got a Game Boy later that year for Xmas along with DDII for it. It's also the only Double Dragon game I've beaten, aside from Super Double Dragon Thank you so much, Patman, long time viewer, first time commentating. Your serene approach is very informative and entertaining at the same time. I love all the little jokes that you throw in there on the sly as well as the extras. I come for the games, but I stay for the Patman. Thanks again!
Have you played Double Dragon Advance on GameBoy Advance? It's probably my favorite Double Dragon game PERIOD..... Really tight gameplay with lots of new attacks, 2 player simul, combines DD1 & 2, & has new enemies. It has excellent audio, too. Definitely check it out, if you haven't. You'll thank me. I also really like the Japanese version of Super DD on SNES, Return of Double Dragon. It has smarter enemies & some gameplay tweaks. DD Neon was trash, save for some quality remixes of classic tunes.
Great video as always. Strangely, despite playing through the original DD more than 100 times, I have never played this sequel. Thanks to you, I will search it out.
Wow, so many fond memories of playing this in the local arcade back in the day. I felt like pretty much everything about this game improved upon the first, except the slowdown. Boy, was it hard to play at times, specially in the two-player mode. But I was very pleased with the final result, even though some of the areas and stage designs seemed awfuly familiar. Nice video, keep it up!
Hokuto No Ken (aka Fist of The North Star) provided the majority of inspiration for Double Dragon, not The Warriors. It was a very popular franchise in Japan in that era. The heroes look similar, the premise is similar (post-apocalyptic setting, hero's girlfriend is kidnapped at the start by the main bad guy). The Japanese flyer's artwork also looks similar to Tetsuo Hara's style.
I was looking forward to the NES version so much that I literally dreamed about buying and playing it. It lived up to my expectations. I loved the music and that super knee attack you could do after landing from a jump. The platforming was still a nightmare but I got through it.
I was lucky enough to find a "pre-release" of the NES version about 2 & 1/2 months before the nationwide release. I found it at "Rose's" department store, and they only had about 5 copies. It did not have the traditional shrink wrap that all new video games are sealed in. The plastic hanger that hangs on the store hooks was glued to the cardboard on the back of the box. All during the 7th grade my friends wanted to borrow it because they couldn't find a copy anywhere else for months. I wish I still owned it :(
The atari st version looks like a bondage beat em up! Every shot was like, "awkward moving bondage woman" and a whole menagerie of "shirtless tough guys"
Double Dragon 2 the revenge on snes is one of my favorite games! Me an my 11 month younger little sister used to be able to beat it sometimes when we were kids. I love the music during the credits! For the longest time it was probably the only game I ever beat and I always felt like I just couldn't beat games until the ps3 era when I beat fallout 3 100% and it gave me confidence in gaming and I went on to beat other games like all of the far cry games (except the first one) and rdr and rdr undead nightmare an call of Juarez bound in blood and after beating all of those in a row I started going back to older games I loved and never got to finish. I finally beat duck tales a few years ago! As much as I love gaming I'm not gonna pretend I'm very good at it but now I'm less likely to just give up and feel like it's impossible. I should meet up with my sister sometime and see if we can beat double dragon 2 as adults! Thanks for the video Patman!
The ending theme is very effective in both versions. The original arcade game has a beautiful bittersweet arrangement, while the NES arrangement sounds more triumphant.
I had the Tiger version of this game, back in the day. Eight levels of repetitive jumping kicking and ducking to avoid darts sent from nowhere. Second portion of the game had also moving platforms with insta-death if you missed timing, flames raising randomly under your feet (screwing timing for moving platforms), and final levels featured some sort of evil clone obtained using all regular enemies' sprites constantly changing. All in all, it was a chore, but when I was eleven my dedication was absolute, and I managed to beat it a couple of times.
I only played this game on the NES, it was good just like the first one, I didn’t know that Steam had the games on their store, I’ll have to check them out, thanks for the look back.
I had no idea the NEC: PC Engine had Double Dragon II: The Revenge, I remember the Sega Genesis and the MSX. I also didn't know about the Road Warrior influences; Just figured Thunderdome probably had something to do with it because in the time of it most things were. I remember reading about characters all named after The Big Boss, Game Of Death, and Enter the Dragon. The Post Armageddon storyline in Revenge is said to be 100% Homage to Fist Of The North Star.
Originally conceived as an expansion for the original game, Double Dragon II eventually became a full fledged sequel. The controls are a bit wonky but once you get use to them allows for way more moves. Incidentally, I have the Tiger Electronic handhelds for Double Dragon I, II, and even III. Obviously they're not so great visually, but there is decent gameplay there. Better than many of the weaker ports you highlighted.
The first series of games I fell in love with 😘 I liked the cheekier moveset of Renegade tho, knees to the cobblers & ground pound, the seediness in all games was so well captured. There was a weird glitch once where I had a full health bar near the bridge in the first game, a biff effect, then I instantly died, like I was uppercutted by the lady of the lake, lolzzz. 😋 So chuffed the c64 version turned out as well as it did compared the the first turd fest, didnt play much like the arcade but was good in its own right, plus they made the effort for choons on each level, rare, even Amiga didn't have that 👍🏼
In DD2 arcade, when it comes to special moves, the elbow smash in number 2 game was nerfed and wasn't nearly as powerful from the first game. I guess developers for DD2 wanted players to change up their playing habits and use different varieties of moves/special moves rather than spamming one move all the time.
What I remember most about this game was: 1) you couldn’t spam the elbowsmash to plow through 2) there was a boss that looked like Andre the Giant’s fashionable doppelgänger
I just learned after posting this video that the big boss you are referring to was actually the same sprites used for Andre in the WWF superstars game that came out a year later
I remember back in 1990 my niece wanted a Game Boy for Christmas. What she got was Double Dragon for the Tiger hand held. Her mom did not know the difference or understand why it was not as good.
When I was young I was taught that I should never lay my hands on a woman, so it took me by surprise when the thug punched Marion in the first game. Then when I played the second one and she was shot, I was shocked!! I actually liked the left/right attack buttons. I found that it made things a lot easier when you were surrounded. It took a little getting used to but once I had it down, I had an easier time with DD2 because of the control scheme. Also, I have watched a ton of your videos in the last few days, so have my subscription, and I hope tons more!
I never played any of the scrolling versions but me and my school friend would play the 1 on 1 version by SNK which was based off of the movie. The game was mad and feature a super saiyan like power up feature that changed your move set. Good memories.
Wow!! An Electric Bugaloo reference. I remember watching that in the theater. Even if viewers know about it, I wonder how many can say the same!! Cardboxes all-day after school!!
Neither was the back-elbow attack. It's even shown on this video. I did see cyclone kicks being performed on the PC Engine version! I thought that they had taken it out. I gotta learn the modified attack execution.
LMAO ... I could fart in my hat and it would turn out a whole lot better. I almost spit my drink out. Hilarious. another great video!!!! keep them comin!!!
Awesome, awesome video thank you so much! So, we have three days off and my coworkers all want to go out, find chicks, whatever. They railed on folk who want to stay home, relax and play video games. "wack ass video games" is a direct quote. I watch your videos to remember a simpler time where me and my friends reveled in that shit! I still want to play, but my son is only 1yrs old and he's not ready yet. Young fools chasing tail haven't yet appreciated the creativity and skills video games taught me over many years. An artist truly values the vast mosaic of interactive media which engages the mind, thought, and coordination to complete a task. Vidya games have intrinsic value. They are created by artists and one can examine this through channels like yours. Thanks again PatmanQC
PatmanQC is the Bob Ross of the videogames documentary genre. I dont know why, but it feels so calm and refreshing to watch his videos.
Great!. Now I have a vision of Pat with a huge Afro and it’s not pretty 🤣
That is an excellent complement, very high praise indeed. Thank you very much
LOL, that would be something :-)
PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries no sir, thank YOU for bringing us such nostalgic and awesome content.
"Let's put a happy little tree in between those rocks..."
"That's what she said!"
The arcade opening of this game is still one of the most controversial Intros in video-game history
true, very dark for kids to watch....😥
Right. I thought "Holy Shit! They actually killed Marion!"
Back then i was surprised to see Marion's death 😅
Same here, I remember putting the coin in the cabinet for the first time, watching the intro thinking: “...yeah, yeah here we go again, Marian getting punched and kidn.....WTF THEY KILLED THE BITCH!!!”
😣They killed her.....Unlike Mario, the Princess can't be saved.
My favorite arcade game ever, nothing beats playing it in the arcade.
Traditional fantasy and Billy and Jimmy, old fashioned hot shot icon warriors, the best fighting game ever, By Acclaim! Billy Lees is mainly inspired by John Wayne, Sgt. Rock, Madonna, and Bruce Lee, an Jimmy Lee main inspirations are Arnold Shwarzenagger, Robert Stack, Cyndi Lauper, and Bruce Lee. Billy is based on and taken from the idea of action hero Chad Mcqueen, as theirs reference in Karate Kid of Dutch for Billy Lee, and Jimmy is taken and based on the idea of the Leo influenced action&liesure arts old fashioned geek in the earlier Gen X decades.
Anytime PatManQC uploads, I’m a happy man.
Thank you :-)
Agreed!
@@NB-1 That Is very nice of you, I appreciate that :-)
Channels like this make it a great time to be alive!!
Of course, many childhood memories come back, that's why we all are happy to see a new video from Patman. 😊
Nice! I grew up watching my parents play Double Dragon 2 & eventually i learned from watching them. Memories like that stay with you.
That's awesome! Thank you for sharing
I've really come to appreciate your content - plenty of channels do complete histories of games that show every game in a series, but your channel is the only one I've seen do deep dives of every port of one single game with detailed commentary. Can't wait to see what's next!
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you so much for the nice words :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Don't fart in your hat.....please.
@@kendonl.taylor5111 LOL
I'd actually prefer more history and documentary then system comparison, tends to get monotonous watching 10 versions of the same game for different systems. I like the channel otherwise, but this aspect of it I dislike.
4:16 I always thought that Abobo's new design looked like Michael Jackson after taking steroids and hitting the gym.
LOL
I wanted to lost weight, so I changed up what I ate, so beat it....just beat it....
BEAT IIIIIIIITTTTT
I always thought he looked like Danny Trejo.
03:35 Forget MJ! Billy just knifed poor old Snake Plissken?!!
"Snake? I thought you were dead?"
@@seanmyster6
They were definitely going for a Danny Trejo vibe. Especially considering the roles he was playing in at the time. He always did an excellent job playing bad ass criminals in film. It's likely because he actually lived that life until he landed his first role in a movie in 1985 *Runaway Train. I can't believe the guy is like 75 years old today.
Excellent. Glad I discovered this channel. Holding out for a video on "Black Tiger". Cheers.
Thank you, it's on the list I will get to it at some point
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries this guy gets it. Lol
Never heard of the PC-Engine port before today. Looks sick, miles ahead of Double Dragon 4.
It's really good, I was pleasantly surprised by it
Nes version had the cyclone kick instead of the flying spin kick. They both dope but cyclone kick spinning when you jump straight-up is best to me
@@slightlyevolved that flying knee will knock the enemy into next week i love it
@@slightlyevolved I never use those type of controllers. I did it with tbr standard nes ones
A new Patman video, dropping everything to watch it right away
That is very nice of you, hope you enjoyed it
Someone on CZcams said they met Double Dragon's original creator at a con once and asked why Marian had to die. They answer they were given is that DD2 was not meant to be sequel, but rather a retelling of the story with a darker ending where Marian dies rather than being kidnapped and rescued. Part of the reason for that was to keep players going back to the first game since it has a happier ending.
Very interesting, I never knneww that
This game has the slowdown too. Most of the gameplay you posted shows this.
And for anyone wanting to see the best double dragon true to the arcade do a search for double dragon reloaded. Plus you can play as hulk Hogan, randy savage and more. It is the best version I have ever played. Slowdown is fixed. And it's pretty faithful to the arcade. And it's free if you can find it anymore that is.
I didn't think it was as bad as the first one
@@NB-1 - Overclock the CPU in MAME options. You can eliminate most, if not all of the slowdown.
Still play this classic. Great video as always dude.
Thank you very much my friend
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries yvw
I never got to play this to the end at an arcade. I was briefly obsessed with this game and went to rent the NES game the day it came out
Stayed up all night with a friend to play it as soon as the rental store had it.
I played both but always preferred the arcade game
Great video! I always loved the Double Dragon series. 2 was a great game that I enjoyed on several platforms. I had no idea there were so many cool influences, but makes sense because I love Bruce Lee movies and the Mad Max movies as well.. Great job!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much
In the NES version of Double Dragon II, the most powerful move is the jumping knee attack. You need to jump, land on the ground in a crouching position, then jump again from that position at the right time. It packs some serious knock back.
Thanks for the info
My go-to maneuver here. My cousin had a turbo controller & was able to pull that move off easily, pretty much beating the game by only doing that. But its hard to timed it with a normal controller
Double Dragon was a weird franchise, with the cartoon, the movie and the Battletoads crossover.
Movie was trash. Games was good cartoon was alright started getting wack when they started adding the dragon warriors. Plus I didn't like those stupid looking mask they look like sea serpents.
MIKEY CHAINSAW, the movie wasn’t bad if you only compared it to other video game adaptation movies.
@@oaf-77 You can't be serious. That shit was garbage first off the actor's they pick to play Bill and Jimmy where way off, the cat who play Jimmy Lee didn't even have blonde hair. Abobo look crazy they didn't have roper, Linda, or Williams characters in the movie. Robert Patrick as the shadow master lol I see it in theaters I was so disappointed, I sat there a watch it twice just so I can try to like it. It fucking bad man it no cleaning that up.
I'm proud to say I've never seen the movie or the cartoon but I did like the crossover. Any movie where Marion is depicted as a 10-year-old boy I'm out.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Alyssa Milano
I loved this game so much as a kid
So did I
the soundtrack to this is one of my all time faves in gaming
I only ever played the NES version
Great work, mate! Loved it!
Thank you! Cheers!
I got the NES version of DD2 the same year I got my Game Genie. My friend and I spent 6 agonizing hours (probably only like 3, and 2 of those on Missions 6 and 7) beating the game. I still know how to pull off the spin kick, and the hyper knee to this day.
Oh mu god! One of my all time favorites arcades Double Dragon II, i still play this arcade in Guatemala 🇬🇹😊
Hope you can do a video about Silk Worm/Tecmo.
It's on the list to do
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Do Tough Turf too! :D
My absolute favorite classic game review channel. You always do an outstanding job Patman
Thank you very much, glad you enjoy it
I remember playing this for the first time at a Mr. Gatti’s back in the late 80s. Getting used to the new control scheme was interesting to say the least. However, I have experienced slow down in this sequel too! Still love the game and the music...😃
I'm so glad I stumbled upon this classic page....#AWESOMENESS
Very cool, welcome aboard and hope you enjoy all of my content
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries oh most definitely. Keep up the great work
Awesome video Pat. Agree about the controls: back in the day, the new scheme and fast pace put me off playing it too much. I always preferred the original, but I’m tempted to give it a go again on emulation, as your video really shows it has its own merits.
Abobo redesign looks like Danny Trejo
LOL
That's actually Bolo though. Abobo wasn't in D.D. II at all.
I once owned the MS DOS version of DD2 so long ago, and I remember all the dreadful noises that it made. It made no sense to hear those noises, whenever you used the shovel, watched the first boss disintegrate, or watched the cutter from the plow in the background strike you or the enemy on the 3rd stage. All those annoying beeps sounded the same. I think even when your character died, it made the same beep. 😋
I remember those Tiger Electronic games. Looking back now, they provided that cheap, oily, liquid crystal display entertainment. 😀
I also owned that Double Dragon part 1 from Tiger Electronics (Only God knows where it is and what had happened to it). Again looking back, if I recall correctly, in that game, only 1 opponent appears for you to fight at a time. You have to kick the opponent quickly, before he depletes your energy, so you can fight the next opponent that appears. The game showed you walking from one opponent to the next, but I think that it didn't show the background moving, so there was not really any scroll effect on the screen.
I didn't know they had a DD2 out on Tiger Electronics either, but I also owned one WWF Tiger Electronics game too. I don't know whatever happened to that either, but if I remember that one correctly, you fight as Hulk Hogan. Your opponents appeared one by one, and the tactic to beating the game was to drain your opponents health quickly to 3 bars, and then press both punch and kick buttons simultaneously to perform a throw and K.O the opponent that way quickly. You could never throw the opponent before his health reached 3 energy bars. That much I remembered for certain.
I believe for certain that plenty of those Tiger Electronic games are obsolete now, buried very deep in landfills somewhere by this day and age. 😋
"But to be honest, I could fart in my hat and it would turn out a whole lot better" - *PatmanQC* 2020 😂😂
LOL, thank you. Glad you enjoyed my sense of humor :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Not only do I enjoy your sense of humor, I absolutely enjoy your retrospective video series of amazing arcade games from back in the day. I personally enjoyed playing Double Dragon and Double Dragon II in their original arcade format as well as their not-great home conversion counterparts respectively. I even had the pleasure of playing both on MAME. Tecmo really knew how to ensure that quarters never stayed in one's pockets for too long.
Top shelf as always, Patman! I've been sharing your vids on Facebook lately too :)
Awesome thank you! I really appreciate that
Let me tell you double dragon is a big part of my childhood and the sequel was awesome so thanks for reminding me of this phenomenal game again.
Absolutely, glad I could scratch that nostalgia itch
Because of the arcade version I got the "you are too into video games talk from my aunt" cuz I refused to leave the arcade in Indiana fort wayne area circa 1989 until I saw the ending.
Little did she know Robotech and the Double dragon franchise were the only respite from my abusive childhood. Life goal accomplished spring 1989; take that Margarita!
Sorry to hear that, thank you for sharing though :-)
45k subscribers, 15k views after merely 24h. I'm no mathematician, but it seems like a loyal crowd to me.
Absolutely, I agree :-) I'm very thankful to have them
I just found you and I’ll never look back. Great work and funny
Awesome! Thank you!
I want to thank you for posting this. I completely forgot about the game boy version of dd2 and the badass soundtrack that it had.
Absolutely, thank you for watching
Takes me back to my childhood best friend’s house. Sitting in the living room after school playing.
Tons of fun
A Double Dragon game where you fight a shadow version of yourself in the very last level? Sounds like a moment worthy of Halloween.
LOL
When DD2 came out in the arcades, it was a big hit immediately. Took me almost 2 hours just to play it with so many teens on the machine at the time, but fun times indeed. I still have the NES version of the game, but the arcade will always to me be the best!!!
I always preferred the arcade as well :-)
Always great to see new stuff from you!
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you very much
another great video! Thank you so much, really enjoy these trips down memory lane!!!
Glad you enjoyed it Thank you
LOVE your vids man, your the best ! Arcades lives !
Glad you like them! Thank you very much
Enjoyed DDII in the arcades. Thanks again PatmanQC.
Absolutely, thanks for watching
Another great video Pat .Glad to see all the subscribers and likes, Keep on keepin on 👍
Thanks 👍 I appreciate that
I imeeejiatley watch as soon as I see the notification PAC-MAN U GIT A FAN FOR LIFE
Thank you my friend :-)
I used to play Amiga games with a master system controller and the extra button worked on many games. Can't remember if it did on Double Dragon 2 but I spent hours playing this on the Amiga after getting it in the Fists of fury compilation set which I still have.
Only certain games which were actually programmed to use the extra button would work. I don't think double Dragon did
Yooooo. I had that Tiger handheld lol. It was right before I got a Game Boy later that year for Xmas along with DDII for it. It's also the only Double Dragon game I've beaten, aside from Super Double Dragon
Thank you so much, Patman, long time viewer, first time commentating. Your serene approach is very informative and entertaining at the same time. I love all the little jokes that you throw in there on the sly as well as the extras. I come for the games, but I stay for the Patman.
Thanks again!
Very cool , Thank you so much for the nice words. Glad you enjoyed the content
Have you played Double Dragon Advance on GameBoy Advance? It's probably my favorite Double Dragon game PERIOD..... Really tight gameplay with lots of new attacks, 2 player simul, combines DD1 & 2, & has new enemies. It has excellent audio, too. Definitely check it out, if you haven't. You'll thank me. I also really like the Japanese version of Super DD on SNES, Return of Double Dragon. It has smarter enemies & some gameplay tweaks. DD Neon was trash, save for some quality remixes of classic tunes.
I have played it, I talk about it when I reviewed the first double Dragon game. It is fantastic
Another great video. Thank you, Patman you’re a legend!
Glad you enjoyed it, Thank you for the nice words :-)
Enter The Double Dragon!!!
Hope you enjoy it
Great video as always. Strangely, despite playing through the original DD more than 100 times, I have never played this sequel. Thanks to you, I will search it out.
Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for the nice words
Thank you for the great content
This channel is really underrated
Glad you think so! Thank you very much
Great review as always. I have fond memories of the NES version and it was the first Double Dragon title that I beat.
Thank you very much
Wow, so many fond memories of playing this in the local arcade back in the day. I felt like pretty much everything about this game improved upon the first, except the slowdown. Boy, was it hard to play at times, specially in the two-player mode. But I was very pleased with the final result, even though some of the areas and stage designs seemed awfuly familiar. Nice video, keep it up!
Thank you, I always thought the slowdown wasn't as bad as in the first game
So underrated hope this channel grows and becomes very successful.
That is very nice of you to say, thank you. I hope so too
another awesome video as always!
Thank you very much :-)
Hokuto No Ken (aka Fist of The North Star) provided the majority of inspiration for Double Dragon, not The Warriors. It was a very popular franchise in Japan in that era. The heroes look similar, the premise is similar (post-apocalyptic setting, hero's girlfriend is kidnapped at the start by the main bad guy). The Japanese flyer's artwork also looks similar to Tetsuo Hara's style.
oh pat i love your videos man
Thank you my friend
I was looking forward to the NES version so much that I literally dreamed about buying and playing it. It lived up to my expectations. I loved the music and that super knee attack you could do after landing from a jump. The platforming was still a nightmare but I got through it.
The platforming was terrible I agree it was still a fun game note
I was lucky enough to find a "pre-release" of the NES version about 2 & 1/2 months before the nationwide release. I found it at "Rose's" department store, and they only had about 5 copies. It did not have the traditional shrink wrap that all new video games are sealed in. The plastic hanger that hangs on the store hooks was glued to the cardboard on the back of the box. All during the 7th grade my friends wanted to borrow it because they couldn't find a copy anywhere else for months. I wish I still owned it :(
That is really cool, it's rare to find department stores breaking street dates like that
It's calming for sure thanks
You're welcome 😊
Another Great Video, Bro! Keep them coming!
Thanks! Will do!
The atari st version looks like a bondage beat em up! Every shot was like, "awkward moving bondage woman" and a whole menagerie of "shirtless tough guys"
Awesome video.Keep up the great content
Thanks! Will do!
Double Dragon 2 the revenge on snes is one of my favorite games! Me an my 11 month younger little sister used to be able to beat it sometimes when we were kids. I love the music during the credits! For the longest time it was probably the only game I ever beat and I always felt like I just couldn't beat games until the ps3 era when I beat fallout 3 100% and it gave me confidence in gaming and I went on to beat other games like all of the far cry games (except the first one) and rdr and rdr undead nightmare an call of Juarez bound in blood and after beating all of those in a row I started going back to older games I loved and never got to finish. I finally beat duck tales a few years ago! As much as I love gaming I'm not gonna pretend I'm very good at it but now I'm less likely to just give up and feel like it's impossible. I should meet up with my sister sometime and see if we can beat double dragon 2 as adults! Thanks for the video Patman!
That is fantastic, I'm glad to hear you never lost your love of gaming. Thanks for watching
@Diogo Eichert I knew exactly what it what he is talking about
@Diogo Eichert yes there is.
@Diogo Eichert oh, my bad, I meant nes. My tablet auto corrected it to snes
The ending theme is very effective in both versions. The original arcade game has a beautiful bittersweet arrangement, while the NES arrangement sounds more triumphant.
Either way, the music is fantastic
I love your channel man much respect I had the first and second Double Dragon on Tiger Electronics nice work brought back memories.
That's awesome, I thank you for the nice words
The Tiger games were actually decent, imho
Double Dragon 2 world record is a race right now as you made this clip
tHANKS FOR THE INFO
I love the sound effects on the Amiga version. Brilliant conversion.
It was reaally well done
I love the slow motion fighting specially at the end of the first Double Dragon
I had the Tiger version of this game, back in the day. Eight levels of repetitive jumping kicking and ducking to avoid darts sent from nowhere. Second portion of the game had also moving platforms with insta-death if you missed timing, flames raising randomly under your feet (screwing timing for moving platforms), and final levels featured some sort of evil clone obtained using all regular enemies' sprites constantly changing. All in all, it was a chore, but when I was eleven my dedication was absolute, and I managed to beat it a couple of times.
Excellent, it sounds okay for the way you describe it
Not too shabby for a Tiger lcd game, I guess. Also, last two levels had those big ominous eyes on the background, just like the arcade counterpart.
I only played this game on the NES, it was good just like the first one, I didn’t know that Steam had the games on their store, I’ll have to check them out, thanks for the look back.
Absolutely, thank you for watching
DD2 had just as much slowdown as the first...
I had no idea the NEC: PC Engine had Double Dragon II: The Revenge, I remember the Sega Genesis and the MSX. I also didn't know about the Road Warrior influences; Just figured Thunderdome probably had something to do with it because in the time of it most things were. I remember reading about characters all named after The Big Boss, Game Of Death, and Enter the Dragon. The Post Armageddon storyline in Revenge is said to be 100% Homage to Fist Of The North Star.
I wasn't aware of the fist of the North Star connection. Thanks for the info
Originally conceived as an expansion for the original game, Double Dragon II eventually became a full fledged sequel. The controls are a bit wonky but once you get use to them allows for way more moves.
Incidentally, I have the Tiger Electronic handhelds for Double Dragon I, II, and even III. Obviously they're not so great visually, but there is decent gameplay there. Better than many of the weaker ports you highlighted.
The first series of games I fell in love with 😘 I liked the cheekier moveset of Renegade tho, knees to the cobblers & ground pound, the seediness in all games was so well captured. There was a weird glitch once where I had a full health bar near the bridge in the first game, a biff effect, then I instantly died, like I was uppercutted by the lady of the lake, lolzzz. 😋 So chuffed the c64 version turned out as well as it did compared the the first turd fest, didnt play much like the arcade but was good in its own right, plus they made the effort for choons on each level, rare, even Amiga didn't have that 👍🏼
great video!
Thanks!
In DD2 arcade, when it comes to special moves, the elbow smash in number 2 game was nerfed and wasn't nearly as powerful from the first game.
I guess developers for DD2 wanted players to change up their playing habits and use different varieties of moves/special moves rather than spamming one move all the time.
Apparently :-)
What I remember most about this game was:
1) you couldn’t spam the elbowsmash to plow through
2) there was a boss that looked like Andre the Giant’s fashionable doppelgänger
I just learned after posting this video that the big boss you are referring to was actually the same sprites used for Andre in the WWF superstars game that came out a year later
I remember back in 1990 my niece wanted a Game Boy for Christmas.
What she got was Double Dragon for the Tiger hand held. Her mom did
not know the difference or understand why it was not as good.
Oh my goodness, your poor niece :-)
Easily one of my top 3 favorite channels
That is very nice of you to say, thank you :-)
Another great vid
Thanks again!
Good job patman
Thank you
Love this.
Thank you
When I was young I was taught that I should never lay my hands on a woman, so it took me by surprise when the thug punched Marion in the first game. Then when I played the second one and she was shot, I was shocked!!
I actually liked the left/right attack buttons. I found that it made things a lot easier when you were surrounded. It took a little getting used to but once I had it down, I had an easier time with DD2 because of the control scheme.
Also, I have watched a ton of your videos in the last few days, so have my subscription, and I hope tons more!
Thank you, hope you enjoy the rest of the content. It was very shocking first when she got hit and then the second one when she got shot.
Nice video and informative
Thanks a lot
Excellent video great game!
Thank you 👍
great video cheers from Chile!
Thanks for watching! Cheers from the United States
Love the DD series! Can't wait for DD3
If I get enough request for it I'll do it :-)
Oh man, Billy looks PISSED in the ZX Spectrum version.
LOL
Cool video!
Thanks!
Fun fact: this game series is referenced in the scott pilgrim graphic novels,movie,& game.in them,there are twin brothers who's symbol are 2 dragons
I never played any of the scrolling versions but me and my school friend would play the 1 on 1 version by SNK which was based off of the movie. The game was mad and feature a super saiyan like power up feature that changed your move set. Good memories.
I played that a few times in the arcades back in the day
There's that spinning Tiger Electronics kid again. He sure liked to spin.
LOL
I would bike 10km every Saturday to hire out Double Dragon 2 on the NES. Best game and amazing music.
I enjoyed it as well
I bought several, if not all, the Double Dragons on Steam a few years back; Double Dragon IV, Double Dragon Trilogy, and Double Dragon Neon.
The only one I did not by was neon
PatmanQC is more like a cross between Bob Ross and Johnny Carson. I love his tongue in cheek style, especially when talking about home conversions
That is very high praise indeed :-) now I just need to grow out my hair into an Afro
Wow!! An Electric Bugaloo reference. I remember watching that in the theater. Even if viewers know about it, I wonder how many can say the same!! Cardboxes all-day after school!!
LOL, I've never seen the second one but I have seen the first one
Hey Patman - love the videos. Stupid anecdote: the spin kick wasn't removed from the NES port :)
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Neither was the back-elbow attack. It's even shown on this video. I did see cyclone kicks being performed on the PC Engine version! I thought that they had taken it out. I gotta learn the modified attack execution.
Apparently I wasn't executing a properly, thanks for the info
PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries - your the best, man. Keep up the awesome videos.
LMAO ... I could fart in my hat and it would turn out a whole lot better. I almost spit my drink out. Hilarious. another great video!!!! keep them comin!!!
LOL, thank you :-)
I spent many quarters on this game back in the day!
So did I :-)
Awesome, awesome video thank you so much! So, we have three days off and my coworkers all want to go out, find chicks, whatever. They railed on folk who want to stay home, relax and play video games. "wack ass video games" is a direct quote. I watch your videos to remember a simpler time where me and my friends reveled in that shit! I still want to play, but my son is only 1yrs old and he's not ready yet. Young fools chasing tail haven't yet appreciated the creativity and skills video games taught me over many years. An artist truly values the vast mosaic of interactive media which engages the mind, thought, and coordination to complete a task. Vidya games have intrinsic value. They are created by artists and one can examine this through channels like yours. Thanks again PatmanQC
Thank you for the nice words. I agree 100% as people get older their priorities change and that includes starting a family. Cheers