So in the spirit of teamwork you might consider getting killed if that means that your partner would preserve enough energy and lives to finish the game (but you'll probably want to be the guy for whom the other sucker sacrifices his life, of course.)Īll in all this game doesn't deserve more than 3 out of 5. Thus the subtitle The Revenge.Įach player has 3 lives and if one player dies the other simply continues alone. You need to avenge the girl who's been killed. This makes it much harder, and the need for a partner is evident (so go find a friend to help you out).Īs for the story. Unfortunately the opponents will gang up on you, and as soon as you're hit you'll let go of the weapon. The game itself is very hard! It's really difficult to beat the baddies up - luckily, however, you can get some weapons (my favorite is the shovel) to help you on the way. The graphics are made well enough I'd even say they are really good for 1989, but the sound (what little there is) is simply horrid. You need to kick the crap out of everybody that moves, except your partner if playing in two-player mode.
The moves you can perform are quite basic (punching or hitting with the elbow, jumping, etc). Why this is so I haven't a clue, but that's how this game works. The joystick keys (I know it sounds like an oxymoron) are the numeric keys 7, 8, 9, 4, 6, 1, 2, 3 to move and either Enter or 5 to hit. The keyboard keys are Q, W, E, A, D, Z, X, C for moving and either S or Space for attacking. In this case one player will play on the left side of the keyboard and the other player with the numeric keys. If you want to play in the two-player mode you need to select the Joystick as your input device. We were already hosting parts I and III of this series, so I thought we should have this, the second part, too.įirst off let me just tell you that this game supports a two-player mode (although it seems a very strange way to activate it).
The Game Boy version of "Double Dragon II" is an English localization of a "Kunio-kun" game (the Japanese franchise which inspired "Renegade" and "River City Ransom" and has nothing to do with the arcade and NES versions. Unlike the first NES game, it offered 2-Player Co-Op gameplay with the option to turn off the friendly fire. The NES version offered new stages, new moves and illustrated cut-scenes, as well as a new final boss and a new ending. In addition to offering renewed audio and visuals, as well as new traps, moves and enemy characters, "Double Dragon II" discarded the conventional punch and kick buttons in favor of a direction-oriented attacking system similar to the original Technos beat-em-up Renegade. The original arcade version of "Double Dragon II" was essentially an improved version of the first game. The Dragons must now embark on a mission to avenge her death and defeat the Black Warriors for the second and final time. The lovely Marian was rescued from the clutches of the Black Warriors gang by Billy & Jimmy Lee in the first Double Dragon game, but now the gang has killed her in retaliation of their early defeat.