ULTIMATE GUIDE RETURN OF DOUBLE DRAGON

ew scrolling fighter franchises First released in Japanese arcades in 1987, Technos Japan’s influential brawler made a big impact both in its homeland and overseas, and set up the template for the modern scrolling fighter in the process. The huge success of Double Dragon meant it was ported to all manner of consoles and home computers, from the ZX Spectrum to Atari’s Lynx, with varying degrees of success. Two arcade sequels followed, largely sticking to the same rigid formula which had worked so well for the 1987 original, but many felt that they failed to eclipse the sheer brilliance of Billy and Jimmy’s debut, although the NES sequels, which are quite a bit different to their arcade counterparts, remain well-regarded.