Double Dragon NES

[Anonymous No.6840171]

I finally did it /vr/os! I finally beat the NES Double Dragon. No save scumming, no rewinding, just honest effort.

[Anonymous No.6840306]

Congrats OP, it's a tough game.

[Anonymous No.6840331]

That’s very cool, I’m proud of you OP.

[Anonymous No.6840337]

Don't forget to play two.

[Anonymous No.6840350]

>>6840337
DD2 is easier because of the better hit registration and more OP moves on Billy and Jimmy.

[Anonymous No.6840436]

>>6840350
I beat 1 2 and 3, I reckon 3 is hardest

[Anonymous No.6840603]

Were there multiple different arcade versions of DD (1) back in the day? I seem to remember the graphics looking different depending on where I played it.

[Anonymous No.6840610]

If you already beat it with savestates then your "honest" run is invalidated because you got to practice sections of the game that you wouldnt have access to without savestates

[Anonymous No.6840885]

>>6840610
But I didn’t beat it with save states.

I played all the way from the beginning every time.

[Anonymous No.6840901]

>>6840610
that's the most retarded thing anyone has ever typed in the history of this site

[Anonymous No.6841003]

The music and background graphics are ace, but it's so badly programmed and so full of bugs.

[Anonymous No.6841041]

>>6840901
He's right though. What's your idea of playing a game - just rewind back the hard parts until you get them down? That's not how you're meant to play these games. Good joke zoomie.

[Anonymous No.6841043]

>>6841041
>doubling down
I'm sorry you were born retarded.

[Anonymous No.6841057]

>>6841043
I'm not that anon anon. Literally noone agrees with you.

[Anonymous No.6841069]

>>6840171
i beat dd2 only using the knee.

[Anonymous No.6841070]

Good job!!

[Anonymous No.6841114]

>>6841041
>You can't practice parts of a song. You have to play the whole thing.
>Okay. I can play the whole thing though.
>No that doesn't count!

[Anonymous No.6841124]

>>6841043
good job then

>>6841043
sorry zoomie, but that wasn't me, seems like someone is coping

[Anonymous No.6841460]

>>6840436
>I reckon 3 is hardest
It's one of those where they pumped up the difficulty on the american release because rental fears. Original japanese or difficulty patch fixes most issues. It's a really great game but they went a bit off the deep end on the difficulty in places.

[Anonymous No.6841487]

Theres a trick to dd1 nes. In stage 2, you do the first climb then you have to get the bat, then you have to scroll the screen just right and it gives an invisible enemy with infinite respawning. You can max out xp and unlock all the moves.

[Anonymous No.6841519]

>>6840171
Grats

[Princess Sevenleaf No.6841534]

>>6841114
If you can play individual parts of a song but can't consistently play them in sequence, then you can't play the song. If you can do each part of a decathlon but can't do all ten of them back to back, you can't do the decathlon. It's the same thing.

[Anonymous No.6841546]

>>6841534
why did you post a picture of your role model?

[Princess Sevenleaf No.6841568]

>>6841546
I don't know what you're talking about :|

[Anonymous No.6841710]

>>6841487
Honestly it’s easier to just only punch for the first level and most of the second, you can get about five hearts that way, and as long as you get six Before you reach The double Abobo fight you’re golden.

[Anonymous No.6842426]

>>6840603
Maybe you played DD2 without realizing it, it's basically the same game as the first one but with a different paintjob

[Anonymous No.6842430]

>>6840603
No, but the NES version wasn't the arcade one.

[Anonymous No.6842990]

>>6840603
>>6842430
I think the NES version was in some playchoice 10 machines. Maybe you played that after playing the “real” arcade version.

[Anonymous No.6844831]

>>6840350
I actually thought 2 was harder. The ninja enemies were brutal.

[Anonymous No.6844849]

>>6840610
K

[Anonymous No.6846497]

>>6844831
OP here. Even after beating one, I still can’t clear 2, so I guess I agree.

[Anonymous No.6846658]

>>6844831
>>6846497
Same. I definitely took longer to be able to beat DD2 than DD. I feel that for most of the game, DD is one of those games where knowing what to do is more important than having flawless execution, whereas DD2 starts getting really punishing much earlier.

[Anonymous No.6846721]

>>6846658
I actually like the graphics in DD 1 better than DD 2, even if they’re more detailed.

Williams on the right looks a little too busy with the shading. Williams on the left reads better.

[Anonymous No.6846792]

>>6840171
Good job homie. I can't beat this shit and probably never will.

[Anonymous No.6847035]

>>6846792
I once thought as you do, but once I realized the key was to get six hearts before the two Abobos in level 3, it was a much simpler task.

Just punch everyone, no kicks except for bosses and to disarm, until you hit about five hearts.

[Anonymous No.6847367]

>>6840885
Thats the way it is meant to be done. People that say other wise are cheaters and dont want to put in the effort to beat it correctly. And then they will blame it on their kids. “but my kids play it that way”. To make you seem like the bad guy.

[Anonymous No.6847376]

Semi related, but have you guys ever seen Double Deagon on the Atari 7800? This game really pushed that machine to its limits and was a really solid port. Amazing work for an Atari.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wHwslkinYJ4

[Anonymous No.6847381]

Ive never played Double Dragon amd am considering going in, is it harder than the Ninja Gaiden games? Ive beaten those.

[Anonymous No.6847529]

>>6840610
Now this is autism

[Anonymous No.6847574]

>>6847381
I don’t think so. I’ve never been able to beat Ninja Guy Dan, even the Xbox version. But I managed to beat Double Dragon with a little practice (about 20 hours...)

[Anonymous No.6847590]

>>6847376
Have you seen it on the 2600?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDQ-iK31JLQ

[Anonymous No.6847626]

>>6847590
Laugh if you must, but the 2600 port had 2 player co-op. That’s more than the NES version had.

[Anonymous No.6847645]

>>6847376
It’s amazing how many home ports they made for this game. Pic related is the Commodore 64.

Did the 7800 have 2 player co op? I was disappointed that the NES didn’t have it.

[Anonymous No.6847660]

>>6847626
I didn't post it to laugh at it. Just having music during gameplay is pretty impressive for the 2600.

[Anonymous No.6847686]

>>6847574
I see I'll have to give it a try sometime. I think Ninja Gaiden 3 it's pretty close to the upper limit of my tolerance for seeing through hard ass games to the end, not really looking into playing anything that hard again for a while.

[Anonymous No.6847761]

>>6847590
That’s honestly amazing for a 2600 where many games were a single screen and had no musical score during play.

>>6847645
The 7800 did have 2 player

[Anonymous No.6847780]

>>6847645
I wouldn't really call the C64 DD a "port." I'd rather call it some other word that I wouldn't use around my grandma.

[Anonymous No.6848197]

>>6847780
It could be a whole lot worse.

[Anonymous No.6848758]

If you guys haven't tried Double Dragon you should give it a shot, it's not exactly a port but a remake with levels, attacks and moves from the other games

[Anonymous No.6849514]

>>6840171
I love their smug ass faces here and in RCR

[Anonymous No.6849531]

>>6848197
The Spectrum is so limited of a machine that you have to give it a pass. The C64 and Amiga ports on the other hand are absolutely inexcusable.

[Anonymous No.6849565]

i always thought this guy was a golem or something but apparently hes a human

[Anonymous No.6849587]

>>6849565
Same, took me a long time to realize that's supposed to be a mustache too.

[Anonymous No.6849598]

>>6849531
at least the backgrounds are nice

[Anonymous No.6849605]

>>6849598
Of course they're nice. Publishers would always insist on that so the game would look good in magazine screenshots and you'd be hoodwinked into buying it.

[Anonymous No.6849690]

>>6844831
Nearly every enemy in the game dies in a couple hits from either the spinning kick or the knee, just bait them to walk into either one of those attacks repeatedly

[Anonymous No.6850082]

>>6849565
You should see what he looks like in the movie.

[Anonymous No.6850093]

>>6849565
>>6849587
Modern Abobo is barely recognizable.

[Anonymous No.6850094]

>>6848197
>>6847645
Still...how do these "ports" somehow still manage the two player co-op mode but it was asking too much out of the NES?

[Anonymous No.6850109]

>>6850094
The NES DD was made by a really inexperienced team so they didn't feel up to it. That's also why the game has so fucking many bugs.

[Anonymous No.6850125]

>>6850093
he is completely recognizable, don't exaggerate. Unless you want to give him a head the size of his torso that's as close as he can look

[Anonymous No.6850131]

Actually all versions of DD1 are shit, even the arcade game is mediocre. DD2 and all its home conversions are superior in every way.

[Anonymous No.6850138]

I used to play the IBM version a lot, busted the spacebar on a keyboard doing that.

[Anonymous No.6850142]

>>6841534
If even an olympic running champion can fall for the trans meme what hope is there for humanity.

[Anonymous No.6850192]

>>6848758
Which Double Dragon?

Are you talking about Neon? Or that iOS port from a few years ago?

[Anonymous No.6850202]

“You’re weak, like your father.”

“You’re ugly, like your mother!”

[Anonymous No.6850206]

>>6849565
He's just a big mexican dude

[Anonymous No.6850215]

>>6841534
Nice B8 pic Princess.

[Anonymous No.6851250]

>>6850202
Double Impact was a much better Double Dragon movie than the official one.

[Anonymous No.6851691]

>>6850192
I meant to say Double Dragon Advance but I guess I forgot the last part

[Anonymous No.6852384]

Hey to the guy who said the SMS version is better than the NES, that is objectively false. I just tried it. Shit music, shit controls, you just trade hits because enemies don't get stunned and you have like zero invulnerability, and here's no cool level up system to gain new moves. But most importantly the music sucks on SMS.

[Anonymous No.6852386]

>>6852384
>SMS
the Sega system you mean?

[Anonymous No.6852664]

>>6852386
You cut that shit out right now.

[Anonymous No.6854601]

>>6851691
I’ve heard good things. I also heard Neon was cool.

The Zeebo port added a sexy boss lady.

[Anonymous No.6854631]

>>6854601
Neon is fantastic. It goes on sale for $1 on Steam often, no reason not to give it a try.

[Anonymous No.6856248]

>>6854631
I picked it up for $2.50. Problem is I don’t have a PC.

I’m gonna try to stream it with GeForce now.

[Anonymous No.6856290]

>>6852384
I played the SMS version a lot when I was like four or five. Pretty sure it's the first game I ever beat, though I played it with a friend. Yes the lack of hit stun is annoying, you pretty much have to jump kick everyone all the time because it's the only safe way to hit enemies.
At least it has two players though. The NES version is missing the Double in Double Dragon.

[Anonymous No.6856334]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goLQKvMpRiE

Does anyone even remember the Mega Drive port?

[Anonymous No.6856372]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RDgt26Zcio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57FqSOAkGsA

(^:

[Anonymous No.6856594]

>>6856334
This one wasn’t licensed by Sega. I mean how crazy do you have to be to shell out the money to make a port of a popular game but skip getting approval from the console manufacturer?

[Anonymous No.6856602]

>>6856290
I mean, Jimmy is IN the NES version. Just not as player 2...

[Anonymous No.6856884]

>>6840350
>>billy
you mean bimmy right?

[Anonymous No.6857352]

>>6840610
>your fun wasnt real unless you do it my way