To further enhance the difficultly of the game, many of the foes that you faced had access to a variety of weapons, these ranged from knives to baseball bats, sticks of dynamite and even crates and barrels could be used to issue serious damage to Billy and Jimmy. Racy whip-cracking prostitutes, a character called Jeff who had all the moves of Billy and Jimmy and finally the Machine gun toting final boss – Big Willy himself, whose weapon of choice would instantly deplete all your energy, if you took a hit from it. The wide variety of enemies begin to get tougher, requiring more punishment to be dealt out in order to stop them. The first level can be tackled fairly easily with it’s main challenge being the boss – Bolo, a gigantic strong man, with fists the size of most men’s upper torso’s and surprising quickness and agility, seemingly at odds with his huge size. It’s four levels are packed with goons, requiring a few swift kicks and punches to the face in order to continue. This opening scene, while simple, is in-game and a truly memorable, iconic, moment in gaming, scorching itself on the mind of anyone who witnesses it. The game begins with the now iconic kidnapping of Marian by Big Boss Willy and his gang, it’s never quite clear whose girlfriend she is, but it’s motivation enough for the two Lee brothers to lift the garage door and into action. ![]() Playing as either Billy or Jimmy, two players could, at last, move around the screen and co operatively attempt to complete the level and aid each other in the tough end of level Boss battles. Touted as the spiritual successor to Renegade, it was the exciting new feature of being able to battle the mean streets with a friend that shook up the arcade industry. ![]() However Double Dragon has the justifiable reputation of changing the genre of the side scrolling beat em up forever. In 1987, beating the hell out of bad guys while moving from one end of the screen to the other was nothing new.
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