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Double Dragon

Double Dragon

Double Dragon is, at its heart, a love story and a wonderfully textured silent film. It opens with Billy Lee admiring his girlfriend as she lies in bed.

 

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Such is his love for Marian, a vision of her being abducted by thugs flickers through his head and he is forced to imagine the lengths to which he would go to rescue her.

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Psych- he’s actually kind of a perv, and starts to wonder what it would be like to get whipped by twin redheads wearing matching purple leather.

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Suddenly he is transported out of his dystopian, hell-hole version of New York into a faraway forest, where he is visited by a mystical redneck, who warns him that if he truly loves Marian, he must face the demons within himself. Or something, that part is actually kind of vague.

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Once he has defeated evil-Billy Lee the mystical redneck vanishes, leaving only a giant, floating thumbs-up.

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Billy Lee finds himself back in his apartment, Marian has awoken.

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Double Dragon

  • Developer: Technos Japan Corporation
  • Publisher: Taito Corporation
  • Release Date: 1988

Game Genie codes

  • IIIOOO: no enemies
  • IIIPPO: enemies don't fight back