Double Dragon Arcade Game Review

Double Dragon has to be my original arcade favoriteWhat makes Double Dragon so great is when you
when I was a kid. This was the game that otherplay with a friend. This is what made the game so
people looked in awe of me as I played. I was quiteiconic. Not to sound square but the game really
frankly a master of the game. It only took me a couplepromoted cooperation to young kids. It felt all you had
of times before I was able to beat the entire gamewere just each other to beat all these thugs. I know its
with just one life.hard to think of a fighting game as kid friendly, but
In Double Dragon you play an 80s street punk who'sthat's one way you can spin it.
girlfriend was kidnapped by rival thugs. It's a basic sideNow, how did I become a master of Double Dragon?
scrolling beat-em up arcade game. Its considered beWell, it isn't much of a secret. The key to this game
many as the original fighting that many others copied.was just using the elbow. It was unstoppable. You
There were three buttons and a joystick. The threecould pretty much beat the entire game with just using
buttons consisted of jump, kick, and punch. Combiningthe elbow and no other fighting techniques.
the buttons would mean you could pull of differentFor any die hard fans of the action fighting genre, this
moves. I know this is something that every singlegame is a must have, especially if you're a video game
fighting game that has come out since Double Dragon,historian.
but they were the first.