| Double Dragon has to be my original arcade favorite | | | | What makes Double Dragon so great is when you |
| when I was a kid. This was the game that other | | | | play with a friend. This is what made the game so |
| people looked in awe of me as I played. I was quite | | | | iconic. Not to sound square but the game really |
| frankly a master of the game. It only took me a couple | | | | promoted cooperation to young kids. It felt all you had |
| of times before I was able to beat the entire game | | | | were 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's | | | | that's one way you can spin it. |
| girlfriend was kidnapped by rival thugs. It's a basic side | | | | Now, how did I become a master of Double Dragon? |
| scrolling beat-em up arcade game. Its considered be | | | | Well, 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 three | | | | could pretty much beat the entire game with just using |
| buttons consisted of jump, kick, and punch. Combining | | | | the elbow and no other fighting techniques. |
| the buttons would mean you could pull of different | | | | For any die hard fans of the action fighting genre, this |
| moves. I know this is something that every single | | | | game 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. | | | | |