Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone
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The final game in the trilogy.
Billy and Jimmy Lee are returning from martial arts training when their paths cross a fortune teller. She tells them of a great evil in Egypt, their strongest adversary yet, and how the Rosetta Stones can aid them.
This game features weapon shops where Billy and Jimmy can buy power-ups, tricks, energy and extra lives to aid them in their quest.
Power-ups make Billy and Jimmy twice their size, increasing their damage done and range of attack.
The character graphics have changed, moving away from cartoon style graphics to more realistic looking characters.
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| Trivia says the NES version is a different game. | Alaka (94813) | 2015-04-05 08:09:47 |
Trivia
Arcade Version and Development
The original arcade version of the game was not developed by Technos Japan, the developers of the first two arcade games and their Famicom/NES counterparts. Instead, Technos contracted the game to an outside developer called East Technology and produced the game with the western market in mind. As a result, the arcade version of Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones bears little or no resemblance to the previous games.
In addition to a new graphical style and a world tour-theme, the arcade version features a shopping system where players could purchase power-ups such as extra men (from one of four character types or families), weapons, special techniques, extra energy and speed by inserting additional tokens to the machine. The game version bombed as a result of this feature and when the game was relocalized for the Japanese market, the shopping feature was removed and a player select feature (which was originally planned for the US version) was implemented to the game.
When the time came to develop a Famicom/NES version, Technos Japan decided to work on the game themselves. While the first two NES games took a few liberties with their arcade counterparts, they still retained the same gameplay and appearance as the original versions. The NES version of Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones on the other hand is almost a completely different game as its arcade counterpart. The NES version is the only version made by Technos Japan.
Credits
Found in the program executable: "Greetings to Naja. For support during the troubled times this program also gave me."
Music
The Adlib music in this game was converted to Adlib by the brilliant Adlib masters (and former C64 demogroup) Vibrants.
Information also contributed by Corn Popper and Johnny Undaunted.
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Contributors to this Entry
Game added by Macintrash.
Commodore 64 added by Quapil. Game Boy, Genesis added by Kartanym. Antstream added by firefang9212. Atari ST, ZX Spectrum added by Martin Smith. Arcade added by LepricahnsGold. Amstrad CPC, Amiga added by Katakis | カタキス.
Additional contributors: Trixter, Terok Nor, quizzley7, formercontrib, Patrick Bregger, ZeTomes.
Last modified February 27th, 2023.