Double Dragon II: The Revenge

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Description

The lovely Marian was rescued from the clutches of the Black Warriors gang by Billy & Jimmy Lee in the first Double Dragon game, but now the gang has killed her in retaliation of their early defeat. The Dragons must now embark on a mission to avenge her death and defeat the Black Warriors for the second and final time.

The original arcade version of "Double Dragon II" was essentially an improved version of the first game. In addition to offering renewed audio and visuals, as well as new traps, moves and enemy characters, "Double Dragon II" discarded the conventional punch and kick buttons in favor of a direction-oriented attacking system similar to the original Technos beat-em-up Renegade.

The NES version offered new stages, new moves and illustrated cut-scenes, as well as a new final boss and a new ending. Unlike the first NES game, it offered 2-Player Co-Op gameplay with the option to turn off the friendly fire.

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Alternate Titles

• "Arcade Archives: Double Dragon II - The Revenge" -- PS4 / Switch title
• "ダブルドラゴンⅡ ザ・リベンジ" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Arcade Archives series
• Double Dragon series

User Reviews

There is a good reason it was never released in the US.	Genesis	Majestic Lizard (676)
Some say “never second parts were good”; it’s completely right for Double Dragon.	DOS	Technocrat (201)

Critic Reviews

Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Dec, 1989	85 out of 100	85
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	Jan, 1990	83 out of 100	83
Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Jan, 1992	82 out of 100	82
Commodore User	Amiga	Dec, 1989	80 out of 100	80
Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Mar, 1992	77 out of 100	77
Retro Archives	Arcade	Dec 03, 2018	15 out of 20	75
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	Feb, 1990	8.6 out of 12	72
Retro Archives	Amiga	Dec 03, 2018	13.5 out of 20	68
Zzap!	Amiga	Jan, 1990	67 out of 100	67
Sega-16.com	Genesis	Jun 14, 2007	3 out of 10	30

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
This entry should be split.	1	BrandeX (73) Jul 27, 2014

Trivia

DOS Version Source code

Disk 1 of the two disk 3.5" floppy DOS version without sound card support inadvertently includes a deleted file named DRGNSRC.LZH. This is an archive containing multiple .ASM assembly language files that comprise the game's source code. The file can be recovered by using an undelete utility.