im not a fan of this cameras point of view, if you had a console that looks like shit,why would you make the sprites so huge? you would think they would scale the focus back a little bit to draw attention away from how ugly the sprites look so close
@dogmanx88 The NES version wasn't really a port, it was an interpretation. Whether the SMS version was closer to the arcade or not (it was) doesn't matter, most everyone grew up with NES Double Dragon.
@dogmanx88 The arcade and Master System version are boring and they end too quickly , at least the NES version had platforming to mix things up. NES version also had better music.
The graphics for Lynx's DD are excellent, but it loses a little too much gameplay and is too much of a mindless button masher. Check out the Ninja Gaiden port (not Ninja Gaiden III) to Lynx to see a similar game from the same era better implemented.
Probably should have hopped in that car from the garage you strolled out of and ran their asses down, maybe then the main boss wouldn't have escaped all the way to Level Four.
Imagine now that in a 16bit console they didn't make it look like at all like the arcades ant they could do it look more cool.And here we have atari lybx to make the best port.
The music is fantastic in this. sad when a hand held can do better music then a console. Namely the genesis version, that very well made me wanna vomit!
this makes me want to get a lynx. i already have a bunch of systems including game boy,game boy pocket,game boy advance sp,psp,game gear, and i used to have game boy color and virtual boy but can't find them. also one of my old friends destroyed my game boy advance original.
@HipHop1981 true but if Atari guys were smart they could win the battle. Lynx sold approx 2m units.When Lynx had passed the 500.000 sold units they could introduce a cut down version in the size of Game Gear.Atari made historical errors in marketing, errors equivalent of those of IBM in the early 80's. Just imagine that all PC's could be IBM brand only....
@Misel982001 And price. When it first came out it was twice the cost of a Gameboy. It only became cheaper when the Lynx 2 came out and it was on it's last legs.
@gamewizard not really a mystery, the game boy had better games and 3rd party support and the lynx had mostly doo doo, and any lynx owner will tell u (i own one)about the systems atrocious battery life (or lack thereof) and its piss-poor screen.....
@buhshmuh Nintendo had better 3rd party support because they did everything short of stiff-arming the game companies and stores to do their bidding. For example- it was under contract that a licensee could not make the same game for a competing console until two years had passed. Also, Nintendo would tell stores "You sell only OUR products, or you don't sell ANY of our products." With policies like these, the others- Turbografx 16, Atari, etc. didn't stand much of a chance in the market.
@linelazur I am glad to see you know your videogame industry history, I do as well and agree with you wholeheartedly! I really dont agree with those policies now as I hate what the industry has become in general, (EA, FPS's with no innovation, on disc DLC, yearly sequels, etc.) but the fact is the NES was the place to be to play games, and being a kid I was glad my NES had the best games. Say what you will about Nintendo, but they set a goal of controlling the market and accomplished it.
@Amberr8069 yeah the lynx screen is terrible, yes its in color, but its just as bad as the original game boy's screen.... the game boy color screen was superior in every way, why did u get offended at my comment? do you own a lynx and prefer it? thats fine, i own both an atari lynx and a few game boys and lots of other consoles, we may not agree on which handheld we prefer, but no need to get butthurt, its not that serious =)
the graphics looked VERY close to the actual arcade game, but the low frame rate and worse sound is what killed it. It's a shame Atari didn't market the Lynx better and make it more affordable. Who knows what might have happened if thnigs turned out different and Nintendo lost the handheld wars!
This Double Dragon is much better than the one i had on the Amiga, the Amiga was a lot more powerful but its Double Dragon was much much worse, damn the Amiga developers failed hard.
I have the game still unopened. I bought it so I could play it on my brother's Lynx & he hasn't let me borrow it to play it for a while. Maybe I should buy my own Lynx.
By the way, how do you record it from Handy? Do you use a screen capture software? I tried that once with a game & either the sound or video came out messed up.
The most arcade-faithful versions of Double Dragon & Ninja Gaiden were on the Lynx. I have both games. Viking Child is also a great game (not an arcade game port).
@wtcvidman Ninja Gaiden was def the best port. Not sure about Double Dragon, most of the ports were bad. This one is ok. I had a lynx 2 at school. You might as well get one on ebay although check the condition of the screen pixels etc
My brother lets me use his every now & then. But I would like to have my own since I bought Lynx games (Double Dragon, Ninja Gaiden, Hydra, Switchblade II, Ms. Pac-Man, Gauntlet, etc) years ago that I want to open & play and haven't been able to do. He has many games for it too (Kung Food, Batman Returns, Desert Strike, Elvira's Pinball Jam, Dirty Larry, Viking Child, Slime World, European Soccer Challenge, Basketbrawl, Hockey, Crystal Mines, Warbirds, Rygar, Paperboy, etc).
@wtcvidman Yeh get TOKI too that is excellent. Does he have the Lynx 1 or 2, the 1 is monstrous, 2 is big but managable at home. It was sometimes hard to get games even when I was at school as shops were beginning not to stock it anymore, that was around 1992!!!
When he first got it, he had the Lynx 1 model. I think it was either broken or broke very quickly. He returned it & got the 2nd model afterwards, which looks & is designed much better. I have to try Toki. I also want Ninja Gaiden III & some of those many puzzle games they made. Dracula The Undead is one that both of us wanted but never got. I have to search for that one. I got some of the newer games too like Bubble Trouble & Fat Bobby. I'd like to get Krazy Ace too.
Woohoo time to kick some pixelated ass!! Reminds me of playing arcade games in a dark sticky floored bowling alley where all the games had burn marks from people leaving their smokes on em while they played. Man we live in a sterile environment today!
Some call it 16-bit, some 8-bit. The CPU was effectively 8-bit, but the graphics processor was 16-bit. It was pretty advanced for its time. I think calling it a 16-bit hand held is not wrong.
No Lynx & Turbo Express were both 16-bit while Game Boy & Game Gear were 8-bit. I loved all those consoles, but the Turbo Express was prone to break pretty easily.
@wtcvidman i mean that is a 8 bit. The main processor (cpu) is a HuC6280A (8 bit), the graphic part is handle by 2 gpu who are a HuC6260 and a HuC6270A (both 16 bit). The sound used the cpu (HuC6280A 8bit). So it's like having a nintendo NES with a Genesis/Megadrive chipset for graphic, it's still a 8 bit system.
I think that would mean that the graphics (since they're handled by 16 bit processors) are 16-bit while being processed by an 8-bit processor, right? Like a supercharged NES that has its limits (like you put it).
Actually the Genesis/Mega Drive graphics chip-set was quite inferior to the PC-Engine / TurboGrafX-16 GPUs and quite weak for 16-bit standards as it could only display 64 colours on-screen (61 if you consider that the last 4 were used as a transparent colour register so they were the same), where as the PCE & SNEs could display 256colours on-screen.
This game does look pretty good, though it does have it's fair share of flaws, with the crappy sound, and the fact that you can't see much of the playing field either. Despite this, this version of Double Dragon was still the best one to play on handheld systems, until Double Dragon Advance came out, which is the best Double Dragon game ever, in my opinion.
You people must be lookiing at this with rose coloured glasses. There is no fucking way this is "Just like the arcade". From the choppy as fuck animation, god awful sound effects and the fact it's super-zoomed in to hide the lack of background details that made it Double Dragon. Sure the Master System version had those whacky dwarf sprites, but at least it had better control / collision detection and tried hard to replicate each level's signature traps.
@aeonlinear - The lynx version isn't exactly the same as the arcade. But it's based right on it. The character designs are derived right from the arcade. They move in the same frames of animation as the arcade.
I thought this game kinda sucked when I first got it because it was nothing like the Sega Master game I grew up with. It was hard to control.
Then I played the arcade version later, and it was JUST like the LYNX version!!! Lynx was really true to the arcade! So..... it's really the arcade game that sucks. Not the lynx.
@ meyerphillip - I can't comprehend why anyone has a problem with the sega master version. I had no problem controlling that game and I was 6 when I was playing it. Roughly the same age when I finally beat it.
Ok I didnt really play the MS version much, but it seemed ok. Although I think the sounds were a little muffled, but other than that I remember it being good. Forgive me?
@Nintendavin Its a shame this is from an emulator because Handy dosn't quite get the sound right, the music on this sounds far better on the real hardware!
What's your point? How does that make what I had stated any less of a fact? I never marked it as a favorite. I don't mark favorites so I have no idea why it's marked.
The sprite style makes me think they took the Genesis version and zoomed the view, then removed some of the enemy sprites (to replace them with recolored versions of Williams) for the Lynx version. I prefer the "arcade style" graphics to the more cartoony style of the NES adaptations, but still. yeah, a bit disappointing.
When you hold it in your hand it feels amazing ... the huge characters works somehow.
I only got to play this once. At the CES show in Chicago in 1992. Same year as SFII for SNES. Yet I only remember playing this for like an hour straight.
They also had Guardian Heros there .. which I believe was never finished. and a bad version of Off-Road.
Those are some MASSIVE sprites. I guess the developers were trying to make their version look different from the other ports, so hey you can't fault them for that. On the other hand, you can't see the play area well, so it ends up working out poorly.
Either way it beats the shit out of the way-too-ambitious Atari 2600 version. Now that's a game that shouldn't have been attempted...
They tried to make the sprites EXACTLY the same as the ones from the arcade game, and since the resolution of the arcade game was like 4x bigger, that probably wasn't a good idea.
No dude, maybe I didn't make me clear. I meant that everything sounds pretty much like in the NES version: timing, the "bass", the arranges, and some other stuff -except by a few little changes here and there.
Are you kidding me? The SMS version had tons of flicker, sluggish controls, horrible graphics and lackluster audio. The only plus I can think of is that it featured the two-player mode, but it's so flickery it's barely playable. It's a real dud. It's leagues better than the Atari 7800 version, but for pure fun, no port beats the NES version. Although I have to say now that we have Xbox Live Arcade, there's no point in getting the home ports anymore cause the original arcade version is on Live.
I never minded earning the moves, but I agree the one player limitation was a real drawback. My point is that in 1988, the NES version was the only port that had good, responsive controls. Double Dragon II was the high point for the series IMO.
I agree with that one as in that one despite all the Extra Non sensical Levels where you had to make Long Jumps, and the Music for the Stages, and Bosses were Mixed up...I liked it, and I still own all 3 on the NES.
So you have to face wave after wave of young James Caan clones, a hooker who probably donated the eggs for their creation and has a whip, and the big black guy who just learn about the emancipation proclimation. LOOOVE IT!!
The Arcade is the only good double dragon not that NES peice of shit. The Genesis is not a remake its an attempt to copy the arcade game but doesnt do too well.
great graphics for the time, good faithfull sound. collision detection bad and the screens zoomed right in, i understand its a handeld but they didnt have to have it that close
I actually have a strange feeling the hit detection in this game is awful....I dunno why...all versions except the NES and GameBoy versions have that problem.
I think you're probably right for the most part anyway. I know for sure that the Genesis and Master system versions have poor hit detection, but I'm not sure about any of the computer ports of which there are many.
You forgot to mention the GBA version as an exception also though.
This is a classic
TheItalodancers 1 month ago
Graphics straight from Genesis. Should've took them from the arcade game at least.
darknight068 1 month ago
the lynx was actually ok, not grteat but not all bad either.
endoes07 1 month ago
im not a fan of this cameras point of view, if you had a console that looks like shit,why would you make the sprites so huge? you would think they would scale the focus back a little bit to draw attention away from how ugly the sprites look so close
dogmanx88 2 months ago
The NES version is still the best
JuicyPlayer 2 months ago
@JuicyPlayer
WRONG,the Sega Master System's version was superior to NES's butchered port
dogmanx88 2 months ago
@dogmanx88 The NES version wasn't really a port, it was an interpretation. Whether the SMS version was closer to the arcade or not (it was) doesn't matter, most everyone grew up with NES Double Dragon.
darknight068 1 month ago
@dogmanx88 The arcade and Master System version are boring and they end too quickly , at least the NES version had platforming to mix things up. NES version also had better music.
JuicyPlayer 1 month ago
這人物會不會過大啊！
yukimichael0205 3 months ago
The graphics for Lynx's DD are excellent, but it loses a little too much gameplay and is too much of a mindless button masher. Check out the Ninja Gaiden port (not Ninja Gaiden III) to Lynx to see a similar game from the same era better implemented.
MuscleHead1969 4 months ago
I ALWAYS LOVED THE DOUBLE DRAGON INTRO, THE CHICK GETS PUNCHED IN THE BREAD BASKET!" LOL
miltonraiders 4 months ago
Probably should have hopped in that car from the garage you strolled out of and ran their asses down, maybe then the main boss wouldn't have escaped all the way to Level Four.
Zer0Funk 4 months ago
Man, what was the resolution of the Lynx, 64 pixels by 48 pixels?
allenu 4 months ago
Imagine now that in a 16bit console they didn't make it look like at all like the arcades ant they could do it look more cool.And here we have atari lybx to make the best port.
youtoubakias 4 months ago
snd is important ~ thanxs atari
twilight9202 4 months ago
FAR superior to the NES and SMS home ports. and it was portable!
AlirazaVideoGames 5 months ago
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0:26 best part
abramkozlov 5 months ago
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abramkozlov 5 months ago
1993 was way to late to to port this. Street fighter And mortal combat had the attention. I did enjoy the lynx in 91
neoursa 6 months ago
One thing I like about this game is that the characters on the lynx version are large. Most other DD games the characters are small and blocky. :D
philiptwood 7 months ago
love the classic panty shot at the begining
ItsEViLDeD 8 months ago
most awfully straightforward plot i've ever seen
TaintedFaith88 9 months ago
@TaintedFaith88 Who cares... That was kickass game. :D
philiptwood 7 months ago
it's like if they kept/use the original arcade sprite ^^
maybe it's why the characters loks so biiiiiiiiiiig !!! :D
SebasHCG 9 months ago
i did not know that double dragon was on that system
tonesxbox 10 months ago
where are the eol boss characters?
rainxxxx 10 months ago
Atari Lynx was a good console, i had the Sega Game Gear and the fat kid over the road had the better Lynx!
The Lynx died out due to lack of support/games that the cheaper Sega GG had, so the Lynx had potential, like the PC Engine GT.
Sadly the inferior Sega GG and Gameboy Colour dominated the market.
BanjoKiD2K 10 months ago
Panty power
ValisHD 10 months ago
These bad guy's are a perfect example of people who never learn.
emailme23 11 months ago
First faithful rendition of the actual arcade gameplay comes from a handheld.
Lynx was a fun machine.
frigginjoe 11 months ago
That first bad guy looks like Ray Liotta
liquid49286 11 months ago
The graphics are awesome in the Atari Lynx version, I mean look at those huge & detailed sprites! Excellent for only 16 colours!
alxxz 1 year ago
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alxxz 1 year ago
The music is fantastic in this. sad when a hand held can do better music then a console. Namely the genesis version, that very well made me wanna vomit!
TheDemoniusX 1 year ago
Тётю то зачем по мордам! Такая красивая была =))) хахахаха =)))
neteraser 1 year ago
6:20 Love the background detailing!
skywarp88 1 year ago
damn look at these grapics looks so good
Itagaki32 1 year ago
this makes me want to get a lynx. i already have a bunch of systems including game boy,game boy pocket,game boy advance sp,psp,game gear, and i used to have game boy color and virtual boy but can't find them. also one of my old friends destroyed my game boy advance original.
mechayamcha 1 year ago
soooo retro
Saberwind45871 1 year ago
Fantastic version!Almost coin op perfect! Lynx lost the handheld battle because of inferior marketing......
Misel982001 1 year ago
@Misel982001
I did not even know about this handheld before i got Intenet. :(
The Lynx was huge, but it was way more advanced than the Gameboy and the Game Gear.
HipHop1981 1 year ago
@HipHop1981 true but if Atari guys were smart they could win the battle. Lynx sold approx 2m units.When Lynx had passed the 500.000 sold units they could introduce a cut down version in the size of Game Gear.Atari made historical errors in marketing, errors equivalent of those of IBM in the early 80's. Just imagine that all PC's could be IBM brand only....
Misel982001 1 year ago
@Misel982001 And price. When it first came out it was twice the cost of a Gameboy. It only became cheaper when the Lynx 2 came out and it was on it's last legs.
ojideagu 1 year ago
@ojideagu I just dont get it...They are smart enough to create such a machine and dumb enough to ruin it...Happy new year!
Misel982001 1 year ago
the title screen on the linx is very poor.......
gameboyadvance45 1 year ago
No Roper and you don't throw the knife either and stage two is weird.
DrDeathpwnsu 1 year ago
sweet its got the pantie shot
mrmiyagi5 1 year ago 24
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ValisHD 10 months ago
@mrmiyagi5 Pervert!
Ghidora007 1 month ago
Wow a dude punched a woman in the stomach, the game must have been created by charlie sheen LMAO
JEEminn3000 1 year ago
Yay, Marion's panties. :p
AshCrimsonTJL 1 year ago
2:10 ... meow... :$
ugforthewin 1 year ago
@ugforthewin fuck that ass!!!
quest8899 1 year ago
How the original Gameboy managed to survive with the Lynx on the market is a mystery.
gamewizard 1 year ago
@gamewizard not really a mystery, the game boy had better games and 3rd party support and the lynx had mostly doo doo, and any lynx owner will tell u (i own one)about the systems atrocious battery life (or lack thereof) and its piss-poor screen.....
buhshmuh 1 year ago
@buhshmuh Nintendo had better 3rd party support because they did everything short of stiff-arming the game companies and stores to do their bidding. For example- it was under contract that a licensee could not make the same game for a competing console until two years had passed. Also, Nintendo would tell stores "You sell only OUR products, or you don't sell ANY of our products." With policies like these, the others- Turbografx 16, Atari, etc. didn't stand much of a chance in the market.
linelazur 1 year ago
@linelazur I am glad to see you know your videogame industry history, I do as well and agree with you wholeheartedly! I really dont agree with those policies now as I hate what the industry has become in general, (EA, FPS's with no innovation, on disc DLC, yearly sequels, etc.) but the fact is the NES was the place to be to play games, and being a kid I was glad my NES had the best games. Say what you will about Nintendo, but they set a goal of controlling the market and accomplished it.
buhshmuh 1 year ago
@buhshmuh That's funny- you mention Lameboy and the Lynx in the same sentence, and call the Lynx's screen piss poor...
Amberr8069 1 year ago
@Amberr8069 yeah the lynx screen is terrible, yes its in color, but its just as bad as the original game boy's screen.... the game boy color screen was superior in every way, why did u get offended at my comment? do you own a lynx and prefer it? thats fine, i own both an atari lynx and a few game boys and lots of other consoles, we may not agree on which handheld we prefer, but no need to get butthurt, its not that serious =)
buhshmuh 1 year ago
the graphics looked VERY close to the actual arcade game, but the low frame rate and worse sound is what killed it. It's a shame Atari didn't market the Lynx better and make it more affordable. Who knows what might have happened if thnigs turned out different and Nintendo lost the handheld wars!
TargetRender 1 year ago
@TargetRender It is the emulator: the actual game goes pretty smooth on the Atari Link
volkderfreiheitzwei 1 year ago
i remember playing this bwck in the day in the arcade. smoke a joint behind the building then whoop my friends ass in this and street fighter2.
muckypup1975 1 year ago
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araujo627 1 year ago
@:27
did she fart?
SamAdamz 1 year ago
the music is what made this game good
FullFledged2010 1 year ago
This Double Dragon is much better than the one i had on the Amiga, the Amiga was a lot more powerful but its Double Dragon was much much worse, damn the Amiga developers failed hard.
Carbon657 1 year ago
I've always loved big sprites but holy fuck!
vorpalspaz 1 year ago
What a crap resolution
knastbube 1 year ago
Lol @ 3:42 he killed his own guy.
xXxToneCaponexXx 1 year ago
I have the game still unopened. I bought it so I could play it on my brother's Lynx & he hasn't let me borrow it to play it for a while. Maybe I should buy my own Lynx.
By the way, how do you record it from Handy? Do you use a screen capture software? I tried that once with a game & either the sound or video came out messed up.
The most arcade-faithful versions of Double Dragon & Ninja Gaiden were on the Lynx. I have both games. Viking Child is also a great game (not an arcade game port).
wtcvidman 1 year ago
@wtcvidman Ninja Gaiden was def the best port. Not sure about Double Dragon, most of the ports were bad. This one is ok. I had a lynx 2 at school. You might as well get one on ebay although check the condition of the screen pixels etc
ojideagu 1 year ago
@ojideagu
My brother lets me use his every now & then. But I would like to have my own since I bought Lynx games (Double Dragon, Ninja Gaiden, Hydra, Switchblade II, Ms. Pac-Man, Gauntlet, etc) years ago that I want to open & play and haven't been able to do. He has many games for it too (Kung Food, Batman Returns, Desert Strike, Elvira's Pinball Jam, Dirty Larry, Viking Child, Slime World, European Soccer Challenge, Basketbrawl, Hockey, Crystal Mines, Warbirds, Rygar, Paperboy, etc).
wtcvidman 1 year ago
@wtcvidman Yeh get TOKI too that is excellent. Does he have the Lynx 1 or 2, the 1 is monstrous, 2 is big but managable at home. It was sometimes hard to get games even when I was at school as shops were beginning not to stock it anymore, that was around 1992!!!
ojideagu 1 year ago
@ojideagu
When he first got it, he had the Lynx 1 model. I think it was either broken or broke very quickly. He returned it & got the 2nd model afterwards, which looks & is designed much better. I have to try Toki. I also want Ninja Gaiden III & some of those many puzzle games they made. Dracula The Undead is one that both of us wanted but never got. I have to search for that one. I got some of the newer games too like Bubble Trouble & Fat Bobby. I'd like to get Krazy Ace too.
wtcvidman 1 year ago
Woohoo time to kick some pixelated ass!! Reminds me of playing arcade games in a dark sticky floored bowling alley where all the games had burn marks from people leaving their smokes on em while they played. Man we live in a sterile environment today!
hobbesandcalvin1000 1 year ago 3
Gotta love a game that starts with a panty shot.
Flinklehurst 1 year ago 2
i think that the lynx is 8 bit right
is it?
well looks good to be 8 bit
vasquez123100 1 year ago
@vasquez123100
Some call it 16-bit, some 8-bit. The CPU was effectively 8-bit, but the graphics processor was 16-bit. It was pretty advanced for its time. I think calling it a 16-bit hand held is not wrong.
dunnono00 1 year ago
@vasquez123100
No Lynx & Turbo Express were both 16-bit while Game Boy & Game Gear were 8-bit. I loved all those consoles, but the Turbo Express was prone to break pretty easily.
wtcvidman 1 year ago
@wtcvidman Turbo express is a 8 bit with 16 bit video processor.
rafmerton 1 year ago
@rafmerton
By 8-bit, you mean the sound right? Because the main (video) processor for the graphics is 16-bit (like the TG16) like you said.
wtcvidman 1 year ago
@wtcvidman i mean that is a 8 bit. The main processor (cpu) is a HuC6280A (8 bit), the graphic part is handle by 2 gpu who are a HuC6260 and a HuC6270A (both 16 bit). The sound used the cpu (HuC6280A 8bit). So it's like having a nintendo NES with a Genesis/Megadrive chipset for graphic, it's still a 8 bit system.
rafmerton 1 year ago
@rafmerton
I think that would mean that the graphics (since they're handled by 16 bit processors) are 16-bit while being processed by an 8-bit processor, right? Like a supercharged NES that has its limits (like you put it).
wtcvidman 1 year ago
@wtcvidman Something like that ^^
rafmerton 1 year ago
@rafmerton
Actually the Genesis/Mega Drive graphics chip-set was quite inferior to the PC-Engine / TurboGrafX-16 GPUs and quite weak for 16-bit standards as it could only display 64 colours on-screen (61 if you consider that the last 4 were used as a transparent colour register so they were the same), where as the PCE & SNEs could display 256colours on-screen.
alxxz 1 year ago
Shut up woman.
*POW*
Now back to the cave.
MoBoRoS 1 year ago
This game does look pretty good, though it does have it's fair share of flaws, with the crappy sound, and the fact that you can't see much of the playing field either. Despite this, this version of Double Dragon was still the best one to play on handheld systems, until Double Dragon Advance came out, which is the best Double Dragon game ever, in my opinion.
freakyfornash 1 year ago 2
good graphics for an old entertainments system!
Better than NES,GB,and Sega SMS.
Excepted 8-Bit sounds,this is one (with genesis megadrive) of most fidelious reproductive versions!
willix2 1 year ago
This system shoud've done good Atari fucked it up.
Da1shocker 1 year ago
You people must be lookiing at this with rose coloured glasses. There is no fucking way this is "Just like the arcade". From the choppy as fuck animation, god awful sound effects and the fact it's super-zoomed in to hide the lack of background details that made it Double Dragon. Sure the Master System version had those whacky dwarf sprites, but at least it had better control / collision detection and tried hard to replicate each level's signature traps.
aeonlinear 1 year ago
@aeonlinear - The lynx version isn't exactly the same as the arcade. But it's based right on it. The character designs are derived right from the arcade. They move in the same frames of animation as the arcade.
dogeymon83 1 year ago
has anyone beaten this version?
XSC3 1 year ago
how slow is the level timer :\ it's like 5 seconds to every 1 second lol
Samcubegamer 1 year ago
This feels like the MK vs DC feature called Close Kombat where you can't see anything but the fighters.
ihavevolleyballs 1 year ago
Talk about a faithful recreation! Looks superb!
dholmlund 2 years ago 10
@dholmlund Yup. And no more worries about the crappy battery life anymore. Take that, GAMEBOY!!!!!
DDRUTOU 1 year ago
I really like the graphics on this version but the sound is horrible
NadrianATRS 2 years ago
thats stupid...
stone35077 2 years ago
i like the sprites of this game,
GamingPalooza 2 years ago
I thought this game kinda sucked when I first got it because it was nothing like the Sega Master game I grew up with. It was hard to control.
Then I played the arcade version later, and it was JUST like the LYNX version!!! Lynx was really true to the arcade! So..... it's really the arcade game that sucks. Not the lynx.
dogeymon83 2 years ago
@dogeymon83 Nope - it's the Master System version that suxxors!
meyerphillip 2 years ago
@ meyerphillip - I can't comprehend why anyone has a problem with the sega master version. I had no problem controlling that game and I was 6 when I was playing it. Roughly the same age when I finally beat it.
dogeymon83 2 years ago
Ok I didnt really play the MS version much, but it seemed ok. Although I think the sounds were a little muffled, but other than that I remember it being good. Forgive me?
meyerphillip 2 years ago
@meyerphillip the best home version was the mega drive 1
thesman32 1 year ago
@dogeymon83 your'e out of your mind
nurbSoldier 1 year ago
@dogeymon83 You've got balls to insult the pinnacle of fighting games.
It makes me want to scratch my face off with a bed of nails.
Nintendavin 1 year ago
Was your controller stuck??
EvilMatters 2 years ago
this game looks silly...lol
superkeenenbell 2 years ago
is this an emulator ? And if so .. which one ?
wingnut4427 2 years ago
Yes, it's an emulator !
Handy 0.95
StaxX28 2 years ago 2
@StaxX28 im gong to play it on my wiihady prt to test this portof the emulator
vasquez123100 1 year ago
Holy fuck , its like they hit the zoom button on that game! They should of compensated for the small screen size.
JuicyPlayer 2 years ago
I love how the music sounds in this game. I don't know why...
Nintendavin 2 years ago
@Nintendavin Its a shame this is from an emulator because Handy dosn't quite get the sound right, the music on this sounds far better on the real hardware!
LairdOfForsyth 1 year ago
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WTF, I never heard of that game system. I was raised uptown so we didn't have any ghetto game systems.
PopcornCoolie 2 years ago
... This console was a 16 BIT HANDHELD in an era where Handhelds were still in the 8 bit era.
If anything, this console IS NOT a ghetto system.
[it does have it's fair share of flaws though]
Nintendavin 2 years ago
would of been better 8-bits, the processor was 8-bit and not much stronger than the game gear.
the address was 16-bits and even the snes had a 8-bit address bus
deluxedookie 2 years ago
What good is the memory when the hardware doesn't take full advantage of it?
PopcornCoolie 2 years ago
@PopcornCoolie big talk for a man whose sole favorite is a fart video
sadeviant 2 years ago
What's your point? How does that make what I had stated any less of a fact? I never marked it as a favorite. I don't mark favorites so I have no idea why it's marked.
PopcornCoolie 2 years ago
The sprite style makes me think they took the Genesis version and zoomed the view, then removed some of the enemy sprites (to replace them with recolored versions of Williams) for the Lynx version. I prefer the "arcade style" graphics to the more cartoony style of the NES adaptations, but still. yeah, a bit disappointing.
XSC3 2 years ago
hahah i love how he one-times the girl and carries her away with a gratuitous panty shot
jayfreshprime 2 years ago
i agree th3planetsghost :)
yammagata 2 years ago
derp .. I meant Guardians - Storm Over Doria.
vonjugel 2 years ago
When you hold it in your hand it feels amazing ... the huge characters works somehow.
I only got to play this once. At the CES show in Chicago in 1992. Same year as SFII for SNES. Yet I only remember playing this for like an hour straight.
They also had Guardian Heros there .. which I believe was never finished. and a bad version of Off-Road.
vonjugel 2 years ago 2
Those are some MASSIVE sprites. I guess the developers were trying to make their version look different from the other ports, so hey you can't fault them for that. On the other hand, you can't see the play area well, so it ends up working out poorly.
Either way it beats the shit out of the way-too-ambitious Atari 2600 version. Now that's a game that shouldn't have been attempted...
also, lol at 3:34, looks quite wrong :)
ThrilloVanHouten 2 years ago
They tried to make the sprites EXACTLY the same as the ones from the arcade game, and since the resolution of the arcade game was like 4x bigger, that probably wasn't a good idea.
Jacob041593 2 years ago
Actually, the sprites are from the Genesis version, oddly enough.
In fact, this game is a lot like the Genesis version. Then again, it was the same developers.
Nintendavin 2 years ago
damn, marian looks like a tranny in this game.
xninjapunk80x 2 years ago
I wish I didn't lose my Atari Lynx, I loved this game!
YamiGekusu 2 years ago
The music for level 3 on regular NES was waaay better. This version sounds too generic
Penumone 2 years ago
i am so nervous becouse i dont have this handheld system. :(
bagotbogat 2 years ago
I was always impressed with the Lynx....It was impressive in ways I cant explain...
th3planetsghost 2 years ago
This version has better audio than the Sega Genesis version.
Lunatic4Bizcas 2 years ago
My god. Could this be any more "in your face"? It's like being 2 inches from the screen. Kinda over the top.
jons44 2 years ago
they shud make this for the ds or psp
SuperHappyRobertTime 2 years ago
I had this.Holly giant characters Batman
mungrin 2 years ago
They sure ruined the 2nd level, took the fun out of it. And where is the guy in the pink shirt? HA!
suchfunstuff 2 years ago
Anyone else think Billy looks like Billy Idol?
NuggetPumpkin 2 years ago
Makes me feel old.
Profound79 2 years ago
bloody good looking game for its time
BRAKESUK80 2 years ago 5
Oh I know right? Every non-Nintendo Double Dragon was awful. Arcade and Xbox Live versions (they're the same) are exempt from this.
TenguGuy 2 years ago
Xbox Live version is like cheating cuz they used the same code from the arcade, it's practically an emulator.
What personally amazes me of this telegame version is the awfull sound for a 1993 game -in both music and SFX.
BTW missions 2 and 3 BGMs are NES version's rip off.
albertoalejandro0424 2 years ago
@ the music and sfx, that's because it was made for a handheld console released in 1989, so that's expected. still better than the gameboy though
Idsz 2 years ago
Yeah dude, after making a little research I learned about my mistake. I just spoke too fast.
But you can't deny the BGMs are NES rip offs, right?
albertoalejandro0424 2 years ago
Well it is the DD theme, and even a DD ripoff wouldn't be worth calling DD without it's themesong :)
Idsz 2 years ago
No dude, maybe I didn't make me clear. I meant that everything sounds pretty much like in the NES version: timing, the "bass", the arranges, and some other stuff -except by a few little changes here and there.
Missions 2 and 3 are the best examples.
albertoalejandro0424 2 years ago
Not true--the Sega Master System version of Double Dragon was *THE BEST* of the 8-bit era. VERY faithful to the coin op. It was great!
cybersalad 2 years ago
Sega Master System? That version was awful.
TenguGuy 2 years ago
The NES Version sucked man what r u talking about? The SMS Version was better.
TruDru1978 2 years ago
Are you kidding me? The SMS version had tons of flicker, sluggish controls, horrible graphics and lackluster audio. The only plus I can think of is that it featured the two-player mode, but it's so flickery it's barely playable. It's a real dud. It's leagues better than the Atari 7800 version, but for pure fun, no port beats the NES version. Although I have to say now that we have Xbox Live Arcade, there's no point in getting the home ports anymore cause the original arcade version is on Live.
TheBadTour 2 years ago
I'd like to have some of the Crack you smoking...NES Version was one Player, and you had to Earn your Moves what fun is that?
TruDru1978 2 years ago
I never minded earning the moves, but I agree the one player limitation was a real drawback. My point is that in 1988, the NES version was the only port that had good, responsive controls. Double Dragon II was the high point for the series IMO.
TheBadTour 2 years ago
I agree with that one as in that one despite all the Extra Non sensical Levels where you had to make Long Jumps, and the Music for the Stages, and Bosses were Mixed up...I liked it, and I still own all 3 on the NES.
TruDru1978 2 years ago
So you have to face wave after wave of young James Caan clones, a hooker who probably donated the eggs for their creation and has a whip, and the big black guy who just learn about the emancipation proclimation. LOOOVE IT!!
dawatcha25 2 years ago
The Arcade is the only good double dragon not that NES peice of shit. The Genesis is not a remake its an attempt to copy the arcade game but doesnt do too well.
ojideagu 2 years ago
Amazing how by 1993 we STILL couldn't get an arcade perfect Double Dragon..
JPThunder01 2 years ago
bruckshot, ojideagu, they're both good. Just for different reasons.
The NES version focuses more on the platforming aspect, the Arcade version is just pure fighting.
MattTheSpratt 2 years ago
oh gawd i had this version! man, i wish i didn't lose my Lynx T_T
YamiGekusu 2 years ago
i plaid snes return of duble dragon, it was good
papapupunana 2 years ago
for some strange reasons this thing was strangely too powerfuly ahead of itz time
ILLEGALWARRIOR 2 years ago
I can't help but laugh at the part where Marion gets punched in the stomach! *Doing!*
jjbb84 2 years ago
ZOOOOOOOOOM ! lol
Mikadiez 2 years ago
the lynx was better than I remember with the exeption of the graphics.
kruseman44 2 years ago
too zoomed in..great for its time nonetheless
trobbins43 2 years ago
Don't forget the Lynx was up against the original B/W Gameboy. Damn.
frigginjoe 2 years ago
Good memories!!!
ametllet 2 years ago
Impressive LARGE sprites, I could have had some great times with this game if I had a copy when I was younger.
zeus6 2 years ago 2
Its beter than n.e.s version
natanwekills 2 years ago
Very Good game. Thank you.
yethboth 2 years ago
great graphics for the time, good faithfull sound. collision detection bad and the screens zoomed right in, i understand its a handeld but they didnt have to have it that close
mitzibishi 3 years ago
What...what the hell!!!
TenguGuy 3 years ago
graphics and game play look good but the music is fuckin awful.
spakey1983 3 years ago
I actually have a strange feeling the hit detection in this game is awful....I dunno why...all versions except the NES and GameBoy versions have that problem.
TenguGuy 3 years ago
I think you're probably right for the most part anyway. I know for sure that the Genesis and Master system versions have poor hit detection, but I'm not sure about any of the computer ports of which there are many.
You forgot to mention the GBA version as an exception also though.
JMFSpike 2 years ago
The GBA version is the best DD ever!
TenguGuy 2 years ago 2
I agree. That was a pretty cool game but my only gripe was it was a little too easy.
Melvinflynt 2 years ago
This is pretty impressive for a handheld at that time
chrisz31974 3 years ago 3
I have a feeling the hit detection and controls are awful.
TenguGuy 3 years ago
Amiga & Atari ST
Double Dragon
could've been
arcade perfect
they mess it up
JasonLee332002 3 years ago