Developed and released by Technos in 1995, Double Dragon (there is no numeration in the title) is the fourth and final DD game to be released into arcades. Instead of a side-scrolling brawler (as DD3 was beyond terrible) they went for the tried and tested one-on-one fighting formula for this one and based it off the goofy, but fun, 1994 movie.
This game frequently gets mixed-to-negative reviews, but it seriously doesn't deserve it. The characters are well animated and high-powered, the environments and fighting arenas are eye-popping and engaging, and the moves and techniques are all fun and satisfying. Marian is now redrawn to somewhat resemble Alyssa Milano, and I tell you, for a bunch of pixels she's really quite hot! Callbacks are made to the original games while still in-keeping with the story and setting of the movie.
It's a real shame that they never developed the series as a versus fighting franchise after this as it really does show potential. At the very least, whoever holds the rights to the series now could resurrect this game on Steam or port it to current generation consoles, but I fear it will be forgotten as an obscure deviation from what made made the brand name famous in the first place, even if it was the smart thing to do.
This game frequently gets mixed-to-negative reviews, but it seriously doesn't deserve it. The characters are well animated and high-powered, the environments and fighting arenas are eye-popping and engaging, and the moves and techniques are all fun and satisfying. Marian is now redrawn to somewhat resemble Alyssa Milano, and I tell you, for a bunch of pixels she's really quite hot! Callbacks are made to the original games while still in-keeping with the story and setting of the movie.
It's a real shame that they never developed the series as a versus fighting franchise after this as it really does show potential. At the very least, whoever holds the rights to the series now could resurrect this game on Steam or port it to current generation consoles, but I fear it will be forgotten as an obscure deviation from what made made the brand name famous in the first place, even if it was the smart thing to do.