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RetuenOfDevsman posted...

Still, I always had a good time with it on NES. I actually thought the NES version was better than the arcade version, which almost never happens.

To be honest with you, I think there is a good bit of us beat'em up fans that would consider double dragon 1 better on the NES compared to it's arcade version. While it lacks the co-op, the learning new moves as you got exp was pretty entertaining. All we were doin' in the arcade version of part 1 since the AI was so busted was elbowing everything to death anyway.

Double dragon 2 could go either way, but my family did play the hell out of the NES port, and the extra levels was fun (who all remembers wiping out those continues on the stage with the gears before we got the hang of jumping, lol). Double dragon 3 was straight up garbage in the arcade, and while the NES version also was pretty jank you can at least say it was better than the arcade's pure trash.

Yeah it really was one of those rare beat'em ups in the late 80s/early 90s that had better home versions.