/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.2429268]

Which one was better?

[Anonymous No.2429286]

>>2429268
The Game Boy ones.

[That Ecchi Guy !!SXqkEzxV5p0 No.2429383]

>>2429268
The ones developed by Technōs Japan.

[Anonymous No.2429406]

>>2429268

NES version. I finally beat it legit for the first time a couple weeks ago. felt good to finally beat a game that's been kicking my ass for the last 25+ years. it was one of the few NES games I owned as a kid and I still could never get past Willy.

[Anonymous No.2429542]

>>2429406
Billy got daria eyes

[Anonymous No.2429565]

>>2429268
That's not the real Billy/Hammer sprite from the 7800 version of Double Dragon, it's a fanmade one highlighting how it could've been if the people ported the game actually pushed the 7800 specs to their limits. And honestly, I'm not convinced the 7800 could handle a sprite like that without sacrificing the game in some other way.

Fun fact: Technos actually wanted arcade-sized sprites for their NES version of Double Dragon, but it made it impossible to have more than one unique character on-screen at the same time. Hence why got that Vs. Mode with only mirror matches.

[Anonymous No.2429569]

>>2429565
For the record, this is how Double Dragon on the 7800 actually looked like.

[Anonymous No.2429587]

>>2429406
You don't feel kinda bad that Arcade DD players look down on NES players?

[Anonymous No.2429596]

>>2429268

[Anonymous No.2429602]

>>2429587
Not him, but I don't see that many fans of the arcade versions posting online nowadays as you would've seen at least a decade ago. Most of the online nostalgia nowadays revolves around the NES versions for some reason.

Personally, I would found the NES version more balanced than the arcade. The arcade is pretty easy to cheese your way using the elbow strike (B+C).

[Anonymous No.2429604]

The 2600

[Anonymous No.2429624]

>>2429268
arcade .. 1 credit run . np

[Anonymous No.2429629]

>>2429624
>np
Wut?

[Anonymous No.2429636]

>>2429629
no problem . that elbow was nasty . finishing the arcade game with 1 credit was easy

[Anonymous No.2429665]

>>2429636
It's easy to clear the game with the elbow, but I actually find it more fun (and challenging) without it, since it forces you to learn how the enemy A.I. works.

Some players are insane enough to go for a headbutt only run, but I never get very far limiting myself to just one move (it's hard enough to resist temptation from the elbow as it is).

[Anonymous No.2429674]

>>2429665
>since it forces you to learn how the enemy A.I. works.
Yeah, and it's broken as fuck.

I also try to not use the elbow too much, it's a bit more entertaining, but i still have to use it with some enemies, especially the final stage.

[Anonymous No.2429683]

>>2429268
Arcade version was the best.

[Anonymous No.2429923]

This one

[Anonymous No.2429948]

>>2429923
>Not the one who is the bastard son of Kenshiro.

[Anonymous No.2429990]

>>2429587
why would anyone actually care about that petty bullshit?

[Anonymous No.2430025]

>>2429990
Oh don't play dumb about elitism when you purposely engage in gaming discussions on a public forum, where you want your opinions to be heard.

Arcade players look down on the NES players much like every other Arcade port of that era (aside from rare exceptions like Altered Beast) so willingly playing an inferior version at a later point of your life is pretty bizarre.

[Anonymous No.2430031]

>>2430025
>rare exceptions like Altered Beast
why would that be an exception

also NES Double Dragon is better than the arcade and a substantially different game regardless of your opinion of the quality anyway

[Anonymous No.2430034]

>>2429948
Holy shit, they aren't even trying to act like that isn't a complete ripoff.

[Anonymous No.2430064]

>>2430025
>Arcade players look down on the NES players much like every other Arcade port of that era
Which ones? Cause honestly Double Dragon is one few arcade games from that era that had some semblance of a huge following and most people who disliked the first NES Double Dragon only did so because of the lack of co-op (something the sequels fixed). Most NES versions of arcade games, like Contra, Ninja Gaiden and Bionic Commando (to name a few) actually ended up achieving a bigger following than the originals.

[Anonymous No.2430069]

>>2430034
The Lee brothers were always drawn as Kenshiro wannabes since at least the promo art of the first Famicom game.

[Anonymous No.2430259]

>tfw I had the PC version
>tfw it was shit and didn't even work properly (first boss is bugged in that you're stuck if you got grabbed even once)

[Anonymous No.2430354]

>>2429923
Saw a bootleg disc of the PSX version of Captain Commando once. It had this as the cover.

[Anonymous No.2430378]

>>2430354
It's from Rage of the Dragons, the not quite official sequel to the Neo-Geo Double Dragon.

[Anonymous No.2430861]

>>2429587
gotta bait that hook better mang

[Anonymous No.2433696]

>>2430861
Oh

[Anonymous No.2433841]

[Anonymous No.2433932]

I appreciate Double Dragon but it feels so damn outdated, glad this bad boy came out to define the genre.

[Anonymous No.2434146]