I wish mine worked. Well maybe it does, not completely sure. When it comes to the 8-bit Nintendo there is no clear line between working and broken. I remember sometimes you would have to jam the games really hard in and sometimes stuff some object in there to hold it down. I have played a LOT of games on this old girl but one of my all time favorite NES games ever, mostly due to childhood connections is Double Dragon II an old NES "beat Em' up" game and one of best games of all time from this genre.
Ahh, those were the days, when games didn't have that many colours and purple was everywhere to give things just the right amount of the weird NES look.
There is only so much that can be done with two action buttons (A & B) but DD had a fun system. There are some tricky moves in the game that do some serious damage but these are really hard to pull off so must of your damage output will be from normal punch/kick combos and grab attacks. Whats fun about the DD combat system is that the function of the A & B buttons depend on which direction you are facing. That's right.
For example - facing right ---> A= back kick, B= forward punch
if you turn around, the buttons switch so A is always to attack to the left while B is always to attack to the right, whether it be a punch or a kick.
Even though this game is very good, it has a problem that's very common with nes games, it can be a total bitch.
Some enemies like this yellow fella here are total feet up your arse. This dude can not be thrown, has a buttload of health and if he catches you he will trow you 8 feet over his shoulder, and repeat. so you understand what i mean by pain in the ass.
I would have to say the most fun part of DD2 are the weapons. some enemies enter the screen carrying weapons. These include steel pipes, chains, throwing stars, some pink grenades or whatever. In the pic above you can see P1 holding the NPC while P2 beats his ass with a pipe (notice they all have red hair?).
my favorite weapons are the melee weapons mainly because of two reasons:
1. if you trow and miss your target, good buy weapon
2. it's more fun to beat people.
let's not forget that you can throw the pipes as well but beating guys with them is more fun. you will however without a doubt trow your pipe since the buttons functions alternate depending on how you face, this also applies when wielding a pipe. it can get confusing and you will probably throw your pipe by accident at least a few times
The other flaw with the weapons system is that when you kill the enemies that originally wielded the weapons, there bodies disappear and it's time to move on (you know how these games work) your weapons disappear with them, which makes absolutely no sense at all but hey watcha gonna do right?
Oh fuck, i fucking hate this level. Many if not all NES games have that one thing that drives you crazy about them and for me and DD2 that's this level. almost no enemies, just some ridiculous platform crap. In a game where you need to press both A & B at exactly the same time to jump, a level consisting of jumping challenges and disappearing platforms is a very bad idea. here you will most likely die a couple of times and need to start playing all over again. when i played this game back in the day i just cheated and skipped this crappy ass level. Stupid floor spikes, who needs that crap.
The final boss is some kind of martial arts god i would think, with lightning speed, killer moves and green hair this guy must have trained for centuries, even if you only looks 25.
The thing i love about this game is that you start out in the street beating up every day thugs but as you progress. more and more advanced enemies start to come out and play. closing to the end you are now fighting ninjas and what have you and all you are using are your tape wrapped kickboxing fists and tricks you could learn in two weeks. but hey it's all you need right?
well this was my review on DD2, suggestions for game reviews please e-mail me at kommundur@gmail.com
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