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The Double Dragon Dojo is an independently run website that covers all aspects of the video game series Double Dragon, as well as products and media related to the series. The Dojo is supported by a team of dedicated staff members who rely heavily upon contributions from fans of the series. We offer continuing coverage of the games and their spin-offs, as well as provide a nearly complete database of information. Submissions are welcome at all times and are subject to editing and verification.
January 23, 2012 We've got quite an update today. First, Rockman from over in our forums has provided us with a review of the Zeebo version of Double Dragon that was released in 2009. Thanks Rockman! And Rockman reviewed the game using the actual Zeebo hardware. That's not exactly an easy system to acquire considering that it was released in Brazil only. If you want to watch Rockman's two-player playthrough of the game that he did to review the game, click here. Rockman has also provided us with the music from the Zeebo and iPhone versions of Double Dragon. If you go to the Double Dragon I music section, you'll now be able to download the soundtrack from each of those versions. Thanks again Rockman! Also, long-time reader/contributor Larry Petit has provided us with a slew of screenshots for our review of the Atari 7800 version of Double Dragon. Great screenshots Larry! I myself have contributed the worst addition to today's update. How is that, you ask? I reviewed and summarized a terrible cartoon episode: Shadow Conned. There are only four episodes left now, but man, are they horrible! In other news, I just found out that this year marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese Horoscope. Well, it actually begins on February 4. But this year is Double Dragon's 25th anniversary and the Year of the Dragon. What a coincidence! I almost think we need another celebratory image up top for the Year of the Dragon as well! Enjoy the update! - Dojo Master
January 19, 2012 I caught a nasty head cold on Monday night, so I fell behind on some stuff. I wasn't able to finish up the next cartoon episode summary as I expected, but I'll probably get that finished next. I'm happy to say that other people are joining in to celebrate Double Dragon's 25th anniversary aside from me. Umberto Chavira, one of our prior fan artists, has sent me a new drawing. You can check it out here. It looks great! It seems like Umberto isn't the only person celebrating Double Dragon's anniversary. A Mr. Riccardo sent me this incredible Double Dragon tribute video that he posted on Youtube. It's really high quality. In fact, it could pass for a marketing video from the Double Dragon developers themselves. Nice video Riccardo! - Dojo Master
January 12, 2012 Yesterday marked the official release of the fan-made flash game, Abobo's Big Adventure. If you haven't heard of this before, it's a hilarious NewGrounds-style game that is based on the NES Double Dragon. You play as Abobo and go through all sorts of weird and nostalgic levels punching and kicking the crap out of everything in sight. I played the game a little bit and laughed pretty hard as I slapped Donkey Kong around, fought with Jaws and watched Abobo get a mean bout of diarrhea. The controls are a little tough since you're using a keyboard, but it's still incredibly fun. As far as site news goes, we have some new fan art sent to us by Zox. Check out the Fan Art section to see it! I also received my NES Double Dragon boxes yesterday. They're in even better condition than I thought! So I went ahead and scanned them. Now we have much larger and higher quality scans of the NES Double Dragon games. In fact, I think these are the best scans available on the internet. If you take a look at the NES Double Dragon game pages, you'll be able to click on the box art thumbnails and see much larger images now. The next cartoon episode synopsis is almost done. That will be posted next. - Dojo Master
January 11, 2012 Rockman from our forums has posted a new Youtube video where he shows you how to play Double Dragon iPhone with an actual control pad instead of the touch screen controls, and on your TV no less! Go check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qODYGIUcjvg I should have the next cartoon synopsis posted soon, as well as some artwork from one of our visitors. And, since my last post, I've added more advertisements and better box scans. I even re-scanned my own box for Double Dragon II on Game Boy to get a larger scan. Speaking of box scans, I recently purchased the boxes for the NES Double Dragon games. Although I've owned the cartridges for quite a while, I've never owned the boxes. But now I do! Anyway, when I get them within the next week or so, I'll see what their quality is like, and if they're better than what I have posted now, I'll scan them and post even better box shots for our NES games. The daily hits for this site have gone up slightly in the past few weeks. Nothing major, but a noticeable amount nonetheless. I guess you guys like it when I post new content, huh? - Dojo Master
January 4, 2012 I've been doing a bunch of behind the scenes work on the site. I cleared up some html issues that no one probably noticed, posted much larger and higher quality box scans for several games, and added several new advertisements to the ads section. I also provided higher quality images for some of the previously posted ads. So, if you're bored, take a look around. - Dojo Master
January 3, 2012 As I promised, I'm finishing up the cartoon section. I have posted the synopsis for the next episode: The Spirit in the Sword. Boy, are the episodes going down hill! I can't stand the second half of season two. And it's going to get worse! - Dojo Master
January 1, 2012 Do you like my celebratory image I threw together up above? In case anyone forgot, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the Double Dragon series. A bunch of other games have recently been celebrating their respective 25th year, so why not Double Dragon? I apologize if my little 25th anniversary logo is lacking in skill, but hey, it's the thought that counts, right? As a way to celebrate, I'd like to invite all you aspiring artists out there to send in your own 25th anniversary logos/drawings to celebrate Double Dragon's 25th year. I'll post all of the submissions in the Fan Art section. So go ahead and send in your art! While I can't say what else we'll be doing to celebrate Double Dragon's 25th anniversary, I can least promise that I will be continually updating the Dojo with new content throughout the year. And I'm starting by revamping the cartoon section. If you head over to the cartoon area, you'll see a slightly revised layout which includes an entirely new page covering all of the main and supporting characters in the show. I provided tons of information regarding each character's background, and I painstakingly went through each episode to grab appropriate screenshots. I really put a lot of work into it! If you're unfamiliar with the cartoon, this new character page will get you up to speed. So go take a look! The cartoon section will be complete very soon, and I may even write up an article critiquing the series as a whole when I'm done. Other than that, I'd still like to post reviews for those remaining games in the games section. If any of you can help out with that, let me know. Anyway, on with the celebration! - Dojo Master
December 28, 2011 We have a new mailbag entry as well as a new submission to the Fan Comics section of the Fan Fiction page. I'm working on finishing up the Cartoon section as well. - Dojo Master
December 26, 2011 How was everyone's Christmas? I hope you had a good time and maybe even got some gifts you wanted. Somebody has recently posted the entire Double Dragon cartoon series on Youtube. I don't know how long it will be up, so I jumped at the chance to finally do a synopsis of the episode RPM since that's the one episode from season two that I don't have on VHS. If you search for a specific episode, you should be able to find it on Youtube right now. I suggest that you watch the episodes while they're available - if you're interested. Anyway, I have done the synopsis not only for RPM, but for Superhighway Warriors as well. Now I have six episodes left and the entire cartoon section will be done. It sure is taking forever, isn't it? I would like to get that done soon. Let's see how I do! - Dojo Master
November 17, 2011 We have a few interesting updates today. First, after years of searching, I have finally been provided with a clear picture of the Super Double Dragon handheld from Tiger. Did you guys even know that Tiger released one of those? Check it out here. Thanks to Mike for providing me with that image. Also, Mike has informed me that the Double Dragon cartoon series is available to view on Netflix. You can view Netflix's page for the cartoon series here. Mike also informs me that the episodes are listed incorrectly. But if you're interested, you can check out our Cartoon section here to find out what episode you're watching. On that note, I'll try to continue with the episode summaries soon. I've just been a bit busy recently and those take some time to complete. Lastly, we have a very interesting update. I just love it when we dig up interesting facts about the Double Dragon series, and this one sure is interesting! Now, we all know that the Genesis version of Double Dragon was essentially a port of the arcade game. But did you know that the storyline was completely bonkers? You may have read the back of the game's box, which we've had posted for quite some time now. It says the usual stuff and then claims that Billy must face the Shadow Boss - his brother Jimmy. Like me, you may have thought that was a simple error made by someone who accidentally copied the NES storyline without realizing the arcade storyline was involved. After all, the Game Boy version copied the NES storyline even though Jimmy doesn't even appear in the game outside the limited two-player tournament fighting mode. But nope! The storyline is intentional and certifiably bonkers. Helpful reader Azathoth sent me some pictures of the inside of the game's manual, and not only does Accolade explicitly label Machine Gun Willy as Jimmy Lee, but it claims that the second player in red (usually referred to as Jimmy) is really Billy's "friend" Jake. That's right - Jake. Go figure that one out. I'm not sure why Accolade took such liberty with the storyline when there was no need to do so, but it's good for a laugh! If you want to check it out for yourself, just head over to the game's story page. We've got the pictures and everything. Thanks again to Azathoth for that! - Dojo Master
October 13, 2011 Well, I've been wondering when Double Dragon would hit the North American 3DS Virtual Console, and now I have my answer: October 20. Aksys Games just posted the news on their website and also gave us this additional bit of information: The NES version of Double Dragon II: The Revenge will be hitting the Wii Virtual Console in the near future. That one has been a long time coming, hasn't it? I guess that means Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones won't be far behind. Check out the Aksys Games news post here: http://www.aksysgames.com/2011/10/13/double-dragon-on-nintendo-virtual-console/ - Dojo Master
August 5, 2011 I've been checking my 3DS' eShop every Thursday (which is when it gets updated) to see if Double Dragon has arrived yet on the Virtual Console for us American 3DS owners. So far, I haven't seen it on the eShop. Hopefully it will arrive soon for all you DD fans out there. Oh, in the mean time, would you guys like to see a promotional image (or a digital flyer, if you prefer) for the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade game, Double Dragon II: Wander of Dragons? (I've been informed the title is now "Wander," not "Wanderer.") Of course you would! I've added the image to our advertisements section. You can view it here. Thanks to Paul Acevedo, the writer of the Double Dragon II article on Co-Optimus, for sending this my way.
July 31, 2011 I have posted an update to the mailbag based upon yesterday's entry.
July 30, 2011 Double Dragon for the iPhone/iPod Touch is now available to everyone who owns older versions of the devices that can't be upgraded to 4. As before, it's only $1.99. You can check out the game's page right here. Thanks to mechapop for the heads up. In other news, we have a new mailbag entry, and boy, what a helpful one this is! You'll see why when you check out the newest mailbag entry for yourself. Also, I'd like to note that I've removed the email addresses for everyone who has sent in a mailbag entry. There's really no need for me to post people's addresses (I'm not sure why I started doing it, maybe to get in contact with people at a later point in time), so if you email us from now on, we won't post your email address. Of course, whenever someone asked us not to post their email address, we were always happy to oblige. But this will hopefully make it so more people will feel like sending in a mailbag entry. There is also some other stuff going on behind the scenes right now. I've been a little busy lately, but I've managed to post updates recently. Unfortunately, I haven't been checking my email for this website often enough. I'll try to get on that more. If you don't get a response from me in a quick manner, don't worry, I will eventually get back to you! I read every email I get and will do my best to respond. - Dojo Master
July 26, 2011 Co-optimus.com has posted a full preview of the upcoming Double Dragon II remake for Xbox Live entitled Double Dragon II: Wanderer of Dragons. And guess what? Not only is the game a remake of the arcade version, but it has been remade in 3D polygonal graphics. Check out a screenshot for yourself:
Interesting to say the least, isn't it? Head over to Co-optimus to check out their full preview which has several screenshots and in-game footage as well.
June 27, 2011 There is even more news on the Double Dragon front. It turns out that Double Dragon II is being remade for the Xbox Live Arcade under the name "Double Dragon II: Wanderer of the Dragons." The company publishing the title is Barunson Creative. The news was posted on Siliconera last Friday. You can click on the link for more information. Actually, I have some more information to add this. Back in December I was contacted by Barunson and was informed that they were remaking Double Dragon II. I didn't really mention anything about it at the time because I know that the Double Dragon series tends to have licensing issues and wanted to wait until it was essentially confirmed that it was being released. (The arcade version of DD 1 was actually yanked from Xbox Live Arcade shortly after it was released as I recall). Now, some people are naturally asking, "Which Double Dragon II though? The arcade version? The NES version?" Well, from the emails I received, it appears that the arcade version is being remade. Of course, as this is a remake, it doesn't rule out the possibility that some elements from the NES title may be incorporated. But it seems like the basis will be the arcade title, which is not surprising since the arcade version of Double Dragon I was released and then yanked from Xbox Live Arcade. Also, it doesn't appear that Million has any direct involvement in the development. The emails I received suggest that Barunson is both the developer and publisher. So this is great news if you own an Xbox 360! We'll be keeping our eye on this one. Thanks to Rockman for the heads up.
June 22, 2011 I'm happy to announce even more news on the Double Dragon front. The Game Boy version of Double Dragon is hitting the 3DS Virtual Console, so if you've always wanted to give the portable version a try, now's your chance. If you live in Europe, you'll be be able to download the game from the 3DS's eShop on June 23. I assume that Double Dragon will be hitting the North American eShop next week. As with all of the older Double Dragon titles, you can check out our review in the Video Games section to the left. http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2011/06/nintendo_download_23rd_june_2011_europe
May 21, 2011 Episode summaries for the cartoon series have resumed. To read the summary for "Undertown," click here.
February 20, 2011 In case you didn't know, the upcoming Double Dragon iPhone game is based heavily on a recent Double Dragon title that was released on a download-based console in Brazil called Zeebo. One of our forum members, Rockman, picked up a Zeebo (which is no easy task considering that it hasn't been released in America) and posted a tutorial video on all the different moves you can pull off in the game. Check out that video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N_cMoceAss Both the Zeebo and iPhone versions of Double Dragon were made by the same developer, Brizo Interactive, so the tutorial should give you an idea of what to expect from the upcoming iPhone version. Oh, and here's a neat video that'll show you what a Zeebo looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWZ0WFnUCqE
February 11, 2011 Well now, we actually have an update on the Double Dragon series! Can you believe that? There is officially a new game in the works. Thanks to the folks in our forums for posting this information and giving me the heads up. Aksys Games has announced a Double Dragon remake for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Below is the full press release which is available on Aksys Games' website. You can also view a trailer for the game here.
The Legendary Double Dragon Franchise Returns! Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment software, is pleased to unveil the grand return of the legendary franchise that introduced gamers to the joys of side-scrolling beat’-em-up action: Double Dragon iPhone. Developed by Brizo Interactive, Double Dragon iPhone is an enhanced remake of the original arcade game featuring all new art, music, and extras. Grab a friend or get ready to brave the streets alone, because Double Dragon iPhone will be appearing in the Apple App Store this March. The Black Warriors have taken Marian hostage, and presented Billy and Jimmy with a grim ultimatum: Give up the sacred Sousetsuken scrolls or never see Marian again. Not the sort of men to take this news lying down, they take to the streets to hunt down the Black Warriors and save her. Equipped with deadly martial arts prowess and slick street smarts, Billy and Jimmy must carve through an entire army of thugs to see Marian safe again. Double Dragon iPhone Key Features
About Aksys Games Located in Torrance, California and founded in 2006, Aksys Games has published many well-received fighting games, RPGS, and innovative downloadable titles. Some of their more popular titles include the BlazBlue, Record of Agarest War, and Hooked: Real Motion Fishing series. About Brizo Interactive Brizo Interactive is the pioneer in the mobile gaming market, contributing to the growth of this industry by bringing genuine games to users across the world. They have created numerous titles, ranging from 3D action games to sports games and even fighting games. Double Dragon iPhone has been rated 9+ by the Apple App Store. More information regarding the new Double Dragon iPhone can be found at the official Facebook page here. The Double Dragon series is a copyright trademark of Million Co., Ltd.
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