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by Jonny2x4
Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:38 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Altered Beast (Sega Mega Drive) thoughts?
Replies: 11
Views: 12854

Re: Altered Beast (Sega Mega Drive) thoughts?

I played Altered Beast a few times in the past, but never really cared much for it for some reason. I was actually looking forward to Project Altered Beast, but it only came out in Japan and Europe and I read it wasn't that great.
by Jonny2x4
Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What would like to see in a new Double Dragon game?
Replies: 258
Views: 37762

Re: What would like to see in a new Double Dragon game?

I wasn't aware of The Raid. Looks like a pretty kick-ass movie. Thanks for the recommendation.
by Jonny2x4
Thu May 10, 2012 12:59 pm
Forum: News
Topic: RetroGamer #103: The Making of Double Dragon
Replies: 239
Views: 25424

Re: Kishimoto DD interview in the next issue of RetroGamer..

He has been interviewed by Gorges Florent of Pix'n Love two years ago (I have the issue myself as a matter of fact), so he's not a hard person to track down (he even has an e-mail on his official website). Kishimoto's authorized biography is scheduled to be released in France next month.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoshihisa-kishi ... 2918272426
by Jonny2x4
Thu May 10, 2012 1:36 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Double Dragon Neon
Replies: 291
Views: 100821

Re: Double Dragon Neon

I rediscovered Zombie Revenge (a 3D beat-'em-up by Sega) and frankly it looks way better than Double Dragon Neon in its current state despite the fact that Zombie is a Dreamcast games from 12 years ago, whereas Neon is being made for the PS3/Xbox 360. So it's not even a matter of whether the game is...
by Jonny2x4
Fri May 11, 2012 7:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Clarifying the Abobo and Bolo mix-up
Replies: 33
Views: 41663

Re: Clarifying the Abobo and Bolo mix-up

Nice! Is there scans online of the whole Famicom DD manual?(or the DD2 and 3 manual?) The DD3 manual is on this site. It's done in a manga-style, unlike the others (it only gives out the names of the non-playable enemies from Mission 1 though). m I found pictures of the manuals for the first two Fa...
by Jonny2x4
Mon May 14, 2012 8:09 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Pix 'n Love to publish authorized Kishimoto biography
Replies: 236
Views: 16327

Re: Pix 'n Love to publish Authorized Kishimoto biography

m Pix'n Love has just announced that, in addition to the standard release of the book, there will also be a limited-edition that comes with a personally-autographed card signed by Kishimoto himself (limited to 600 copies), a DVD of the Enter the Double Dragon special and a CD containing music from R...
by Jonny2x4
Wed May 16, 2012 11:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Clarifying the Abobo and Bolo mix-up
Replies: 33
Views: 41663

Re: Clarifying the Abobo and Bolo mix-up

Kishimoto more or less admitted to Pix'n Love that his team pretty much made up the arcade version's back-story after the fact when explaining why Billy and Jimmy fought over Marian at the end of the game. Exactly when he wrote the back-story I have no clue (the Double Dragon soundtrack is earliest ...
by Jonny2x4
Thu May 17, 2012 10:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Clarifying the Abobo and Bolo mix-up
Replies: 33
Views: 41663

Re: Clarifying the Abobo and Bolo mix-up

I have to say though, I do love the Japanese Famicom/NES illustrations of the characters more than the odd squatty looking art from the Japanese arcade flyers circa 1987. Yeah, the flyer art was drawn by the game's sprite designer, who didn't have much experience drawing outside bitmaps, while the ...
by Jonny2x4
Thu May 17, 2012 1:42 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Pix 'n Love to publish authorized Kishimoto biography
Replies: 236
Views: 16327

Re: Pix 'n Love to publish Authorized Kishimoto biography

Here's Florent's latest blog post, which contains a video of Kishimoto signing out the cards for the limited edition of the book. m New samples pages have also been uploaded in the link I've posted on the previous reply. In one of the pages Kishimoto talks about the Master System version of the firs...
by Jonny2x4
Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Clarifying the Abobo and Bolo mix-up
Replies: 33
Views: 41663

Re: Clarifying the Abobo and Bolo mix-up

The very first issue of Nintendo Power had colorized versions of the character illustrations. While most likely the colorization was done by some in-house artist employed by the editorial staff and not by Technos, I was always curious why they colored Billy with red clothes and Jimmy with blue cloth...