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by Jonny2x4
Thu May 17, 2012 9:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Clarifying the Abobo and Bolo mix-up
Replies: 33
Views: 39822

Re: Clarifying the Abobo and Bolo mix-up

Most of the images I have are stuff I found online through auction sites and other websites, so unfortunately a lot of the stuff I don't personally own (I do have complete copies of the DD2 and DD3 Famicom games, as well as the Super Famicom and PC Engine versions). There's flyers for each of the Do...
by Jonny2x4
Thu May 24, 2012 1:08 pm
Forum: News
Topic: RetroGamer #103: The Making of Double Dragon
Replies: 239
Views: 24540

Re: RetroGamer #103: The Making of Double Dragon

I've merged Halfpenny's and Swainy's threads, since they were both about RetroGamer #103. Anyway... Double Dragon mainly came to be because during the last few days of Kunio Kun the development team suddenly realised that it would be fun if the player could pick up and use the enemies weapons but th...
by Jonny2x4
Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Clarifying the Abobo and Bolo mix-up
Replies: 33
Views: 39822

Re: Clarifying the Abobo and Bolo mix-up

The reason why Jimmy's hair was red in DD2 and DD3 on the NES (as far as his in-game sprite is concerned) is because the NES has a limited color palette and because of this, Jimmy uses the same palette used for Billy's hair and skin tone for his outfit. Jimmy's hair is obviously supposed to be blond...
by Jonny2x4
Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:26 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Double Dragon Neon
Replies: 291
Views: 98259

Re: Double Dragon Neon

Yeah, the Double Dragon series never really had a consistent fighting system, even between games that were released on the same platform (like the NES trilogy). The same is true for all their Kunio beat-'em-ups (all of them were rather different too, with the exception of River City Ransom and Downt...
by Jonny2x4
Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:56 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Pix 'n Love to publish authorized Kishimoto biography
Replies: 236
Views: 15539

Re: Pix 'n Love to publish authorized Kishimoto biography

The book was just published yesterday and they already sold out on the limited edition on Pix'n Love's online shop.
http://www.gameblog.fr/blogs/omake/p_67849_il-est-la
by Jonny2x4
Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:38 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Double Dragon Neon
Replies: 291
Views: 98259

Re: Double Dragon Neon

I don't have a PS3 at the moment (used to, not anymore), but all the feedback seems pretty positive thus far, which is good to hear. It's best to view this game as a Parodius-style spinoff than a legitimate sequel/reboot anyway. I was pretty cautious about it and for good reasons. I'm just hoping th...