Double Dragon

STORY / GAMEPLAY
Double Dragon is a "kick and punch everything that moves" style game, in which you take control of Billy Lee or Jimmy Lee, two young brothers that sport high martial arts skills. The Lee brothers were born and raised in a very dangerous city that's now swarmed by gangs that pummel the neighborhoods and jeopardize peace. The story starts when some members of a gang called "Black Warriors" punch and kidnap Billy's love interest, Marian. Furious by the incident, Billy sets off to find them, kick their heads off, eliminate their leader and finally save his beautiful girlfriend. But his journey is very tough, since Billy (and Jimmy) must beat up multiple enemies of various sizes and strengths, depending strongly on his fighting skills plus some weapons he gathers by eliminating armed foes (like knives, baseball bats and more). Billy must also confront big bosses and avoid traps that can instantly kill him.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The PC visuals are nice and include most of the original background details. The game supports CGA cards (4 colors) as well as EGA and Tandy cards with up to 16 colors on screen. Although the latter cards support 16 colors on-screen the PC game's graphics look inferior to the Atari ST (also with 16 colors) and the Amiga version due to the non-standard RGB color of the EGA/Tandy palettes. The sprites move fast though (actually too fast for the game's rather slow action) while the sound offers sound effects only and no music at all.