Double Dragon II: The Revenge Arcade | No Death Playthrough

No death playthrough of the arcade version of Double Dragon II: The Revenge.

[@M-E-G-A]

5:00 for a moment you both gazed into each other’s eyes.

[@raheelansar2598]

As child walking through streets when heard its music from a video games shop would cast a spell on me . ... no other game music could compete it ...

[@gurumania1982]

Wow.You made my cry,Man.My poor childhood :((( Now,I am 37 years old,still remember it just like yesterday. :(((

[@aucunprobleme5224]

I'm 39 I cry for my poor childhood

[@PatrickLewOfficial]

This game was my childhood! Man, the feels at the end.

[@cedricbanks2149]

I wasted alot of quarters in this game in 1990 now I'm 42 still playing this game.

[@davidbermudez7704]

Now the first time played this game was when I was a teenager. There was an Arcade near the Jr. H.S I used to attend but would ditch until lunchtime sometimes not go to school at all. So before class began myself and friends would not go and go to the Arcade instead to waste quarters on video games. Later the police would actually come inside the Arcade to look for those who were ditching school but me and my friends were long gone. DD 2 brings so much childhood memories! Thank you for reliving them!

[@ryanhutchinson4467]

I can just imagine the Dev team sitting down and saying: “Okay, we got people interested in our first game with shock value because a girl gets punched in the stomach right at the beginning. How can we be even more shocking and edgy in the sequel? Murder the woman? That’s a great idea! Let’s do it!” 🤣🤷‍♂️

[@diba9281]

It's not shock value, you're just a simp

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

And it worked...

[@ryanhutchinson4467]

@@MatthewTheWolf2029 Yeah, I guess you can’t really argue with results! LMFAO! 🤣

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

@@ryanhutchinson4467 Yes. The shock value was quite powerful, and the ending was tragic and tear jerking.

[@lomoholga]

It was the 80s- I can assure you nobody was actually shocked lol

[@agauerm]

The music in this game is superb

[@ivanscissorhands2008]

Esta arcada aún se encuentra en el centro cápitol Guatemala, la hé jugado y aún logro terminar el juego..... Ah que hermosa época cuando salíamos de clase y nos ibamos corriendo para jugar Double Dragon II. 🇬🇹

[@olmanhernandez4300]

Igual aqui en los arcades de Honduras.

[@ivanscissorhands2008]

@@olmanhernandez4300 me alegro. Saludos 🇬🇹😊

[@reisclerx1786]

En qué arcades están porque yo soy de guatemala

[@ivanscissorhands2008]

@@reisclerx1786 lee mi comentario.

[@thecowboy2]

The laugh from the Demolition wanna- be's still creeps me out to this day.

[@TheCastellan]

Well, the fact his saggy man breasts wrap around his body is creepier. They got Bastion Booger in a Demolition costume. :P

[@OikPoinFive]

@@TheCastellan repo man vs booger !

[@joejoeramiro5098]

@@OikPoinFive nah you mean Smash of demolition but he did do repo gimmick when demolition when they went there way. Smash with booger body and dyed hair

[@djalmaoliver]

Nos anos 90 os fliperamas eram o vício da molecada, e Double Dragon foi sucesso absoluto, o 1° por ser mais fácil salvar com 1 ficha arrebentou, esse era mais difícil, certeza q nesse vídeo está no easy

[@OldSchoolCurt]

The nes double dragon 2 was bad ass!

[@Rick-si1re]

Yep, I wish there was a way you and I could play together, I never tire of the NES version, still my favorite NES game of all times, I can play that game 20 times in a row and never tired of it. The music, sound effects etc. all superior to the arcade version, even the ending was better, the arcade version was terrible compared to the NES version imho.

[@dub2536]

@@Rick-si1re very true. The ending in this arcade version ending is basically just a polaroid photo of the three people. with corny music in the background. pathetic ending for a great arcade classic IMO.

[@Rick-si1re]

@@dub2536 yeah, but those games weren't really about story like games are today, those games were about action, as many 80s and early 90s games were, the beat em up genre was a very popular genre back then. I certainly didn't play Double Dragon for it's "grand" story, did u? lol

[@dub2536]

@@Rick-si1re No, I didn't play it for the story. Touche. I just would have expected a better ending. I also feel that DD3 oddly got the gameplay and graphics worse than the first two. What do you think?

[@Bloodreign1]

@@dub2536 The ending is what it is, not a happy one. Marion is dead, the Lee Brothers revenge complete, but doesn't bring her back.

[@isyt1]

Amazingly well coded. The smooth scrolling etc blows my mind. Very few coders alive today could make something like this in machine code

[@nebularain3338]

Are you serious? There's loads of coders today making homebrew stuff which pushes the hardware far beyond what everyone thought was possible. Assembly language has become very popular in the last few years.

[@RetroGamesMas]

Lo que no sabe la gente..es que la continuacion de este juego..es la del nes el double dragon 2 vs shadow warriors..donde el jefe final te explica de forma literal..que la muerte de marian..solo fue una ilusion y que solo al derrotarle podras romperla y es por lo cual marian sigue viva y se cataloga como canon la version nes y no esta..aun que esta mas genial el final de aca por que te explica que ya nada volvera a ser lo mismo..puesto que al final matas a tu alter ego..o algo asi como matar a tu pasado..ahora existe un nuevo billy o jimmy del presente que ya no duda en matar.

[@atomicdemise]

gotta love the Grandpa Terminator! @ 5:46 -you can even see the little red dots in his sunglasses. lol

[@M-E-G-A]

I always loved that knee kicker to the head move! It’s like saying: “here, suck this!”

[@ibzmav]

It's called Tiger Knee

[@persona83]

Great playthrough. Player put the game mechanics to good use here.

[@kendrickcooperimmarshallte2142]

I loved how the long player tricked the enemies

[@trulymeparker]

3:15 lol

[@ryanhutchinson4467]

Yeah, they can be pretty dumb.

[@AchtungBaby77]

Yep, that's advanced 1980's A.I. right there! 😂 3:45 to 3:55 isn't much better... enemies falling to their deaths whilst following the player! 🤣

[@thepro3729]

Gerard Butler at the end on the left in the polaroid. He was already acting back then.

[@starter47990]

This game was so emotional that NES had to come up with some bull sh*t way to bring her back to life

[@nebularain3338]

What's bullshit about it? The game has you fighting magical versions of yourself, so it's not much of a stretch to bring her back too.

[@starter47990]

@@nebularain3338 haha I suppose you are right

[@joelubas1752]

I prefer the arcade’s ending to the NES version. Deeper, more profound

[@TheVideoMaker1999]

@@joelubas1752 I'd say both are still better than Double Dragon 3 on NES

[@BoozeAholic]

@@TheVideoMaker1999 That's low hanging fruit. I'd say that NES Double Dragon 3 is the best version of DD3. It's the only one that's actually playable. The more accurate Genesis version is still crap because the arcade DD3 was crap. NES DD3 didn't even bother to imitate the arcade, which makes it better by default.

[@marcelopaiva3475]

People have no idea how emotional the last photo of Marian died is. It's very heavy.

[@TrojanThugMusic]

We've come a long way

[@Skylabz604]

Killed it. Expert mode

[@zombiehampster1397]

After worshipping at the alter of the elbow, my mind was blown when i saw the tornado kick...

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

Haha, the way she just casually walks into her own hand grenade.

[@OikPoinFive]

Whi didnt u mourn 4 her?!!

[@OikPoinFive]

Marion lol

[@callmepistol]

Double Dragon: Never bring a knife to a fist fight

[@OikPoinFive]

I always thot the elbow move in DD 1 and 2 was a knife that u could use to stab but not throw. To throw u had to get an enemy's knife.

[@etistar4404]

Excelente juego, y muy distinto a los demás, veamos: comienza con el asesinato de la.protagonista, y termina en que matas al de la metrayeta que mató a tu novia, y te sale un fantasma de tu alter ego , le ganas despues de continuar 500 veces y pues como no hay princesa qué rescatar porque ya la mataron, sale una foto de ella con jimy y lee (creo así se llaman) y suelta una lágrima, neta ese final de niño me hacia casi llorar 🥺

[@incognito1073]

Parece que la lágrima es porque se despide porque la mataron

[@verdadesementirasiptv7375]

The song was so good that Coldplay could copy it 😁

[@mrjamiedean30]

I never played the arcade version. I had it on NES. It's totally different. Now I wish I did play this version.

[@rotesil]

01:05 wow! remember me Final Fight...

[@shaneferris1043]

5:20 and 17:44 Hey!! It's Andre the Giant from wwf superstars arcade game, only with different hair colour and attire. Has the same moves set as well. Technos all the way!!

[@malcolmwasher2308]

Haha same moves

[@ForgiveTremor]

LOL I didn't know they killed the chick in this one. They really escalated it this one

[@raakone]

Consequently, Marion's death was left out of certain ports of the game, most notably the NES one (and the NES version of double Dragon III has her)

[@BenJabituya]

Your beautiful girlfriend Marion gets needlessly murdered by the Black Shadow Warriors and you vow to seek revenge. I have this game for my Nintendo Entertainment System. As a matter of fact, I now have the complete NES trilogy!

[@petemalysewich6845]

the first stage's music is wild!

[@Caltops78]

How’d he get the helicopter in the garage?

[@CenturyOldPanda]

I always struggle to see how the computer whose punches and kicks connects and takes precedence over the others. There has been so many instances where when I attack, graphically it looks like my punches or kicks connected the enemy and yet enemy does not display a pain animation and I am the one who ended up getting hit and losing health....

[@Artimes.]

After playing through all these games, suddenly I feel the urge to go watch Fist of the north star lol

[@pedrosvlog1183]

Classic arcade game.

[@dk-p3248]

In the late 80s I actually preferred the NES Double Dragon games; I could never play the arcade games well, and the slow-down and sluggishness of their gameplay was pure frustration. DDII on the NES? Kick ass. Then a couple of years later, Final Fight and Streets of Rage 2 were my jam (plus arcade Punisher, X-Men, and AvP).

[@nebularain3338]

I love the arcade games, but I also have a massive love for the NES games too. They compliment each other very well.

[@ps-lover8380]

The nes version is my childhood I play this in arcade archive for the first time

[@cinesmiths8977]

2nd boss music goes hard

[@marceloaranibar8802]

A lot of kids learned how to throw a punch from action movies. Me? Playing Double Dragon 🤣

[@josepereira1487]

Outro mega clássico da década de 80,90 😁👍🤯

[@djalmaoliver]

Quem tinha acima de 12 anos no fim da década de 80, vivenciou a febre q foi as casas de máquinas arcades/fliperamas até início dos anos 2000... Era o vício da molecada e jovens da época... Double Dragon, Golden axe, Final Fight, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter 2, Cadillac Dinossauros, The King Of Fighters, entre outros eram demais... Saudades

[@eduardosotomayor8207]

I always loved the whip

[@OikPoinFive]

Better whip compared to dd1

[@jviert5638]

Uno de mis favoritos , juntoa Final Fight .

[@bakerfresh]

I never beat DD2 even with MAME from the arcade. I see that DDadvance took a bit from 2 as well as 1...game levels and music. Advance was MY fave

[@razorfett147]

Its strange that with all the arcades that operated in my area back in the late 80s, early 90s...i never once saw a DD2 cabinet. For the longest time i thought that the NES version was a stand alone sequel made just for the console. It wasnt until the mid 90s that i found out there was an arcade version. Til this day ive still never seen one in an arcade. Are there any options for playing this besides hunting down an original cabinet?

[@raakone]

Well, this game does take "You Are Your Worst Enemy" quite literally

[@scientist_einstien02dotmdl69]

20:13 devs of this game: lets put a little michal jackson vibes in this theme.

[@MultiRetroMan]

Has anyone noticed how the energy doesn't go down when he gets attacked?......

[@sternfan75]

The guys at 16:44 look like Nick Cage from Con Air.

[@golligato791]

5:28 arnold swarzenegger and 6:24 big guy is bill clinton

[@Anubisxian]

Back kick, knee, knee, knee, throw = win!

[@vinicioruizvega1677]

Mi infancia en 22 minutos que recuerdossss

[@accountingcoach3739]

My most favorite game ever

[@Naitomea215]

2nd level boss is a pallet swap of Andre the Giant from the WWF Superstars game. Same lumbering walk, slap

[@frankgrimaldo5242]

I remember playing dd2 at a circle k, the cashier used to get a little upset, because the neighborhood kids just asked for quarters to play dd2, one day they didn't have it no more, very upsetting 😢

[@Theshark15z]

I know what you mean. My circle K that was close to my house had street Fighter 2, Final Fight and Assault. For the longest time it great having. Then they decided to remodel the inside and they took games out. :/

[@Dennisonable]

my first v game. love it

[@MariaRodriguez-xq4bk]

I'm very confused i used to play this game as a kid in what version is where the characters are more shrink i used to play the one where they look like this one

[@CMONCMON007]

I think that was the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis port

[@LordRupertEverton626]

For some reason I like the nes version more than this one

[@starter47990]

That's because Marion didn't die and there was a happier ending

[@brandonjackson3641]

I'm with you on that to that's the one I had and it's way better than this arcade version to me

[@lid160]

Yea nes was way better IMO, sound fx was better, music was better for some reason lol, that 8 bit sound was hitting hard, longer and more stages and not as repetitive with the enemies

[@Josenilson_34]

muito bom... jesus abençoe"!

[@Koettnylle]

That last picture is so creepy haha

[@eduardodossantosfigueiredo6034]

Who in 2022? Gretings from Brazil!!!

[@taekwondotime]

My only gripe is there should be someone inside the farm machine that jumps out after.

[@taekwondotime]

Why yes TKD Time, that sounds logical. How can the farm machine operate itself?

[@Julius-yf1hp]

The Pixel Arte by Technos Japan is my favorite ever 😍❤

[@cprcomputer7688]

Wait how is she at the end waving if she's killed at the beginning of the game?

[@Sammo1980]

That's a photo of the three of them, prior to her getting killed. Unlike the NES version (and associated ports), Marian can't be bought back to life in this game. The ending of her crying was just a "Despite all that, I'm still dead and nothing will bring me back" type deal.

[@freakyfornash]

Marion WAS actually killed in Double Dragon II on the N.E.S. as well (though just wasn't actually shown to be), but was also resurrected after defeating the Mission 9 boss, unlike this version. She was also the end boss you fought at the end of D.D. III on Nintendo, and was under a spell, which you'd snap her out of by beating her as well.

[@evieraotacon]

Very much Indeed I'm 48 now and as an old school gamer. 36 years later the picture hits a chord it represents what it was before Marian being killed.😔

[@jetfromgladiators7382]

Marion was hardly a looker up close.

[@nicktubara]

@clint45 lol you got the thirst man. I agree Jet is a real looker.

[@bigfoot5185]

Ooooooooh oh oh 10:00 that fcking music we call it the tractor stage 🤣🤣🤣 oh man childhood still in my ears gooooood memories thanks me and my brother by 1 coins to the final boss all boys are watching my brother and me playing it to the ends we are pro at games that times all boys round the cabinet arcade ..and the owner of the arcade does not like that because if we finish the game he must demande for the new game 😂😂 When the technical staff comes for changing games or repair or money we are the only 2 boys at our small city staying inside the store waching them ...at that time me and my brother we become pro ate repairing games arcade consoles we learned ......... memories by the way im from morocco north africa near to spain algeria

[@Theshark15z]

11:30...........How the hell did he land there!!!??

[@OikPoinFive]

Yeah! Prob a glitch

[@ROrneli]

was it on easy mode? i remember the enemies taking a lot more hits

[@lllldefenestradorstfullll438]

Yup, easy mode... Bullshit

[@AllFlashNoDash]

No, it's on normal. The enemies on the first two missions don't take that much punishment. Then a bit more in 3 and 4. You should probably play a bit more before calling someone's efforts bullshit and easy mode.

[@atomicdemise]

I had no idea DD arcades were a different game! now i want play double dragon I & ll arcades, but I have only ever seen the NES version. where on earth is a double dragon arcade!😭

[@charliebronson1274]

Ah.....Slowdown. I love the 80's

[@yossiemarantika4856]

0:30 billy have Army Cobra Chopper on the garage, why he didnt just fly and bombing the enemy HQ with missile?

[@lunaticlemon2997]

same reason why he didn't take the Road Avenger.

[@SageofSorrow]

So glad you’re not one of those lames who just spam one move throughout the whole game(usually its the jump spin kick). Its so boring to both play and watch someone play like that.

[@sachinvenugopal6926]

I used to the nes ending taht makes me feel this is unsatisfactory

[@captailor]

추억의 게임

[@MarioSilva-jg5nh]

This game was final fight, DD1 and big trouble in little China combined into 1

[@nebularain3338]

Final Fight came after.

[@MarioSilva-jg5nh]

@@nebularain3338 ok…

[@zolack5740]

La música del último BOSS siempre me daba miedo Por eso lo jugaba sin volumen en ese nivel LoL

[@ronch550]

The ending is pretty abrupt. The end just like that?

[@briancoffey8070]

Is it just me, or does the strongman in the green pants at 6:24 look like a buff version of JFK?

[@skynet251]

Damn, they just fkn shot her!!!

[@OikPoinFive]

LOL GOOD IM GLAAD THEY DID,

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

So wait, are we supposed to believe that Marian survived in the end despite being shot dead at the start of the game? The ending is too abrupt, I have no idea what to make of it.....

[@solan7978]

As I understand it, she didn't survive the arcade version; hence the tear at the end.

[@Beastkingzetta]

0:10 THATS FOR THE DOUBLE DRAGON 1ST 2 PLAYER CO-OP ENDING

[@jamesroboyle]

They should’ve included Abobo again from DD 1 .

[@freakyfornash]

@clint45 That's actually not Abobo, but rather a different, though similar character called Bolo. Abobo was the mid/sub boss you fought in the first Double Dragon, while Jick was the Mr. T lookalike, who was the boss of Mission #1 as well.

[@freakyfornash]

@clint45 Abore is definitely a pain in the ass to deal with for certain, and can kill you pretty quickly for that matter too! I also never realized that the Mr. T boss was actually named Jick up until recently, while Abobo was merely the mid sub-boss in the original Double Dragon as well. That of which wasn't exactly common knowledge up until late, what with Jick not actually appearing in the console versions of the first Double Dragon also.

[@tonylava2212]

Just watching to hear the music

[@reconbullet5449]

Hurricane kick 💥

[@mario_survivor]

Super Double Dragon on Super Nintendo was the Best of them all, but Double Dragon 3 on Nes was the Hardest of them all to play.

[@freakyfornash]

Return Of Double Dragon on the Super Famicom was even better, and was pretty close to what the actual final version was supposed to be also. That despite even if it was still incomplete unfortunately too. I also preferred the arcade versions of the Double Dragon games, save for D.D. III. That of which was pretty awful for the most part, but was at least well done on the N.E.S., despite it's somewhat brutal (but far from impossible, like Battletoads was for example) difficulty to an extent though.

[@ramonantoniobennett-ryuuke6301]

Super Double Dragon, Double Dragon Advance, and Rage of the Dragons spin-off are the best of them to me!

[@JasonMontell2501]

Does anyone know where stage 2 music is from? Im positive that its a rendition of an actual song.

[@CarJacka]

Sounds like the intro to Los Bravo's Black is Black

[@strtfghtr88]

Sounds like Whip it by Devo

[@addictofoxygen]

Sounds like Pull Me Under by Dream Theater

[@pawvarkila2034]

I miss the green giant from dd1

[@user-fp7fb9mm7s]

No Death Good Good Good

[@rockymitsu]

Por alguna razón, burnov me recuerda a neptune man de kinnikuman For some reason, burnov reminds me of neptune man from kinnikuman

[@dogma9609]

the ending was dumb. who are the two guys standing there? billy and jimmy? arent they supposed to be twins? i thought Jimmy had black hair?

[@DigiPen92]

Vickie Evans That was an illusion clone of Billy.

[@dogma9609]

@@DigiPen92 , um okay

[@DigiPen92]

@Potato Gaming World You have to fight an illusion of Billy before defeating the real Final Boss to save Billy's girlfriend. I did played the NES version of Double Dragon II.

[@dogma9609]

@@DigiPen92 , that was the NES. not the arcade. why is this in the arcade version?

[@dogma9609]

@russ g , i actually love DD. My older brother had a NES and I played those games when i was younger. parts 1 and 2. part 3 i thought was horrible. so they were a part of my childhood. in some weird way.

[@BookieKillah]

2:45 How come the reward for this guy is ten times more than that for the kingpin?

[@dominickk5293]

I think the NES version had more of an ending.

[@o.h.x-9062]

So, wait, Marian stayed dead in the arcade version of Double Dragon 2? Is that canon?

[@WizardOfWor]

Yeah, it’s canon. The ending’s supposed to be deep & emotional about Billy & Jimmy Lee avenging Marion’s death.

[@seanothepop4638]

Good playthough! I always found the nes cover art for this game weird, like why are they holding marian isn't she dead?

[@brandonjackson3641]

No not in the Nintendo version she is not dead

[@seanothepop4638]

@@brandonjackson3641 She's dead in the NES version too. She gets revived when you beat the game, you can search for the nes ending it's on youtube.

[@brandonjackson3641]

@@seanothepop4638 yeah that's what I mean I have the game so basically she isn't dead because she comes back alive when you beat the final boss but in the arcade version she doesn't come back alive

[@russjiao-long5387]

It's 90 video game logic man, let it go.

[@aweirdredtoad3637]

I think it was due to her death not being so popular for fans or due to Nintendo strict censorship, that Marian was kept alive in the NES version.

[@Calbenmike]

The hit detection in this game, is horrendous.

[@nebularain3338]

Maybe you're just crap at playing the game?

[@AllFlashNoDash]

Relax dude. The game was made in '88. You're likely looking at this through today's technology lenses. It isn't perfect, but far from horrendous.

[@rafaelbaron9275]

Buen juego buenos escenario y personajes le faltó más creatividad al final del rescate ❤️

[@scottfowler1506]

So... once the bad guys are dead you fight your shadow?

[@Bloodreign1]

The shadow last boss is basically the Lee brothers rage and revenge from Marion's death come ionto physical form, sort of having to fight that rage within, fighting their own demons (and fighting themselves).

[@jinjaninja2604]

It’s a shame the home console ports just couldn’t live up to this standard I don’t understand why though the technology was there at the time…

[@thefonzkiss]

The tech was nowhere near there at the time. Even the PC and Amiga ports of arcade games in this era sucked, let alone the 8 bit consoles. This was 1998. Long before 16 bit consoles, and even those couldn’t come close to replicating arcade machines.