Double Dragon is Disgustingly Important

[@nYc__dIEseL]

Growing up; beat ‘em ups were my favorite genre. River City Ransom, Bad Dudes and TMNT…but Double Dragon always holds a special place in my heart. Plus that soundtrack is my favorite of any NES game

[@RaymondKarlVeasey75]

Bad Dudes & P.O.W. Were Cool, But The TMNT Coin-op Was On A Different Level Of Awesome.

[@captainmartin1219]

Glad I have both arcade games on ps4 and the nes version on xbox live.

[@robertdemon3550]

Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja and Shadow Warriors were great beat ‘em ups but Double Dragon was the best it wasn’t until Streets of Rage that there was better than Double Dragon, but Double Dragon is my favourite.

[@busyjaymz]

I dunno, but I can understand how you feel that way. Great soundtrack. MegaMan games had great music (esp MM2) and Castlevania (esp 2) did as well.

[@clawofthefallen]

Fun fact lots of people overlook. When Billy and/or Jimmy come out of the garage in the 1st stage, the car is the player car from Road Blaster/Avenger Laserdisc Arcade game.

[@Play2win080]

Yes but did you know the chopper from the garage in Double Dragon II: The Revenge was the same chopper from Cobra Command, Kishimoto’s spiritual sequel to Road Blaster?

[@Ghost01702]

​@@igakoga2481I didn't know that

[@nathanmcclung7899]

​@IgaKoga I didn't know that

[@MaximumCarnage-]

​@@igakoga2481 Didn't know

[@jakelam5089]

The Sega Master System version of Double Dragon was quite an impressive game at it's time

[@Mankey619]

Beat em ups are one of my favourite genre of games, and thanks for indie devs for bringing back the genre back. All thanks to DD, the game that started the genre to begin with.

[@PANTYEATR1]

What these beat'em ups do is remind us what arcade games and gameplay mean. Everything is a RPG or movie these days and it's overdone and worn down. If the game developers are reading this, MAKE MORE ARCADE STYLED GAMES WITH GAMEPLAY! 💪

[@RaymondKarlVeasey75]

I Don't Know How Many Quarters I Put Into Double Dragon 1 & 2 Coin-Op Machines During That Time Era. Excellent Games! Awesome Video, I Love Double Dragon!

[@gr8gmr]

I like how you keep reminding people how important Double Dragon is. I hope you do the same for Kunio-kun because that series is very important too.

[@larryconnerjr1835]

Super double dragon for snes is one of the best and underrated beat em ups of all time

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

Honestly I like super double dragon over TMNT 4.

[@larryconnerjr1835]

@@gjergjaurelius9798 I do to turtles in time always gets praise all these years later but I actually thought super double dragon was better and just as good as streets of rage for sega genesis but that’s just me

[@Cluv22]

LOVE this!

[@SharifSourour]

There are also romhacks to improve it.

[@josephcrollawelch]

I'll never forget me and my brother rented it on the morning it was due we made it too the last level and it froze I was devastated that was most action packed and bad ass Billy n Jimmy ever been on to me !

[@SharifSourour]

Double Dragon is essentially the prototypical modern beat ‘em up game.

[@KenMasters.]

That to me is Renegade. While Double Dragon is the first arcade-brawling blockbuster.

[@SharifSourour]

@@KenMasters. I would say it’s the OG for sure, laying out the blueprint but it didn’t have a lot of the features introduced in DD that ended up being staples of the genre from then on out.

[@gr8gmr]

​@@SharifSourourLaying the blueprint is very important, especially when you consider what features it had and if it wasn't for Renegade, Double Dragon wouldn't exist.

[@SharifSourour]

@@gr8gmr I don't think you read the comment right and I covered a similar point with another commenter too.

[@gr8gmr]

@@SharifSourour I did read the comment right. I'm just simply pointing out the significance of Renegade and the Kunio-kun series itself.

[@thebrownbaldy]

You can definitely feel Fist Of The North Star's influence on this game.

[@KenMasters.]

Famicom versions only.

[@aweirdredtoad3637]

​@@KenMasters. Arcade ones too.

[@KenMasters.]

@@aweirdredtoad3637 The arcade versions of the Double Dragons feel more like The Warriors because of how they dress and how they fight.

[@AlphaProto]

Mode B was my first exposure to fighting games. I've been a player of them ever since.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Double Dragon and its original creator gave me an outlet to my already adventerous youth: Turf Wars and beating the hell outta punks who get in your way! Much like many legendary game titles it would later inspire, Double Dragon would always be translated to me as *BEATEM UPS ARE MY LIFE!*

[@Moncriefs]

Never realized that this is where Streets of Rage got it's storyline from, even though I played both games in my childhood. Just never remembered the ending of DD

[@AMMAZZARE]

Every beat’em up is just a DD clone

[@thehumbleone1983]

Here in Australia I remember the first time I saw the arcade Double Dragon game it blew my mind and later to get it on my Sega Master System was so amazing at that time to be able to play it with my friend was so cool as a kid back then some great memories

[@freddysandoval4252]

Thank goodness this didn't get taken down again. I finally get to watch it.

[@joeyfarris2543]

Double Dragon is my favorite game series of all time and my favorite is Super Double Dragon 🐉🐉

[@BobbyLips]

When I finally got this game for Christmas my dad didn't realize he bought the Sega Master System version. That was a painful 2 day wait to finally get to experience the game for the console I had. The NES version's OST is a top 10 for me. I still love working out to it. It's like the video game version of the Rocky IV soundtrack!

[@nathanmcclung7899]

My dad and I used to go to the bowling alley and play this, rolling thunder, and black tiger. Double Dragon was the first arcade game we beat. I was 5, so I think I was more of a hindrance than help but he'd just keep putting quarters in until we beat it. It didn't matter how many times I fell into the water.

[@phaikyouser9499]

There is actually quite a big ad for Kunio Kun in Double Dragon. It's like an Easter egg, it's hidden at the end of the balcony in the first stage. You can google Double Dragon arcade map and see it in full, in the game you can only see the bottom half.

[@JogBird]

they nerfed the elbow in follow-up games

[@badfoot]

Yeah, I remember you could complete game just by elbowing your way through.

[@reviews.7399]

Just goes to show you can’t beat the 80’s. It was truly a magical decade.

[@J45yu456]

Love these retrospectives. Keep it up good sir. 🎩

[@giuseppevento7349]

I got this all on my pandora , this game is always fun😎💪🏼💪🏼👍🏼

[@turbomario]

While i personally think Kunio Kun is a far superior series to Double Dragon, there’s no debating that DD is bloody awesome and one of the best beat em ups ever made

[@AngryCalvin]

Kunio games are still great to this day if not better. Still have not played Double Dragon Gaiden yet but looking forward to it.

[@evandenney8335]

The first 2 nes were my favorite but they were so dang short

[@unLuckyFetus]

Hey man, you really be busting your ass on uploads, I appreciate your work and just wanted to say thanks for the free & quality content. from the midwest of america cheers to you Mr TopHat🍻

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

Thank you :)

[@MrAllekzander]

The only thing that compared to my excitement as a child when Double Dragon came to NES was the disappointment of playing it. 😂 At least i finally got the Genesis version!

[@arcademcfly1039]

Thank you for this! Beat ‘em ups rule! Bad Dudes Battle Toads

[@salas0727]

New double dragon collection out on Nov 9th with ports of super double dragon and double dragon advance! If you know you know, these are the pinnacle of the series 🤙🏽

[@ryuhayabusa6776]

You've done a very nice job on your overall series.

[@joeyfarris2543]

In the arcade version it's Hammer and Spike and Marian is Hammer's girlfriend and the gang is known as The Black Shadow Warriors 🐉🐉 Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhh 👍 Thank you very much

[@GoLion]

Great vid!! Love learning more about Double Dragon and Technos!

[@anthonybird546]

This game hit like an atomic bomb when it dropped in the arcades. I remember people (and myself) would mob up to play the game co-op on repeat, just would not stop until they beat the game, then the next pair would start. I wouldn't see people mob a cabinet like that until Street Fighter II. We were all a bit non-plussed by the NES release of Double Dragon. We were hoping to 2 Player co-op and only had that on the vs. mode. We wondered how'd it play on the NES because it had 2 buttons while the arcade had 3. We weren't impressed or cared for the A+B = Jump/kick mechanic at the time. We just didn't get as to why it wasn't like the arcade. No on around me at the time had a Master System so I didn't get to try that version until the early 90s.

[@bruceaskew2107]

I can't even lie , I love the slow down effects, it doesn't feel like d.d if it doesn't slow down 🤣

[@ppowerman5000]

I still play this game,.every once in a while..🎉❤

[@khaimk4r4su]

Thanks TopHat. Good to see ya

[@banonKING]

I loved NES Kung-Fu... glad to know it was a big genesis to Double Dragon and Street Fighter.

[@Marc_Araujo]

I have a lot of nostalgia for the original on the NES. Yes, it doesn't have a traditional two-player mode, but I didn't care and I loved it. Double Dragon II: The Revenge might be the superior game, but I'd chose the original over it any time.

[@willspann9894]

Why can't we get an arcade accurate port of the original Double Dragon on console?

[@KenMasters.]

Technos Japan messed up that opportunity so many times. Starting by porting DD 1, 2, and 3 on 8-bit consoles, the worst one being the Atari 2600. They were also too busy remaking the original, some good and others bad.

[@Shin-Blade]

PS Store... 😊

[@Ghost01702]

I have it on The Super Retro Cade

[@EriknocTDW]

I never though of the NES port as being poor. I really enjoyed it for what it was, although I was saddened by the fact that it was only single player.

[@thecunninlynguist]

It is!

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

Please do videos on the 2 dungeons & dragons arcade games, the bouncer, urban reign, mortal kombat shaolin monks, scott pilgrim vs the world game, dragon's crown, & mighty morphin power rangers mega battle

[@andrewvasquez1960]

Is the slowdown still on the hamster arcade archives version on switch?

[@aaronking118]

It's not Billy and Jimmy or Spike and Hammer, it's Bimmy and Jimmy Lee !!!

[@michaelr9839]

Double Dragon forever ! 🙌🏻

[@billcook4768]

My review: Not enough dragons. 6/10. But I did like playing as Bimmy and Jimmy in Super Spike V’Ball

[@linewalker]

This game and Final Fight should be adapted into live action films

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

It was done in 1994. One of the most notoriously bad movies ever.

[@linewalker]

@@TopHatGamingManChannel They should've gotten Van Damme on it!

[@mightymulatto3000]

The day learned the elbow everything became possible!

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. You should do a review of Skullgirls in a future video.

[@dboygreenz]

Way ahead of it's time

[@WakandaForever1776]

I remember everyone surrounding this game in the 80's then a few months later we get the better looking Final Fight

[@AMMAZZARE]

It was more than a few months later. Final Fight came out almost three YEARS later.

[@WakandaForever1776]

@@AMMAZZARE Yeah that's what I was thinking because hardly anyone was playing DD anymore

[@lionwolf7861]

hopefully golden axe gets this love

[@emilnaklicki6837]

As far as ports go, the game boy advanced version should be mentioned. IMO it's better then the arcade.

[@utrock5067]

Let's juts hope nobody tries to fix that game for "modern audience". Nor make another movie based on it.

[@Labcabin96]

What is the hame st the 1:06 mark? I remember it but the name escapes me at the moment

[@MoMo2137]

Whats the name of the game shown in 18:46?

[@Ghost01702]

It's a version of Double Dragon. I don't know which version, though

[@kevincollins8620]

This game is good great even. But I never came back to it after streets of rage

[@dutchcinephile1362]

The gba version is the definitive version i played

[@711ramen4]

When people talk about 80s this is it. I love this game so much.

[@Ziki-P]

I tried to show this to a friend that was born in 92 but when playing 2 players on ps5 the frame rate was horrible

[@kamb0510]

I really want an offical Double Dragon game to improve on Super Double Dragon or use a similar art style. Was not a fan of Double Dragon Gaiden

[@lagamingerie3597]

I love the graphics but the gameplay on nes is very strange for me, never made it to the end

[@partofthetribe3277]

Don't be grumpy!

[@lordgargamel4124]

I find that those who criticize nostalgia or old school greatness, seem to be the very same who like remaking or using ideas from that time period. They criticize old school, yet they try to bring the 80s back across all forms of entertainment. This current generation is teaming with the biggest hypocrites/ contradicting people I have ever experienced in my life.

[@MastersOfMask]

I think that you loaded the wrong video. I saw this yesterday.

[@arcaderkid8449]

i read the title of this video.... and saw the Cover Jpeg on it..... and than read the title "Double Dragon is important" LMAO 😆🤣 important enough to sucker punch a woman in her PC!!!! LMAO 😆😆🤣🤣🤣

[@sneakyking]

It had "alien" lifestyle. 1st good 2nd great 3rd onwards...not so hot

[@ikazuchioni]

Is this a re-upload?

[@joeyfarris2543]

Yes

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

Nope, I am just covering the same subject again in better detail. New script, new edit, new voice over. (Unless we include the 30 minutes it was live for last night. I took it down as noticed there was an error.)

[@louway2400]

Double dragon was the yit

[@deadvikingtrolls]

Double dragon advance.

[@machomusprime50]

Are Billy and Jimmy the first simps in video game history? Im not about to kill my brother over a chick. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@excludedkratos]

Lol muffin puncher.

[@curtjones7381]

Seems like same 3 or 4 videos rereleased over and over

[@gcforreal]

Right

[@joeyfarris2543]

Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhh

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

If you are referring to yesterday, someone pointed out an error in the script, so I changed it and reuploaded. This video is not a reupload of my Double Dragon from years ago - my old content is too shit in comparison to my new content, so am making better videos. I am re covering topics of the past to give my audience better content on some of the most important games in history. The script is different, the edit is different, the voice over is different even all the equipment used was different too. So much work goes into these, so please don't claim they are re-releases when they simply are not.

[@Cookie_Cutter_Creep]

I thought the nes version was the superior game

[@RaymondKarlVeasey75]

?! 😮

[@KenMasters.]

Both Double Dragon and TMNT Arcade belong on SNES ports in general, the NES made them feel too limited compared to the arcade versions.

[@Cookie_Cutter_Creep]

@@KenMasters. that honestly would’ve been perfect.

[@Cookie_Cutter_Creep]

@@RaymondKarlVeasey75 I thought the master system version and the arcade version were complete bores. Keep in mind I actually grew up with the nes version and have only played the arcade and master system versions a few times. Lol I might be slightly biased

[@thaiden03]

your not a real gamer if you dont like double dragon. i wouldnt even accept you at my man table.

[@liublanka3925]

I can’t tell what’s worse the ones who cover for Biden and change his diapers or the ones that think corny is the greatest social justice warrior in between his n word rants and watching his “svelte” wife crush big show in the hottub *the hottub is still in the mental asylum from it*

[@SirJacob]

This guy reminds me of Dr. Watson. 🧃🙂

[@alirezai8537]

I like just double dragon 1.2.3 nes and super double dragon snes .... I hate arcade or Genesis version