Is Super Double Dragon Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk

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[@BladeEdge121212]

The mechanics of this game were ahead of their time. This game is still fun to play today.

[@SoumaMondal]

I recall being impressed by the detailed backgrounds as a kid. The game looked really great.

[@MCastleberry1980]

My parents got me and my brother this game with our SNES Christmas of 1992. First game I played on my SNES once it was hooked up. Still one of my fondest childhood memories.

[@raza_is_retro]

One of the best games I have ever played and beautiful memories playing this with my Brother Shan, he passed away 2 years ago in his sleep, and today would be his 42nd bithday. Miss you big brother, and thanks for the great memories with super double dragon. If anyone has not given this game a try, i would recommend it.

[@maximillionroivas3893]

The slower gameplay isn't a bad thing in my opinion. Super Double Dragon is my favorite Beat'em Up ever and one of my favorite Super NES games. Thanks for the video.

[@jacobprice8048]

I have the Super Famicom Version. It's sick that the spin kick hits your enemy multiple times. An ending would be nice, but the game play is pretty great. Everyone points out the block mechanic, it doesn't work on half the characters, but I beat this game on hard mode the first time that I played it, and still go back to it. Fun game for sure

[@ColonelNegative]

I love this game, but damn, the soundtrack...still SO good after all these years.

[@starlightwitch12]

The Japanese version (Return of Double Dragon) had lots of changes: The music is is in proper order, rather than shuffled around (Mission 5 plays the Double Dragon theme in Super Double Dragon), The final stage is longer (has two sections before the final boss), has options mode, weapons do less damage, and has different enemy placement.

[@NeoKad99]

I would say the JP version is superior overall

[@louiskeiflin5858]

Retroarbeith XII Gaming Does the Japanese version have an ending?

[@logria10]

Hurricane kick in RoDD is completely broken making the game too easy. You can kill normal enemies with that single move the entire game and without risk.

[@bgp001]

@@louiskeiflin5858 No it sure doesn't. Just played it the other night and was kind of pissed that it didn't.

[@mresturk9336]

For some reason Technos decided to release the game in the west first. For all intents and purposes we got a beta release.

[@Liquidcadmus]

I always loved this game, had lots of fun playing it with my brother. it's the best DD game.

[@trademarktaz]

This was the very first video game I ever played besides educational games when I was around 3 years old. For some reason I always remembered this. Love your videos!

[@mark771977]

After Final Fight 3, this ranks among my fave fighters on the SNES. I love how technical it is, how one wrong move sees you getting the shit kicked out of you. There's no way to block anything if you're not ready and it feels a lot closer to real fighting then the walk, kill everything, walk of most scrollers. Add to that the beautiful graphics and this is a master showcase of arcade gaming on our beloved system.

[@NeoKad99]

This game is my favorite in the series

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Looks like a good game, I loved double dragon 2 on the NES

[@Fluoride_Jones]

+The Gunman It's on the NES Classic Edition, which is being re-released this summer! I wasn't able to get one the first time around, so I'm really looking forward to picking one up this summer (hopefully).

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Fluoride Jones that's great news, I hope they make it to Australia too, they were going for crazy money on eBay.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

King Savage I also loved battle toads back in the day

[@nodrama490]

The Gunman yeah agree , absolute classic

[@excludedkratos]

Yep, the best one.

[@Drewsefer89]

This channel keeps getting better & better. Though unfortunately one day you'll run out of SNES games which is why I'm glad you're branching out into other consoles. So many great 16 bit games on all consoles & even on next gen consoles.

[@CCAtercero]

Great game. One of my fav beat 'em up in SNES.

[@emfs9522]

CCAtercero The Peace Keepers is amazing. You unlock new characters as you go and there are alot of options on which direction you can go.

[@CCAtercero]

Unfortunatelly we dont have The Peace Keepers in Spain but I will took a look at it. Thanks for the recomendation @Erick Shafer

[@valkor73]

super combatribes

[@hugonubario]

@@emfs9522 I have that game! if you beat the final boss with orbot you'll get the diagnostic of why the boss got beat

[@specialK319319]

I randomly found your channel during a search I did to find some good SNES games from my childhood that I may have forgotten about as I just bought a classic and plan to “mod” it. And I just want to let you know that I absolutely LOVE your content. I’ve already binge watched a ton of your videos and you’ve enlightened me to a shit ton of games that look great which I had absolutely no idea existed. As back in the day all I had was a Nintendo Power subscription and all my friends were equally as clueless. So thank you so, so much for making all this great content and keep up the amazing work. You’ve got a new subscriber for sure and I’ll spread the word about your channel to my friends.

[@SNESdrunk]

Thanks for taking the time to watch

[@MikeHawke47]

Best Double Dragon game hands down! I hope they remaster this some day.

[@shannonharrison7711]

Double Dragon advance is my favorite, this is definitely my second though.

[@TobeyStarburst]

Just came out

[@MikeHawke47]

@TobeyStarburst yo good looking out!

[@TobeyStarburst]

@@MikeHawke47 let me know how u like it it has turbo mode

[@rafaeljerez6260]

One of my all time fav games on the snes!

[@JoostShino]

Same here, as a kid I always thought the number of different attacks was amazing!

[@ValmirSilvino]

I love when you review the games from my childhood. Great video.

[@thunderchild1083]

When I was younger I always wanted them to release a beat em up based on the anime/film Guyver it was one of my favourite films at the time. I still love it nowadays and would love for a Guyver game to be developed

[@bwillythekid8249]

Love these vids,mate. I never had a snes as a kid but i always wanted one. Now i have a pi. These vids help me choose which games to play. Thanks,dude.

[@SNESdrunk]

Thanks for taking the time to watch

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

Surprisingly its one I almost never see at retro shops around me. Worth a playthrough on an emulator at the least

[@maximillionroivas3893]

Drink a Beer and Play a Game The game is hard to find. And when you do find a copy, it's quite expensive. I found a copy at a local game store for about $75. And it was just the cartridge only.

[@NYCJoeBlack]

Drink a Beer and Play a Game -Once I owned the CIB package when it first came out. Sold it when I needed more money to buy newer games, but I have a cartridge version now without the box.

[@JohnRyder-]

I recommend the Japanese version, it is way better.Called Return of Double Dragon.

[@CaspisSinclair27]

Just a minor thing... those aren't Kendo sticks. I'm pretty sure they're Bo Staffs. Sorry for nitpicking!

[@ConstitutionalRepublic00]

I mean, you're not wrong though. Good comment. 👍🏻

[@MrChisleblast]

Bo! You don't know diddly!

[@arkanjoteixeira]

Nice! I love this game, one of my fav beat'em ups on the SNES.

[@CyrusAnnihilator]

Top3 beat'em up of the SNES for me. This game feels so "advanced" because of the many atk possibilities. I just love playing it!

[@FuelAirSparkTime]

The trapping and countering mechanic and also being able to strike in the other direction is one of the coolest things in any beat em up

[@DaddyGamerDiaries]

Definitely appreciated this video and your commentary. I've never played SDD before but I'm tempted to give it a go on the RetroPie and see how it plays. If I like it enough I might try and find a physical copy.

[@FallouFitness_NattyEdition]

Literally just subscribed to your channel. Keep up the awesome work friend.

[@SNESdrunk]

Thanks for taking the time to watch

[@Robert-nl3fd]

This is one of my favorite games on the SNES. You can't help the last limited enemies, look at how much detail the levels have, and how developed the fighting mechanics were in that game. They were literally pushing the SNES and the cart based format to it's limits. I am still impressed with this game

[@Linux4UnMe]

Oh man, this is one of my all time favs from the Snes era. I still play it with an old mate of mine now and then, both drunk of course :D

[@charliericker274]

I had DD3 on PC back in the day. It was like one of the only games I had at home for whatever reason. So it has a spot in my heart. Hard AF though, young me rarely got past the third stage.

[@xolrak]

This is one of my favorite games.. and beat em ups. I like the fact that unlike other beat em ups (like final fight or other like this one) when you hit an enemy every hit they react differently depending on how you attack them its not like hitting a just a sack like those other games. So this adds a little bit of strategy and playing multiplayer makes it more fun. But it isnt perfect clearly.. like you mentioned the speed is kinda slow, I would fix that with adding a run button (there are two shoulder button using the sam thing) or double tapping the d pad like in DD3. And yes.. there are very few enemies. DD3 team movements also would've been a great addition. My personal favorite is the japanese version.

[@SameNameDifferentGame]

I love this game! I agree that it's got a more deliberate pace than Turtles in Time, but I think the combat being much deeper makes it almost as good as that game. Also, the Japanese version is pretty different (and better!). I did a video comparing the US version to the Japanese version a couple years ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3WUdIegqd6gadE

[@steevlan]

Very cool. I was unaware of those changes, although I realize now that when I was watching someone stream it a while back that they were playing the Japanese version because they had made it to that final boss room.

[@d19xx]

There's also Return Of Double Dragon Kencho hack that adds more improvements to the game.

[@SameNameDifferentGame]

What does it add?

[@d19xx]

From Romhacking.net www.romhacking.net/hacks/3288/ - The Dragon Power Meter now increases 33% faster. - Billy and Jimmy’s basic attacks (just pressing punch or kick) are now two frames faster for better responsiveness. - Blocking is no longer timed. It is done just by holding the blocking button, in the fashion of other games like Mortal Kombat or Soul Calibur. - If the defense button is held when another move is finished, will start blocking immediately. The blocking condition is not the button press, but the button hold. - Blocking while holding a weapon will now drop it and enter the “defensive” mode. - The R button is now used for blocking, instead of increasing the Dragon Power Meter.

[@NYCJoeBlack]

Thanks! I think I saw that video before.

[@ramonantoniodejuanbennett6239]

Favorite beat em ups on SNES: (1)Super Double Dragon/Return of Double Dragon (2)Final Fight series (3)Ninja Warriors (4)Hagane(Hack n slash and beat em up) (5)Art of Fighting 2(bonus stage is side scrolling beat em up) (6)Rival Turf Aaahhh good times!

[@chooseymomschoose]

My brothers and I were huge fans of Double Dragon II, so we rented this one immediately upon seeing it. At first, we were underwhelmed by the artwork, which wasn't nearly as eye-catching as Final Fight. However, we quickly realized that the game was unparalleled in options for badassery. The whole night was just accidental discovery. "Holy crap, check this out!" There was mounds of visceral satisfaction in catching an enemy's punch, back kicking his friend into submission and then hurling one guy at the other. Also, dem nunchucks...

[@starwarsunfiltered7848]

I'm actually surprised by the amount of love for this game in the comments. I rented it one time with my buddy back in junior high and although it wasn't horrible, it was certainly one I didn't bother renting again. In the 30 years since, every time I revisit it on an emulator, I am reminded just how bad it is, especially in comparison to Final Fight, Turtles In Time and Streets of Rage, all of which took that torch and ran with it. They all refined the beat-em-up formula so well that they ended up leaving the original innovator in the dust. Double Dragon 1 and 2 were fairly good on NES, but between III and Super, this franchise was old news by '92. I tried it again last night and it is a slog.

[@bigstupidgrin]

Love how many options you have with this game.

[@0pTicaL]

I remember a glitch me and my friend discovered when playing co-op was when you pincer a enemy/boss with the standing double-kick you can infinitely double-kick the enemy/boss until you stop kicking, it sounds like landing continuous rapid-fire kicks which is really satisfying and it was a easy way to defeat bosses

[@MrAdi113]

This is an awesome Double Dragon game,Great video Bro !!

[@kissthistwice5]

Great review

[@hrvallejoMKT]

The gameplay is what makes this DD stand out and at the same time is what some players hated because of the technicalities. In essence, now there's "fight choreography" and you just don't mash buttons, but the brothers are specialized to attack and defend with a variety of forms and this made the experience kinda like an interactive fighting movie (which was incredibly exciting for me back then, because I already loved movies or anything that had more elaborated fighting). Muneki Ebinuma, Koji Ogata, Naritaka Nishimura are credited behind this mechanic. Ebinuma you might know to have recorded live-choreography movement for the Yakuza 3 game, Fist of the North Star (Lost Paradise) and has actually being a Planner for the OG DD games. Ogata for the graphic stuff and Nishimura for coding them. It's a three guy team doing something extremely memorable for a beloved franchise!

[@tomable9680]

Our rulers are not human. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYrSoXumZpmjfNE

[@ncapone87]

My brothers and I used to play this all the time. It has great settings for a beat em up

[@PenDreamt]

I loved playing this game 2P co-op. Also, the remixed soundtrack was superb!

[@GOGOAKUMAN]

I love this game, use to have fun on my Snes with my friend after school!

[@justinware1854]

I loved this game as a kid and played it recently noticing the slowness. Still love this game but it didn't seem as slow back in the day. Great review!

[@DDRUTOU]

This was the best Double Dragon Game I ever played. (The Japanese version) the music alone made this thing a classic worth playing.

[@Riskioable]

this was my first snes game! awesome memories

[@random_gamer_guy82]

New subscription achieved pal great videos and will work 👍👍👍

[@SNESdrunk]

Thanks for stopping by Chris

[@Airvirgo]

Excellent channel

[@darrensmith8970]

Many memories playing this when it first came out

[@diegocrusius]

this game never reached my local stores. And i searched for it everywhere back in the day. It took years to see more than a couple of pictures of it

[@markothulander]

Yes it is best double dragon game ever

[@johnholland630]

markothulander no the arcade version was

[@markothulander]

John Holland oh hell no this game had every thing like the counter block grabble, punches and kicks, plenty of weapons, Power up meter to do spinning kick or get powered up.

[@moriellymoproblems7842]

Nah man, DD II: The Revenge is still the best one imo.

[@iconofsin4578]

Damn True!

[@Rodzilla97]

it is a good beat em up for sure. the variety of attacks is what makes it special

[@WR3ND]

Speaking of Final Fight, which one do you think is the best on the NA SNES? I don't really need/want all of them, so I went with 3, but just barely.

[@PersianImm0rtal]

This is one of my favorite beat em ups of all time!

[@ninjatendo8199]

loved this game when I first played it in the 90s, CO-OP is awesome.

[@hjames78]

I liked double dragon 3 back then. You had more than one life each character was a life and I beat that game with no issues at age 10 lol

[@Ruudos]

I also like Double Dragon 3. People give up too easily.

[@hjames78]

Ruudos yea the games had simply a good challenge it wasn't even the hardest of the games back then. I find that alot of modern gamers who ether were too young to play games back in the 80s and 90s or simply weren't born complain alot about these games that simply give a good challenge. I mean I beat this game at age 10 lol how hard could it have been I was in elementary school! Pansy ass candy ass gamers whining!

[@jaythehumblekeys128]

Double Dragon 2 was my personal favorite. Double Dragon 3 At first I was quite annoyed the fact that you have only one life but after awhile the game grew on me and i realized you can earn three lives after fighting off those two bosses. But looking back now I can see that the gameplay went left from the other Double Dragon sequels.

[@hjames78]

jaythehumble keys I will agree it's the most different one and double Dragon 2 was my favorite one too but I still enjoyed part 3

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

DD3 is without a doubt my fave on nes, simply because if felt more like a real beat'em up , rather than an action platformer, also no one seems to mention how much the music is great...and yes, u have 3 lives if u count the other heroes, and it becomes easy when u know how to deal with each enemy....people just don't bother to learn and adapt....DD2 was cool but DD3 is what i like the most....especially that ending music :)

[@M15949]

I loved this one. Lots of fun to play. I wish my swithc would pick it up

[@jimmylee1904]

This Game i absolutely love it, its one of my favourite games all the Time(not only SNES) whit Super Probotector. There are so much different special moves/enemies and more ! Already nes double Dragon games were very good, but this is legendary!🙂👌

[@RyuAkiga]

Awesome game! Great review!

[@Redstar19791979]

I had this game and loved it.

[@TheNardinho]

Even though I've had a rental game store I've never played this before. I need to do it now, it really looks like a wonderful game.

[@trunew54]

Sank hours and hours into this game it was a masterpiece at its time

[@eblizzard2842]

As a major fan of DD since my childhood, through all the NES games I've owned, traded, and sold DD 1-3 are the only games I've consistently owned. I love all three original NES games, the second being my favorite. BUT, Super Double Dragon bites the big one!!!!!!!!!!!! I've really tried to love this game, and when I first got an SNES it was the first game that I bought. Really, I got very tired of trying so hard to love a game that is just a trudge through redundant enemies who have virtually the same patterns and take forever to kill. Special moves? Come on! The spin kick and the charge moves do no more damage than any normal attack that I ever noticed. Using the charged punch simply knocks an enemy down which in turn extends their life by waiting for them to get back up again due to unforgivably slow game play. Honestly, I felt like I was spending a disproportionate amount of time waiting for enemies to get up from the ground compared to when I was actually attacking them. This would have been forgivable if a ground and pound attack was an option. The only draw that I could still see for this game is that the attacks and defenses are really cool, and super fun but only for a very limited amount of time. This game to me has never been anything but a chore. The extremely limited fun factor is washed up by slow gameplay, boring levels, constant waiting around to stand up or for enemies to stand up, piss poor excuses for boss fights (are the bosses any different from normal enemies? be honest here), laughable challenge/difficulty, and every level is virtually identical as well as the enemies. This game sucks. Unless DD 4 is any good (haven't played it yet), so does every DD game that was not on the NES.

[@l30S3UX]

I like how the moves on this have look like technical fights

[@FloppyDisk893]

This game is good

[@davenwatts8173]

Irony is a weapon yup

[@rafaelperes81]

very good

[@SNESdrunk]

No no you've got it all wrong, you're supposed to complain because I said something about Double Dragon 3

[@RacerNight86]

Irony is a weapon Game is Trash👎

[@fahimabdul8733]

@@RacerNight86 maybe because your trash at it. oh the irony

[@MikeP]

I loved this game cause it had so many options to fight with. I got it when it first came out back in the 90s!

[@Nywraper]

He'll yea I play this now mechanics on this game was ahead of its time it just feels so complete

[@iconofsin4578]

I love this game! The combat is so nice and deep

[@MorseCodeStutters]

Omfg this looks so cool can't believe I didn't play it back in the day

[@searchbar83]

Double dragon was one of mine and my brothers favorite series. The 2nd one was our favorite but we are some of the rare ones that actually did like the 3rd one.

[@gfmol845]

Man I freaking LOVE this game!. And yes, I am biased. This was my very first SNES game, and the moment I saw the colors of that opening stage, and the music started blasting, I knew it was worth it (had to save for quite a while to get the SNES). Then the first three enemies kicked my butt and I lost a life just like that ¨Huh?!¨. Yeah, the blocking mechanic is a core part of this. The wide range of combat moves is also a big plus. The button arrangement works great. It took up until my 3rd playthrough until I started to realize that the game was a little... incomplete. No story, barely an ending... what are you even fighting for?. And yet, the combat is so tight that I don´t really mind. There are a ton of mods out there that add a lot of polish, including cutscenes, but the original works perfectly as a ¨The 100% action version -No Extra Bullshit¨. Insert cartridge, press start a couple times and BAM! you are kicking ass (or not, depending how fast you get the block timing).

[@Zharen82]

I play this one occasionally to this day. However, I find that the hurricane kick is easily spammed since you only have to charge it to use, as opposed to losing part of your life like in the NES versions. And you're pretty much unstoppable once you grab nunchucks. So I really don't bother much with blocking. Just perfectly timed hurricane kicks and nunchucks bashing, and you're golden.

[@falksi3182]

Great game and something different from all the other beat em ups. It did get a bit boring towards the end, but still worth a blast.

[@Mozartkugel]

This one got really bad reviews back in the day but a classmate still owned it. I was blown away by the amount of moves and attacks that were possible compared to other beat em up scrollers like Final Fight! It was definitely ahead of its time. I also appreciated the slow pace because it made the game feel more realistic. Since then I’ve been waiting for a modern beat em up to take over the move set and expand on it. Why couldn’t Mother Russia Bleeds work like this game and just put its violent and individually stylish presentation on top of it?! Well, I guess I‘ll wait a bit longer.

[@angandtor]

I remember when I got this for christmas.....65.00....but was worth every penny.....fun fact the Japanese version's super spin hit multiple times and gives you the option to have 9 lives and actual options than the american counterpart......awesome video....

[@TechMetalRules]

The animations in this game are awesome!

[@AJR-zg2py]

I'm surprised you didn't mention another flaw that always bothered me when I first played the game more than 20 years ago. You even see it in your footage... when you concentrate on one enemy, other enemies just STAND THERE waiting for you to finish up. I've never seen a beat-em-up with enemies that are so well-mannered LOL

[@StilesReviews]

Was likely done to emphasize the importance of the block and grapple mechanic. If enemies could still actively attack you as they do in most beat-em-ups, it would make this ability almost entirely useless because of how long it takes for the animations to play out. It is not a glamorous solution, but it is a functional one. That said, I've never played the game before, this is just my musing from watching the video and my experience with other beat-em-ups.

[@hugonubario]

I loved that game some much even if I sucked in that game! good old days!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

It does get tough pretty soon in my opnion :-D the graphix are cool!

[@antoniotaylor1222]

Never gets old.

[@fragilefilter]

This is one of my favorite SNES games!

[@gurgamous]

i remember playing this game a lot when i got my super nintendo on christmas 92. i really enjoyed it. it did play kinda pokey but i thought the grab mechanic was really cool

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

The counter/guard system reminds me of the upcoming Way of the Passive Fist game.

[@BARONXAVIER]

the music is amazing in this game

[@JohnRyder-]

Not many brawlers have a block and counter move. Very unique and cool. And it does have a lot more moves than many games in the genre. It's one of the best.

[@drumyadi]

Kinda sad you didn't mention the soundtrack. Fantastic

[@MrLeanandmean101]

I always enjoyed this game!

[@geekguitars]

This and Turtles in Time were the best beat em ups on the Super Nintendo.... period!! And I was very pissed they weren't packed in with the Super Nintendo Classic. I've played many beat em ups over the years and I gotta say, this is one I had a lot of fun with. Technos got it right with this one and then some. I really wish they'd do an HD remake of this game like they did with ninja warriors. Shit I wish they'd just bring both TMNT 1 and 2 to PSN!!

[@Lindros1988]

Good review. I loved this game growing up, but I can't look at it the same way anymore in wake of the fanmade game, "Ultimate Double Dragon", which fixed every flaw this game has and revamped the combat system in a way I never imagined. In fact, I can't think of any other beat em up that has a combat system like Ultimate Double Dragon.

[@ChrisColliercdc2601]

I still play this game regularly. Along with Turtles In Time.

[@jdaywork2693]

Check out Legend Of Double Dragon, a fan made revamp of this game that's really well done! Please do a video on it too?

[@dealt]

All flaws aside. It's a solid beat-em-up. Ten year old me was thoroughly impressed. The graphics, the complex (compared to other brawlers of the era) defense-minded combat system, sfx, and bgm blew my mind. It's worth a go if you're curious about it.

[@Davtwan]

Stunning is also as important as blocking in this game. Without stuns, you won’t perform your finishers on enemies. They allow grabs and major damage in order to finish enemies quickly.

[@ilovevideogames7048]

I still have this game

[@joeyfarris2543]

Yes Super Double Dragon is definitely worth playing today and tomorrow and next week and so on and so on.😎👍🎮

[@WawrzyniecTheIII]

This game had some of the original team help with Ultimate Double Dragon. A Fan made awesome game.

[@jamesburchill7522]

I remember the first time I popped this in with my friend. We were jubilant. Double Dragon on the SNES! Granted... I already had a 16 bit DD on the Genesis, but that is not the point. Probably about three minutes later, it was game over. Well. The difficulty of classic Double Dragon was back, and we simply weren't prepared. Days later, I could run through the game without a single continue. Brilliant game... highly underrated.

[@gonxalves63]

I love snes games i have to subscribe to your channel sorry mn😉

[@pypy1986820]

You know. I just realized after watching high pixel count SNES double dragon gameplay. Is it just me or are Billy and Jimmy practicing some variant of Wing Chun? Their stances and moves are so Wing Chun to me.