Reviews
Game
Double Dragon was the first successful beat-em-up series. The arcade game took plenty of quarters from kids wanting desperately to beat up Willy and rescue Marian. The NES port was similar to the arcade game. You still got to punch, kick, and fight your way through four difficult missions, but there are some other changes that really disappoint the NES players. The biggest letdown comes from the lack of two player simultaneous play. Part of what made Double Dragon was the double part. Taking that away made the game half as exciting. Also, because of the lack of processing power on the NES, some of the enemy characters were removed, and a most of the animation was toned down. In the end, you're left with a lukewarm fighting game, that is rather disappointing, not to mention insanely difficult.
Music
One thing that was done right in the NES port was the music. Double Dragon has an amazing electric guitar sound, especially in "The City Slums" and "Opening". The other tracks are also very nicely composed.
Most of the music is ported from the arcade version, only the NES sound makes it seem a little louder and more in-your-face. There are two songs that are unique to this version and they are "The Cave", and "Game Over". Also, the entire arcade track of "Setting Off" was ported to the NES, but you only get to hear the beginning of it during the intermissions.
Although Kazunaka Yamane is not credited in the game, the music is based off of his original arcade music, and he composed the music of all the other versions of Double Dragon at the time, so it is assumed that he made this one as well.
The album "Original Sound of Double Dragon" contains arranged versions of the arcade music, but since they're similar to the NES port, they're included here. Most of the track titles come from the album.
Ripping
Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Dragon_%28video_game%29
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