Double Dragon (video game)

Double Dragon
American promotional flyer for the arcade release by Taito. In this flyer, the main characters have their localized names as "Hammer" and "Spike".
Developer(s)	Technōs Japan Arc System Works (Master System)
Publisher(s)	Taito Tradewest (NES) Mastertronic (computers) HAMSTER (PS4)
Director(s)	Yoshihisa Kishimoto Shinichi Saito
Producer(s)	Yoshihisa Kishimoto
Designer(s)	Koji Kai Shinichi Saito
Programmer(s)	Hiroshi Satoh Tomoyasu Koga Nari Nishimura Hideki Kaneda
Artist(s)	Kumiko Mukai Mizuho Yama Akemi Tasaki Misae Nakaya Masato Shiroto
Composer(s)	Kazunaka Yamane
Series	Double Dragon
Platform(s)	Arcade Arcade NES Master System ZX Spectrum Amstrad CPC Commodore 64 IBM PC Atari ST Amiga Atari 2600 Atari 7800 Game Boy Game Boy Advance (Double Dragon advance) Genesis Lynx Xbox 360 PlayStation 4 (Arcade Archives) iOS (Trilogy),(Double Dragon) Android (Trilogy),(Double Dragon)
Release date(s)	July 1987 (NES) NA Oct 1988
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players, simultaneous
Cabinet	Upright
Arcade system	Custom
CPU	Main HD6309 @ 12 MHz Secondary HD63701 @ 6 MHz
Sound	Sound CPU M6809 @ 1.5 MHz Sound chips YM2151 @ 3.579 MHz 2× MSM5205 @ 375 kHz
Display	Raster (Horizontal) Video Resolution: 256×240 @ 57.44 Hz Color depth: 12-bit, 4096 colors On-screen colors: 384 On-screen sprites: 64 Tiles: 16×16 sprites, 16×16 background, 8×8 text Tilemaps: 512×512 background, 256×256 text Palettes: 16 colors (15 unique, 1 transparent) per tile, 8 dedicated tile palettes (3×8×16 = 384 colors)

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Double Dragon (Japanese: 双截龍(ダブルドラゴン), Hepburn: Daburu Doragon^?) is a 1987 beat 'em up video game developed by Technōs Japan and distributed in North America and Europe by Taito. The game is a spiritual and technological successor to Technos' earlier beat 'em up, Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (released outside of Japan by Taito as Renegade), but introduced several additions such as two-player cooperative gameplay and the ability to arm oneself with an enemy's weapon after disarming them. Double Dragon is considered to be one of the first successful examples of the genre, resulting in the creation of two arcade sequels and several spinoffs, as well as inspiring other companies in creating their own beat 'em ups.

Originally an arcade game, home versions were released for the NES, Master System, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Genesis/Mega Drive and Atari Lynx, among other platforms during the series's height of popularity. A remake titled Double Dragon Advance was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. The NES version was re-released for the Wii's Virtual Console on April 28, 2008 in North America at a cost of 500 Wii Points. Nintendo also released the Game Boy version on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in 2011.