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Double Dragon Advance
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At the outset of Double Dragon, a bruiser punches Billy
Lee's girlfriend in the stomach and spirits her off to a
hideaway. Seconds later, Billy appears and launches
himself on a rescue mission to save his beloved. Heaven
only knows where he was when the abduction occurred but
what's done is done and Billy punches, kicks, jumps, and
elbows his way to redemption.
A classic coin-op from 1987, Double Dragon pits one or two players
against a gang of goons, whip-wielding dames and muscle
bound meatheads called Abobos. The 2004 edition of
Double Dragon brings back the entire cast but throws in
a few new faces such as Abobo with hair, sleek suited
henchmen and a masked monstrosity named Burnov who looks
a lot like Humungous from the Road Warrior movie. In the
original Double Dragon, a player could theoretically go
through the entire game with one move and one move only
- the elbow attack. To elbow someone, face away and then
press jump + punch simultaneously. Billy will then jut
his elbow out like a weapon and send any enemy
clattering to the sidewalk. It was an effective move
back in the day and was capable of leveling all comers
however big or small. The GBA version of DD retains the
elbow move but unfortunately, it's not as effective
against the new crop of enemies. After playing the game
for a few rounds, the elbow move has been marginalized
to the point where it won't be missed by anyone except
for old schoolers.
To make up for the reduction in efficacy of the all-powerful elbow
attack, a host of new moves give Billy and Jimmy the
capacity to dominate waves of gangsters. There's a
running punch, a rising punch, a rising knee attack, a
flying kick, a stomp move, and a guard move to block
blows. The rising knee attack is accompanied by a sound
not unlike the zing of a spinning cylinder. There's also
a bunch of weapons to pick up and use during the course
of the game including nunchuks, dynamite, whips and bo
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