Double Dragon - Beat 'em Ups Explored

This month I'll be taking a look at one of the games that defined the brawler genre...Double Dragon! I'll take a look at how the game came into being, the legacy it created, the follow-ups that are still trying to recapture that original magic, and Michaela from Drink the Movies stops by to mix up a cocktail with its' own Japanese to U.S.A. journey, the Midori Sour!

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Double Dragon Sources

1-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U-WU35v1nM

Game Players Vol. 1 1989

2-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIoS0cNGACI

Double Dragon 3 – NES 1990

3-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIg1pDoEoIs

Double Dragon 2 – Tiger Handheld

4-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3i7bn2PZuI

Double Dragon Film Trailer

5- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT4IJzlXQDM

Double Dragon Neon Interview E3

6- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJM21W2ACPU

Double Dragon IV Trailer

7- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mVxpDKUQuM

Double Dragon Sega Master System 1988

8- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY6oOrG_D_0

Double Dragon Tyco Commercial

9- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQQdw1uRn04

Double Dragon – The Wizard

10- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp-an_AAZ4o

Video Power – Double Dragon Game Boy 1990

11- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvF5cWMdVw

Double Dragon Animated Intro

12- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75FsV4JI86c

Double Dragon Animated Commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UN-7JGBJNU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ5TfsiiW5s&t=9s

https://www.polygon.com/2012/10/12/3495124/the-man-who-created-double-dragon/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoJ7YFUotTA&list=PLDABBD9A9D77283F0&index=1

Cocktail Backkground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfZz-1e-dUQ

Double Dragon 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9V0iLedLv0

Double Dragon 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvadjk-srWg

Double Dragon 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQiA3sCuqIs

Double Dragon Revive Announcement Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6KflLlEsKk

Kunio Kun Playthrough