Double Intercepting Dragons

Originally conceived as a Renegade sequel, and now considered its technological and spiritual successor, “Double Dragon” included some additions never heard of before in the beat-em-up genre: a two player cooperative gameplay (hence the title) and the ability to arm your character with an enemy's weapon after disarming them.

When the game starts, you take the role of twin brothers and martial arts experts Billy and Jimmy Lee (“Hammer” and “Spike” in the original arcade versions), who are giving chase to the kidnappers of Billy’s girlfriend Marion, members of a local street gang named the “Black Warriors”. You’ll find yourself punching and kicking here and there, using various fighting techniques like the jumping backward Kick and the invulnerable Elbow Punch, and grabbing any weapon that you can get your hands on (such as whips, dynamite, bats and oil drums).

The game was strongly influenced by martial arts films, especially Bruce Lee’s classic kung-fu movie “Enter the Dragon” (the two main characters share a surname with Bruce Lee and his character in the film, and the villains Williams, Roper and Bolo are all named after characters from the movie).

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Dragon facts
The kanji characters in the game's title literally reads Sōsetsuryū, which roughly means "Twin Intercepting Dragons", a reference to the game's title as well as a reference to "Sōsetsuken", the fictional martial art style used by the Lee brothers. However, both the game and series are known as "Double Dragon" even in Japan.