Double Dragon GENESIS - Arcade Fix
Hack of Double Dragon
| Released By | 611 |
| Category | Improvement |
| Platform | GEN |
| License | N/A |
| Patching Information | BIN Format (GEN) |
| Genre | Action > Beat 'Em Up |
| Mods | GP |
| Game Date | |
| Patch Version | 1.3 |
| Release Date | Jun 22 2016 |
| Readme | Yes |
| Last Modified | Jun 22 2016 |
Game Description:
First even beat'm up game to introduce coop play, Double Dragon helped make the genre famous back in the days.
Billy's girlfriend is kidnapped by the boss of a street gang, the Black Shadows. But they overlooked the fact that Billy is a martial arts expert! So Billy goes after them, helped by his brother Jimmy (if you play coop).
On the beating front, Double Dragon offers kicks, punches, elbow hits, knees sent where it hurts, opponents hurling, baseball bats, knives, barrels, and even a little whipping for good measure.
Offering 4 levels and as many bosses, the game is fairly short and considered easy to play by fans.
At the time of issuance, the Genesis version didn't get a lot of good press due to its controls and collision detection shortcomings.
The Japanese version built up on the story to explain why Jimmy and Billy are called "the Double Dragon". But that's for you to go and find out!
Billy's girlfriend is kidnapped by the boss of a street gang, the Black Shadows. But they overlooked the fact that Billy is a martial arts expert! So Billy goes after them, helped by his brother Jimmy (if you play coop).
On the beating front, Double Dragon offers kicks, punches, elbow hits, knees sent where it hurts, opponents hurling, baseball bats, knives, barrels, and even a little whipping for good measure.
Offering 4 levels and as many bosses, the game is fairly short and considered easy to play by fans.
At the time of issuance, the Genesis version didn't get a lot of good press due to its controls and collision detection shortcomings.
The Japanese version built up on the story to explain why Jimmy and Billy are called "the Double Dragon". But that's for you to go and find out!
Hack Description:
This is a hack of Double Dragon for the Sega Genesis. It fixes two problems of this port. It reduces the walking speed of enemies to make the game much more like the arcade game. Also, throwable objects such as cardboard boxes and barrels will not break after two throws. The value of throws was set to FF (255) so they should never break during normal gameplay.
These changes make the games much more enjoyable and fix two major flaws of this port.
For a similar themed hack of the NES version see the Double Dragon NES - Arcade Mix
==V 1.1==
Version 1.1 tightens the screen scrolling when walking right and also reduces the frequencies of attacks from enemies to less annoying levels.
==V 1.2==
Version 1.2 removes the frequencies of attack portion of the hack as it makes the enemies practically braindead.
==V 1.3==
This comes with two patches. One without the screen scrolling patch, and one with it. There is a bug in the screen scrolling patch which is explained in the readme. This is why the feature is now optional. Also, the screen scrolling also works when going left, not just right.
These changes make the games much more enjoyable and fix two major flaws of this port.
For a similar themed hack of the NES version see the Double Dragon NES - Arcade Mix
==V 1.1==
Version 1.1 tightens the screen scrolling when walking right and also reduces the frequencies of attacks from enemies to less annoying levels.
==V 1.2==
Version 1.2 removes the frequencies of attack portion of the hack as it makes the enemies practically braindead.
==V 1.3==
This comes with two patches. One without the screen scrolling patch, and one with it. There is a bug in the screen scrolling patch which is explained in the readme. This is why the feature is now optional. Also, the screen scrolling also works when going left, not just right.
ROM / ISO Information:
CRC32: 054f5d53
File Name: Double Dragon (U) [!].bin
File Name: Double Dragon (U) [!].bin
Files:
- Readme File
- Patch File
Screenshots:
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