DOUBLE DRAGON HISTORY! - FULL SERIES RETROSPECTIVE - A MOVIE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY!
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In today's video we look back at the entire history of the Double Dragon Franchise, looking at all of the mainline games. This is my longest ever upload spanning nearly three hours and twenty minutes.
This content covers the following :
Double Dragon - 1987
Double Dragon II : The Revenge - 1988
Double Dragon III Games - 1989
Super Double Dragon - 1992
Battletoads Double Dragon - 1993
Double Dragon - The Revenge of Billy Lee - 1993
Double Dragon V - 1994
Double Dragon - 1995
Double Dragon Advance - 2003
Double Dragon Zeebo - 2009
Double Dragon IOS - 2011
Double Dragon Neon - 2012
Double Dragon Wander of The Dragons - 2013
Double Dragon IV - 2017
Gameplay and Footage Sources Credited within the original stand-alone uploads covering each game.
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@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 2 жыл бұрын
You have the passion and erudition of a true historic researcher. Thank you.
@jadedheartsz 2 жыл бұрын
I quite enjoyed the Double Dragon movie myself, I didn't grow up playing the original games so I didn't get that wounded sense of betrayal that others did.
@jadedheartsz 2 жыл бұрын
plenty of journalists are fine with shorter games as well. though speaking as someone who isn't in a relationship and does not have family of my own I quite enjoy longer games.
@liquidninja6654 2 жыл бұрын
You try and project wealth and masculinity but at the end of the day you’re just a run of the mill E beggar like the femme Metal JEsus. Unsubscribed
@jadedheartsz 2 жыл бұрын
@@reasonnetworktv eh?
@VIRGOLEGACY 2 жыл бұрын
You really took the time and made a 3 hour video dedicated to Double Dragon I really appreciate you 👏🏾🙏🏾
@forbiddenera Жыл бұрын
If you think about it, it would have taken more time to cut it down 😉
@incumbentvinyl9291 Жыл бұрын
@@forbiddenera Word.
@doctjoe Жыл бұрын
I can tell you're a school teacher with the way you review the games. You always make sure to start and end with something positive.
@fey5aldrich 2 жыл бұрын
I wish I can like this video 500x. So much love was put into it, yet again. Hat's off to you and your work, sir. Just amazing videos.
@LupusRexRgis 2 жыл бұрын
Those videos kept my sanity during the lockdown days… 😊🙏🤙
@MrSmokincodz Жыл бұрын
Just found your channel and love it! I grew up in the era of DG. Thanks for your hard work.
@TopHatGamingManChannel Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@ShaelRiley 2 жыл бұрын
I like when Big Daddy Top Hat cuts a fierce heel promo on other KZfaq creators mid-retrospective. True heat. 🔥
@AfroNinja007 2 жыл бұрын
You forgot to cover Double Dragon II on the Nintendo GameBoy, which is one of the best in the series. And it has it´s own unique storyline as well.
@ronniedarko317 Жыл бұрын
Forgot the one on Atari 2600 too
@lavuntecolquitt 2 жыл бұрын
Been watching this on and off ALL day and it was one EPIC ride. Great art ideas and classic nostalgia. Awesome vid as usual
@justinlloyd2446 2 жыл бұрын
I could not watch it all in one sitting. The reason being that your passion for the series reminded me of how wonderful Double Dragon is and I kept having to stop watching so I could play some of the games! Double Dragon has a special place in my heart as the original NES release was the first game I ever rented. Wonderful job sir! I always enjoy your content!
@ghaleon1103 2 жыл бұрын
22:30 "ascending downwards" is just "descending", lol. Still, brilliant video. I found your channel the other day and have spent many enjoyable hours since watching your feature-length documentaries. Thank you for these!
@Sporkguy3 Жыл бұрын
The more I listened to your description, the more I loved the idea of Double Dragon IV. I want to live in a world where companies can release direct sequels to classic NES games using similar sprites with updated backround art for more powerful systems, all for a few bucks. Sure if they want to charge 20-30 bucks, then put out a game that improves on Double Dragon Neo, but for a few bucks give me Zelda III, Donkey Kong IV, Double Dragon IV, etc.
@IKARIking67 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fire! This is fantastic work man.
@TheRetroManRandySavage 2 жыл бұрын
This was one of the first arcade games I ever played bitd. It was definitely the first beat em up I played. It's in my top 5 goat list. But it's only recently that I discovered they made a double dragon film in the 90s. It's actually free to watch on KZfaq. You can't take it too seriously. but if you like some good old 90s cheese, then it's a really fun watch.
@AsherX9 2 жыл бұрын
With Double Dragon V being based on the Cartoon show….I always wondered why they didn’t put in some of the Dragon Warriors, like Turbo and Tsunami.
@getondese Жыл бұрын
I got nostalgic and put in Super Double Dragon while watching this and almost got to the end😄 Great memories and thanks🤘
@josephpiedmonte 2 жыл бұрын
Love long form gaming retrospectives, thanks and more please.
@igorlins8194 2 жыл бұрын
Still watching, almost at the end. Enjoying every piece. Thanks!
@gilavalos2400 Жыл бұрын
Double dragon advanced for the GBA was the pentacle of the series. It's a solid upgrade to the orginal game.
@KenMasters. Жыл бұрын
It's much better than NEO·GEO's Double Dragon, an SFII knock-off.
@mrfreeze2446 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Been busy but I'm watching this badboy right now in full 👍
@psyhodelik Жыл бұрын
Incredible works, thanks for this stuff !!
@peterd9427 Жыл бұрын
Double Dragon II is one of the most memorable games for me growing up with the NES! There was just something about it oddly enough.
@randallrutherford1384 Жыл бұрын
A current favorite even still!
@princegroove 11 ай бұрын
A love letter to all Double Dragon fans of all ages. Well done, Sir. Top Hat! 👍🏼
@ShaelRiley 2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate Top Hat Gaming Man's recent commitment to video length.
@jaxxh6529 Жыл бұрын
also double dragon neon also nintendo switch soon
@NavidKhan84 10 ай бұрын
Love this channel so much….straight nostalgia
@cherokeefit4248 2 жыл бұрын
Happy I have the dedicated arcade cabinet in my game room and 2 snes carts of this game 👍🏾
@PureRageFitness 2 жыл бұрын
I remember the excitement when I got the NES Double Dragan when I was a kid. Double Dragon Advance is my favorite. I agree with you on the length of a beat em ups. I don't want it to drag out and get overly long.
@UsamaThakurr 2 жыл бұрын
Bro you a real one for this damn! That's some serious dedication to edit make a full document of almost 3 and a half hours like amazing ❤️ would definitely watch in chunks you deserve it ❤️
@aFoxyFox. 2 жыл бұрын
Please don't encourage this, there are so many KZfaqrs making sickeningly long, stretched out videos, how does that really help anyone when the same information can be provided in a condensed manner so that we can get on with our days and other activities?
@UsamaThakurr 2 жыл бұрын
@@aFoxyFox. Well i didn't encourage him I just appreciated his hard work that's it
@igorlins8194 2 жыл бұрын
@@aFoxyFox. don't watch it, my friend. The content creator will not suffer for you not watching. You will not suffer for you not watching.
@aFoxyFox. 2 жыл бұрын
@@igorlins8194 That is a fine suggestion, and I didn't watch it, but I think content creators should know that this sort of content isn't necessarily what at least some viewers may actually like or appreciate, and this sort of input may be able to help them, because they may be able to do just as well while saving themselves the time and trouble by creating better ondensed products for easier consumption by viewers like myself.
@rasterico 2 жыл бұрын
@@aFoxyFox. be a boring world if everyone liked the same things, just because you don’t like lengthy content it doesn’t mean that people shouldn’t make it, I enjoy all content related to my topics of interest, I would wholeheartedly encourage any content creator to make whatever they like and ignore people trying to stifle their creativity such as yourself.
@mikedrop4421 2 жыл бұрын
The retrospective I didn't know I needed until now.
@Michel190778 2 жыл бұрын
Great video man, but only for 52:48 you get two thumbs up!
@lukelaser5397 2 жыл бұрын
My god do I love this franchise. I'm surprised double dragon was never brought back as a true classic 1v1 fighting game. Go all out give it a nice offline campaign. People would try it.
@Level857 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid sir! I'm still upset over that Zeebo one I'll never play! It looked soooooo goooood! As far as franchises to cover I think Fire Emblem has had so many games and significant character appearances that would make good for the Top Hat Gaming Man video treatment.
@nunayadamnbusiness 2 жыл бұрын
Masterful video THG
@zetsumeinaito 2 жыл бұрын
I never encountered a DD arcade game where I lived so I only experienced the NES versions as a kid. I was born in 81, so you think I'd have seen one, but nope, never did. Wasn't keen on a 3D beat em up, so Streets of Rage 4 and Rivercity Girls were far more my jam than the recent Double Dragons.
@joshhoaglan2635 Жыл бұрын
Double dragon was a favorite when I was growing up had DD2 next to my console at all times
@doom1509 Жыл бұрын
3hrs and 20 mins of quality background noise as a quality control officer - thank you sir. Liked and Subbed.
@chrisconnors9449 2 жыл бұрын
Wow I forgot how many Double Dragon games I have played as a kid until I seen some of the scenes in this. Well Deserved presentation. Bravo T.H.G Man, Bravo.
@baltimorebigman5999 2 жыл бұрын
🔥👍🏽 Great video thank you
@GothicXlightning 2 жыл бұрын
totally love that perfect Thumbnail 💙
@scotter140 2 жыл бұрын
This was a great video
@zu_1455 2 жыл бұрын
"HEEEeeelllOOO Ladies and Gentlemen! BIG DADDY TOP HAT HERE!......YYYEEEEAAAAAHHHH!"
@jayswitchman8608 2 жыл бұрын
Nice work
@diego20518 Жыл бұрын
Excelente!! Do something about openbores double dragon games hahha so interesting too!!
@tomevil6 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this !
@Ataru320 11 ай бұрын
I love your rant about people who just want short games and who don't want to just play super-long games. Considering how I just sold off Persona 5 after only playing 10 hours and getting through one Palace, I think I agree with you: I have a life and can't just spend all my time and focus on video games, so something that's short and fun is just for me. (BTW: saw the new Double Dragon review and after watching that and the Zeebo retrospective by Stop Skeletons from Fighting, I want to see Saber in that game)
@n.b.l.5709 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, double dragon nes takes me wayyyyy back ;)
@jamealjordon1376 2 жыл бұрын
Big Daddy Top Hat! Love it, but Kung-Fu Master / Kung-Fu / Spartan X is a take on the Jackie Chan film, the video game version of Wheels on Meals. Jackie Chan is Thomas and Lola Forner is Sylvia. Just a bit of trivia, I thought would have made it in this great documentary.
@PGlll Жыл бұрын
An amazing homage to an amazing genre that was spawned from an amazing game! Double Dragon! Kung Fu!
@user-rt7bi9px7r Жыл бұрын
Дякую за працю, було цікаво!
@BellowDGaming 2 жыл бұрын
The true Double Dragon Trilogy story experience is with the nes version imho. DD1 Billy fights Jimmy to get Marion back DD2 Billy and Jimmy take down the Shadow Boss that killed Marion DD3 Their world tour adventure
@DJLNR. 2 жыл бұрын
6:18 I'm sure only double dragon iii allowed team special moves like player one could get a jump boost from player two etc. It's been a long time and I mean that, i actually owned a console back then and had a few games, not as much as few other friends on the same street, not many of us rich or poor had consoles as the typical thought back then was consoles will mess with our eyes and brain's so many didn't own a console and just played at a friends house but yet will talk deeply as if they had one long ago when in reality they use an emulator and imagine what it wouldn't been like. I'll help them out, it was beautiful especially the planet earth at that time, I remember Mario ii coming out, Mario II and Mario III were a work of art, forget graphics, Mario bros can take on any game of this era especially in a playability/longevity sense, I play mario lxiv still..
@DeezNutz-h²O 2 жыл бұрын
Urban champion was a awesome game! I played it back in 89 when I was 9
@gf618 Жыл бұрын
videos like these need to have the chapter selection thing.
@orenmontgomery8250 Жыл бұрын
1:27:45 Zelda, Street Fighter, and Megaman: "Hold my controller."
@supermario9520 2 жыл бұрын
You should do a Video on Double Dragon 2 on Gameboy. The game is unique and also has an interesting back story since it is orignally a Kunio Kun game in Japan. However great work! Subbed and liked.
@Draliseth Жыл бұрын
It pains me how I have never encountered a Double Dragon or beat em up that picked up on the bones of Return of Double Dragon and fleshed it out better. I used to always put myself on the second player port to play as Jimmy. Whoever is playing as Billy in this footage sure does love those shoulder buttons.
@zakman6471 2 жыл бұрын
I loved this video
@InternetTAB Жыл бұрын
you know.. in Ragnarok Online a Bard/Dancer combo can play a song called "Mr. Kim a rich man". knowing about the embezzling makes it really funny
@Nic5Cyprus 2 жыл бұрын
This is what movies I watch Any chance for a Kunio documentary?
@TopHatGamingManChannel 2 жыл бұрын
I've already covered many entries in the series, so eventually!
@8wealthyone8 2 жыл бұрын
Good program. pls make more!
@RealAlphaDrum 11 ай бұрын
Super Double Dragon and Return of Double Dragon are my favorite beat'em ups, near Turtles in Time SNES and Shredder's Revenge. My only big issue with Super Double Dragon/Return is the pace is kind of slow.
@IlDiavolo2515 Жыл бұрын
Eh. I'm a person with things to do, same as you but I love a long game. I just pick up and play two or three hours a playthrough whenever possible. No big deal for me honestly but I see your point.
@prawnstar502 2 жыл бұрын
I never had the skills or the quarters to be able to get passed the second level in any double dragon games as a kid
@doom1509 Жыл бұрын
Super Double Dragon is a staple to my childhood.. one of my favorite coops that I played with my cousins... to learn in my later years that it was basically 50% of the intended finished product was mind blowing...... my inner child was hit with so many mixed emotions.. DD2 was my introduction to these games and we actually managed to finish it on supreme master without game genie...
@tonyhong7998 Жыл бұрын
I remember double dragon 1 was just so slooooooooooow. When you play it on the emulator, there's some hack that makes it run at normal speed and the game is CRAZY.
@gjergjaurelius9798 Жыл бұрын
I remember when double dragon advance came out. I preordered 2 copies to play with others. And game informer magazine gave the game a 9!!!🤯
@daehan8227 Жыл бұрын
would definitely love to see Arc Sys bring back Double Dragon knowing that they own DD and the Kunio kun series.
@danielthomas2895 Жыл бұрын
You forgot about the Double Dragon for XBox Live. That one came with the option to enhance the graphics. Great video though
@milesfelipe7505 2 жыл бұрын
I thought my DD3 game was messed up cause it kept glitching with screen flashes. I see on this video has the same..
@devingiles6597 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. How about you review Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game in a future video? This game just re-released recently on modern consoles.
@lorddeimos3129 2 жыл бұрын
Oh boy these Is one legendary franchise classic i'am played Many of this games in diferent plataforms includes arcade, NES, SNES AND GBA i'loved these awesome saga inmortal 😃👍
@arcademcfly1039 Жыл бұрын
I still have Virgin’s Game Gear port. Bought it used at The Warehouse
@larryconnerjr1835 Жыл бұрын
Super double dragon for snes is one of the greatest beat em ups for snes but it usually doesn’t get put in the Same category as turtles in time or streets of rage but in my opinion it was equally good and fun of a game as those legendary titles!!!
@pjthomas9849 2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Influencers you are. Idk why Im talking like Yoda 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
@MikeRavia-xp5ig 11 ай бұрын
Well marion got shot at the beginning of dd2 arcade but she is in the end credits so she is alive. I always thought the dopple ganggers at the end fight made a copy of marion to bring out the lee brothers
@CNNBlackmailSupport 2 жыл бұрын
I rented the nintendo game 3 weeks in a row. Punch Out! and Breath of Fire were the only ones rented for longer. Punch Out was insanely hard to find back in the day
@ronniedarko317 Жыл бұрын
Even in 3 hours…u forgot about the one on Atari 2600 lol TRAGIC!
@jadedheartsz 2 жыл бұрын
I played the shit out of the 1995 fighting game as a kid as my local bowling alley had it, so whenever my mom took my sister and I bowling I always sunk some quarters into after our game. That was the first Double Dragon game I ever played so I assumed it was a fighting game franchise like Fatal Fury or Mortal Kombat, it wasn't until years later when I watched AVGN that I learned that it was primarily a side-scrolling beat-em-up franchise.
@jaxxh6529 Жыл бұрын
in super double dragon china town is the stage where dd1 music plays enemys hideout music is stage 4
@platinumpagoda3079 7 ай бұрын
Personally I really enjoy DD 4! Set the soundtrack to 8bit, like you said.
@muthesquirrel Жыл бұрын
DD4 is DD4 because Super was a remake of DD1 (apparently) and DD5 was a third party game unattached to the main series. DD4 is the fourth chapter in the main (NES continuety) series.
@KenMasters. Жыл бұрын
Super should've been DD4 starring Bimmy and Jimmy II, the sons of Billy and Jimmy. Mainly because the Dragons look too different from their arcade counterparts, Technos even kept switching their hair colors.
@muthesquirrel Жыл бұрын
@@KenMasters. Well if they're twins I guess they both have brown hair. Every month they have a fight over who gets to dye their hair that time as they own the last bottle of blonde hair dye on Earth. Winner gets the dye. Same way they decide who's dating Marian, I guess!
@KenMasters. Жыл бұрын
@@muthesquirrel True, they do have naturally brown hair as shown in the failed live-action movie, the Double Dragons are as Asian-American as Bruce Lee. What also makes them look different in Super: · The Lee brothers look much more white. · They fight more like Bruce Lee than the Arcade versions who fight more like Swan and Ajax from The Warriors. · They look like punkers on the cover/manual art, and wear neon-colored DD3 clothes in-game.
@muthesquirrel Жыл бұрын
@@KenMasters. If it makes you feel better I'm pretty sure they're Mexican in the Commodore 64 version of Double Dragon. :p
@KenMasters. Жыл бұрын
@@muthesquirrel You mean that version where they look as dark as Williams and Roper's 2nd arcade skins? The design is so bad, that their waists would sometimes be missing in-game!
@RealAlphaDrum 11 ай бұрын
beat em ups are making a comeback with Double Dragon Neon, Turtles, SoR, and DDIV, and now DDG.
@MrDeeBerry 2 жыл бұрын
movie length? A surprise to be sure but a welcome one Edit: that was big man! I heard him!
@WhiskeyNixon 2 жыл бұрын
Inanimate objects can't be a personification, but they could be a manifestation.
@amsf1 Жыл бұрын
Double dragon 2 was my fav
@wes788411 Жыл бұрын
I loved Double Dragon III on the NES.
@bazdaniels7420 2 жыл бұрын
My suggestion would be the Renegade and Kunio Kun games. Full history!
@wes788411 Жыл бұрын
5:28 It’ll always be Bimmy and Jimmy to me.
@CharT335 2 жыл бұрын
But which is the very best Double Dragon game to rule them all?
@KenMasters. 2 жыл бұрын
A. Double Dragon II - The Revenge B. Return of Double Dragon C. Double Dragon Advance D. Double Dragon Mobile One of these must be on top.
@THEONLYGORE 2 жыл бұрын
Ironman Offroad and Super Sprint were the first games to offer microtransactions
@THEONLYGORE 2 жыл бұрын
we just going to ignore the space helicopter in BT&DD lol
@driftingmemories5737 Жыл бұрын
The double dragon twins needs to have a match with Ryu & Ken.
@Batman43221 2 жыл бұрын
Please do a video on Avengers in Galactic Storm.
@mikuneverdies6288 2 жыл бұрын
I found a Shiny Pokemon while watching .. I named it Marian XD *ooof
@robertross8243 2 жыл бұрын
Been 45 mins and Ive not seen River City Ransom Mentioned.
@fiallos1 Жыл бұрын
Fighting and beatem ups will always be in demand! Just look at final fight, people still play this 30 yr old game.
@realamericannegro977 2 жыл бұрын
That mobile Double Dragon looks to be the best in the series.
@TestYol 2 жыл бұрын
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge will come out this year i believe. Would be cool to do the same for that franchise as well... hint hint ;)
@Windowlesswhitevan 2 жыл бұрын
Top Hat Attenborough
@KarosuMaker 2 жыл бұрын
2:05:30 En familia con Chabelo!
@TomiSomolu 2 жыл бұрын
Yeahhhhhhhh.....!!
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