Battletoads / Double Dragon (1993) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Battletoads / Double Dragon

Battletoads & Double Dragon - The Ultimate Team is the fourth game in the Battletoads series. It is a crossover with the Double Dragon series of beat 'em up games developed by Technos Japan. It was released…

1 June 1993

What Battletoads / Double Dragon is

Battletoads / Double Dragon is a fighting game developed by Rare and released in 1993. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Following her crushing defeat at the hands of the Battletoads on Ragnarok's World, the humiliated Dark Queen hightailed it to the outer reaches of the universe. Months have passed... and the Queen's parting threat of revenge has become a distant memory to Professor T. Bird and the Battletoads - Zitz, Rash and Pimple. However, when a mysterious energy beam from outer space renders Earth's military might powerless, and a city-sized spaceship called the Colossus smashes out of the moon, the Professor knows it has to be the Dark Queen trying her latest galaxy-dominating plan. He's right, of course, but what he doesn't realize is that the shady lady's taking no chances this time, and she's…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Battletoads series

Battletoads / Double Dragon is the fifth of 13 entries we hold in the Battletoads series. The next entry was Battletoads in Ragnarok's World in 1993.

See all 13 Battletoads games in release order →

What it launched against

Battletoads / Double Dragon launched on 1 June 1993, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Rock n' Roll Racing, Syndicate and Mayhem in Monsterland.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Rock n' Roll Racing, Syndicate, Mayhem in Monsterland.

Official trailer