Double Dragon II: The Revenge (1989) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Double Dragon II: The Revenge

Technōs created once again a vastly different experience with Double Dragon II on the NES. The experience system was dropped, but the moveset still underwent a few changes. The elbow attack and turning jump…

22 December 1989

What Double Dragon II: The Revenge is

Double Dragon II: The Revenge is an adventure game developed by Technos Japan and released in 1989. It was published by Arc System Works. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Technōs created once again a vastly different experience with Double Dragon II on the NES. The experience system was dropped, but the moveset still underwent a few changes. The elbow attack and turning jump kick are gone, but with the standard kick directed backwards they seemed a bit redundant anyway. There are two new ways to make enemies in a grapple suffer, elbow smashes to the head, and a high kick to propel them away. In the brief time window when the Lee brothers are crouching after a jump or after getting knocked down, it’s possible to perform a rising uppercut or a knee jump attack. The timing for these isn’t easy, but they are the most powerful moves in the game. On the NES…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Double Dragon series

Double Dragon II: The Revenge is the 14th of 70 entries we hold in the Double Dragon series. The next entry was Double Dragon in 1989.

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What it launched against

Double Dragon II: The Revenge launched on 22 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.

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