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WayForward Developing Double Dragon Remake

Posted on Wednesday, April 4 @ 13:04:17 Eastern by Keri_Honea


My inner child squealed with glee when I read that Double Dragon was getting a remake for XBLA and PSN. When I saw that WayForward was heading up the project, my outer child squealed as well.

So yes, it is true! WayForward Technologies is working with Majesco to reboot Double Dragon—a CLASSIC side-scroller from the arcade and NES era—and give it a fresh coat of paint. They have named it Double Dragon: Neon, and, since the game originated in the 80s, the fresh coat of paint will be a nostalgic 80s style. It is currently scheduled for July 2012.

For all of you young'uns out there who have no idea what Double Dragon is, it's a side-scrolling beat-em-up starring the Lee brothers, Billy and Jimmy, as they fight through hordes of enemies to do the most 80s goal imaginable: save the girl. The girl in this case is Billy's girlfriend, Marian, so at least there some actual emotional ties, unlike a certain princess who had to be saved by plumbers.

In this rendition though, expect to have all the zanyness of 80s culture thrown up everywhere. Yes, there are neon lights, and the soundtrack is slathered in 80s styles that none of us admit to ever liking. You may want to keep a pair of sunglasses and earplugs by you, so that the fluourescence doesn't blind you and the synth doesn't make your eardrums bleed.

I have a huge, nostalgic soft spot for Double Dragon. I'm sure the game was actually awful, but that won't matter to me. I'll never stop thinking about going over to my friend's house when I was a child most afternoons so we could play it together. Ah, memories.

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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
    Haha, never thought I'd see this franchise revived....
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  • shandog137
    shandog137
    Joined: Mar 2007
    Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
    Battletoads next please!
    0 1
  • Daddio
    Daddio
    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
    my god man! i thought the same right as i saw!!

    river city ransom as well!!
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  • UpAndAtThem
    UpAndAtThem
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
    In case anyone didn't realize this was aimed at nostalgic gamers, they put a Power Glove in the screen shot...
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  • Stickyellowsock
    Stickyellowsock
    Joined: Oct 2009
    Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
    This isn't Road Rash...and If this game is as hard as Double Dragon 3 no sale that game was impossible
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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 6:05 pm
    Jimmy was banging Marian behind Billy's back.
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  • sliverstorm
    sliverstorm
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 6:17 pm
    One might say they gave her the...
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  • Beta_GR
    Beta_GR
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 10:40 pm
    From the makers of Contra 4. Hopefully this will be just as good.
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  • Odbarc
    Odbarc
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 5:03 am
    I thought his name was Bimmy.
    0 1
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 9:46 am
    Abobo better be in it or I shall start an online petition... because thats what the kids are all doing these days.
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