QUOTE(bazariah @ Mar 12 2008, 10:37 AM) [snapback]473189[/snapback]
QUOTE(Rob764 @ Mar 12 2008, 03:38 PM) [snapback]473184[/snapback]
Loved it. Great game, no storyline whatsoever.
actually, The story of Double Dragon is set in a post-apocalyptic version of New York City, five years after a nuclear war, where gangs and criminal organizations have taken control of the city. The protagonists are Billy and Jimmy Lee, the titular duo and the successors of a fictional martial arts style known as Sōsetsuken (loosely based on Jeet Kune Do). One day, Billy's girlfriend, Marian, is kidnapped off the street and the Lee brothers receive a message from her captors, the Black Warriors, demanding to know the secrets of Sōsetsuken in exchange for her safety. The Black Warriors are the largest criminal organization in the city, led by machine gun-toting crime boss Willy Mackey.
In the NES version of the plot, Willy is apparently only a figurehead, while Jimmy is the true leader, the Shadow Boss.
from the double dragon book inset:
Double Dragon is the story of Billy and Jimmy Lee, twin brothers who
learned to fight on the cold, tough streets of their city. Their expert
knowledge of the martial arts, combined with their street-smarts, has made
them both formidable fighting machines.
But now Billy is faced with his greatest challenge: his girlfriend,
Marian, has been kidnapped by the Black Warriors, the savage street gang
of the mysterious Shadow Boss! Using whatever weapons come to
hand-knives, whips, bats, rocks, oil drums, even dynamite-Billy must
pursue the gang throughout the slums, factories, and wooded outskirts of the
city to reach the hideout for his final confrontation with the Shadow
Boss...his brother Jimmy!
