Double Dragon CONFIRMED for May 9th, 400 MS POINTS!!! Updated with the Achievements!

[Flyersfan]

ACHEIVEMENT LISTING FORMAT:

Acheivement
Gamerscore
Requirements


Good Score
5
Get 20,000 points.

Demolition Man
15
Kill two enemies with a single stick of dynamite in a single player game.

All Tools
5
Pick up a whip, a bat, a knife, a drum, a carton, a stick of dynamite, and a rock.

Third Base
20
Finish mission 3 holding a baseball bat.

No Swimming
10
Pass the bridge in mission 3 without falling in the water.

Untouchable
20
Complete mission 1 in a single player game without being hit.

Invade the Base
15
Reach mission 4 in a co-op game without continues.

No Mercy
15
Take out all the enemies before the final boss in a single player game.

Sneaky
20
Avoid the wall traps in mission 4.

Bare Hands
20
Complete a single player game without using any object.

Get the Girl
20
Beat the other player at the end of a co-op game.

Hero
35
Complete a single player game without continues.




http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=238




It has now been confirmed, and for 400 MS Points!


Thanks, CAG 79.

REDMOND, Wash. — May 8, 2007 — The legendary arcade classic that introduced gamers to co-op street-brawling action is back and looking better than ever. Team up with a friend or prepare to go it alone, because “Double Dragon” is hitting Xbox LIVE® Arcade Wednesday, May 9, at 9 a.m. GMT (2 a.m. PDT).
“Double Dragon,” from Empire Interactive Ltd., is a genuine re-creation of the classic coin-op arcade game. For the first time ever, fans of the franchise can play “Double Dragon” online with a friend over Xbox LIVE.1 The game features enhanced art, a new soundtrack and a host of extras.
“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 ancient martial art of Sou-Setsu-Ken, combined with their streetwise outlook, means that they’re two of the most formidable combatants ever to walk the streets. Billy and Jimmy will use their feet, fists, elbows and whatever weapons come to hand to defeat the gang that kidnapped Billy’s girlfriend.
“Double Dragon” will be available worldwide for 400 Microsoft® Points and is rated E10+ by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, with mild suggestive themes and violence.
Game Features
The title includes the following:
·Two-player co-op multiplayer locally or over Xbox LIVE1
·Special extras such as a look at the original Japanese and U.S. “Double Dragon” sales fliers
·Gameplay with either the original graphics or with new high-definition graphics
·All new music
·Hints and tips for newcomers
·Three leaderboards
·Customizable button configurations
·Ability to earn up to 12 Achievements and 200 Gamerscore points
More information is available at http://www.xbox.com/games/livearcade.



http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/05/08/SixNewTitles.aspx

[Rags]

I've been looking forward to this since TMNT. Just figured it needed to be on Live

[lilboo]

400 points? ::crosses fingers::

[I AM WILLIAM H. MACY]

I was under the impression that this was already out

[CrimGhost]

Double the fuck Dragon pussy!

[Inf^Shini]

What version is this?

I've always preferred Double Dragon II NES Version over everything else

[Graystone]

400 points? ::crosses fingers::

I think it will be. I'm pumped for this one of my all time favorite games.

[RelentlessRolento]

yay! after this someone better announce either turtles in time or river city ransom... heck, any other brawler.

[bugg33]

What version is this?

I've always preferred Double Dragon II NES Version over everything else
Looks like the arcade version of the orginal game.

[Sporadic]

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117553

Yes, it's been confirmed as 400 points for a long time now.

Perfect considering I have 470 left.

[CAG 79]

It's about time. This is my all time favorite arcade game ever. So many memories...

[Monsta Mack]

Was gonna drop 400 on Centi/Millipede but this is 400 times betters, so I'll be saving my points for next week. Hope the XBox Live co-op and single player co-op is good, and controls well of course.

[doubledown]

This is tempting...I'll try the demo to see if it held up over the years.

[Walt Jay]

/cheer

/elbow
/elbow

I remember finishing this game in the arcade back in the day. It was an elbow showdown between player 1 and 2!

[BelieveTheHype]

nice, i need a double dragon fix.

[Supercake]

Don't think I'll ever get tired of DD. Looking real forward to this.

[PyroGamer]

Sweeeeeet!

I need to get my 360 hooked back up to XBL, badly.

[notoriousxbox]

Very sweet news can't wait to play this again.

[fathamburger]

This was the game that really turned me onto video games for life. Up until then my first love was kung fu and kicking people in the head (at 4 yrs old!). Until then the only things I'd played was battlezone on the atari 2600 at a neighbour's house which I found boring and those simple car racing games where you switched lanes and dodged traffic at the arcades. I only played those because they were pitifully easy and the adults seemed to be impressed that I could dodge cars lol.

However after moving to Australia I think the first two games I ever played were Operation Wolf and Double Dragon, I think Double Dragon was the first but it was definitely love at first sight. Man I couldn't stop thinking about that game and I remmeber my parents trying to help me by saying "punch then kick punch then kick" which is about the worst advice if you know the game ;) to this day it still has more move diversity than many brawlers and some classic school yard moves like headlocks and knees to the head :)

[Graystone]

river city ransom... heck, any other brawler.

River City Ransom one of my all time favorite games. I paid way to much for a GBA cart of that game.

[tiredfornow]

River City Ransom one of my all time favorite games. I paid way to much for a GBA cart of that game.
I bet it was totally worth it though :P

hurrah for double dragon finally coming out, somebody PLEASE play co-op with me the day this comes out, PLEASE! :D

[doubledown]

The review in the OXM was not that favorable....they basically said it was a good half hour for single player, half hour for multiplayer....a good ONE hour of fun. No replay value....

[CAG 79]

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/05/08/SixNewTitles.aspx

Confirmed.

[Sporadic]

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/05/08/SixNewTitles.aspx

Confirmed.

Awesome.

I hope they still have the old music in it too.

[Flyersfan]

Updated the OP.

[Supercake]

The review in the OXM was not that favorable....they basically said it was a good half hour for single player, half hour for multiplayer....a good ONE hour of fun. No replay value....

Morons. It's still a blast to play through, MUCH better then the TMNT arcade game.

[CAG 79]

Awesome.

I hope they still have the old music in it too.

Yeah that was my only concern.

[LinkinPrime]

I never beat this game on the NES, hopefully that will change now.

[Weedy649]

I never beat this game on the NES, hopefully that will change now.

The part about beating it on the NES wont :-p

just kidding of course, im in the same boat.

[Mr. Anderson]

I'll definitely be saving my points until tommorow for this one. Now to figure out what to spend the remaining 400 points on....

[fathamburger]

The enhanced graphics reportedly suck

http://kotaku.com/gaming/microsoft/screenshots-double-dragon-on-xbla-231737.php

[RAMSTORIA]

fuckin a, im going to have to get a points card

[asianxcore]

Sweet

I haven't played any Double Dragon game since Sega Master System.

[lilboo]

400 points? ::crosses fingers::


hey me, you're right!
Woo hoo!

This is exciting. I wonder if there's going to be another release tomorrow as well.

[RelentlessRolento]

looking forward to when I can play it!

[Brak]

Thank God.

Too bad I'm 100 point short. :(

[Weedy649]

hey me, you're right!
Woo hoo!

This is exciting. I wonder if there's going to be another release tomorrow as well.

Silly people :-p

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117553

We've known it was 400 points for a long time. Id like to point out that sporadic made the original thread and none other than CAG 79 was the first to say it will be 400 points in the first thread too lol.

Either way im really glad this is finally out, it was originally supposed to be out in March but I cant complain with the great releases microsoft has provided after the long winter drought.

[KwanzaaTimmy]

Good deal, my GHII points are going to go to this. Hopefully its as fun as I remember. Double Dragon 2 is my all time fave beat 'em up, but the first one was fun as well.

[Monsta Mack]

Just bought some points with the announcement of this release and Puzzle Quest announcement.

[Morpheus]

Monsta Mack, have any idea how much puzzle quest will cost?

Can't wait until Double Dragon drops. I wonder if they will also include the multiplayer 1vs1 fighting that the nes had. You could play as various characters. It was cheesy but what the hell. :D

[Apossum]

Well, this was one of the first arcade I remember being obsessed with...I'm pretty much obligated to buy it.


The enhanced graphics reportedly suck

http://kotaku.com/gaming/microsoft/s...bla-231737.php

They're smoother...but they look kinda like an early 90s/late 80s PC game :lol:

[Jimbo Slice]

Anyone else gonna be up at 4 (or is it 5) AM EST when this drops? I have 4 papers to write so I'll be up that late anyway. Post up if anyone is interested in getting some Co-Op going on.

[Monsta Mack]

Monsta Mack, have any idea how much puzzle quest will cost?

Can't wait until Double Dragon drops. I wonder if they will also include the multi player 1vs1 fighting that the NES had. You could play as various characters. It was cheesy but what the hell. :D

I don't know how much Puzzle Quest will cost but I'm sure it will be pretty damn high considering the PSP and DS versions retailed at $29.99. My guess is 1600 points which would be $20 roughly. But wouldn't be shocked if it was more. I'll have to get more points for sure when it comes out, but I have a feeling it won't be out till the end of this year/early next year.

I am still getting this game despite already owning it for the Gameboy (twice, the classic and the remake for the GBA) and the NES. That means I've bought this game four times. Whoa. The game play never feels boring and I'm a achievement whore so I want to dig in those new achievements. Also since this has co-op over Live it should be fun with my buddy, granted TMNT was better in that regards since I could play with three other people.

[RelentlessRolento]

I might be up for it late. Don't know about co-op, but I might be up working on art.

[Sporadic]

There's no way Puzzle Quest will be 1600.

I would be willing to bet that it will be 1200.

[Flyersfan]

Acheivements are out.

[ighosty]

Might have to go get some more points for this classic

[LinkinPrime]

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/516Z5GN0HVL._SS500_.jpg

I call dibs on Scott Wolf ;)

[mr ryles]

damn I only have 300 MS points.

[Rig]

Damn. I need some points!

[mr ryles]

400 points is a heck of a deal though. I'll prolly get it tomorrow night. I don't think I'll make ti through the rest of tonight.

[seanr1221]

damn I only have 300 MS points.

pwned

[nativetongue88]

is it up yet? anyone check it out?

[RelentlessRolento]

is it up yet? anyone check it out?

check in an hour and 45 min.

[fathamburger]

Im staying up for this :D I get to be 6 again!

[GenDV138]

It's up now, I'll probably be playing for about an hour if anyone wants to co-op, feel free to add/invite me.

[fathamburger]

So how are you all liking Elbow Dragon so far :D

The achievements are mostly easy, with a couple of doozies in there i.e. beat the game on one credit and beat first level without getting hit look like the hardest ones. This should be an easy 150 pts. A word of warning though, the baseball bat achievement is harder than it sounds.

There are at least 2 places were I just missed it. Fighting the two Abodos at the end of part 1 stage 3, right at the end the bat jumps out of your hand and screen scrolls forward. Its best that you leave it lying down and stand in a spot where it'll fall somewhere where you can pick it up just afterwards. The second place is the boss fight itself, stay on the left siide or middle as the right side's border is too far in and the bat can easily fly away from reach.

[Monsta Mack]

The controls take some getting use to it seems like I always have to click em right for the FU elbow, which I used to take out EVERYONE in stage 1.

My major two complaints right now are

1) Slowdown - I can understand arcade perfect ports, but there shouldn't be any slowdown and there is. It gets annoying when theres multiple people on the screen and it slows down, then when It's 1v1 theres no slowdown. Bleh.

2) Sound - Yeah if your gonna slightly update the graphics you misewell slightly update the sound to.

Otherwise easily worth the 400pts. Will have countless fun via achieving highscores, unlocking achivements and playing with people over Live.

[rsigley]

yea 3 people on one screen causes massive slowdown, so annoying

i def prefer the NES version over this one, but its still cool

[sp00ge]

This looks/feels more like a flash remake than anything. I was going to buy it until I played the demo. Forget it now.

[CaseyRyback]

This game is going to take some getting used to after playing so much DDA (it replaced SSFII:TR as my bathroom game a few months ago).

[lordxixor101]

I'm really torn on this one. At first, I was really excited, now I'm much more on the fence.

This was probably my favorite arcade game as a kid. My school had roller skating parties at the rink, and one of the few reasons I'd go was for the double dragon machine. I'd drop a few bucks in it each time. Playing the NES versions, I was always depressed that the game seemed butchered.

But, now, I'm older, I've seen so many advances in games, and I haven't seen DD in many years. I remember it fondly (very fondly). But, I don't want to ruin that (I remembered the first Lakers/Celtics basketball game fondly on Genesis, went back 5 years later, and it was unplayable, it ruined the memory of it).

But, on the other hand, some gaems that supposedly don't hold up well doesn't bother me (I still love the original Tomb Raider).

Plus, I never see my buddy that I played through this game with so many times at the arcade. He's across the country and doesn't have a 360. If he did, this would be an auto purchase, now, not sure.

Probably just reminising, I'll probably download the demo and make it a pretty instant purchase.

[Darkside Hazuki]

As usual, the updated graphics look great but make the game more difficult to play.
It's faster and more responsive on original. And there's no option to keep the new soundtrack with the old graphics. Boooooo. :roll:

That said, it plays like Double Dragon. Good stuff.

And good luck on those achievements. You'll need it.

[LinkinPrime]

After trying it for about 20min...I was sold. I thought this was a remake of the NES version, didnt expect the Arcade Version. Hope we get Double Dragon II as well. I miss those helicopter kicks :D

[Mr. Anderson]

Just downloaded, I'll be playing co-op later tonight if anybody wants to play. :D

[BelieveTheHype]

cool, i'll have to try the demo out when i get home...

[fathamburger]

Dont forget the arcade had slowdown as well, consider it part of the experience ;)

[RelentlessRolento]

wow... the updated graphics look horrible compared to the old. the design is way off.

[hootie]

Well, it looks like a few of you got Double Dragowned.

[KwanzaaTimmy]

whats the deal with the newer graphics making everything feel sluggish? I was going to drop 400 points on it, but now not so much. At first I thought it was my controller that was miffed, not the case-- switched it to original and the game plays a lot better.

[soccerstud652]

Is the old soundtrack available as well? How does the whole soundtrack situation work? New soundtrack with new graphics and old with old? I'm a bit confused. If the old soundtrack is still in, I'm buying tonight.

[Apossum]

Is the old soundtrack available as well? How does the whole soundtrack situation work? New soundtrack with new graphics and old with old? I'm a bit confused. If the old soundtrack is still in, I'm buying tonight.


as far as i could tell, it's all the old soundtrack. and it's still pretty awesome 8-)

[fathamburger]

well I should have 200/200 achievements (they're pretty easy once you figure out the tricks to them) by now but Im having trouble with one last co-op one (no continues to stage 4) since most people suck. I might do a guide if anyone's having trouble with them, feel free to ask.

[soccerstud652]

well I should have 200/200 achievements (they're pretty easy once you figure out the tricks to them) by now but Im having trouble with one last co-op one (no continues to stage 4) since most people suck. I might do a guide if anyone's having trouble with them, feel free to ask.

A guide would be awesome...I never played this before!

[Darkside Hazuki]

well I should have 200/200 achievements (they're pretty easy once you figure out the tricks to them) by now but Im having trouble with one last co-op one (no continues to stage 4) since most people suck. I might do a guide if anyone's having trouble with them, feel free to ask.

Are you kidding? Do tell us how you made it through Lv. 1 without taking a single hit.

And to answer a previous question, you can only listen to the original soundtrack with the original graphics. New graphics gets you the remastered tracks.

[pimpinc333]

Man this game is great. Sooo many good memories from when I was a kid.

[CAG 79]

Are you kidding? Do tell us how you made it through Lv. 1 without taking a single hit.

It's not that hard actually, you just have to tread slowly and keep using the elbow. The one achievement that is giving me trouble is the Demolition Man achievement.

[Apossum]

Elbow ftw

[RudyPants]

I'm interested in this, but I hope co-op doesn't lag my face off when I'm trying to play online. If the lag is worse than TMNT: The Arcade Game, then I'm not sure if it's worth it.

[Sporadic]

It's not that hard actually, you just have to tread slowly and keep using the elbow. The one achievement that is giving me trouble is the Demolition Man achievement.

Really?

I randomly got that in the beginning of the second level when the idiot threw it, then him and his buddy jumped on it.

[Stingermck]

Why does the game slow down to a halt when theres 4-5 guys on screen? And why does everyone suck online? Hell I was taking more hits from my partner than the enemies.

[mtxbass1]

grrr it's taken me 25 minutes to get approximately 27% of this downloaded. What's the deal for a 20-something mb game?

[Monsta Mack]

Yeah I just played online and my partner was "ok". But he kept trying to avoid getting hit while trying to have me hit the guys instead. Bleh. So you know what I did? ELBOW HIM! I ELBOWED THE BASTARD! Then he quit :( Funny stuff.

I can't get the first stage without getting hit, even when I'm elbowing people to death. Tried it for thirty minutes and it was rough.

[lilboo]

I really can't wait for a guide, because I really suck at this game LOL :(

[GenDV138]

Beating single player with no continues seems doable, only part that I have trouble with is the spears on the wall on Mission 4. I haven't tried online co-op yet, probably be playing throughout the week if any CAGs want to play some games.

[strdr4]

yikes. IGN's review of this has totally shocked me out of buying this. There is a major flaw in the game and it's not an opinion, it's a gameplay fact. The slowdown is distinctively apparent to the point of frustration. How could they botch this up?

[defiance_17]

It's almost unplayable with more than two enemies on-screen. Seriously, this is awful.

And am I the only one who has no music? It's really irritating.

[GizmoGC]

This game sucks. Sluggish and crappy controls. Waste of $5

[daroga]

I downloaded the demo and played all I needed to.

Double Dragon 2 on the NES was about 80x better.

[CAG 79]

Well I just need one more achievement which is the Hero achievement. (Beat the game with using a continue)

[Mr. Anderson]

I tried to play DD a little earlier, and five minutes into it, my girlfriend said "Did you actually pay for this?" I can't say I disagree. gizmo said it first: waste of $5. What a load of unplayable crap.

[ighosty]

I downloaded the demo at like 3 in the morning, played it, got hit and then couldn't get off the ground because i got hit everytime i got up, and then didn't buy it. They messed it up, what can i say.

[Graystone]

I'm not having any problems that any one is mentioning. Mine works fine, did take a little while to download.

[CAG 79]

I'm not having any problems that any one is mentioning. Mine works fine, did take a little while to download.

I agree. I mean I admit that there is a little slowdown whenever there's more than 3 characters on screen but its nothing that drastic that makes the game unplayable. Besides some of the slowdown was in the original arcade version of Double Dragon. If they were charging 800pts. then I could see the reason to complain but for 400pts. I think this is as good as it gets.

As a Double Dragon fan myself, I must say that I'm very satisfied with my purchase. This is a game that I would have never thought to see in the Xbox Live Marketplace due to the fact that there were some licensing issues and what not. I hope this sells well so that maybe we could potentially get the sequel on XBLA.

Btw, I officially hit the 200/200 mark on this game.

[lilboo]

Btw, I officially hit the 200/200 mark on this game.


How ?! ?!

Write up a guide! I demand it! I got 40/200 and even THAT I feel accomplished .. :(

[CAG 79]

How ?! ?!

Write up a guide! I demand it! I got 40/200 and even THAT I feel accomplished .. :(

Here's one: http://www.achieve360points.com/txt/d/Double_Dragon_AG.txt

And remember, the elbow move is your friend.

[Weedy649]

I played it yesterday and i like it, soon as my points come in ill be buying it. I seem to be one of the few, but i like the enhanced graphics better.

[toper]

Thank God for demos...this game hasn't aged well at all, IMO.

[BelieveTheHype]

i don't think it's that it aged...it's just...i don't know...it doesn't feel the same. I'm sure if I popped in the nes version, i'd still have fun with it...but for some reason this version seems so slow and bleh.

[fathamburger]

oh good someone wrote a guide. I was lazy lol. I'll just add my 2 cents on the stuff the guide doesnt have

Third Base - There are several places you can lose the bat. The first is at the midway point after fighting the two Abodos, make sure you finish at the right end of the screen as the screen will scroll right after the player drops the bat. The second is at the rock ladder just before the final green boss, the guy with the dynamite can come down the ladder and kick you off and the bat will fly off the ledge/screen. Third is fighting the green boss himself, the right edge of the screen edges in further than it should and you can lose the bat easily, stay in the middle or left of the screen. Yes I've messed up all 3 :)

Sneaky - This seems random, I like the guide's suggestion better but Ive gotten through just spamming jumping starting from the first column

Bare Hands - use the kick button to fight anywhere near a weapon, dont even try elbows since it utilises the punch button and will result in you picking up a weapon instead. You can use as many lives / continues as you like for this one so no need to go for elbow perfect plays.

[Apossum]

To everyone who's complaining about the port: it's actually a perfect port-- slowdown, cheap enemies and all. that's just how retro arcade games are. they were designed to take your money, so they aren't a fair challenge.


there's a reason why someone called it "Elbow Dragon" a few pages back-- that's the only way to play without constantly dying! :lol:

[Lobsterjohnson]

This game sucks. Sluggish and crappy controls. Waste of $5

When hitting, "Confirm Download," on a game that is 20 years old you should have known what you were getting yourself into.

I'm still going to download it (whenever I go out and get points). Cause in the end, it's seriously only $5.

[Monsta Mack]

Managed to get all the achivements except two. The one where you can't attack anyone with weapons (it's a bad habbit and real hard to avoid heh) and the co-op over Live one where you have to make it to stage 4 without continuing (I can do this, but my ally usually sucks).

After playing the hell out of this I still stand by the slowdown sucks statement. But this game is easily worth your $5 thanks to Live play.

[fathamburger]

I played for a few mins this morning going out of my way to avoid using the elbow (or use it sporadically), I got about to about half of the 3rd level without having to continue lol.

If I'd used less jump kicks I might have beat the game :D

[rsigley]

the only achievement i'm having trouble with is the wall thing on level 4, got all the others

i always get hit at the same spot - then have to play all over again to retry, so annoying

failed like 4x at it

[Azumangaman]

I'll be getting this tomorrow with my 400 left over points.
I need new point cards BADLY (need MUA downloable content, etc)

[fieldkillah]

Gotta say one of the easiest 200 points, all I have left is the co op level 4 one which ill just get my roommate to help me with.

[velvet396]

so, worth it as a first XBLA purchase, or get something else first?

[CAG 79]

so, worth it as a first XBLA purchase, or get something else first?

Get it if you were a fan of the arcade version, if you only played the NES version then wait until it hits the Virtual Console if you have a Wii.