Simple kicks and punches can be turned into free-flowing combos the new inclusion of a crouch button not only leads to new attacks like an awesome rising knee, but can help you dodge incoming blows. Double Dragon’s antiquated control scheme, based around having an arcade cabinet featuring as little buttons as possible, has been left by the wayside, and numerous new options open up to the brother’s quest to rescue the kidnapped (bizarrely shared) girlfriend. That’s not to say there’s nothing here for entry levels players. To the suddenly gloomier of readers, Double Dragon Neon is made almost entirely for you. I’ll give a few of you a few moments to get over how old you now suddenly feel. The slew of first generation consoles and soon-to-be obsolete platforms such as the Sinclair and the Amiga all got their ports of varying success. Double Dragon excelled for its age, causing co-op side-scrolling brawling brilliance and empty change pockets across the globe. I could prattle on about the arcade scene in those days for hours, and it would be very interesting for you indeed. And, damn it, if it didn’t go and change everything. Between the annoyingly potent combo of Gauntlet and Wrestlefest came Double Dragon. Space Invaders begot Missile Command and International Track & Field, and slowly more complex machines adorned the corners of pubs and greasy pizza hang outs. In a technological boom period, funny little machines that ate your quarters started popping up all over the show. Watch as your tiny touch-screen smart phone gets replaced with static handsets the size of your face, fibre optics get retro fitted back to dial up and arcade machines all have track balls shoehorned into them.Īctually, that last one was pretty cool, and the arcade revolution was one thing the 80’s nailed. Still, there seems to be a lingering sense of nostalgia wafting around causing everything from that period to get rebooted and shoved anew down our throats. As decades go, very little of worth came from that period and what did - yuppie pony tails, huge shoulder pads on cardigans, the new romantic music revolution - can just go to hell and die. I don’t care what everyone tells you the 80’s sucked. Neon does it better than most, because it's not happy to trudge down the same old track and then claim it was held back out of misguided respect it has its own way of doing things."
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"Too many of the several thousand reboots and homages sent out into the market seem to go out of their way to impress upon everyone how much serious god damn business it is to celebrate the achievements of yesteryear.