![]() They ultimately fail and are forced to flee, and Jimmy is captured in the process.īilly and Marian return to the Power Corps base, and lament about how none of them have been able to figure out how to use their Dragon piece. Marian agrees to help them, using this as an opportunity to get rid of the gangs once and for all, and the three of them decide to go to Shuko's office building to steal his medallion. Billy and Jimmy narrowly get away, and seek refuge in the Power Corps hideout. Unable to find the brothers on his own, Shuko unites and takes over the gangs by displaying his power and sends them after the Lees. Satori sacrifices herself so the brothers can escape with the Dragon. Billy and Jimmy successfully incapacitate Abobo, but Shuko has the place doused in gasoline and lit on fire. He reveals the ability of his medallion, the power of the soul, which gives the user the power of possession and a shadow form, by temporarily possessing Satori. Shuko, with his henchmen in tow, pays the Lees a visit, intent on taking the other half. For his failure in securing it, he is mutated into a hulking giant.Īt their abandoned theater home, Satori explains to a skeptical Billy and Jimmy about the Double Dragon and how their piece must be protected, and she places it in the care of Billy. Unfortunately, Bo Abobo, a gang leader, discovers Satori holds the second medallion half and reports this to Shuko. They escape with help from the Power Corps, a group of vigilantes headed by their friend Marian Delario, daughter of the police chief. On their way, they are accosted by gang members, who rule the streets after dark due to an uneasy pact made with the police department seven years earlier to keep them from running amok during the day. Teenage brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee, and their guardian/adoptive mother Satori Imada head home after citywide curfew from a martial arts tournament. He obtains one half and orders his henchmen to find the other for him. Koga Shuko, a crime lord and businessman, explains to his underlings about a powerful, magic medallion called the Double Dragon, which has been split into two pieces. Seven years later, New Angeles is partially flooded, wracked by constant aftershocks, and plagued by smog and acid rain. It failed both critically and financially, receiving generally negative reviews, with praise for its special effects and action sequences, but criticism for its writing and performances.Ī gigantic earthquake destroys southern California, greatly altering its landscape and leaving Los Angeles, renamed "New Angeles", in shambles after the federal government fails to help restore order or rebuild. The film takes place in an earthquake-crippled Los Angeles in 2007 the city is styled as a mix between a post-apocalyptic and 80s/90s punk environment. The picture stars Mark Dacascos and Scott Wolf as brothers Jimmy and Billy Lee, along with Alyssa Milano as Marian Delario and Robert Patrick as antagonist Koga Shuko. The movie was directed by James Yukich, whose previous credits include the Genesis music videos " That's All" and " Invisible Touch". Which makes it perfect grist for the podcast grill.ĭirect download | Retronauts on iTunes | Retronauts at PodcastOneĮpisode description: Jeremy Parish teams up with HG101's Kurt Kalata and Rob Russo to take on the violent, deadly history of the Double Dragon franchise (and hopefully save Marion in the process).Double Dragon is a 1994 American martial arts film, based on the video game series of the same name. This week, Hardcore Gaming 101's Kurt Kalata and Rob Russo join me to look at the history of Double Dragon and confirm that, yes, the series is kind of weird. The arcade Double Dragon may have shaped the direction of gaming itself, but the ubiquity of the NES meant kids spent way more time with the radically different conversion for that system than they did with the coin-op or its more faithful home ports. ![]() The NES version, which loses the cooperative play mechanics in favor of a more role-playing-inflected take on brawling. And yet, the version of the game that looms large in most people's memories-and the one that gets republished most frequently, including in an upcoming Switch collection of the tangentially related Kunio-kun series-is the NES version. ![]() Born in arcades, Double Dragon influenced a generation of coin-op titles with its cooperative beat-em-up action. If ever you need proof of just how much the Nintendo Entertainment System dominated the gaming landscape of the late ’80s and early ’90s, look no further than Double Dragon. Mission control for retronauts former EIC of 1UP.com and taking dapper (and frogs) back from the Nazis.
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