Double Dragon (PC/DOS) 1988, Arcadia, Technos, Taito

Double Dragon (Japanese: 双截龍 Hepburn: Daburu Doragon) is a 1987 beat ’em up video game developed by Technōs Japan and distributed in North America and Europe by Taito. The game is a spiritual and technological successor to Technos’ earlier beat ’em up, Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (released outside of Japan by Taito as Renegade), but introduced several additions such as two-player cooperative gameplay and the ability to arm oneself with an enemy’s weapon after disarming them. Double Dragon is considered to be on