Double Dragon Guide Version 1.1 1. Contents ----------------------- 1. Contents 2. Version History 3. Introduction 4. Story 5. Controls 6. Two Player Game 7. Fighting Techniques 8. Weapons 9. Enemies 10. Points 11. Walkthrough a. Mission 1 b. Mission 2 c. Mission 3 d. Mission 4 e. Ending 12. Cheats 13. Glitches 14. Contact Information 15. Legal Information 2. Version History ----------------------- Version 1.1: Added Title Fleshed out Attacks, Weapons, and Enemies Added a new Glitch Reworded some of Legal Information Corrected some spelling and grammer errors Version 1.0: Guide Completed 3. Introduction ----------------------- Welcome to my strategy guide for Double Dragons for the Sega Master System. This guide will help you make your way through the the mean streets of Double Dragon and help you rescue your captured girlfriend. This guide is written as if you are playing a single player game. 4. Story ----------------------- In a city ravaged by war and corruption, law and order has taken a backseat to terror and violence. Ruthless gangs rule the streets. Crime and bloodshed are commonplace. The city lives in fear. Your name is Billy Lee. Your twin brother is Jimmy Lee. On the streets they call you the Spike, and your brother, the Hammer. That's because you are both masters without equal in the ancient martial arts of Kenpo and Kung fu. You've got what it takes to survive the meanest streets in the world! And now, you've got troubles. The Black Warriors, the meanest of the street gangs, is out for revenge: They want you dead. To bring you out into their territory, they've kidnapped your sweetheart, the beautiful Mary Ann. Now you must venture out into the war-torn wasteland to rescue Mary Ann, defeat the Black Warriors, and return law and order to your city. 5. Controls ----------------------- D-Pad: Move Billy or Jimmy in 8 directions. Button 1 (Start): Start game Kick Button 2: Punch Pick up weapons Use weapons 6. Two Player Game ----------------------- Double Dragon can be played by two players at the same time by inserting Control Pad 2. Press Button 1 on Control Pad 2 to start. Both players will fight on the screen at the same time. A second player can also be added to a one player game at any time by pressing the Start Button on Control Pad 2. 7. Fighting Techniques ----------------------- Kick: Press Button 1 to kick your opponent. Range: Short Power: Low Punch: Press Button 2 to punch. Range: Short Power: Low Leaping Reverse Kick: Press Buttons 1 and 2 simultaneously, and you will leap up and execute a powerful kick in the opposite direction you are facing. Range: Short Power: Medium Jump Kick: Push Buttons 1 and 2 simultaneously while pushing the D-Pad either right or left, and you will execute a jump kick in that direction. Range: Medium Power: Medium Elbow Smash: Push the D-Pad to the opposite direction you are facing and simultaneously push Button 2. Your elbow becomes a deadly weapon. Range: Short Power: Medium Head Butt: Push the D-Pad left twice or right twice to give you enemies a real headache. Range: Short Power: Low Roundhouse Kick: As you press Button 1 to kick your opponent, your front snap kick will become a more powerful roundhouse kick. Range: Short Power: Low Uppercut Punch: As you press Button 2 to punch your opponent, your punches repeat and become powerful uppercuts. Range: Short Power: Low Head Knee Smash: When you stand on top of a downed enemy, you automatically place him in a headlock. Press Button 1 to jab him with your knee. Brutal but effective. Range: Very Short Power: Medium Shoulder Throw: When you've placed your opponent in a headlock, press Button 2 to fling him over your shoulder and slam him to the ground. Range: Very Short Power: Medium 8. Weapons ----------------------- You will often come across weapons either found on the ground or being carried by your foes. To pick up a weapon move over it and press Button 2. To knock a weapon from an enemy's hand, knock them down. Weapons can only be used in the scene in which they are discovered. Thrown Weapons: Press Button 2 to throw these over your head at the enemies. They include an oil drum, a SEGA box, and rocks. Range: Long Power: High Melee Weapons: Press Button 2 to swing these at the gang memebers. They include the baseball bat and whip. Range: Medium Power Medium Knife: Press Button 2 to toss this across the screen at a foe. Range: Very Long Power: High Dynamite: Press Button 2 to toss this a short ways. After a few seconds it will explode killing anything nearby, including you. Can be picked up and tossed again after being thrown once. Range: Medium Power: Fatal 9. Enemies ----------------------- These are the memebers of the Black Warriors Gang that you will try to stop you from rescueing Mary Ann. Listed are the name and description of the gang member plus a short description of each of their attacks and weapons used. Abobo: A huge muscle bound man. Attacks: Punch: Punches straight out at you. Range: Short Power: Medium Throw: Picks you up and toss you over his head. He may do this several times in a row. Range: Very Short Power: High Williams: Has red hair and weaks a white vest. Attacks: Punch: Similar to the player's punch. Range: Short Power: Low Kick: Similar to your kick. Range: Short Power: Low Jump Kick: He will leap towards you with his foot outstretched. Range: Medium Power: Medium Baseball Bat: Swings when you close in. Range: Medium Power: Medium Knife: Tosses across the screen. Range: Very Long Power: High Dynamite: Lobs when player is in range. Range: Medium Power: Fatal Rowper: Wears a leather jacket. Attacks: Punch: Similar to the player's punch. Range: Short Power: Low Kick: Similar to your kick. Range: Short Power: Low Jump Kick: He will leap towards you with his foot outstretched. Range: Medium Power: Medium Baseball Bat: Swings when you close in. Range: Medium Power: Medium Knife: Tosses across the screen. Range: Very Long Power: High Dynamite: Lobs when player is in range. Range: Medium Power: Fatal Linda: Red haired female in purple outfit. Attacks: Punch: A quick jab to the head. Range: Short Power: Low Whip: Cracks when close by. Range: Medium Power: Medium Willy: Purple haired Jimmy look-a-like. Attacks: Punch: Similar to the player's punch. Range: Short Power: Low Kick: Similar to your kick. Range: Short Power: Low Head Butt: Similar to your head butt. Range: Short Power: Low Jump Kick: He will leap towards you with his foot outstretched. Range: Medium Power: Medium Jeff: Large man carrying a maching gun. Fire Gun: Fires a bullet from his gun. Range: Very Long Power: Fatal Swing Gun: Tries to crack you over the head with his gun. Range: Short Power: Medium Kick: Quickly swings his leg up. Range: Short Power: Medium 10. Points ----------------------- Each time you hit an enemy you gain points: Punch - 50 points Kick / Jump Kick / Elbow Smash - 100 points Knee Smash / Shoulder Throw - 180 points Leaping Reverse Kick / Head Butt - 200 points Roundhouse Kick / Uppercut - 300 points Thrown and Melee Weapons - 200 points Knife - 500 points Dynamite - 800 points Each mission you clear earns bonus points: Mission 1 - 3000 points Mission 2 - 5000 points Mission 3 - 8000 points Mission 4 - 12000 points 11. Walkthrough ----------------------- a. Mission 1 ------------ The Slums. Scene 1: Press Button 1 to start the game. As the game starts you see your girlfriend, Mary Ann, being taken away by memebers of the Black Warriors Gang. Immediately after you appear a lone Rowper will come towards you from the right. Engage him and as you head right a Williams and a second Rowper will then enter the fray. After defeating the first Rowper a second Williams will enter the screen to attack you. Once all have been defeated head right to enter the second scene. Scene 2: As you head right you'll see a Williams perched on the rooftop waiting for you to come by. Walk far enough over to bring him down then beat him to a pulp. Once he is downed head right and pick up the whip. A Linda will come through the doors and begin to attack you. If you didn't get to the whip in time she'll pick it up and start to wail on you; use a jump kick to knock her down and make her drop the whip. A second Linda will come from the left shortly after the first one appears. Using the whip you can easily defeat them without taking any damage. After the Linda that came through to door is downed another one will come from the right side of the screen. Beat her and then move on to the right. As you do an Abobo will burst out of the wall. Use the whip to stay out of his reach and eventually he'll go down. Move on to enter the thrid and final scene of Mission 1. Scene 3: The second you enter this scene you'll meat up with a Rowper and a Williams both of whom are a dark shade of red. This change in color does not make them any stronger than their fairer skined counterparts. Head past them and grab the oil drum laying on the ground. Stand a ways away from them and throw it at them to knock them off their feet. A second hit and the should be down for the count. Once defeated another Rowper and Williams will arrive to avenge their fallen comrads. Do the same thing to these two and when Williams falls this mission's boss will try to stop you. The boss of this scene is an Abobo that has also become a deep red. Unlike Rowper and Williams the color change seems to have made Abobo stronger. You can use the same tactics against Abobo that you used against the previous foes in this scene. Be aware that shortly after Rowper is defeated another one will try to sneak up on you from the left. The mission ends when Abobo is defeated and any other enemies have either fled or been killed. b. Mission 2 ------------ The Factory District. Scene 1: As soon as the mission starts a Linda will appear and start to attack you. Head right and you'll see a Williams picking up a stick of dynamite and a Rowper. Either knock Williams down and pick up the dynamite or have him throw it and have one of the other enemies walk into the blast killing them instantly. After the dynamite has exploded either Rowper or Williams will head off towards the right side of the screen. Let him go while you take care of whoever remains. A second Linda will arrive to take the place of the first and a replacement for whichever of the two men that didn't run will arrive after his death. Eventually the escapee will return with a baseball bat. Knock him down and pick up the bat to lay waste to all those around you afterwards heading further into the factory to the right. Scene 2: Here you'll come across the first obstacle of the game, piles of steel beams with a pit. To ascend the beams you have to use a jump kick. Avoid moving to the bottom of the screen as you will fall in the pit and lose a life. Once on the first layer of beams you will come across a Williams with another stick of dynamite. As you fight him another Williams will come from the right and a Rowper from the left. Once again the enemies have changed to red yet are no stronger than those in the rest of the level. If the dynamite has yet to be used throw it near the end of a layer when a foe is climbing up and it should blow them away. After you defeat a Williams a Rowper will challenge you as well. After all have been beaten climb to the top layer and head right. Scene 3: Immediately you'll be assualted by a Rowper and Linda. Try to use the bottom left corner of the scene to kock them off of the edge. If you've gone too far right to use the ledge pickup the SEGA box and toss it at your foes. Once defeated a Williams will exit the door to replace Rowper and another Linda for the first. Beat them and another pair will come at you. After you've defeated the secomd Williams the mission's boss, Willy, will fall from up high to fight you. Fight him as you would Rowper or Williams or just crush him with the box. When everyone besides you is dead the third mission will begin. c. Mission 3 ------------ The Park. Scene 1: The enemies in this mission are noticably stronger than those in the last and thus it will take more hits to knock down one of them than it did previously. As the mission begins a Rowper will enter from the right carrying a knife. Move yourself so that you're directly across from him and then dodge the knife when he throws it. He will then head off to the right and as you give chase two more will block your way. As you defeat each Rowper he will be replaced by a Williams. If you couldn't catch up to him the first Rowper will return with a stick of dynamite, if you did then one of the Williams will have it instead. Either take it from him or let him use it and finish off the rest of your foes. Scene 2: The first thing you'll notice is that again all your adversaries, Linda, Rowper, and Williams, are now colored red. The second thing will be that Rowper is carrying a knife. Try to put one of the other two between you and Rowper and he should hit them instead. After the knife is thrown one of the men will start to head off to the right. Let him go while you handle the others. When he returns he will have a bat. Knock the bat from his hands and then leave it on the ground. The reason is that usually either Rowper or Williams will head for the bat leaving the others to engage you alone. Every time it is picked up knock it away and continue until only one guy is left, then use it to beat his skull in. All three will be followed by another one after their defeat and then a final Rowper will follow after the others have been defeated. Scene 3: As you enter this scene you'll come across the next big obstacle of the game, a broken bridge crossing a river. Be careful as you fight near here as falling into the river is fatal. Before you make it to the bridge though Abobo will try to take you down. The best way to deal with him is to knock kim into the river where he'll die instantly. The problem with this is that he will usually move to the left side of you keeping you between him and the river. As you move closer to the bridge a Williams will jump out of the trees and attack you as well. The easiest way to handle those two is to just run away. Jump over the gap in the bridge and run to the right. Because they cannot cross the gap both will be stuck on the other side. After being off screen for a bit they will both mysteriously die and you'll be met by a Rowper and a Linda armed with a whip. Knock the whip away from Linda and then use it to fight the pair. Use caution when using the whip against the men as their jump kick can clear its range. Once downed a Linda will replace Rowper and a Williams will take Linda's place. Beat them and they'll be followed by an Abobo and another Rowper, respectively. Killing those two will then finally end this scene. Scene 4: As you enter this scene the screen wil adjust itself to show the pit that now runs along the bottom of it. Walking along the path you will find a rock guarded by two Rowpers. Use the rock like you did the oil drum and box from previous missions to take down those who stand in your way. Each of the Rowpers will have a Williams take their place in the fight and then they will be followed by an Abobo each. If both Abobos end up on the screen at the same time try as hard as you can to avoid being caught in between them as they will beat you to a pulp in no time. When the Abobos fall you can head on to the final scene of this mission. Scene 5: The new hazard for this scene is that there is now a big cliff that you are on top of with a bridge and a big pit underneath. The best tactic is the stay on top of the cliff and have your enemies come to you. Somehow using the jump kick they can climb the sheer face of the cliff. The first enemy you'll see will be a green Willy. This Willy, and the rest in the game, is not as strong as the boss of the last stage. Also the new green color everyone has adopted has not made them any stronger. Following him will be a green Williams. Once they have climbed up to yor position have them follow you to the lower part of the screen and then knock them off of the edge. Be careful as you too can be knocked into the pit. After fighting two more pairs of Wills the boss of Mission 3 will attack. You will probably think you're fighting the Incredible Hulk when you first lay eyes on the green Abobo, and you wouldn't be too far off. Hop off the cliff and run past Abobo to the right where lays a rock. Throw it at him and you'll realize that he must indeed be the Hulk as he takes a rock to the face and just keeps coming. Keep throwing the rock at him and every other hit should knock him down. After a long and hard fought battle he finally falls and you can then go on to the final mission. d. Mission 4 ------------ The Black Warriors' Headquarters. Scene 1: This final mission is low on enemies but full of dangerous traps that can kill you almost instantly. To increase the challenge even more you are no longer allowed any extra continues or to have a second player join so you must finish this level with what you had left over from the last mission (unless you use the cheats section below). The beginning of this mission has no enemies whatsoever but is still very dangerous. The first danger is that random sections of the stone walls will occasionally push out and hurt you. There are two of these here with a safe spot inbetween. The second danger runs along the whole of the level and is a spike filled pit along the bottom part of the screen. To get past the walls move next to the first set and wait for about three differnt stones to push out, then dash past them and do the same thing with the next one. When you make it past those you will move on to the next scene. Scene 2: When you enter this scene you will see a door with a statue wielding a spear above it. Periodically the statue will thrust its spear out damaging anything underneath it. Move to the top of the screen and wait for the statue to thrust. Once it does run past and you'll come across a second one facing the other direction. Also here is a Rowper who picks up a knife and heads for you. The statue should jut its spear out just as he is walking by thus impaling him and making him drop the knife. Go pick up the knife and throw it at him when he gets up. After that he may get speared by the statue again but if he doesn't you will have to finish him off yourself. Once he dies the statues stop their attack and you can move on freely. Scene 3: This scene is much like the first with the moving walls. Move to the top of the screen and stand next to the first wall and wait for three parts to come out. Immediately start running to the right without stopping. Go right past the second wall and continue goiung right into the next scene. Scene 4: Keep going right as you enter this scene until you clear the statue's spear. Head right again after the screen has caught up a bit and you'll come to another statue with a Williams and a stick of dynamite on the other side. Try to use both to your advantage as you fight him. Once Williams is dead the end of the statue's spear will dissapear and you can continue on. Scene 5: This scene can become one of the hardest in the game if you are not careful and like to just rush ahead through a level. The good thing here is that there are no more killer walls or spears, the only hazard here is the spiked pit along the bottom. The first thing to do is to press right up against the top wall. Then slowly creep along the wall by just tapping right instead of running across. This slow pace will save you from a major beating. Eventually as you are creeping along the wall a red Abobo will burst through the wall ahead of you. Immediately turn around and head as far to the left as you can. This protects you from acidentally having a second one come crashing out of the wall at you. Once Abobo reaches you fight him using regular battle tactics. Once he is defeated another will come from the left and fight you. Bring down this second one and then a red Williams will walk across the screen. Let him go by you and eventually he will return with a knife. Dodge it and he will leave to get another one. After he throws the second knife let him come over to you and fight him. Note that unlike in the rest of the game where only Abobo was strengthened by a color change the red Williams are as powerful as the Abobos in this mission. Whne you finally take Williams down go to the right and another red Abobo will burst through the wall behind you. After you kill him a second Williams will come followed by a final red Abobo after his death. Slowly make your way to the next and final scene of the game. Scene 6: As you enter this last scene the screen will readjust so that the pit along the bottom of the screen is much smaller. Slowly head right until an Abobo comes at you. Hard back to the left and fight and kill him when he comes near. Shortly after his death a Willy will appear from the right. Wait for him to come to you and then bring him down. Another one will come after the death of the first so fight him the same way. Once you've taken care of the two Willys slowly head right again until a Williams challenges you. This one is not as powerful as the two red ones you fought in the previous scene but he is still dangerous nonetheless. Once he goes down you'll fight two more Willys like you did after Abobo. After you've finished with them move further right to take on Rowper. Bring him and the Willy that comes after down and the music will stop. When the large doors at the top of the room are completely on screen the leader of the Black Warriors Gang, Jeff, will come foreward to defeat you. Jeff carries with him a gun which he will fire at you quite often. One hit from a bullet spells instant death for you and you cannot make him drop the weapon. Avoid his bullets and fight him to the best of your abilities. After he falls the game is over and you have won unless... Final Scene: If two players are alive after defeating the final boss a special battle will begin. Billy and Jimmy must fight each other to win the heart of Marry Ann. Both players begin the battle with full life bars and only one life, there are no continues here. On the ground between the two combatents is a baseball bat. Uusally the best strategy is to grab the baseball bat and then beat on your opponent with it and jump kicks, but really what you need to do depends on both your and you opponent's playing style. After the fight the eding will play. e. Ending: ------------ After you've defeated Jeff, and possibly your brother, Mary Ann will drop from her bonds and give you a kiss. The background then goes black and the phrase "May you live happily forever." comes on screen followed by the Technos and Sega copyrights and then finally "The End". After which the game returns to the title screen. 12. Cheats ----------------------- Infinite Continues in Mission 4: Once the mission begins do between 10 and 20 consecutive Leaping Reverse Kicks and you will once again have unlimited continues. 13. Glitches ----------------------- Climb Walls: Using the Jump Kick you can climb some walls like the enemies at the end of Mission 3 did. Mary Ann = Linda: Sometimes after the final battle as Mary Ann is walking towards you her sprite will change to that of Linda's and then back again. Instantly Kill Enemies: If you knock a foe off the left side of the screen on which you start a mission they will instantly die. 14. Contact Information ----------------------- If you would like to contact me with questions about this guide or the game it is for, or if you would like to host this guide on your site feel free to e-mail me at repus_yortsed @ hotmail.com. Please be sure to put the name of the game in the subject of the e-mail so that I know to read it. 15. Legal Information ----------------------- This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. As of this writing only the following web sites may display this guide: www.gamefaqs.com www.neoseeker.com Double Dragon is copyright Technos Japan Corp. SEGA, Master System and all related trademarks and copyright are copyright SEGA Enterprise Ltd. Most information appearing between the Introduction and Walkthrough is from the game manual. Copyright 2006 Andrew Netherland A.K.A. Repus_Yortsed