Double Dragon

Double Dragon (A2600) game cover art
Platform: Atari 2600
Genre: Action
Developer: Activision

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Reviewed by Julian Titus (June 14, 2013)

Double Dragon was an instant arcade classic that has been ported to a multitude of consoles over the years.
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Reviewed by Sho (July 21, 2004)

You’ve got to give Activision credit for ignoring both the hardware’s obvious limitations and a dose of common sense to throw caution to the wind and attempt it anyway. Pity that you can’t give them credit for the game itself.
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Reviewed by whelkman (May 26, 2008)

Certain types of games are just totally inappropriate for certain platforms. Would you want to play Resident Evil on your Texas Instruments calculator? How about Doom on your NES? On the same token the thought of a Double Dragon port for the Atari 2600 is just plain bizarre. Double Dragon was a state of the art 1987 arcade game with three action buttons. The Atari 2600 was a dated and decaying console from 1977 with a single action button. Clearly there were going to be some porting problems. &#...
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