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cavein2000

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I'm back - anyone else miss the new address thing?
« on: November 19, 2006, 07:57:10 AM »
I feel pretty stupid.  I had to email Aaron to figure out that the forums addy changed.  Anyone else miss that?  Well, just got my Wii - I've been playing with it all day  :wink:
But hey, I also picked up Double Dragon II: The Revenge for the SCD!!  Anyway, good to be back, I've been checking the dead site for a couple weeks now!!
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Keranu

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Re: I'm back - anyone else miss the new address thing?
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2006, 04:38:16 PM »
Oh hey welcome back, buddy!
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Adding PCE console specific layer on top of that, makes for an interesting challenge (no, not a reference to Ys II).

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Re: I'm back - anyone else miss the new address thing?
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2006, 04:41:23 PM »
Cavein, tell me what you thought about the total cheese factor in Double Dragon II? Funny, no? :P

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Re: I'm back - anyone else miss the new address thing?
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2006, 06:58:14 PM »
Hey dude have you played the NES version of DDII?  I've been trying to find somebody who could tell me if the PC Engine version plays like the NES version but nobody can ever give me a straight answer.  I like the NES version way better than the arcade one, I thought the changes they made were awesome and made the game way more fun instead of just another generic brawler like the arcade one was.

cavein2000

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Re: I'm back - anyone else miss the new address thing?
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2006, 10:32:48 PM »
yes, I have played both - the answer is - it is much different.  I'll explain later, have to get ready for work.  Yuck!
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Re: I'm back - anyone else miss the new address thing?
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2006, 01:26:55 AM »
Hey dude have you played the NES version of DDII?  I've been trying to find somebody who could tell me if the PC Engine version plays like the NES version but nobody can ever give me a straight answer.  I like the NES version way better than the arcade one, I thought the changes they made were awesome and made the game way more fun instead of just another generic brawler like the arcade one was.
I had the most fun with the Nes version,but the Pc Engine one is pretty much a full on update with crappy voice acting,yet tries to be the same game,for the most part. The awesome ninja battle at the helicopter is missing from the Pc Engine if i remember right,which sucks,and there are other differences. The Pc Engine adaption has enough to offer on its own to be its own game.
As I said however,I had the most fun with the Nes version.

cavein2000

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Re: I'm back - anyone else miss the new address thing?
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2006, 04:10:47 AM »
Anyway, got a few minutes here -

Dark Fact, yes the game totally has major cheese going on - mainly due to the soundtrack and enemy character design. 

I actually dig the game (but have only been to about level 4 before stopping), but grew up on double dragon, so I would def. say that I prefer the NES version over this.  It is quite good though.  The soundtrack is kind of like streets of rage but not as good.  The first level has this track with these clown screams? that irritate me a bit.  The second level is even worse, with this 1.. 2... 1, 2 3 4 diddy that drives me crazy.  There's a lot to it, and I should probably do a real review, but I'll just hit upon some of my initial observations.  The controls are a little weird - for example the super knee and spin kick are kind of difficult to pull off, I should probably read the manual for that though.  If you are holding an enemy by the head you can get hurt, which kind of sucks because I used to enjoy taking a pause there to talk some smack and figure out if I wanted to kick the enemy in the face, elbow them to the ground or toss em.  The characters are all completely different (where's Abobo?), and probably not as memorable.  The first boss was giant, which I thought was cool, but the music didn't change to "boss music" so I was like... oh.... the boss?  There also didn't seem to be as many characters, and everyone comes out in 2's mostly, which I didn't like.  The sound effects are way off at times, like the ladder climbing (c,mon??) and all of the punch sounds are the same.  I really look foward to hearing the super upper cut or power knee sound when I blast someone.  So, bummer there.  I think I need to finish the game in order to really say any more.  But it was cool (not as cool for the 70 I paid). 

... more to come in an official review. 
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Keranu

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Re: I'm back - anyone else miss the new address thing?
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2006, 04:10:19 PM »
Personally I loved the music in the PCE version of DDII :) .
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« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2006, 04:47:56 PM »
Ok cool thanks that was what I was looking for, I'd still like to get it on PCE if the price is cheap but for the $50 it goes for I think I'll stick with the superior NES version.

cavein2000

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Re: I'm back - anyone else miss the new address thing?
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2006, 09:56:46 AM »
50 bucks is a an awesome price!  I'd go for it.
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Re: I'm back - anyone else miss the new address thing?
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2006, 05:33:11 AM »
I still think the game is worth getting for the intro alone.  I never fail to laugh at it.  Cheese is good. :P

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