Double Dragon - Reception

Reception

Reception
Review scores
Publication Score
Computer and Video Games 54%
CRASH 81%
Sinclair User 51%
Your Sinclair 8/10
MegaTech 53%

The game was listed at #41 in Electronic Gaming Monthly magazines "200 Greatest Games of their time". Toys "R" Us reported that the NES Double Dragon sold out in its first two weeks on sale in the US. Computer Gaming World noted the limitations of a joystick caused the IBM and C64 ports to use fewer moves than the arcade, the C64 port in particular being "a pale shadow of the original." The Mega Drive version was also not well received: Mega placed the game at #10 in their list of the 10 Worst Mega Drive Games of All Time.

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