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The kanji characters shown on the title screen are 双截龍, literally "Twin Intercepting Dragons". This is an example of gikun, in which characters are used to represent a meaning or ideal and not for phonetic value. is a 1987 beat-em-up developed by Technos Japan and distributed in North America and Europe by Taito Corporation. The game is a spiritual and technological successor to Technos earlier beat-em-up, Renegade, but introduced several additions such as two-player cooperative gameplay and the ability to arm oneself with an enemys weapon after disarming them. Double Dragon is considered to be one of the first successful examples of the genre, resulting in the creation of two arcade sequels and several spinoffs.
Home versions of the game were released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Game Boy, Genesis/Mega Drive and Atari Lynx, among other platforms during the series height of popularity. A remake titled Double Dragon Advance was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2004. The NES version was re-released for the Wiis Virtual Console in North America on April 28, 2008 at a cost of 500 Wii Points.
Arcade version
The player takes control of martial artist Billy Lee, or his twin brother Jimmy (also known as Hammer and Spike in the supplementary materials for the American arcade release), as they fight their way into the turf of the Black Warriors gang in order to rescue their common love interest Marian. The player character has a repertoire of martial art techniques which they can perform by using the joystick and three action buttons (kick, jump, and punch) individually or in combination. Techniques ranges from basic punches and kicks, to more elaborate maneuvers like hair grabbing moves or elbow punches. When playing with another player, one can assist the other by grabbing their partners opponent from behind. The player begins the game with a certain number of extra lives and a life gauge which read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double+Dragon
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