Double Dragon II: The Revenge

kthunder 2021-06-09
(7/10)
Decent... Not great, not terrible. I've never played 1 or 3 so it is kinda cool to see that I have the good one.
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Jedi Bobster 2017-02-27
Didn't care for the first - looked too naff. Didn't care for the third - it looked too murky. But Double Dragon II was a-okay in my book. My friend and I loved battling all them baddies as if we were in some VHS martial arts movie.
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Dottor_Psycho 2017-01-19
(7/10)
Even in the context of retrogaming, Double Dragons and its follow-ups are quite dated since they have been superseeded by other games in their genre. Said that, given the shortage of good side-scrolling beat'em ups on the Amiga, Double Dragon II is still a good way to enjoy some brawler action on this machine. Not a perfect conversion by any means but still very playable (7/10).
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mailman 2016-01-06
(7/10)
Good Amiga conversion. Some backgrounds are very similar to the ones that can be seen in the first instalment and it looks like a proper remake. A lot of new buddies, animation and graphics are vastly improved and enhanced. Quite enjoyable title.
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rbn 2012-08-30
(3/10)
It's ok. But somehow I must disagree with most comments because i liked the prequel better ...
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Colonel Kurtz 2012-08-26
(7/10)
According to its WHDLoad page [www] the copy protection routines of this game are something legendary, it's no wonder there are title credits for those too!

The way I suffered from this overkill was that the copy I purchased only ran on my old A500 with Kickstart v1.2, but wouldn't on my v1.3 board, let alone my A1200.

Well, at least there was a decent game behind this crazy copy protection for a change...
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retrogamer_downunder 2011-09-29
(8/10)
This is definately the best of the 3 double dragon games, it retains the arcade feel.
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Colonel Kurtz 2011-09-21
(7/10)
A huge improvement on the previous Double Dragon port from almost every angle. And since DD2 is a sort of remake of its predecessor, this one partly redeems that disaster.

Sure it is still far from perfect: the enemy AI, albeit not as suicidal as in DD1, is still too simple and predictable (I beat it on my third single-player attempt), and slowdowns still occur with half a dozen sprites on screen.

Also, the (optional) ingame music is rather lame, as opposed to the excellent title music. The tunes from the arcade game would have been better. On the other hand, sound effects do a really great job in delivering a true brawl-like feel.

For some obscure reason, controls are not so faithful to the arcade game (no throws, no spinning flying kick), but at least you don't have to use the dreaded two separate buttons for left and right attacks.

I can't see any other significant flaws than these (the game even preloads more data with 1MB of RAM): without them, DD2 on Amiga would have been a real blast and earned a nice 9/10.
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McHasslegoths 2010-12-20
(7/10)
I cant agree with the majority and call this a good conversion. It feels a bit ST-ish and unfinished. The c64 version was better.
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Lord_Maletoth 2010-08-19
(8/10)
Great conversion and very good beat'em up, with nice ideas and variations from the original. With a joystick it was also quite easy to play, I never really understood the difficult movements system of the arcade lol
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arcadeyahoo 2010-03-23
This was one of my favorite games for the amiga,and the intro music was pure class, i even prefere this version over the arcade one.
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habib23q 2010-03-13
(8/10)
Excellent conversion but there were better fighting games available for the amiga!!
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arrow_1987 2009-12-21
(5/10)
An ok game. But for me Final Fight and Golden Axe are better beat'em up's.

i prefer the "Battle Toads and Double Dragon"-game on sega, which makes a lot of fun.
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Hollywood_Haggar 2009-11-30
(7/10)
This is just a good game for me. An arcade conversion with most of the features the coin op showed us but, I still remenber how sad I felt when saw they got rid of my favourite move in double dragon series: hitting an enemy with the knee while they are grabbed by the hair was an unequaled experience I couldn´t feel on Amiga. I gave it a 7 out of ten because of that. But if I forget and forgive that minor "problem" This game was awesome!!!!!!
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Chuckles 2009-10-23
(10/10)
I remember playing, and enjoying this one immensely!

Thing is--I never finished it....

I remember being amazed at the animation and smooth movements; having just bought my Amiga--

And nope--years later, I still haven't won against the 'Dragon--

After revisiting DDII in emulation, the game still plays exactly the way I remember it on my ole '500--

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MASTER SLY 2008-05-14
(9/10)
The best Double Dragon game on Amiga . I played , finished and enjoyed it very much !! 9/10
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Zenon 2007-11-29
(7/10)
Pretty conversion, it could have been even better but anyway I spent a lot of time with this. Great music intro, horrible in game music, so developers prefered to disable it by default

Good job !
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amigamer 2007-06-28
(7/10)
This was the first Amiga game that I've played...
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Makke 2007-05-10
(7/10)
The only Double Dragon game worth playing on the Amiga.
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Yure 2007-05-06
(7/10)
Best DD conversion ever.
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nemO 2007-03-25
(8/10)
I don't recall the Amiga version, I used tho play the NES one. Amiga and Nintendo were the kings back then, one of computers, the other of consoles. Anyway, very good gameplay, very nervous and intuitive, the enemies were a bit weak, but you could build up yourself a combat game in an alley at the beginning. Just keep winning lifes one player at a time by beating the crap out of him and when you got 30 lives, let the show begin baby! Kneel before Zod!
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raven 2006-07-17
(10/10)
A good conversion from back when the series still had some magic. Decent control system & great title music that was cool to listen to with the fireworks on the high score screen. Memories of 2-player cheap shots and ensuing arguments, leading to all out fights to the death whilst bemused Ropers', Lindas' and Williams' look on. It still looks like a cartoon when compared to Final Fight but the first two Double Dragon games had something special about them, and the Amiga version was much closer to the Arcade than the Japanese MegaDrive port, or the NES one which rocks in its own right as a different game
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stooart 2005-11-28
A better conversion than the first effort! At least the graphics and sound actually resembled the arcade version! However, this wasn't a very good sequel at all, it was basically the first game with different baddies! Still, it wasn't a bad beat 'em up overall.
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LordCrass 2005-10-10
(9/10)
Oh I loved this game! Very faithful arcade conversion with amazing music. The only thing it really lacked was the arcade version's larger colour palette. In fact, I liked the controls on this port better than the arcade's ambiguous dual-button system. Fun, fun, fun.
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Little Monkey Lost 2005-06-07
Just like its predecessor: graphics and gameplay could be better, but the game is OK anyway.
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Guybrush Threepwood 2005-06-05
(7/10)
Yes a cool beginning music track, the game however was OK a little better than the first
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Karpow 2005-05-10
(7/10)
Title music was outstading? Not a big suprsise because it was made by one of the greatest musicians ever on Amiga: Uncle Tom/Scoopex.
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Kriko 2005-02-09
(7/10)
This is actually a quite playable 2 player trashy fighter game, a bit like watching a good B-movie! The different weapons you can pick up are a redeeming feature. The meaty sounds when punches connect and the title music are very good. Way better than part 1 or 3.
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Siminz 2004-12-27
(7/10)
A much better atempt than the first. This time the graphics and sounds were ripped straight from the original version and the game played similarly. However the music was different and the enemys didn't change colour from stage to stage, some of the enemys were completely missing and the game could be completed a lot easier..... Still.... Its probably the best scrolling beat em up on the Amiga.
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TWR 2004-12-23
(8/10)
Just as cool as the first one... Great game-play!
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Underfly 2004-12-11
(8/10)
I always thought Double Dragon II - The Revenge had a lame storyline, some excuse for a sequel of the original popular arcade game?.. But this Amiga version I thought, is excellent, even better than the arcade where you don't have to have complicated Renegade type-controls! A very fast fun action game! Recommended and skip the Amiga original...
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VOiD 2004-12-05
(5/10)
The game itself is pretty lame, but I remember loading this game just to hear the title music Well, nowadays the music sounds a bit dated, but back then I thought it was really great.
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Jim 2004-12-04
(7/10)
This was a much better conversion this time round. But it did have a few bugs and was pretty easy.
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