Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Mega Drive)

Double Dragon II: The Revenge is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game developed by Technos Japan, it was originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988. It is the first sequel to mh:awesomegames:Double Dragon, released during the previous year, due to its success, the game received a lot ports, inducing the NES port being published by Acclaim Entertainment (who also responsible for Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone) in western markets.

In December 20, 1991, the game received a port to the Sega Mega Drive developed and published by Palsoft exclusive in Japan. Unlike the earlier NES version that was developed in-house by Technos, which was a different game with a similar plot, this was intended to be a more direct conversion of the arcade game. While this version ended up being exclusive to Japan, other Double Dragon games (including a port of the first game) were later released for the Sega Genesis by other publishers in North America and Europe (which were conversely unreleased in Japan).

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Despite it looking good, but in fact, this port is darker than the other versions of the game, this was not due to the hardware limitations of the Mega Drive, the graphics are watered down, with smaller character sprites.
 * 2) * The characters are designed on a much smaller scale than the arcade version. The Lee brothers, who were each 32x64 pixels tall in the arcade version when standing, are only 24x48 pixels in the Mega Drive version.
 * 3) * Accolade's port of the first game that was released in the west managed to preserved character scale of the arcade version, while later beat-'em-ups on the console such as Streets of Rage 2 displayed much larger characters in much greater numbers.
 * 4) It also suffered a numerous bugs, the worst offender is a three-second pause every time a mook dies.
 * 5) The jumping reverse kick (performed by pressing jump and front attack simultaneously) is missing in the Mega Drive version.
 * 6) It also has incompatibility issues with the Fighting Pad 6-button controller as well, as it causes the player's character to move much slower than the standard control pad.
 * 7) The amount of on-screen enemies could go as large as up to eight enemies in the arcade version, whereas the Mega Drive tends to restrict itself to only two or three on-screen enemies at a time for each battle. The actual enemy placement is also very different in the Mega Drive, such as the second fight in Mission 1 being against a trio of Lindas, whereas there was only one Linda in this fight in the arcade version.
 * 8) The enemy and trap placement cheaper than original game, especially notable with the weed trimming tractor in mission 3, which moves in an inhuman pace compared to the arcade version.
 * 9) The seamless transition sequences when the Lee brothers leave one stage to enter the next one are gone. Instead, the screen fades to black after defeating the stage boss and then cuts in to the start of the next stage.
 * 10) Instead of a photograph of the Lee brothers with Marian, the ending is a black and white montage of Billy Lee fighting against the game's bosses, however, it is even worse than the one used in the arcade version.

Good Qualities

 * 1) It is still very faithful to the arcade original.
 * 2) Great music by Sega Mega Drive's standards.
 * 3) The level designs for the stages are fairly close to the arcade version, except for Mission 2, which has a completely different layout: it is much longer and has several more conveyor belts and pitfalls to avoid.
 * 4) This is notable for being the only console port of the arcade game rather than a reformulated game like the NES version.
 * 5) The game uses a 3-button setup just like the arcade game, with a button to punch, kick, and jump.

Reception
Double Dragon II: The Revenge's Mega Drive port have received mixed-to-negative reviews from fans, this port was criticized for dark colors, glitches, cheap enemies and the ending, considering it as watered-down version of arcade port, while the music, level designs still follow arcade version were praised, the game has a score of 2.51 / 5 on GameFAQs.

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