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Battletoads & Double Dragon (stylized as Battletoads/Double Dragon) also known as Battletoads & Double Dragon - The Ultimate Team, is a video game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Sega Genesis in 1993 and 1994. It was a crossover between the Battletoads games and Double Dragon games.

Plot[]

After being defeated by the Battletoads, the evil Dark Queen flees to the outer reaches of the universe and the 'Toads and their mentor, Professor T. Bird, get on with their lives. However, one day the Earth's military is neutralized and a giant spaceship called Colossus emerges from the moon. Apparently, the Dark Queen is back in another plan to dominate the galaxy and she has allied herself with the Shadow Warriors (from the Double Dragon series) to supplement her forces. Deciding to even the odds, the Battletoads get in contact with Billy and Jimmy Lee and ask them for their help. The brothers agree and all five immediately take off for the Colossus in a mission to stop this two-pronged threat.

Gameplay[]

The player has a choice of five playable characters: Billy and Jimmy Lee from Double Dragon, and Zitz, Pimple, and Rash from Battletoads. The player must then proceed through seven stages, kicking and punching each enemy that comes onscreen. A boss is included at the end of each stage, challenging the player before they can progress to a higher level of the game.

With two players, the continues are overlapping: whenever one player continues, then both players have to start at the beginning of the level (this is the opposite of games like Contra, where a strong player can tow a weak player along to advanced levels; in Battletoads/Double Dragon, a weak player will hold a strong player back).

Development[]

Credits[]

SNES Credits[]

NES Credits[]

Game Boy Credits[]

  • Programmer: Paul J. Machacek
  • Music Composer: David Wise

Reception[]

In the Super Power Club bonus supplement in Nintendo Power V56, the NES version was ranked #2 in the Top 5 NES Games of 1993.

IGN ranked the game at 76th in their "Top 100 NES Games of All Time".[1]

Trivia[]

  • The NES version was featured on the cover of Nintendo Power V49. This would notably make it the last NES game to appear on the magazine's cover during the console's lifespan.

External links[]

Double Dragon Dojo[]

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