Double Dragon Speed Run in 11:27
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Published 2010-10-08
This run was completed on 10/9/2010 at 12:09AM EST.
For some reason, I finish beat 'em ups rather quick. Started on this to run it for the marathon and became a full blown project. Started to work on this on 9/12/2010.
SDA is my home. Thank you for keeping this site alive.
HUGE thanks to Humorisk. His segmented run and his "Abobo Clinch" were SUPER helpful. Humorisk, thank you again.
Another thanks to my Ustream channel lurkers and active people on there. JH10, kareshi, metalStriker, sting, Paulygon104, Something915, SRKfunkdoc, stonepawfox, Teknosys, Tiki, Zerst, Ustreamer-10715, Ustreamwe-71109 were all in my stream when the run was completed. Thanks again to kareshi and Tiki for keeping me motivated.
Now for the good/bad/tec stuff about the run. I consider each "thumb" or area to be the next part of each mission. So it will seem like there are more stages than what there really is just reading this. Also something to note, I am STARVING for experience for the entire run. So you will see many enemies be hit more than needed to be killed. This is my experience farming. If all goes well, I will get the Elbow during the final Abobo fight. It is needed for the Chins and the rest of the fights.
1-1: Everything went perfect. They don't like to stack and it is a second or second and a half of a time killer.
1-2: Could have been a bit cleaner. But getting this to go well sucks. I think I reset here more than any other place.
1-3: Here is my biggest pet peeve with this game, they RUN AWAY FROM ME. I hate this. Because of this, I lost a second or so.
1-4: I am very happy with this. everything went as planned.
1-5: And again, all went well.
2-1: This was a bit sloppy, but I was able to recover it well to not lose too much time.
2-2: No dud, I am happy. A no damage dynamite kills so many runs. I hate it.
2-3: Ok... That was clearly ugly. That was the first time that has happened too. Weird.
2-4: And Chin went well. I need him to throw a punch so i can "push" him like that. But sometimes he will throw kicks and waist time and it is a real pain because the first 2 stages are the toughest.
3-1: I really with they would not get jump kick happy on me so much... They ruin a bunch of runs because of it.
3-2: Getting the Chin on the proper side was a pain this time. But not too bad...
3-3: Sometimes, but really rare, the guy will start to move before I jump the gap, then as soon as I stand up, I get knifed. This went good though.
3-4: This part went really well too.
3-5: All that time lost, and I get all, if not more, back here on the Abobo's. So hard to get them stacked like this. I will go ahead and say I got lucky.
3-6: Stupid headbutt/shoulder attack... I would have got hit anyway. But that part went really well. Moving platforms went well too. I miss counted on the last Chin. But still had a good fight with the two.
3-7: This part if the only part of my run that is "winged." It never goes the same way twice for me, and they LOVE to be jump kick happy. I give myself a set amount of time to move on, or its a reset. I do have a general plan, but as said before, never happens.
3-8: Ugh the rocks. Sometimes you can get lucky and they wont bother you at all. First "Hulk" went perfect. second one wanted to be a bit of a but head.
3-9: This went perfect. no complaints.
4-1: SO lucky with the troll wall. Chins went perfect.
4-2: A few mistakes here, but nothing all too bad.
4-3: That first William is a pain. he can really mess a run up bad. Also note that waiting like I did with the plat form did not lose me any time. And I can get a bit more experience as well.
4-4: Could have been a bit better, but still rather well.
4-5: A few things went wrong, but still good. No spoilers here.
I also include the into song at the end here because the music in this game is AWESOME!!!!!
Overall a great run. At least that is what I think. This run can be improved, but luck is needed for it. Again, thanks too all who helped me with this run. And as always, if you wanna give this game a go, I am more than willing to help you out with it. GL ALL!!!
All Comments (21)
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You just absolutely slaughtered one of the hardest games on NES. Congrats to you
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Played this game as a kid, but never beet it. Once I decided it speedrun it, it took me 1 month to produce this. It really is not that hard.
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Good run,this game still holds up as one of the best games made for the original NES system. It's still as much fun to play now as it was when I was a kid.
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Oh my god, that Chin strategy on Level 2 is awesome! Me and my brother always did the ladder trick, I thought that's what you were gunna do and I was surprised. Great run man, I fucking love this game. More than the arcade version and Double Dragon 2.
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Wow you made that look easy! My brothers an I loved this game as kids. Mom banned us from the versus mode when she saw us throwing knives at each other ha
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Props to anyone who beat this first Double Dragon! Cheers!
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I used to rock this game back in my day. I should master it again.and put up my on speedrun. Great play.
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When Abobo falls on the ground, he looks like he's sucking his thumb.
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Bimmy Lee never looked so dangerous!
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At 8:15, Abobo's like "Fuck that. I ain't climbing that just to get a knife lodged into my neck and knocked back down. I'ma have a smoke and get some lunch instead! After all, I have my own 'Big Adventure' to complete still!"
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2019 the nostalgia is simply epic till this day! Smh wish i was a kid again.
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Nuk, that spinning kick is no damn good. It's a powerful move, but the delay for contact means that you can be hit before you hit them. Interestingly, Jimmy has the same problem with his spinning kick.
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Wow, that elbow technique on the final boss is genius! Never thought to do that! Looks like I have a new strat against the final boss now, always struggle against him due to his high health and the onslaught you have to face before him.
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Those brick walls in the beginning of mission 4... frustration beyond belief.
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Its incredible how 21 years ago I played this game, and until now I learned that you could punch the bad guys when thrown on the ground, Just memories. 9:43
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Yooooooo! That River City Ransom Track @9:32. Wow! Shared music indeed.
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Those two giant bald guys tearing out of the cliff face scared the crap out of me as a kid
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Awesome run! And thinking back on this game for 1987-88, it's amazing for NES... a 3D side-scroller, experience and a level-up system with new combat moves, 5+ weapons, jumping puzzles and a iconic music score. I wonder where Billy and Marion are today, almost 27 years later...
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Awesome job. I hope youtube pays you for this.
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4:12 He picked the wrong time to turn around
