double dragon be commonly refer to a the first side scroll beat em up . it not and there be a couple of minor hit before it and but it sure be the best that have ever dominate our arcade . back in 1987 me and my uncle spend a fortune on this game and it take u about 40 million credit to get to the end . it be almost as exhausting a actually beat up hundred of thug . you would hammer the button so hard that by the time the game have end and youre arm would be triple in size and you would be sweat like crazy . and i be only 7 year old at the time . despite the game that follow which be classic in their own right ( street of rage and final fight ) none really ever match up to double dragon . when play a 2 player and this game be absolutely lethal . by the time i be 12 i manage to finish it with a single credit . that how sad i be . or be it because the game be so good . but it ain not just it high playability that make it so good . the cartoonish graphic have just enough color and manga to make them almost iconic . and the music . it amaze . when i be 7 i would be hum this at school or while i be walk down the road . even 19 year later it hasn not date a bit and still sound brilliant . so many theme and so many melody and so bloody cool . double dragon be also release on practically every home platform ( do not get me start on the awful c64 version ) but none of them and not even the recent gameboy advance version and really ever match up to the awesomeness of the arcade machine . if you see this game and do not hesitate to spend all of your hard earned penny on it . it well worth it . graphics a sound a plus gameplay a plus lasting appeal a .