The Neo Geo is getting a port of the original 1987 Double Dragon, thanks to a group known as Casa De Ruivo (cheers, neocvera).
Dubbed Double Dragon One, the port uses assets from the delisted iOS version of Technōs' seminal belt-scrolling fighter.
The developer has shown off the game running on MiSTer and Analogue Pocket, and promises to release more details soon.
Directed by Yoshihisa Kishimoto and Shinichi Saito, Double Dragon is one of the most influential fighting games of all time.
It was followed by multiple sequels, remakes and spin-offs; in fact, the Neo Geo already has not one but two titles based on the series: 1995's Double Dragon (a one-on-one fighter) and 2002's Rage of the Dragons (also a one-on-one fighter, although it's technically an unofficial release).
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Please keep us posted on developments, keen to try a version of this in my MVS cab.
I was always super amazed that Technos never ported this themselves or had Data East or SNK dio it as a Licensed feature.
Double dragon is on nearly every 80s & 90s machine that could play it.... kinda like DOOM today, for God sake the 7800 had a port of it!!!
Always seemed like a missed opportunity to have given it a face-lift with some chunkier larger sprites like the NeoGeo is famous for and port the game.
Glad to see someone is now!!!
Perfect timing! The NEO-GEO had a colossal year 2024, so this title will extend the streak.
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