A playthrough of Acclaim’s 1991 beat ’em up game for the NES, Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones.
This Technos developed brawler followup to the classic Double Dragon II: The Revenge is a good game, but it doesn’t compare as favorably to its predecessor as it would probably like. The graphics are packed with detail, but are somewhat lacking in character compared to part 2. Despite the diversity of the background graphics, the whole thing manages to look pretty generic. And very brown. The music is excellent though, and the controls are quite a bit easier to handle than they were in the first two games. I also really liked how the choice of multiple characters provided a bit of variety to the gameplay.
The main problem with the game is that its challenge is a bit on the obnoxious side. It’s nowhere near as hard as most people make it out to be (though to be fair, it’s absolutely brutal until you figure out that 95% of the enemy attacks can be easily sidestepped by moving up and down), but it quickly becomes repetitive. But, the story line, however pointless and senseless, is pretty entertaining and helps to break the monotony.
It does bear mentioning that this wasn’t a straight port of the arcade version (Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone) – there are a fair few differences. Of course, this was typical for NES Double Dragon games, though the Japanese version of DD3 kept the story line much closer to the arcade’s one than the US version did.
The Sacred Stones certainly isn’t a bad game. It plays smoothly, moves well, and puts up a reasonable challenge, and it is quite a bit of fun until it wears out its welcome on the 700th wave of the same pair of enemies. DD3 sits firmly in third place behind DD1 and 2, but then again, so do the great majority of NES beat ’em ups.
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The only NES game that I was never able to finish, always defeated by Mummy
32:51 amazing games,this game also delivered some lessons to all the kids
This game is noticeably absent from NSO, while 1 & 2 are present. They need to go ahead and complete the trilogy. I'd love to play this game again. It's the only one I haven't finished, because it's harder than the entrance exam at Harvard.
My bro used me as a meatshield in this game and I dont think he made it very far anyway.
I always got wrecked first or second stage
I remember playing this in summer over the weekend, in the morning and always reaching the Italy level which i could not beat, right before i had to shut it down to go to the swap meet or some other place with my parents. Maybe that's why i remember the Italy level with more fondness and takes me back.
lol, these games are so cheesy. I used to play double dragon a lot on the nes, although I forget which one it was. I can’t believe how much fun a game like this brought me, but it did.
My god this came looks awful.
There were cheat codes to skip levels
4:28 this is the most powerful Boss in double dragon III named Jim
Height : over 6 foot
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