dragon ninja VS double dragon

[venkman]

this question is more complicated because of the price.
let's say double dragon costs over twice as much as dragon ninja.

"double dragon costs over twice as much as dragon ninja"

which one is the better choice for use in my new jamma cab - it might end up in a bar.. ?

[shardian]

Personally, I like Bad Dudes much better than Double Dragon. The Double Dragon cabinet is very user friendly though if you plan on putting MAME in it later. The monitor rotates, and the pcbs are on a pull out drawer.

[HaRuMaN]

Bad Dudes X 2

I own this board, it currently resides in my 29" Capcom Impress...   

[CheffoJeffo]

Dragon Ninja.

I played a lot of Double Dragon in school and snapped up the first board I found when I started collecting. Sold it a month later. Still have Dragon Ninja though.

[shardian]

Bad Dudes is WAAAY better than calling it Dragon ninja. 

[Ginsu Victim]

I liked Bad Dudes when it came out in arcades, but it didn't age well for me.

When I was a kid, I remember buying the NES port for my birthday, since I loved the arcade original, and being a tad let down.

I can't really play it much now.

[RayB]

Most of the Data East side-scrolling beat em ups are absolute stinkers (I'm talking about Bad Dudes, Robocop...)

Double Dragon is way more well-known, and has a bit more charm since you can put enemies in a hold, double-tag team them, pick up a variety of weapons, etc. But 15 minutes of continues and the game is finished.

I wouldn't put either in a bar. You won't make any money on them.

[SavannahLion]

Double Dragon is way more well-known, and has a bit more charm since you can put enemies in a hold, double-tag team them, pick up a variety of weapons, etc. But 15 minutes of continues and the game is finished.

I wouldn't put either in a bar. You won't make any money on them.

It's the way I remember the game, in a bar. But you're right, it probably wouldn't make any money. All of the side scrolling beat-em ups practically disappeared after games like SFII, MK, etc exploded on the scene. For a long long time, the only games I saw after fighters made it big were those with direct tie-ins to cartoons, ie Simpsons, TMNT, etc. The only reason they were ever played was that it gave the little kids something to do while their big brothers played the "bigger" games.