Double Dragon (Neo-Geo/Arcade/Playstation, 1995)

 

Double Dragon: The Movie: The Game is the first Neo-Geo game I've ever beaten. How is that even possible? Well, it's what the list says. This is an arcade fighting game that I'm long-overdue to take a look at. This game should have gotten a lot more respect from consoles. Hard to believe that the far-inferior Double Dragon V was the fighting game that most consoles got. I played that one on the SNES and it was one of the most mediocre games on the system. Then again, this one might be a little too advanced for the SNES. Outside of the Neo-Geo, as far as systems that people actually had goes... it did get a PS1 release. In Japan. I didn't even know this game existed until a few years ago.

Strider (Arcade/Sega Genesis, 1989/1990)

 

This is the 200th action game I've covered on here. My God. 200. I have a feeling that if I'd grown up as a Sega Genesis kid instead of a SNES kid, this would have been one of my most-liked games. I probably wouldn't have been able to beat the game though. As usual, not sure what I'm getting into here, this is a first-time playthrough of something I've only heard of, on a system that I haven't done enough with.

There's also a stripped-down, scaled-down NES version, but it pales compared to the Arcade and Genesis versions. They can be played on a TV easily enough today with the Capcom Arcade Stadium and Nintendo Switch Online respectively.

The 1000 Games I've Beaten (#631 - 661)

 

In this episode I'll be entering the "running a game store" era, where for about a year I could pretty much play any game or system I wanted to at any time, no matter how new. Which means massive expansion to THE LIST. Number 655: ARM-BAR.

I'll be going through these fast, it's a lightning round.