Games
Sony
Microsoft
Nintendo
Other Platforms
Upcoming &
Recent Releases
70
Ashes Cricket 2009
xx
Assassin's Creed II
70
Axel & Pixel
60
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
81
Band Hero
63
Bass Pro Shops: The Strike
92
Batman: Arkham Asylum
89
Beatles: Rock Band, The
xx
Black College Football: The Xperience - The Doug Williams Edition
xx
Blood Bowl
83
Borderlands
44
Brave: A Warrior's Tale
83
Brutal Legend
70
Bubble Bobble Neo!
79
Bust-A-Move Live!
xx
Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2010
xx
Cabela's Outdoor Adventures 2009
xx
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
61
Cars Race-O-Rama
67
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
72
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge
xx
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Deadly Intent
45
Darkest of Days
83
Defense Grid: The Awakening
87
DiRT 2
84
DJ Hero
86
Dragon Age: Origins
xx
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
xx
Dreamkiller
57
F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn
55
Fairytale Fights
65
Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta
90
FIFA Soccer 10
66
Football Genius: The Ultimate Quiz
91
Forza Motorsport 3
42
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
xx
Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection
79
Gears of War 2: Dark Corners
68
G-Force
90
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
85
Guitar Hero 5
83
Halo 3: ODST
xx
Hei$t
62
Heroes Over Europe
80
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
63
Inferno Pool
61
Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao
73
Ion Assault
xx
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
xx
Jurassic: The Hunted
xx
Karaoke Revolution
63
King of Fighters XII, The
xx
Left 4 Dead 2
76
Left 4 Dead: Crash Course
xx
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
76
LEGO Rock Band
72
Lips: Number One Hits
62
Lucidity
xx
Madagascar Kartz
68
Madballs in Babo: Invasion
85
Madden NFL 10
69
Magnacarta 2
82
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
73
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
48
Mass Effect: Pinnacle Station
61
Military Madness: Nectaris
73
Mini Ninjas
xx
MX vs. ATV Reflex
83
NBA 2K10
71
NBA 2K10: Draft Combine
80
NBA Live 10
xx
NCAA Basketball 10
83
NCAA Football 10
83
Need for Speed SHIFT
88
NHL 10
68
NHL 2K10
77
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
80
Panzer General: Allied Assault
84
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
xx
Planet 51
77
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
xx
Qubed
63
Raiden IV
64
Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure!
38
Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger
66
Red Faction: Guerrilla - Demons of the Badlands
58
Risen
66
Rock Band Country Track Pack
xx
Rock Band Metal Track Pack
xx
Rogue Warrior
xx
Saboteur, The
75
Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space
62
Saw
88
Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, The
69
Section 8
88
Shadow Complex
71
Sonic & Knuckles
71
South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!
84
Splosion Man
xx
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
42
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
38
Summer Athletics 2009
60
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled
80
Tekken 6
xx
Tony Hawk: RIDE
69
Tornado Outbreak
44
Tour de France 2009
57
Tower Bloxx Deluxe
86
Trials HD
70
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Ep 2: The Last Resort
xx
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Ep 3: Muzzled!
xx
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Ep 4: The Bogey Man
39
Warriors: Street Brawl, The
44
Watchmen: The End is Nigh - Part 2
56
Watchmen: The End is Nigh - Parts 1 and 2
69
Way of the Samurai 3
69
WET
51
Where the Wild Things Are
72
Wolfenstein
81
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
55
Yo-Ho Kablammo
65
Zombie Apocalypse
Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed games.
Double Dragon

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 7 votes
Read user comments
Rate this game >
Game Info
Publisher: Empire Interactive
Developer: Razerworks
Genre(s): Action, Beat-'Em-Up
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
Release Date: May 9, 2007
Summary
[Xbox Live Arcade] Double Dragon re-introduces martial Arts masters, Billy and Jimmy Lee (AKA Hammer and Spike), who must defeat the savage street gang known as the Black Warriors to rescue Billy's girlfriend, Marian. Fight your way through four levels from the street and factory to jungle/forest and castle, using every move available to you such as back-kicks, elbows, uppercuts and more. The Xbox Live Arcade version featurse a downloadable demo and original and graphical enhanced versions. Player action includes online co-op 2 player and one-on-one fighting for the final battle. The game also features the opportunity to score 12 achievement points for your online Xbox Live Arcade profile and an online leaderboard gives you the opportunity to show off your Double Dragon skills to your friends. [Empire Interactive]
Cheat Codes & Hints: GameFAQs
Also On The Web: Official Website
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Official Xbox Magazine UK
The end fight where you have to plug every single enemy and boss before facing the unfairly tough villain is the stuff of legends...Co-op play is essential if you want to finish the game. [Feb 2007, p.100]
Game Chronicles
While Double Dragon might not turn the heads of today’s youngsters, aging gamers will definitely enjoy the quick stroll down memory lane.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Double Dragon for the Xbox Live Arcade will provide some quick entertainment for nostalgia fiends, but the game doesn't hold up as well as you might hope.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine
So what's missing? Replayability. Using unlimited continues (an option we do appreciate), both one- and two-player games top out at just under 30 minutes. [June 2007, p.73]
X360 Magazine UK
Unlike other coin-op conversions on Live, the online experience is virtually flawless and lag-free. [Issue 21, p.116]
IGN
Double Dragon can be fun, but it under-delivers. This is a five-dollar game. You deserve more than a crap framerate and lingering bugs. The fact that co-op is so difficult due to the slowdown sucks most of the joy from Double Dragon.
Read Full Review >Team Xbox
Double Dragon succeeds in delivering the same action as its NES predecessor, but it’s bogged down by its total lack of difficulty and the pitiful emulation job.
Read Full Review >Planet Xbox 360
A game that should have received a massive retooling to bring it into the modern era, or been left to those gamers that like to pull out their old NES system once in a while. Though the game is only 400 points, that is a steep price for about 20 minutes of game play.
Read Full Review >Games Radar (in-house)
A little bit of quality assurance time would have gone a long way in improving Double Dragon, but ultimately, this brawler just isn’t main-event material anymore.
Read Full Review >Computer and Video Games
Immensely hard difficulty levels aside in single-player, the co-op mode is fun and much easier to tackle. Oddly it's painfully slow in places with more than five enemies on screen at once. We didn't expect this at all from our next-gen experience of Double Dragon.
Read Full Review >Gamestyle
So all in all, with the impressive Double Dragon Advance being available since 2003, an arcade perfect version of the original was never going to wow today's audience, even with it's HD graphics & online co-op options.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
A very short, and very dull, brawler. Double Dragon does include some nice "extras" - configurable controls, and some arcade flyers, which should be worth an extra point, but throws the point away with quite possibly the worst (unstoppable) menu music I have ever heard in my entire life.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Toby O. gave it a7:
It's a $5 history lesson. Back in the day, Double Dragon was the stuff. It may not have aged the best, but it's a 80's arcade brawler, not an RPG or even Street Fighter! I had fun returning to it (back elbow rules!), and didn't run into the glitches and bugs bemoaned in other reviews. If money's no object, though, I highly recommend Atlus' Double Dragon Advance for GBA.
Darren D. gave it a6:
Not how I remembered it. Far too short and far too easy with unlimited continues and the achievements are glitched.
Nick G. gave it a7:
This is one of those games, that if you liked the original, you'll probably enjoy it here, although because of being able to continue after you die, you're now able to complete the game. Once completed, it may not offer any real replay value, other than trying to obtain some of the difficult achievements.
Kenny gave it a10:
This one was a buy as soon as i seen it available on the marketplace. If you were a fan of the arcade or even the extended NES version, then this is a must buy for you.
Mat C. gave it a3:
Sluggish, unresponsive, and steals the fun of the arcade original away by not being ready for prime-time.
Crakaveli The Don gave it a10:
This game is timeless an absolute classic, it brings back fond memories of my childhood playing this game with my brother. Quite simply they don't make games like this anymore!
