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I have been playing a lot of Double Dragon NES lately. It's a nicely challenging game. The learning curve is smooth and I felt myself getting more proficient at the game.
There was one point in stage three where I could envision myself making one of those "angry" video game reviews. At first I fell into a pit because it was off the bottom of the screen and I didn't know it was there. Then I fell in because I was one pixel too far to the right. Another time I died because I jumped where I knew there was a cliff I had to jump down, but the game had yet to fully scroll the screen to the right, so it counted it as a death.
Now I am stuck at the beginning of stage four with these goddamn blocks that poke out of the wall to kill you. As far as I can tell, they come out randomly. I end up getting poked to death. It's frustrating because I can breeze my way to this area without dying, only to have my game end instantly.
I checked some FAQs online, along with a few youtube videos/comments and no one seems to have a consistent method of getting past these. All tips I find consist of something like "I wait until the top block pokes out twice then run for it and hope I get lucky!" No two tips are the same, either.
Does anyone know how to consistently get past these blocks?
Here is my pro tip for the game: Punch for the first two stages. Do nothing but punch. You can easily get through these stages with punch only. The benefit is that your experience level and score will be higher. Using only punch allows you to max out your skill level (level 7) by the end of stage two.
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I don't know if they're actually random, but it sure feels like it every time I've played that level.
I use what they have shown on this video. Works every time.
Also, the video contains several other exploits you can use at the game if you feel like.
http://www.nesmaps.com/maps/DoubleDragon/DoubleDragon.html
This may not help you get past the part you are talking about, but at least you can see how the level is set up your strategy of attack
I watched the video and tried his method of getting past the wall. It worked three out of four times.
I can get to the end, but always end up being one life short of winning. I get to the wall without dying, only to die once at the wall. The times I get past the wall without dying, I have a stupid death somewhere else. If only the game awarded an extra life at 50k points or something.
I went through the first few levels just fighting in the most efficient manner, and my score ended up being half what it is if I punch through the first two levels. I also barely crack experience level four by the time I need it (stage 3). The hair pull really does make the game much easier.
Around half the times I play it, I end being one life short of beating it. And Jimmy cheats.
My most recent try saw me fall off into the water not once, but twice in stage four. The game really does not want you to stand anywhere near an edge.
Even the last battle is a bitch. I kill off the waves of enemies, die to a machine gun bullet, then have to do the entire battle over again.
Regarding the maps by snesmaster...I've been meaning to tell you this for years Rick, but your maps are the best on the net. Nothing like a good map that uses actual game screen shots. Even though I've finished all but 3 NES games, I enjoy looking at your maps, both for nostalgia purposes and for getting me interested in games I beat years ago. Maybe they remind me of the old Nintendo Power maps...I dunno.
As for Double Dragon, I've beaten this game several times without any Game Genie/Save states/etc. back in the late 80s/early 90s and it was pure luck in getting past the wall sections and conserving those lives for the final battles. Just gotta accept the randomness of it I guess.
I can't seem to finish off the machine gun dude.
The other day, I was on stage 3, a stage where I really try to not get hit at all until the Abobos burst out of the wall. I often can only defeat them with maybe 10% health left. Anyway, one of the knife guys throws a knife at me, and I am cursing because I am not going to be able to dodge the knife in time. I accidentally did a headbutt, and I literally headbutted the knife out of the air! It was great, but I am not planning to make a habit of it.
Then the time ran out. I didn't even notice the clock. Grrr!