Double Dragon
Typed out by William Mahota
Instruction Manual
Double Dragon
Tradewest
PRECAUTIONS
1) This is a high precision game. It should not be stored in places that
are very hot or cold. Never hit or drop it. Do not take it apart.
2) Avoid touching the connectors. Do not get them wet or dirty. Doing so
may damge the game.
3) Do not clean with benzene, paint thinner, alchohol, or other such solvents.
4) Always turn the power off before inserting or removing the cassette
from the Nintendo Entertainment System.
THE DOUBLE DRAGON STORY
Double Dragon is the story of Billy and Jimmy Lee, twin brothers who
learned to fight o the cold, tought streets of their city. Their expert
knowledge of the martial arts, combined with their street-smarts, has made
them both formidable fighting machines.
But now Billy is faced with his greatest challenge: his girlfriend,
Marian, has been kidnapped by the Black Warriors, the savage street gang
of the mysterious Shadow Boss! Using whatever weapons come to
hand-knives, whips, bats, rocks, oil drums, even dynamite-Billy must
pursue the gang throught the slums, factories, and wooded outskirts of the
city to reach the hideout for his final confrontation with the Shadow
Boss...his brother Jimmy!
CONTROLLING THE ACTION
Control Pad: Has eight different maneuvers. Press to the right or left
twice to use a Head Butt against your enemies.
Select Button: Press to choose betweent two game modes. In one-player
mode, you play against the computer. In two-player mode, you
challenge another player.
Start button: Press when you are ready to play.
A button: Press to punch. Punch in the direction of your opponent.
B button: Press to kick. Kick in the direction of your opponent.
A button + B button: Pres A and B simultaneously to jump.
The techniques explained above can be used in Level 1. More advanced
techniques are available in higher levels.
ATTACKING THE ENEMY
Punch: Press the A button. Punch in the direction of your opponent.
Kick: Press the B button. Kick in the direction of your opponent.
Head Butt: Press the Control Pad left or right twice.
Jump Kick: Press the A and B buttons simultaneously. For a diagonal Jump
Kick, press the Control Pad diagonally.
Uppercut: Press the A button when the enemy is squatting.
Low kick: Press the B button when the enemy is squatting.
Hair-Pull Kick: When the enemy is squatting, approach and pull his hair
and press the B button.
Over-Shoulder Throw: Pull the enemy's hair and press the A button.
Spin Kick: Press the Control Pad twice while facing the enemy.
Pin attack: Approach when the enemy is down. Pres the Control Pad down
and land on the enemy. Press the A button.
Elbow punch: Press the Control Pad to the left twice when the enemy is
approaching from the left. Press the Control Pad to the
right twice when the enemy is on the right side.
TECHNICAL LEVELS
Double Dragon has 7 levels of technical skill. Every game starts at level
1. At each additional level, you learn more fighting techniques.
Indicator: When you score reaches over 999, a (heart) mark will appear and
you will go up 1 level.
GAME STAGES
The action in Double Dragon takes place in 4 different stages, or scenes:
the City Slum, the Industrial Area, the Forest, and the Hideout of the
Boss.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Billy Lee: Height 5'10", weight 165 lbs. The hero of our story, he began
his Kung Fu training at age 12 and became a Kung Fu-Sosaiken Master at
20.
Jimmy Lee: Hight 5'10", weight 170 lbs. Billy's twin brother, he is
secretly the Shadow Boss, mysterious leader of the Black Warriors.
Lopar: Height 5'8", weight 175 lbs. Has a nasty right and left punch;
likes to throw oil drums.
Abobo: Height 6'3", weight 260 lbs. The Middle Boss; likes to throw bombs
and slap people around.
Williams: Height 5'8", weight 167 lbs. Has a strong jump kick; very handy
with a knife or a bat.
Linda: Height 5'4", weight 144 lbs. Watch out for her right or left
punch; she also wields a mean whip.
Chintai: Height 5'6", weight 152 lbs. A Karate Master.
Willy: Height 6', weight 205 lbs. The Big Boss. Armed with a machine
gun, and not afraid to use it.
YOUR WEAPONS
To pick up or throw a box, rock, oil drum, dynamite stick, or knife,
presss A button. To swing the bat or crack the whip, press the A button.
Box Knife
Rock Bat
Oil Drum Whip
Dynamite
The end.