The music in the game is memorable, well-composed and varied and perfectly accompanies the adventure but the tunes aren't life-changing or revolutionary in the way some gaming music can be. Sound = 8 The sound effects in this game are quite effective and interesting (some moves feel almost supernaturally powerful aided in large part by the swooshing explosive sound effects combined with the exaggerated animations in game, such as a knee kick that knocks the foes across the screen as is accentuated with a suitable sound effect). There are also creatively-animated foes with a wide variety of moves to use against the heroes, and with the varied and interesting locales the mayhem is set against it all adds up to a very pleasing graphical presentation. The fighters are pretty large and detailed for a NES game, and there are graphical flourishes throughout the game such as large helicopters, well-animated splashes when you or an opponent crashes into water (instant death for anyone, of course, no swim lessons for these people apparently). Graphics = 8 The graphics in this game are quite good and stylistically-consistent. What remains is a pure, fist of fury violent adventure that despite some annoying jumping areas later on is pretty purely based on the challenge of facing a variety of foes in varied locations. Unlike the first game in the series, all martial arts maneuvers are unlocked at the beginning of the game, and unlike the third game there are no new playable characters to unlock or finite, overpowered weapons to take all the fun and challenge out of the boss fights. Yay for symantically reconciling my claims in my review! In order to avenge the death of their special ladyfriend, Billy and Jimmy Lee team up to beat up the shadow warriors, who are aptly-named since not only do they disappear when they get pummeled but their weapons do as well, at least when their immediate group of friends is beaten. Oh I take back my review title River City Ransom is sort of its own kind of thing, but I'll call that an action RPG.

Double Dragon II - The Revenge Review by: bsnowotter - 8.5/10 best coop beatemup on NES (as far as I know) Double Dragon 2 is the first Double Dragon game on the NES to feature cooperative play and is arguably the best.

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