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On the database it has a vote for every score 1 to 10, I wonder if it's the only game that has that?

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4 ... negade_III



Not sure I'd want to take a trip into the mind of someone that rates it above a 6 though!

Daveysloan wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:20 am Not sure I'd want to take a trip into the mind of someone that rates it above a 6 though!

I'm pretty sure I've said it before, but for me it's one of these games which get dumped on so much mainly because of the brilliance of the prequels (and total change of vibe/scene).

If it came out as an off-brand, standalone title, I think 6-7s would be perfectly reasonable score.

Yeah, you may have a point, Renegade/Target Renegade set the bar so high, that amazing artwork in the ads, then to cap it all that utterly shameless Crash review set expectations to a colossal level.

Had it have been a budget game with nothing to do with the series, called "Time Punk" then we'd probably be more forgiving.

Daveysloan wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:48 am Had it have been a budget game with nothing to do with the series, called "Time Punk" then we'd probably be more forgiving.

Yep great points. It could even have gone as far as 'hidden gem' with quirky speccy humour.

So having said that, I'm wondering if I should up my vote from a 6 to 7...

It feels like a players 1.99 special, as if subway vigilante was its prequel. Still a 2-3 out of 10.

I think I'd have been kinder on the ZX Spectrum version of Double Dragon had I have never played the original coin-op nor any other version!

Renegade III though... yeah, I see the point, and it could be a budget game or a reader game on a covertape for me to say it's almost adequate.

Without the Renegade title and without the ridiculous time limit, it'd be a solid 6/10 budget game. With both of those and at full price, it fully deserved to be slated.

Someone gave it a 10!!!

Given that I voted it a 6, I've given Ralf's colour MOD a 7.

Some people just really enjoy punching dinosaurs. Each to his own.

In my opinion, the main problem is the lack of playbility. The response to controls is slow. It's a 6, for me...

Those rating it >5, how do you rate Double Dragon?

Van_Dammesque wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:52 pm Those rating it >5, how do you rate Double Dragon?

I've never entirely understood the hate DD on the Speccy gets. Me and my sister loved it as kids, as one of the few co-op games we had. The multiload was a bit punishing on 48K but it was still fun.

I can understand that the graphics have a different style than the arcade, slightly more cartoonist. And there were obviously a lot of compromises to get everything to fit in memory (like everyone having the same leg animations) but it's not actually a bad game.

Renegade 3 is much worse although, as I said above, if you took out the insanely tight time limits (that require you to basically run through the level ignoring the fighting) it might be a bit more enjoyable.