Games: Double Dragon Trilogy Is BACK!!!

See that iPhone behind the title?
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I think this one definitely deserves one post of its own. The Double Dragon Trilogy!!!! Our wasted youth is back!

All those street rage, fist-fights, whip-slashing and bat-whacking, together with that classic MIDI music, Double-Dragon is truly the God-father of all combat games such as Street of Rage and Street Fighters.

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Then again, it was really hard to play as far as I remember, it was 2D but it was frustrating to play near the end of the story, only once had I got to the final boss of Double Dragon 1 on the Nintendo.

That's why I have always liked the arcade version better, when two people can play as Billy Lee and Jimmy Lee and start beating up gangsters at the same time on the same screen! Well, those teamed-up moments are coming back! Very soon, we will be able to play this game on iOS and Android phones and we can play the game together with your best fighting buddy!

Rumour has it that this game will be out this year, which means very soon! If you are kind of my age, you will surely be keeping an eye on it! Am I right or what?

Vocabulary:
wasted -- (adj) wasted time, money, etc. is time, money, etc. that is not used effectively because it does not produce the result you wanted:
rage -- (n)[C or U] (a period of) extreme or violent anger:
whip -- (n)[C] a piece of leather or rope that is fastened to a stick, used for hitting animals or people:

Remember that whip in Iron Man 2?
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slash -- (vb) [I or T] to cut with a sharp blade using a quick, strong movement:
bat -- (n)[C] a specially shaped piece of wood used for hitting the ball in many games:

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whack -- (vb) [T] to hit someone or something noisily:


Resources:

DOUBLE DRAGON TRILOGY - IOS / ANDROID TRAILER (official) @ YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVjIpn-iAjw

Double Dragon Trilogy returns on smartphones, along with your wasted youth @ engadget
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/30/double-dragon-trilogy-android-ios/?ncid=rss_truncated

Angry Video Game Nerd Double Dragon Memories @ YouTube
http://youtu.be/zxTLi37jFIE

Android and iOS to get Double Dragon trilogy this year @ The Inquirer
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2303819/android-and-ios-to-get-double-dragon-trilogy-this-year

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/wasted_1?q=wasted
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/rage_1?q=rage
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/whip_1?q=whip
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/slash_1?q=slashing
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/bat_1?q=bat
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/whack_1?q=whack