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favoured the ninja, Kazan. I would<br />
alternate between Hack, a character<br />
from Rival Turf, and Wendy, who<br />
had a speed advantage. The game<br />
featured puzzle elements, though<br />
these were a bit annoying at times.<br />
The sewer stage is a maze, and<br />
going through the wrong door can<br />
take you right back to the beginning<br />
of the level. While we enjoyed this<br />
a lot more than its predecessor,<br />
we never did end up playing the final<br />
game in the series, The Peace<br />
Keepers.<br />
Having grown up with Double Dragon<br />
1 and 2 on the Amstrad CPC,<br />
James and I were excited to continue<br />
the story with Super Double<br />
Dragon 4. I had previously played<br />
the third game in the series on the<br />
Amiga, and was far from impressed.<br />
Double Dragon 3 felt like a cash in<br />
on the popular franchise, and the<br />
media were scathing of both the arcade<br />
and home ports of the game.<br />
Redemption was to be found in Super<br />
Double Dragon 4. The graphics<br />
were your average Super Nintendo<br />
fare, though there were nice visual<br />
affects used. The soundtrack was<br />
a high point, with remixes of the<br />
original Double Dragon theme song<br />
being used. The controls were spot<br />
on, and the only problem I could find<br />
with the game was the slow down<br />
when there were too many enemies<br />
on the screen.<br />
James had earlier purchased a<br />
Nintendo Entertainment System at<br />
a garage sale. It had come with a<br />
variety of games, one of which was<br />
called Ufouria. I was already become<br />
a fan of Wonderboy 3: The Dragon’s<br />
Trap a few years earlier when<br />
Clinton had rented a Sega Master<br />
System with the game. Ufouria, like