Chin Seimei, a Chinese martial arts master, joins at the end of Mission 2, while Yagyu Ranzou, the head of a ninja clan, appears at the end of Mission 3. These extra fighters join the player's party once they've been defeated as enemy bosses. Instead, the player gains the ability to control two new fighters in addition to the Lee brothers as they progress through the game. The game discards the traditional lives system from the previous NES installments, as well as the item shops from the arcade version. During 2-player mode, when both players are controlling each Lee brother, they can perform a twin cyclone spin kick and a triangle jump. New moves in this version include a running jump kick (which can become a triangle jump kick when performed on a wall) and a midair somersault that allows the player to throw enemies by jumping on them. The rest of the combat system is a bit closer to the previous NES games, retaining the hair grab move that was removed in the arcade version (although the shoulder throw is gone, as well as the flying knee kick and hyper uppercut from the NES version of Double Dragon II: The Revenge). Like its arcade counterpart, the NES version of Double Dragon III reverts back to having punch and kick buttons as the standard control scheme and the ability to dash by pressing the d-pad left or right twice has been added. The final stage is set in Egypt, where the Lee brothers uncover the truth about Marion's disappearance and come face to face with the true leader of the enemy.ĭouble Dragon III can be played by one or two players simultaneously, with an 'A mode' where both players can't harm each other and a 'B mode' that allows friendly fire. After the initial battle in the United States, the Lee brothers embark on a worldwide journey to find the stones, which takes them to the China, Japan and Italy, where they face numerous formidable fighters in each country. A fortune teller named Hiruko informs the Lee brothers that Marion's kidnappers are searching for the three Sacred Stones of Power that had been scattered around the world and that the only way to rescue her is to procure them before the kidnappers do.
The only witness to her kidnapping, Brett, dies before he could divulge their leader's true identity. Although loosely based on the similarly titled arcade game Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone, it is not a port, but rather a parallel project that was developed at the same time.Ī year after the downfall of the Shadow Warriors, a new enemy threatens Billy and Jimmy Lee, as Marion is kidnapped by a mysterious organization. and published in North America and Europe by Acclaim Entertainment. It was the third Double Dragon game for the NES, developed by Technos Japan Corp.
ĭouble Dragon III: The Sacred Stones, released in Japan as Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone, is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. This game can be played also in a versions for Genesis and DOS. The following emulators are available for this game: NeptunJS (JavaScript), Nesbox (Flash), RetroGames (JS) and vNES (Java).
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