Double Dragon (Sprite & Colour Hack) – Atari 7800

post-9364-0-38129600-1442821894A few words from KevinMos3 on AtariAge Forums:

“Here is a sprite and colour hack of Double Dragon for the 7800. It’s not a major overhaul… no miracles were worked. I was looking at the sprites of the game and realized they actually look really good and are more faithful to the arcade than most of the 8-bit home console counterparts. The thing that always bothered me was the transparency. I know there’s only so much that can be done with 3 colours and to do this game justice, we really need at least 4 colour sprites, but here’s an alternate interpretation. I used the original sprites and started by filling in the gaps. I also added a bit of shading here and there and made some minor tweaks. Doing this meant having a blonde Billy was no longer viable, so his hair is now dark red-brown. There were a couple of other minor touches added, like glare on the windows in the first mission.

Let me know what you think and if anyone has better ideas for sprites, please share. Maybe with a little collaboration, we can make it look much better ;)

Update:
More colour changes to the levels, several more tweaks to character sprites and colours, (Characters now have open mouths when hit, some tweaks to sprite alignments and sizing, the bat is larger, the chains on the mountain bridge in Mission 3b look like the arcade, additional detail in background of mountain bridge screen, the final level has added shading to the walls, and the font has been replaced with the arcade font). ”
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