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Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
  NESBeat_em_upUC  
  opened by smbhax at 09:46:58 01/15/26  
  last modified by smbhax at 20:04:23 01/18/26  
  smbhax [sys=NES; cat=Beat_em_up; reg=UC]
           
Characters move on 30 fps update rate but the game uses a lot of 60 fps flicker FX to simulate transparency etc.
 
  smbhax 21:00:44 01/15/26
           

 
In Mesen, with the Infinite Respawns cheat from gamehacking.org!
 
0:33 - playthrough
6:40 - biker boss
12:21 - Chin Seimei
20:22 - Yagyu Ranzou
32:21 - gladiator boss
34:01 - Egypt platforms
44:26 - mummies
47:25 - Princess Noiram
58:15 - wrap!
 
The Infinite Respawns cheat is
SZOAVKOO
ESKYPYEY
AEKOZTTP
SZVNPNGK
GSSOAVZS
SZKEIVOO
Not perfect 'cause eventually you end up respawning with no health so you just die in one hit but hey it's better than that character being permanently dead. 'p'
 
Each character has I think less moves than in DD I or II and there aren't any big-body non-boss characters and the other two characters you get on your team don't feel quite as good as Billy/Jimmy and their punch feels pretty outclassed so it's kinda just kick/jump-kick a lot and the last two stages--Italy and Egypt--feel out of place (Do you like games about gladiators, Billy? How about mummies?) and the music isn't iconic like DD1 of course but at least there's only like one platforming section with one animated platform. 'p'
 
  smbhax 21:12:46 01/15/26
           
Cheats page: https://gamehacking.org/game/29413?game=29413
 
  smbhax 20:04:23 01/18/26
           
(The arcade "Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone" was made by East Technology Corp., a separate Japanese developer (based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, apparently https://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/East_Technology), and shares some of the plot of the NES game, particularly toward the end, but plays a lot differently.)
    
 
references:
· Double Dragon (NES)
· Double Dragon II (GB)
· Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES)
· Double Dragon IV (PC)
· Kunio-kun: The World Classics Collection (PS4)
· Return of Double Dragon (SNES)

 
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