This week just gets better and better as another game has hit our news feeds and it's none other than Double Dragon for the Amiga, but as an AGA edition. First released way back in the 80's by Taito Corporation, Double Dragon in the Arcades was a fantastic beat 'em up game that featured high grade fighting two player fun on many different systems such as the Amstrad, Amiga and C64. But now thanks to JOTD, he is working on bringing the Amiga version more in line with the Arcade. In fact one person even said "I honestly thought that the original was the worst home conversion that could possibly exist."
The long-standing quest to bring a definitive, arcade-quality version of Double Dragon to the Amiga could be reaching its full potential. Legendary porter JOTD (Jean-François Fabre) has provided a significant update on the project, which is being developed specifically for AGA-equipped Amigas (such as the A1200 and A4000). After what JOTD described as "brutal debugging sessions," the developer has successfully stabilized the core of the game, with scrolling still to fix and a completable game. While the original 1980s Amiga port was often criticized for poor graphics and lackluster performance, this new AGA edition aims to leverage the advanced chipset to deliver a much more faithful recreation of the arcade original.
- This project follows JOTD’s successful track record of high-quality Amiga conversions, including recent releases like Dig Dug 2 (January 2026) and Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja. His ports are known for being "transcodes" that often use original arcade code (z80 to 68k assembly) to ensure maximum accuracy.
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Now, a port to Amiga 500 OCS/ECS would be nice. Id like to see a better version than original game we had. And it could use 1 MB for more Arcade accuracy.
ReplyDeleteWell, some one was working on a proper OCS Amiga version a few years ago, using the Scorpion engine. The person never got further than making a "proof of concept" demo os the first level, but it really looks very good. It. actually compares very favourably with this AGA version and it's a pity it wasn't finished. Here's a link:
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How does the conversion work? Do you take the original ROM and “transcode” the code to make it compatible with the Amiga? I’d like to understand more about this kind of conversion
ReplyDeleteLook up Reassembler on youtube, He did an outrun arcade to Amiga conversion and is currently working on Sonic Megadrive to Amiga conversion.
DeleteYes, it's is roughly the same process, except that Reassembler uses 68000 code, and here code must be converted from 6809 to 68000 first, which is no picnic.
DeleteI had the original Amiga port way back in the day, and it was pretty bad even then. A shame because the Amiga could surely have done much better.
ReplyDeleteI can’t decide whether the old Amiga port is more bad or hilarious. It’s so typical 80’s. A lot of the beat em up games had terrible controls which was always my main issue. The PC version I had on a 5 1/4 floppy disk looked far worse. Who would have known that decades later arcade perfect ports would be released not by the companies but by fans who care.
ReplyDeleteAmiga users, you've hit the jackpot with JOTD =)
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