Double Dragon Arcade Review

Double Dragon: The predecessor to all of the arcade fighting smash hits such as Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Virtua Fighter and about a dozen others.

How come Double Dragon is never talked about in the same breadth as those games?

One can't help but wonder would all of those 90s arcade fighters have come out if it wasn't for Double Dragon? Prior to everybody lining up and waiting to put quarters into Street Fighter II, Double Dragon was the game everybody waited in line for,

While the game may not hold up as well as once did, Double Dragon was the first real brawler that became an arcade hit. The story was based around a guy (or 2 guys, if you were playing co-op) who has to get his girlfriend back. He goes through al these levels and has to beat up a gang of hoodlums who have taken her hostage.

Every level has enough depth to keep you coming back for more. The difficulty progresses just perfectly as to help the gamer get used to the controls.

The control system of Double Dragon was quite unique for its time. First of all the game had 3 buttons. It seemed like almost every arcade had at most two buttons. Hitting the buttons in a different combination would make the character pull of a new move. Obviously these are things that are commonplace in games now, but at that time, they were considered groundbreaking.

Hopefully gamers could take another look back and give this game the credit it truly deserves.

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Brian Kopp's Alliance Guide

As you know, leveling process in world of warcraft is very hard and if you are leveling your first character it is extremely hard. That's why many gamers use different leveling guides which help them to get to level 70 as fast as possible by questing. So let's talk more about one of these guides called Brian Kopp's Alliance Guide which is as far as I know the best guide for alliance players available on the internet.

The guide is written by a professional wow player who has been playing wow since the beginning. He has created his own unique leveling strategies and techniques that are successfully used by many players. The guide contains step-by-step instructions which will help you to get to level 70 in less than two weeks. This guide has many features but as for me, the most useful feature is its interactive map coordinates (mapmod). After installing it you can forget about pressing ALT+TAB each time you need to find your next coordinate. You will find it on your game map. This feature is extremely helpful as it saves your time and allows you to concentrate on your leveling process.

So if you play as alliance and you are really serious about getting to level 70 as fast as possible by questing, then Brian Kopp's Alliance Guide is what you need. But if you are just searching for free newbie leveling tips, keep on searching because this guide is for players who don't want to waste their time.

Brian Kopp's Alliance Guide

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Add Excitement to Your Game With Starcraft Map Downloads

When you look online for Starcraft map downloads, you will find that there are three types of maps. There are scenarios and campaigns and maps for multiplayers. The multiplayer map is the basic one and is good to download when you and a friend want to play together. This is just an inert map with some starting positions. All of the positions are carefully arranged so that you can play a balanced game. The unit stats and behavior are not modified in any way from the original map. The standard rules of the StarCraft game apply to playing with multiplayer maps and you can choose to play against yourself or another player.

For a single player, you can download a Melee map in which you play against a number of computer based opponents. There is a variation of these maps called free For All, in which you and all your computer opponents fight against each other.

Scenarios are different Starcraft maps that you can download. These maps have predefines locations, triggers, and dialogue. They also have different rules of play and different missions from the standard maps. The plot is usually linear with some skirmishes or a series of objectives that you have to achieve while dealing with several players. Most scenarios try to tell a story and stringing a series of scenarios together helps you create a Campaign. In order to run a scenario, you have to use the icon for Use Map Settings on the game in order to enable the special units and triggers. All the Use Map Settings are part of the hardware of the game and you have to watch for them as you progress through the game play. These are usually single player maps.

You can download thousands of Starcraft maps, some of which are maps created by Blizzard Entertainment and others are ones that players have created on their own. You simply browse through the list of maps and read about it to choose one that you want to download to your computer. If you are just beginning the game, there are started maps to help you get used to playing different scenarios and characters. Some examples of these maps are:

- Enslavers: The Rescue. This map is a single player version for the veteran player. The story of this map occurs just after the fall of the Confederacy and Alan Schezar, the infamous pirate, hires Ghosts to enslave a Zerg. In this episode Protoss and Dominion forces join together to put an end to his scheme. You do need Broodwar to play this map and both levels must be placed in the Starcraft campaign folder in your directory. There are two more episodes of this map that you can download to make a campaign.

- Precursor Campaign. In this map, you journey to the farthest part of the galaxy to take command of a group of Confederate marines. This game is for both the novice and the veteran as you become involved in a series of events that will challenge your leadership and your ability to lead your troops to victory.

To download a map that you would like to play, all you have to do is click the download button on the screen.

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How To Remove A Stuck Game From Xbox 360

Halo 3 is stuck inside your Xbox 360 and you want to get it out. There is a way to manually remove it. First you will want to unplug the power for a few minutes to let your Xbox reset. Re-attach the power cord and see if you can now eject your DVD.

If that did not work turn the power off and unplug it. Remove the faceplate on you Xbox console. You will need a thick paper clip or something similar. Straighten one end of it out. With the faceplate removed you will see 2 small holes right underneath the DVD player and one hole to the right.

Since Microsoft decided to use 3 different DVD drives the procedure will vary. If you have a Samsung or Toshiba drive use the small hole on the right. Should be right underneath the X on the DVD drive faceplate. Push your straightened paper clip in the hole until you feel it hit the gear. The gear needs to be spun from left to right. Poke around until you find it then push in gently until you feel it move. You will see the tray start to move out.

For Hitatchi DVD drives go for the first hole on the left. Beng DVD drives will use the middle hole. This requires the most pressure to get the gear to turn. You will see the tray start to move take your time and do not push too hard in case you are missing the correct spot. Once the tray starts to eject you can pull on it slightly to help it open. You should now be able to remove your Game.

So why did your game get stuck in the first place? There are a number of reasons for this. If you are having loading problems you may have a broken gear. There are a number of other plastic parts inside the DVD drive that can break. You are probably better off replacing the entire drive. Replacements are a lot cheaper the replacing your entire console.

Once you have your console opened up removing and replacing the drive is fairly easy. If the above procedure did not get your disk removed you can remove the DVD cover and get your disk out.

Repairing your game console is really not that hard is you take your time and follow a few guidelines. You should also get a hold of a good repair guide or manual.

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