This is the third game in the series although there is little if any resemblence to the previous two titles. Players can choose to play Billy, Jimmy or Sonny who journey and fight throughout America, China, Japan, Italy and Egypt in search of the three Rosetta Stones. There are shops on each level that allow the player to purchase power-ups for depositing additional credits.
Double Dragon 3 The Rosetta Stone was produced by Technos in 1990.
Technos released 28 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1982. Technos was based in United States.
Other machines made by Technos during the time period Double Dragon 3 The Rosetta Stone was produced include: Block Out, WWF Super Stars, U.S Championship V'Ball, Championship V'Ball, Double Dragon II The Revenge, Combatribes The, Nintendo World Cup, WWF WrestleFest, Shadow Force, and Double Dragon NeoGeo
Name | Double Dragon 3 The Rosetta Stone |
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Developer | Technos (United States) |
Year | 1990 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 7622 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Scrolling Fighter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | JAMMA |
Dipswitch Settings |
Double Dragon 3 The Rosetta Stone Dipswitch Settings (user contributed) |
# Simultaneous Players | 3 |
# Maximum Players | 3 |
Game Play | Joint |
Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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The specialty moves that can be purchased are as follows:
Other moves are:
The bosses are as follows:
Extra Guys: If you buy an Extra Guy at the beginning of each stage, they will replace your defeault fighter the Lee brothers: Billy, Jimmy or Sonny after he dies. Keep in mind that the backup fighter cannot learn new tricks or nor use weapons.Urquidez Brothers 1P: Roney, 2P: Sunny, 3P: Jonny are very strong and tall, but are a bit hard to control due to their huge size. They can be hired during Missions 1 America and 5 EgyptChin Brothers1P: Seimei, 2P: Taimei, 3P: Sinmei can easily deplete an enemy's energy with their fists, but they are very slow. They can be hired in China Mission 2.Ooyama Brothers 1P: Masao, 2P: Kunio, 3P: Akira are very fast, but they are also small and fragile. They can be hired in Japan Mission 3.
Weapons:
Overall Like |
4.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 4.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 3.00 |
Collector Desire | 4.00 |
Gameplay | 3.00 |
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Graphics | 3.00 |
Originality | 3.00 |
Sound/Music | 3.00 |
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The first two Double Dragon games were made by Technos, but this game was made an outside team. However, Technos did create the FamicomNES version of this same game.
The game was relased only as a conversion kit.
The boardset can be configured to be installed in either two or threeplayer cabinets.
The Japanese version of the game allows you to choose your starting character Lee, Chin, Ooyama and Urquidez.
There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).
Common - There are 47 known instances of this machine owned by Double Dragon 3 The Rosetta Stone collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 45 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with a Double Dragon 3 The Rosetta Stone circuit boards for sale.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Double Dragon 3 The Rosetta Stone. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Double Dragon 3 The Rosetta Stone circuit board set.
This game ranks a 13 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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