The dying days of the world’s most expensive platform
QUByte Interactive has presented the fighting game community withthe most unpredictable of announcements. It appears that the highly obscure tag-fighting titleRage of the Dragons— previously only available on the Neo Geo platform — will be getting a revamped re-release at some point next year on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
Released in both arcades and the premium Neo Geo platform in 2002,Rage of the Dragonsis one of the last games created for home Neo Geo hardware and was a co-development of studios Brezzasoft, Noise Factory, and Evoga. Originally conceived as a sequel to SNK’sDouble Dragonfighter of 1995, the intellectual rights toDouble Dragoncould not be acquired. Thus, while suspiciously familiar characters such as Billy, Jimmy, and Abobo appear, I assure you they areabsolutely NOTthe Billy, Jimmy, and Abobo fromDouble Dragon. Honest. Yes, Jimmy’s girlfriend is “Maria.” So What?
Players pick a team of two characters from a pretty large roster of 14 individual fighters. Battling on a 2D plane,Rage of the Dragonsplays out like most Neo Geo fighters of the SNK Playmore era, but does feature some neat pixel art and a hard-rocking soundtrack. QUByte did not offer any details in the way of added features, but its upcoming rereleaseBreakers Collectionwill include a training mode and online play with rollback netcode — so hopefullyRage of the Dragonswill be afforded the same cool additions. We’ll be sure to give y’all a heads-up when more info is forthcoming.
