I used to play the arcade versions of the trilogy all of the time years ago. Wanting to experience this again, I purchased the Double Dragon Trilogy from GOG. I was really hoping for a great trip down memory lane, as Double dragon was the forefather of the two player fighting genre. However, I was sadly disappointed. Upon installing the game, I noticed a login screen . Evidently This trilogy runs through a third party called the Galaxy client. This is one thing I am not a fan of, as it reminds me of Steam. That being said, I updated the game after installing it and attempted to play. However, there was even more disappointment. The game did not launch at all. Instead, I received an error which said" An unknown exception has occurred" Evidently this game does not seem to want to work on Windows 7 Ultimate. I also attempted to use a specific version of Direct X intended for this game. This proved pointless as it seems Windows 7 Ultimate does not want to install the required version. I was able to install and run the game on my other pc, which has Windows 7 professional however. The graphics are amazing, I'll give it that much. This being said though, I noticed it was not exactly like the arcade versions. It seems as though some of the moves and controls were compromised or missing from this release. My advice...DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Use an emulator if you truly want to experience these games the way they were intended to be played. The Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (M.A.M.E.) would be the most authentic way to achieve this. M.A.M.E. will run on almost any operating system as well, unlike the Double Dragon Trilogy. Hopefully Dotemu and GOG can offer support to it's customers for this incident. I am still waiting to hear back from them, and I have a feeling I will be waiting a long time.
