The red car is an iconic vehicle introduced in the arcade version of Double Dragon that can be seen at the start of the game after the Lee brothers emerge from their garage to pursue the Black Warriors.
Double Dragon[]
The car, which appears to be based on a Firebird Trans Am, is actually the same vehicle driven by the protagonist in the 1985 LaserDisc-based arcade game Road Blaster by Data East (also known as Road Avenger and Road Prosecutor in some versions, presumably to avoid confusion with the similarly titled Atari arcade game RoadBlasters). Road Blaster was an earlier game developed by Double Dragon designer Yoshihisa Kishimoto before he was employed by Technōs Japan.
The car is seen again in the ending of the mobile version of Double Dragon, driven by the Lee brothers and Marian as the credits roll.
The vehicle also prominently appears in the introductory cutscenes of Double Dragon IV.
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Double Dragon II: The Revenge[]
The red car was replaced by a futuristic-looking helicopter in the arcade version of Double Dragon II: The Revenge (and ports of it). The whole layout of this game was just a heavily modified revamp of the first Double Dragon, which is why the helicopter simply is the same reused red car background asset with just a new design "painted" over it.
The helicopter is actually the same one the player takes control of in Cobra Command (1984), another Data East LaserDisc arcade game Mr. Kishimoto worked on prior to his employment at Technōs Japan.
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See also[]
- Double Dragon Cruiser - The Lee brothers' car in the Double Dragon animated series.
- Dragon Wagon - The Lee brothers' car in the Double Dragon live-action film.