Double Dragon for the Game Boy is an action-packed game that puts players in the shoes of two brothers on the run. The Lee brothers are framed for the murder of a man named Wright, and they must fight their way through hordes of Scorpions gang members to clear their name.
The gameplay is a side-scrolling beat-em up experience, with players controlling either Billy or Jimmy Lee as they navigate through three stages set in the streets, subway station, and a multi-storied building. The game features unique mechanics such as kicking and punching as the only available attacks, which can be combined to perform crouching and jumping uppercuts.