Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls
Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls — frequently asked questions
- Is Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls on Steam?
- No. Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
- What platforms is Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls on?
- Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls is available on Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari Jaguar, Super NES, Sega Genesis.
- When did Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls release?
- Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls was first released on July 10, 1994.
About Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls
Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls! Featuring 12 big lightning-fast characters! Four to six special moves for each fighter! Set your own strength, defense and more. Three different fighting modes. Secret moves and codes! Customizable controls. Unique final moves. Hot rock music tracks and 130+ sound effects!
Summary via IGDB.
Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls on Wikipedia
Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls is a fighting game developed by Leland Interactive Media and published by Tradewest for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis in 1994. A port for the Atari Jaguar developed by Telegames was released the following year. It is an American-produced sequel to the Double Dragon series by Technōs Japan, who had little to no credited involvement in the development of the game outside of licensing the IP to the publisher outside Japan.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).
Game details
- Platforms
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari Jaguar, Super NES, Sega Genesis
- Developer
- Telegames
- Publisher
- Tradewest Inc
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Themes
- Action
- Series
- Double Dragon
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Built by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atari Jaguar | 1995 | $54 | $95 | $180 | 5 reviews | Telegames |
Also released on: Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Super NES · Sega Genesis. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Atari Jaguar · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-07-24
- Region
- NA+EU
- Released
- 1995
- Authenticity
- Low
Not a beat 'em up — a fighting game that satisfied nobody, with the most unexpected credit on the platform.
Double Dragon V abandoned the series' brawler roots for a one-on-one fighter based on the 1993 animated series: a mediocre Street Fighter II follower wearing a beloved franchise's name. The Jaguar port's remarkable credit: it was built at Telegames by Ed Salvo — whose earlier work includes Wizard Video's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the Atari 2600, one of the most notorious cartridges ever released. The man behind the 2600's most infamous game also made a Jaguar cart, thirteen years later, on Atari's last console.
How it was made
Telegames developed the Atari Jaguar version, published by Tradewest, Jaguar. Credited: directed by Kevin Lydy; designed by Stan Gorman, Timothy Heydelaar; programmed by David Schwartz, Mike Waltman; art by Francisco Gracia, Franz Borowitz, Greg Miller; music by Robert Atesalp.
The Jaguar version was built at Telegames' CDG division by Ed Salvo — an Atari 2600 veteran whose credits include Apollo's Spacechase and Wizard Video Games' notorious The Texas Chainsaw Massacre — working with his wife Janet Salvo. It is a different team from the versions on other formats, which the standard databases do not distinguish.
What the press said at the time
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | #70, May 1995 | 6.875 / 10 |
| Mean Machines | #33, June 1995 | 19% |
| Next Generation | #6, June 1995 | 2/5 |
| Video Games (DE) | #43, June 1995 | 39% |
| VideoGames & Computer Entertainment | #77, June 1995 | 6 / 10 |
The contemporary press could not agree on this one: comparable scores run from 19% to 69% across 5 publications. Scores are printed in their original scales.
Cartridge & preservation record
Cartridge ROM capacity 16 megabit (2 MB), measured from the preserved cartridge image.
Cartridge data from the No-Intro preservation database (metadata only — names, sizes and checksums, no game data).
How the Atari Jaguar version differs
Three characters are missing: Blade, Trigger Happy and Icepick were cut, while Dominique was promoted into the default roster.
The controls are structurally different. Punches use the three main buttons and kicks are mapped to the 3, 6 and 9 keypad buttons — reviewers found this made special attacks almost impossible to execute, and it is the single biggest complaint about the port.
Graphics and audio are the Super NES version's, by then a year old; reviewers agreed the improved backgrounds were not enough to lift them past mediocre.
Developed at Telegames' CDG division by Ed Salvo — previously of Apollo's Spacechase and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre — with Janet Salvo and former VSS employee David Mahaffey.
Also on other platforms
Super NES · Sega Genesis
| Jaguar | Telegames |
How the other versions reviewed
| SNES | GR | 53% |
| SNES | EGM | 5.25 / 10 |
| Mega Drive / Genesis | GP | 65% |
| SNES | MG | 45% |
| SNES | NP | 12.4 / 20 |
| SNES | SP | 39% |
| Mega Drive / Genesis | VGS | 39% |
| SNES | VGCE | 7 / 10 |
| Mega Drive / Genesis | VGCE | 8 / 10 |
These are the other versions’ scores, not this one’s. Ports of this era were frequently built by different studios, so they do not transfer.
Before you buy
Common and cheap in NA/EU; the Japanese-channel release is scarce. Better story than game — which is a legitimate way to sell it.
Authenticity & condition — Atari Jaguar
Specific to the format this title shipped in
Buying a Jaguar cartridge
Cartridges are the durable half of this library — the risk is provenance, not decay. The platform has an active post-commercial scene, so the question is usually which era a cartridge is from rather than whether it still works.
- Ask for a photo of the label edge and the cartridge back. Reproductions are usually printed on adhesive photo stock and sit proud of the label recess.
- Donor shells are the common trick: sanding marks on the back, or adhesive ghosting where an older label was lifted, are the strongest signals.
- Cartridges are region-free on this platform, so a cheaper PAL copy plays on a North American console — a price difference is not evidence of a fake.
Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls screenshots
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