One of the great joys of using the Scorpion Engine so far has been the ability to quickly create a working disk image (ADF) that I can copy to floppy disk (using a Gotek) and load up on my Amiga 500. For those not so technically minded on the hardware side (like me) this is just fantastic.

Double Dragon looking glorious on skyzoo73’s Amiga 500

In fact when it comes to physcial media I am very romantic in that I love everything about the whole ritual of looking at the box artwork, putting the disk in the drive and the sound of the floppy drive booting up. Then there is the anticipation of waiting for the music and Title Screen, and sometimes we were even treated to some insanely good demo music. Every element feeds into creating a much greater experience.

You cannot get this feeling from a digital file being loaded into WinUAE, so what I’m saying is I like to take the time to appreciate the craftmanship from the artists involved.

This is also why I insist on my physical disks displaying the original artwork. I hope my version of Double Dragon will join these very soon.

And on a final point about being romantic, I know there have been discussions on EAB regarding making the game for higher spec Amigas, but this is not what the project is about.

The main reason I started this project was as a tribute to my late father who bought me and my brothers the Amiga 500 (that still sits next to me everyday). So I have very fond memories waking up that Christmas morning, opening the wrapping paper on the Batman pack and then spending all day playing Xenon 2, Super Hang-on, Altered Beast and many others. Easily the best Christmas ever!

So the game is being made for this legendary machine.