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It’s all '80s, all the time.

Double Dragon is one of those games that everyone has played, or at least heard of. From its humble beginning as an arcade brawler, the franchise has gone on to make an appearance in some form in almost every console generation. The original title was ported to nearly every available system at the time, including the Atari 2600 in 1988. (And you thought this console generation was long!) Brothers Jimmy and Billy have been in one on one fighting games, have teamed up with the Battletoads on the SNES, and had the Double Dragon world predominantly featured in a completely over the top fan tribute to the NES called Abobo’s Big Adventure. Needless to say, Majesco and WayForward have some pretty big shoes to fill.

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This edition marks the 66th platform for this classic title.

Yesterday there was speculation that Dragon’s Lair may be coming to Xbox Live Arcade, today it was made official. According to Microsoft’s Play XBLA, Dragon’s Lair is the first arcade title to offer players both classic and Kinect controls. Little else has been released about the title at this time, but for those of you keeping track, this edition marks the sixty-sixth platform that title has appeared on. It first debuted in arcades in 1983.

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The Kinect-enabled rail shooter comes from the creator of Panzer Dragoon.

Last year, Yukio Futasugi, the creator of Panzer Dragoon, announced that he was developing a "spirtual successor" to the Sega Saturn series for the Xbox 360. Called Project Draco, it was revealed to be a Kinect game, and a new update from Famitsu (courtesy of G4TV) has revealed an official title for the game, as well as a release window.

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