130 MB
Three arcade brawlers, two players, one DRM-free installer — Billy and Jimmy Lee's whole 1987–1990 run for the price of a gas-station snack.
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Double Dragon Trilogy is a free action game released under Commercial · DRM-free purchase. It runs on Windows, needs about 130 MB of disk space, and requires no account, payment or trial. On a computer, the fastest route is the PlayBound Launcher. On a phone or tablet, use the official store or site instead.
Choose how to install
Install your purchased copy with the PlayBound Launcher.
Buy Double Dragon Trilogy on GOG (https://www.gog.com/en/game/double_dragon_trilogy). It is a paid, DRM-free game, so PlayBound cannot download it for you — but the purchase gives you an offline installer that never needs a store client running.
Windows
Download the offline installer from your GOG library (about 130 MB), run it and follow the prompts. GOG Galaxy is optional. Allow roughly 500 MB of free disk space, which is GOG's published requirement.
Windows
In PlayBound, open the game and choose Locate, then point it at the folder you installed to. PlayBound finds the game's executable there and adds it to your library so you can launch from PlayBound with a controller profile applied.
On first launch pick Arcade or Story mode, choose original 8-bit or remastered music, and open the controls menu to bind your keyboard or controller before the first fight. Plug a second controller in for local co-op.
Recommended first-time setup and configuration steps when launching Double Dragon Trilogy.
Start in Arcade mode on the original Double Dragon — it is the quickest way to learn the move set and the game's blunt difficulty.
Check the controls menu and map jump and attack to buttons you can hit together; the jump-kick and back-attack both depend on pressing two inputs at once.
Switch to Story mode if you want the games played in sequence rather than picking each one from the menu.
How to join and navigate multiplayer lobbies and servers in Double Dragon Trilogy.
Co-op is local: two players share one screen. Plug in a second controller (or share the keyboard) and pick two-player at the start of a game.
There is no PlayBound online hosting for this one. To play over the internet, use PlayBound's screen-sharing party on the Connect system so a friend can join the couch remotely.
Minimum
Windows Vista, 7 or 8 (GOG lists no newer Windows) · Pentium 4 2.4 GHz · 1 GB RAM · Intel HD Graphics · 500 MB free disk space. Windows only — no macOS or Linux build.
Recommended
Not published. GOG shows an empty recommended tier; a PC that runs the minimum comfortably will run this 2D compilation.
No. It is a paid game, priced at $5.99 on GOG at its regular price and discounted from time to time. It is DRM-free, so once you own it you can install it from the offline installer without a store client.
Double Dragon (1987), Double Dragon II: The Revenge (1988) and Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone (1990), in one package with Arcade and Story modes, three difficulty levels and a choice of original or remastered music.
GOG's offline installer is about 130 MB. GOG's published minimum asks for 500 MB of free disk space, so leave at least that much room.
GOG lists Windows Vista, 7 or 8, a Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, Intel HD Graphics and 500 MB of disk. No recommended tier is published, and there is no macOS or Linux version.
Yes. GOG lists full Xbox 360 controller support and remappable keyboard and controller controls, so other XInput pads generally work too.
Yes. Double Dragon Trilogy supports up to 2 players. You can play together on one PC with phones or extra gamepads as controllers. PlayBound Connect handles the setup: start a party with your friends, pick how you want to play, and everyone launches into the same game from the PlayBound launcher. It also supports co-op play and local split-screen or couch co-op.
No. It is DRM-free and plays offline once installed.