My younger brother got grounded too. He of course was guilty by knowing me because i needed an accomplice.
The day sticks out in my head: It probably wasn't even that late.... there is a good chance you are reading this at a later time than i fired up my NES to play this game with y brother. It was likely 10 or 11 PM, I have no idea. Perhaps this is something that you can only relate to if you were a child of the times when these games were released. Even though the game, the levels, the enemies, and ultimately the ending were completely stupid...it was something that needed to be conquered......
Double Dragon seems exceptionally dumb by today's standards, but back in 1988 it was the best thing ever and the sales of this game and the fame that it was able to accomplish are a testament to exactly that. We loved it , and so did literally everyone else.
I loved it to the point of defying my bedtime and then quietly firing the NES back up under what I thought was a quiet environment..... but i had to get my brother involved because 2 players were necessary to beat this game. As quiet as we tried to be, my mother had "eagle ears" and busted us.
the game of course, was completely full of S**t....unless you finally won it, which you would eventually thanks to the unlimited continues
It was a long time ago and yes, i know, these graphics seem completely terrible by today's standards.
However, you need to understand at the time Double Dragon was just incredible and it inspired a cartoon and even and awful movie.
All in all, i am really happy that the night my mom busted me and my brother playing Double Dragon happened because it is still in my mind today many years later. The game looks dumb today, but man oh man was it epic in the last 80's. We LOVED it and i have extremely fond memories of playing it.
I strongly encourage you to watch the film because that is an epic journey into awful that really can't be replicated.....or ...doubled. (see what i did there?)