Created in 1991 for the Sega Genesis, Streets of Rage was one of the first games to be a "foundation" of later fighter and beat 'em up besides Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. The game was designed and "constructed" during the early 90's and revolves around three former police officers turned vigilantes that fight to take down a crime syndicate that has taken over the city they reside in. The animation/graphic of the game are pure "old school for they are 8-bit graphic animations rather than the 3-d animations seen today. The game was developed by longtime award winning company: Sega, but mainly designed by a small group of developers known only as: "Team Streets of Rage" that developed the game, while it was published under the name of Sega. The gameplay structure of Streets of Rage is very straight forward known as a "beat em up" classic and is a side scroller, similar to Super Mario and like many game it's structure has the usual material: difficulty system, character selection and control change. Sadly though, like many games it also has cheats included in it to assist those that are too lazy to play through the entire game, which consists of only 8 stages! In my personal opinion and knowledge of the game, it is one of the first games I played and is considered one of my most favourite games I have, it has good graphics, 2 player co-op/ versus capability and a good storyline. I have beaten it too many times to count, i have beaten it on all difficulties including the secret ones, and have competed with the top 10 people in the world for the record "speedrun" of the game, and as per tradition of first playing it at my uncles I play it every Friday and do a marathon of all 3 games, and always conquer them all. Streets of Rage also comprises one of the best video game soundtracks ever! Yuzo Koshiro the famous composer and creator of the SOR series music, is one of the most respected video game musicians ever, because of his genius works of art in the Streets of Rage series. The 3 given difficulty settings: Easy, Normal, Hard make it a fun time for those that all new to beat em up/ side scrolling games, while Hard (and the Maniac difficulty) make it a for sure challenge to those that are accustomed to fighting games.
Cheats for the Original Sega Version:
http://www.gamewinners.com/GEN/StreetsOfRage.htm
Game Site/ Info:
http://www.sega.com/games/streets-of-rage/
Reviews for SOR:
"Streets of Rage is THE beat 'em up for Megadrive owners to buy. The action is great, especially with two players on-screen at once! For once, the players act as a team, using each other to produce moves not available in one-player mode. The graphics are great. The sprites are excellent, and at times the screen is chock-a-block with thugs ready to send you to your doom! The backdrops are similarly detailed, although the scenery on each level could've done with being a bit more varied. My one substantial gripe is the fact that the game doesn't present much of a challenge on EASY mode. Gary and I completed the game in two-player without using one continue! However, put the difficulty level on HARD and the action is made all the more enjoyable and challenging. Beat 'em up fans should check this out as soon as it hits the streets"
- http://www.meanmachinesmag.co.uk/review/179/streets-of-rage.php
So in my opinion and from videos and a review fans of any type of old beat em up games, should absolutely try and find SOR or purchase it for the PS3 or XBOX 360 and experience the sensation that was the basis of all fighting games to come!
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