![]() ![]() Scantily clad whip women, overweight fire-breathing guys, lift stages, conveyer belt stages, ninjas, a wrestler boss, a playable wrestle character, the works. It keeps you on your toes, that’s for sure.Īs for scrolling beat ‘em up clichés? It has pretty much all of them. Great level design also sees you fight through Arcades, baseball stadiums, funfair ghost houses, fake pirate ships and many more. ![]() You can pick up extra lives and health restoring items, as well as weapons, like knifes and pipes, all of which can be tossed as enemies, which is always satisfying. The combat is varied enough that you never feel bored, plus its buttery smooth and full of impact. You can also do a back strike as well, if you see a foe creeping up behind you, and jump off enemies and allies alike to propel yourself at on-coming foes. You can also walk into enemies to grapple them and do a grapple combo or throw them across the screen (or snap their neck and/or atomic drop them as Max…), you can jumping strike and double tap forward and punch to do a non-health-draining special attack. Scroll to the right, or down the screen in some cases (*GASP!*) and one button does a combo, one button jumps, and one does a special attack that drains some health, with a single button press doing a move that damages foes around you and pressing the button with a direction doing another move that attacks in the direction you press. It’s the weird alien level with the spinning-head mid-boss! Memorable, for one reason or another… It has rightfully been praised as possibly THE standout of its genre, and frankly deserves its place as one of the all-time great Mega Drive games. It was ported to the Game Gear in July 93, and has appeared in 1001 compilations, both physical and digital, over the years. Streets of Rage 2 (or II as its stylised on the PAL boxart) was released in December 1992 in the US, and January 1993 in Japan and Europe. Want to hear me gushing about the game more? Read on!Īxel jumps for joy at the sight of a pool table while Max takes care of the grunts. If I were to make a “Top X favourite games of all time” list, this would easily be in the top 5, if not near the very top (I have no idea what would be at the top, that would require a lot of thought…) The gameplay, the graphics, the music, the look… everything about this game was amazing to me back when it came out, and it’s still every bit as good in 2020. I used to rent the Genesis (early model with headphones) from my local video store just so I could play the SOR2 sound test, if that tells you anything about some fan's dedication to the title's music. WOOOOOHOOOO! bring on the streets of rage 3 Comment by Jaleel Beck Pre-ordered the 2xLP" with Black Smoke! Comment by Whalebone Fields Inner City - Good Life : ) Comment by refuge Love love love love love Comment by DAWPERS One of the best games and soundtrack ever made ! Comment by ホノルル B L U E HELL YEAH!! BEST PUNCH GAME EVER Comment by sel.les "Detroit Metal Streets Of Death" Comment by Evillincoln!? I did a remix of this song featuring Death Grips. Yuzo Koshiro is the master ! Comment by Jonathan Protivaīetween this, StH games and PS2 Shinobi, stage one always has the best music! Comment by Aidan Patrick Still better than most house music released today! Comment by OA Comment by Alexander Fergusonīestes game auf der sega mega drive! Comment by MadsonFreitas It's amazing how well this holds up! Comment by Hector McFlyĭammmnnnnnnnnnnnnn,so hype for finding u guys Comment by Reza Majidi Such a vibin' part of the arrangement Comment by Alex Tirrell The people in the 90s are lucky to have this good music Comment by saeed hoseyni And even listening to it as a stand alone track, you get fired up. The perfect track to start a side scrolling beat-em-up, it gets you pumped up and ready to roll. ğully remastered in collaboration with and approved by composer Yuzo KoshiroĪvailable to pre-order from 27th February at Genre videogame #soundtrack #sega Comment by BeastbeboĪMAZING ASS PART Comment by Philipbrocklehurst01 Ē x lithographic prints featuring archival artwork Includes four bonus tracks of demos, alternate versions and unused compositions The audio has been carefully remastered using multiple sources, including the original NEC PC-88 files supplied by Koshiro himself, and packaged in original artwork sourced from the SEGA archives in Japan. Data Discs is extremely proud to be releasing this masterpiece of FM synthesis, composed by Yuzo Koshiro in 1992 and sounding more relevant today than ever. Widely recognised as one of the greatest and most influential game soundtracks of all time, STREETS OF RAGE 2 remains a towering achievement of the 16bit era. ![]()
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