With stunning visuals, solid gameplay, and a then-advanced soudntrack pushing the Genesis console to its full capabilities, Streets of Rage 2 is a must-play for anyone into the Beat 'Em Up genre. It is considered by many fans to be the greatest game in its respective series.

Bringing the roster of characters to 4 by introducing the strong-but-slow Max, and the fast-yet-weak kid Eddie/Sammy "Skate" Hunter (the younger brother of excluded original protagonist Adam Hunter) Streets of Rage 2 brings in plenty of strategy depending on which character(s) you select.

One year has passed since the events of Streets of Rage. Always ready to conquer the city once more, Mr. X kidnaps original protagonist Adam Hunter, and sets loose all of his punks on the streets, bringing the city once more into destructive turmoil. In response to Mr. X's return, the retired police officers Blaze Fielding and Axel Stone once more set forth into the streets of rage, this time with Adam's younger brother Skate, and Axel's wrestler friend Max, in hopes of permanently ending Mr. X's reign on the city and rescuing Adam.

The gameplay of Streets of Rage 2 is similar, yet more refined to the original game. The main protagonists walk to the right on a 2D-3D plane, stopping on occasion to beat through waves of punks and martial artists. In rare occurrences, certain everyday sights (trash cans, phone booths, tables, etc.) are on the playing field, and can be struck to obtain street weapons (knives, lead pipes, baseball bats, etc.) and healing items.

7 years after the battle, Mr. X returned and attacked the three heroes. Adam and Axel were kidnapped, but Blaze escaped. To save her comrades, she seeked help from three international heroes: Bruce, Arnie, and Kelly. Together they will fight against Mr. X.

You must apply this ips patch to "Streets of Rage 2 (USA)". It is recommended that you use Lunar IPS.

Version 1.55 fixed a glitch of v1.54.

There are two files in the package.
*SOR2IAHv155d is V1.55_D.
*SOR2IAHv155g is V1.55_G.

Earlier versions are no longer provided.

In this game, Bruce and Arnie are extremely powerful. Therefore, this hack is not for the gamers that are looking for challenges, but for gamers that want to kick some ass.

Special thanks to Huo Yan, for he provided the author instructions and allowed the author to use some of his work.

Some sprites were ripped by the following people (with modification):
*Fei Long - Lord Zymeth
*Kunoichi - Enscripture
*Blaze - Dimps

The hacked rom is tested under Gens and Kega Fusion.

For more information, including move list, please refer to the readme file.

No-Intro Name: Streets of Rage 2 (USA)
(No-Intro version 20130710-102701)
ROM/File SHA-1: 8B656EEC9692D88BBBB84787142AA732B44CE0BE

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