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.

Streets of Rage 2 - The New Challengers
(Readme File)
Hack Author: Dha Lau Hoo

This hack features the new challengers from "Super Street Fighter II - the New Challengers" as playable characters. They are T. Hawk, Fei Long, Cammy, and Dee Jay. Almost all their moves in SSF2 are implemented in this hack.

*v1.10 and later versions have fixed a glitch, although the author did not know whether the glitch was going to cause any problem in the gameplay at all.
*v1.21 and later versions have changed the command of DJ's double kick from F F B(hold) to F F A.
*v1.24 and later versions allow Fei Long to parry.
*v1.25 have adjusted the graphics of Fei Long.
*v1.26 have added a new title screen.

Movelist (Important!)

T. Hawk - Powerful grapple attacks
*Storm Hammer: Grab an enemy, press C, and then press B quickly.
*Elbow Smasher: Grab an enemy in the front and press B
*Rising Hawk: Forward, forward, B
*Double Kick: Press BC at the same time, or hold B for 1 second and release
*Diving Hawk: Forward A
*Defensive Special: A

Fei Long - The most balanced character (He is not Bruce Lee.)
*Raging Air Kick: Jump and press down + B
*Blazing Fist: Forward, forward, B
*Kung fu Parry: Press BC at the same time, then hold either B or C
*Lightning Kick: Down A
*Flame Kick: Forward A
*Defensive Special: A
*Fei Long does not have a charge attack. Holding B does not have any effect.
*Flame Kick has higher priority than Lightning Kick.

Cammy - Fast and agile
*Spiral Arrow: Forward, forward, B
*Psycho Fist: Press BC at the same time, or hold B for 1 second and release
*Cannon Spike: Forward A
*Defensive Special: A

Dee Jay - The best projectile
*Dread Kick (single): Forward, forward, B
*Dread Kick (double): Forward, forward, A
*Max Out: Press BC at the same time, or hold B for 1 second and release
*Hyper Fist: Forward A
*Defensive Special: A

The sprites were provided by the following artists, and modified by the author to be used in this hack.
*T. Hawk, Fei Long, Cammy, and Dee Jay by Lord Zymeth
*Akuma by luis-mortalkombat14 (Special effects by Yawackhary, Cyrus Annihilator, and Croix)

Special thanks to eskayelle, who documented how to modify the title screen.

Known glitch:
*In a two-player mode, if P1 chooses T. Hawk, the picture will be blinking. This is because his big picture size corrupts the memory. However, the gameplay is not affected. One solution is to let P2 choose T. Hawk.

You must apply the IPS patch to the original Streets of Rage 2 (USA).

Have fun!

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

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