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 x Slam Masters

Mod author: Da Lao Hu (Dha Lau Hoo)

After Axel and his heroic team defeated Mr. X, the city was peaceful for a while.

However, Mr. X returned to the city once again. This time he possesses a new killing weapon, Robot-A, which was modeled based on the real Axel. After Robot-A defeated the real Axel, the city fell to the hands of Mr. X again.

As everyone has expected, new allies have joined the battle to reinforce Axel: the mighty wrestlers from Saturday Night Slam Masters (Muscle Bomber)! They will put an end to Mr. X's crime empire with body slams!

A demo video of this hack is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ZBPzJOx4o
*Be aware that this mod does not modify the background music. The music in the demo was added by video editing.

This mod also uses the system of Da Lao Hu's previous mods, except for
*Takedowns are much more powerful than strikes.
*Air juggle is not available, because this mod emphasizes grapple attacks.
*A glitch that caused the player character's jump movement laggy has been fixed.

Move list (IMPORTANT - Different from the original SOR2):

The Scorpion (The Astro)

Strikes:
*Clothesline: Forward, Forward (running) + B
*Flash Kick: Forward + A
*Spiral Kick (Special): A
*Block/Counter: Press and hold BC
Grapple attacks:
*DDT: Grab enemy in the front and press Back + B (44 pts damage)
*German Suplex: Grab enemy in the back and press B (48 pts damage)
*Vault: Up + C
*Grab jump: C
*Tiger Bomb: Grab jump, and then press B (44 pts damage)

Gunloc (Lucky Colt)

Strikes:
*Clothesline: Forward, Forward (running) + B
*Knee Lift: Forward, Forward (running) + A
*Sonic Fist: Forward + A
*Skull Cracker (Special): A
*Block/Counter: Press and hold BC
Grapple attacks:
*Fisherman Suplex: Grab enemy in the front and press Back + B (44 pts damage)
*Back Body Drop: Grab enemy in the back and press B (48 pts damage)
*Vault: C

Titanic Tim (Titan the Great)

Strikes:
*Big Boot: Forward, Forward (running) + B
*Leaping Knee: Forward, Forward (running) + A
*Tomahawk Dive: Forward + A
*Tsunami (Special): A
*Block/Counter: Press and hold BC
Grapple attacks:
*Titan Slam: Grab enemy in the front and press B (48 pts damage)
*Body Drop: Grab enemy in the front and press Back + B (52 pts damage)
*Russian Leg Sweep: Grab enemy in the back and press B (48 pts damage)
*Vault: C

The Great Oni (Mysterious Budo)

Strikes:
*Clothesline: Forward, Forward (running) + B
*Moon Slicer: Forward + A
*Cyclone Kick (Special): A
*Block/Counter: Press and hold BC
Grapple attacks:
*Belly to Belly Suplex: Grab enemy in the front and press Back + B (44 pts damage)
*German Suplex: Grab enemy in the back and press B (48 pts damage)
*Neck Wrecker (Keppujin): Grab enemy in the back and press Up + B (16~56 pts damage)
*Vault: C

The sprites were provided by Radman, and modified by the author to be used in this hack.

You must apply the IPS patch to the ROM of the US version of Streets of Rage 2.

Merry Christmas, and have fun!

Database match: Streets of Rage 2 (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Genesis (v. 20180824-045026)
File/ROM SHA-1: 8B656EEC9692D88BBBB84787142AA732B44CE0BE
File/ROM CRC32: E01FA526

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