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.

TMNT - The Streets of Rage Project Gameplay Teaser Trailer

I. Overview:
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[li]A feature of this hack is that the Turtles received their signature attacks.[/li]
[li]You can finally use the drill attack as Raphael !![/li]
[li]Let's kick shell all the villains and save April.[/li]
[li]Have fun![/li]
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II. Features:
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[li]Characters replaced with turtles.[/li]
[li]All turtles have a huge range of unique attacks[/li]
[li]All playable characters can run and change direction and turn around while running.[/li]
[li]All playable characters can jump further while running.[/li]
[li]The command to run (f, f) becomes more sensitive.[/li]
[li]Offensive Special no longer costs player’s own health.[/li]
[li]If the player presses A while running, the player’s character will perform Offensive Special (in the original game, nothing will happen).[/li]
[li]Charge attacks require holding B for only 2/3 second.[/li]
[li]You can use the Defensive Special and Offensive Special when you capture the enemy.[/li]
[li]You can use the Defensive Special and Offensive Special when grabbing an enemy from behind.[/li]
[li]KO count of the players is displayed.[/li]
[li]Mania difficulty is directly accessible.[/li]
[li]Stage selection is available.[/li]
[li]You can choose the same characters.[/li]
[li]Added 6-Button gamepad Support. Back attack now is Y-button[/li]
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III. Updated:

Version 0.3.21:
- Double Z mods added by eskayelle to provide the following:
- Region locking and checksum validations removed.
- Title screen and related coding revised.
- Title screen and story mode text re-coded to display regardless of region.
- Ending credits sequence and related coding revised.
- Story mode text revised to fit the TMNT theme.

Version 0.3.24:
- Correction to Mike's first offensive special sprite, due to corruption in v0.3.21.
- Fixed Leo Offensive Special bug.
- Replace Leo & Raph throw sound.
- Updated sprite for slice of pizza.


Used sprites:
https://gamejolt.com/games/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-shell-shocked-the-arcade-game/35259

Special thanks to:
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[li]Dha Lau Hoo[/li]
[li]uuuser[/li]
[li]eskayelle[/li]
[li]Daria_P[/li]
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rominfo : No-Intro Name: Streets of Rage 2 (USA)
(No-Intro version 20130710-102701)
ROM/File SHA-1: 8B656EEC9692D88BBBB84787142AA732B44CE0BE

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