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.

Features

-Changed the controls and enemy characters to make it more like DJboy.

There are three patches

-Grab mode : You can grab enemies and always dash.
-No grab mode : You can't grab enemies but can attack them by hitting them with your body and always dash.
-Normal mode : All characters can use and the controls are normal.

Controls

-The controls are unique, for example, if you want to turn around, you have to press a key diagonally or you’ll go straight back.
-The command for the BLITZ attack is 86B or 26B instead of 66B when facing right.
-In addition, Max, Axel, Bob and Adam can turn around and perform the move with 24B or 84B.
-In grab mode and no grab mode, Special attack is only triggered by counters, and does not reduce health.
-In no grab mode , you can’t grab enemies in general, but Skate, Zan, and Roo, who can dash from the beginning, can sometimes grab enemies and perform grabs, throws, and special attacks.
-If you are grabbed, press the up or down key.
-Other than the four main character can play thrillingly as they are juggled by enemies.
-Other than Normal mode, there are no continues.

Issues
-Start the game after game over, it always starts from a strange place. Please reset the game or go into the options and start again.

Database match: Streets of Rage 2 (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Genesis (v. 20210226-213851)
File/ROM SHA-1: 8B656EEC9692D88BBBB84787142AA732B44CE0BE
File/ROM CRC32: E01FA526

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