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 Nightmare ZERO Shmups

The Genesis ROM Streets of Rage 2 (U) [!] .bin (USA version) is required to play.

Changes in v.1.2a
-Fixed a bug when Adam was hit by Electra's electric whip.
Changes in v.1.2
-One character changes. Added title screen. Fixed an ending picture.
Changes in v.1.1
-Restored the controls. Fixed a bug in diagonal movement. Adam isn't be juggled.
Changes in v.1.02
-Resurrected Punch and made it possible to select the same character.
-Various bug fixes.
Changes in v.1.01
-Changed the controls to be normal.
-Changed the movement of some enemies and players.

Features
-This story is older than Streets of Rage 2 Double Max Nightmare with Korone.
-When you walk, it automatically shoots bullets.
-The BLITZ attack is 26B or 86B when you are facing right.
-Special attacks can only be performed by counters.
-It is the same pressing B+C and Y.
-You can land after attacked by pressing C, just like when you are thrown.

Bug
-Enemies tend to go off-screen, but you can defeat them by shooting.
-There seems to be a limit to the number of weapons that can be displayed on the screen, so the momentum of the bullets slows down when you do 2P, or bullets don’t come out when there are a lot of weapons on the screen.

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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