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.

I. Overview:

SOR2 Fight'n Rage: Gameplay Trailer

Welcome to the Fight'n Rage universe! The city was attacked by an army of evil mutants, led by the mysterious leader "The Boss" Three brave heroes gathered to challenge him and clear the city of mutants. But will it be that easy?

II. Features:

-Replaced all characters, all enemies and all bosses.
-Added shadow for all characters, all enemies and all bosses.
-Some enemies have new attacks, that will surprise experienced players.
-Characters replaced by Ricardo, F. Norris and Gal.
-All of the characters’ attacks are similar to those from Fight'n Rage.
-The game has Juggling.
-Players can recover from a hit by pressing the jump button upon landing (as in SOR4)
-F. Norris and Gal can change direction and turn around while running.
-Ricardo Have Dash instead of Run.
-The command to run (f, f) becomes more sensitive.
-All playable characters can jump further while running.
-You can use the Offensive Special while running
-Added 6-Button gamepad Support. Uppercut now is Y-button.
-Added sound when pressing B + C (Y) for all characters.
-Friendly fire is disabled.
-Added new sounds for players and enemies.

v1.01 Change log
-Fixed a bug that causes AI to be disabled when using B+C attack.
-Fixed Gal infinite combo
-Small balance edits were also made based on player feedback.

III. Other:
-Thanks to Docm@n88hz for add Shadow patch
-Gigantic Special Thanks to gsaurus, for helping and working with AI enemies.
-Gigantic Special Thanks, to a person without whom nothing would be - PPI_Akiko. It was he who added Juggling, New Running, new hitting physics and was invaluable in helping this project work.


Have fun, and if you liked this hack, play the original Fight'n Rage game!

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

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Patched File/ROM SHA-1: 73849339E45883C7347BB5B1F9425A69D3200667
Patched File/ROM CRC32: 3ABBC45E

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