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Name: Streets of Rage series (3 titles)
Streets of Rage (aka Bare Knuckle)
Streets of Rage 2 (aka Bare Knuckle 2)
Streets of Rage 3 (aka Bare Knuckle 3)
Author/Vendor: Magical/Sega
Released: 1991
Type: Fighting
Language: English and Japanese
Premise: Axel, Adam and Blaze – ex-cops, the solution to punk pollution. The city’s a war zone, and they’re going out two at a time to give the gangs a kick in the guts. This is the ultimate in street combat. These fighters are martial arts maniacs with a battery of 40 individually controllable attacks – including jabs, head butts, and overhead kicks. (box promo for first game)
Impressions: Although eclipsed by its later sequels, [the original] sports more moves and variety and has the techno soundtrack that made composer Yuzo Koshiro famous. The second game adds one more player for a total of four, plus new moves for everyone and a soundtrack that is every bit as awesome as the first one. The third and final entry replaces one character and adds two hidden ones - no platform fighter before or since has offered better variety or gameplay. Too bad the music isn't as good, because some of the tracks are just plain awful. (compiled from the original Rage Games reviews)
Variations: These games were originally released in Japan under the title Bare Knuckle. It is reported that the Japanese originals are more violent than the American releases.
Streets of Rage (1991, aka Bare Knuckle, English/Japanese selectable - set console accordingly)
Streets of Rage 2 (1992, aka Bare Knuckle 2)
Streets of Rage 3 (1994, aka Bare Knuckle 3)
Recommended Emu: Genecyst X