![]() SOR is simple enough to be picked up quickly by all and is perhaps one of the reasons why it is so popular. They are willing to risk anything.even their lives.on the.SOR. Among them are Adam Hunter, Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding. The city has become a centre of violence and crime where no one is safe.Īmid this turmoil, a group of determined young police officers had sworn to clean up the city. ![]() This vicious syndicate soon had control of the government and even the police force. This city was once a happy, peaceful place.until one day, a powerful secret criminal organisation took over. Whether SEGA is considering reviving the series is unknown at this time but it would make sense for a game one both Xbox Live Arcade or PSN so we can live in hope. In recent years mobile versions have been released for several models. It later emerged that several conceptual-prototypes existed for Saturn, Dreamcast and Xbox but these were never developed. The powerful 2D abilities of the system would have been a brilliant platform for a fourth game in the series. Throughout the Saturn years it was hoped such a game would appear. The SOR series unfortunately never made it out of the 16-Bit era despite the hopes and pleas of many SEGA fans. The last hurrah was that was later ported to the Mega CD (when Capcom's exclusivity deal with Nintendo ended) and regarded as the best port to a console and included the 2-Player co-op mode. Incidentally the much hyped SNES version of Final Fight had a significant disadvantage in that there was no 2-player co-op mode. The original game was also ported to SEGA's 8-Bit platforms, the Master System and Game Gear as was the second in the series. Soon, SOR became one of the consoles staple titles and ultimately went on to be a core title packed with the console in 2 separate packages (in the UK) and go on to have 2 sequels SOR 2 in 1992 being the first 16Mbit cartridge and SOR 3 in 1994 both of which surpassed in each other. It was very well received by critics and gamers alike. Not only did it offer a plentiful and enjoyable game for single player it's 2-Player co-op mode brought a whole extra element of fun and perhaps where the game holds most appeal. Whilst the gameplay was essentially the same as FF there was enough differences and new elements to make it feel unique and (avoid SEGA being sued by Capcom). It sported arcade quality graphics that the console was geared for and to compliment the onscreen action a pumping soundtrack created by Yuzo Koshiro whom created tunes similar to the increasingly popular House music of the era. SOR was the product created by many of the individuals from Team Shinobi of Golden Axe and Revenge of Shinobi fame. Two player co-op modes were good selling points so it was essential this be included. Popular Brawlersīuilding on that success, SEGA created a similar game but with more emphasis on arcade style gameplay but specifically for their home console. SEGA had earlier created Double Dragon, a game with similar gameplay which had proved somewhat popular in the arcades and was ported to the Master System. FF was an incredibly popular game in the arcades and very highly regarded. Capcom, the creators of FF currently only made conversions of their games for Nintendo at the time and a port of FF was already in the works for the SNES. ![]() In 1991, the Mega Drive/Genesis was king, yet the hype of the impending SNES meant that SEGA needed to more quality games to deter people from jumping to Nintendo's new console.Ī good Final Fight (FF) style game was no where in the systems library at the time. Three young police officers have quit the corrupt Metropolitan police force and set out to topple the organisation on their own!" "The city has been taken over by a massive crime syndicate. To this day it still remains an excellent blast. The first game was the side-scrolling beat'em up that filled a gap of a Final Fight style game (which was considered the best of the genre at the time) in the library of the then young 16-Bit console but offered a better experience being a much longer and challenging becoming so successful that SEGA packaged it with the console for several years. The Streets of Rage (SOR) series (which goes by the name of Bare Knuckle in Japan) has become one of the most well known and enjoyed of any series of games especially so among SEGA fans as probably every Mega Drive/Genesis owner played at least one of the three games. STREETS OF RAGE | MEGA DRIVE/GENESIS | SEGA 1991
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