Description
Streets of Rage, Sega's answer to
Final Fight, follows the story of three young police officers (Adam Hunter, Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding) in a city controlled by a criminal syndicate led by a "Mr. X" where crime is rampant, which leads the three heroes to make a pact to leave the force and topple the syndicate by themselves.
Gameplay is straightforward and simple. Three buttons are used, one to jump, other to attack and another to perform a range attack from a support police car. Each character has a limited set of moves that include punching and kicking or performing a back attack (if in the open), two grapple moves (depending if holding the opponent in front or by the back), a flying attack, and if playing with another player two additional tag attacks, and different abilities: Adam is slow, but a good jumper and a hard hitter, Axel fast and also a hard hitter, but a lousy jumper and Blaze fast and a good jumper, but weak hitter.
Levels are in typical arcade side-scroller fashion: move from left to right (with two exceptions), clearing screens from enemies one after another as fast as possible while avoid taking damage with a boss in the end. Some levels feature "death drops" where the player must avoid falling, while throwing enemies there at the same time, including a typical elevator level. Several items are scattered on the ground, from melee weapons and bonus points (and lives or additional police cars) to apples and turkeys (to restore health).
Alternate Titles
- "ベア・ナックル 怒りの鉄拳" -- Japanese spelling
- "SoR" -- Informal abbreviation
- "Bare Knuckle: Ikari no Tekken" -- Japanese title
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Trivia
Blaze Fielding looks remarkably similar to the main character in the 1985 Sega arcade game
Flashgal, and a lot from the game made its way into the Bare Knuckle/Streets of Rage series. Just from the screens in KLOV, there is a level in front of a building similar to the White House, a level with motorcycles (both from SoR 3, although the motorcycle level was cut from retail units and only exists in prototype carts) and a Rocket-pack enemy (SoR 2).
