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).

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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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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Streets of Rage	Genesis	$6.18
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User Reviews

Interesting start	Luis Silva (13306)
Great game, could have been better though.........	DudeOfMonson (106)
A great fighting game during a dismal year for Sega.	Majestic Lizard (655)
The Foundation of one of the best beat em up series ever	Mr. Huh (112)	unrated
It's time for some rage in the streets	Classic Nigel (149)
Taking it to the streets...	MasterMegid (899)
Bleedin' awesome.	Tomer Gabel (4418)
streets of rage--release your rage	paul cairey (325)

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The Press Says

Netjak	Jul 16, 2002	9.5 out of 10	95
Joypad	Oct, 1991	95 out of 100	95
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Oct, 1991	93 out of 100	93
The Video Game Critic	Apr 24, 2004	A-	91
Consoles Plus	Sep, 1991	91 out of 100	91
Mean Machines	Sep, 1991	90 out of 100	90
Retrogaming.it	Mar 05, 2008	8 out of 10	80
SEGA-Mag (Objectif-SEGA)	Nov 20, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Just Games Retro	Dec 10, 2012		60
Sega-16.com	Jan 12, 2005	6 out of 10	60