Streets of Rage

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

• "SoR" -- Informal abbreviation
• "Bare Knuckle" -- Japanese title
• "ベア・ナックル" -- Japanese Spelling

Part of the Following Group

• Bare Knuckle / Streets of Rage series

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User Reviews

Interesting start	Genesis	Luis Silva (11488)
Great game, could have been better though.........	Genesis	DudeOfMonson (108)
A great fighting game during a dismal year for Sega.	Genesis	Majestic Lizard (663)
The Foundation of one of the best beat em up series ever	Genesis	Mr. Huh (112)
It's time for some rage in the streets	Genesis	Classic Nigel (145)
Taking it to the streets...	Genesis	MasterMegid (801)
Bleedin' awesome.	Genesis	Tomer Gabel (4480)
streets of rage--release your rage	Genesis	paul cairey (340)
A pretty good conversion	SEGA Master System	Gary Smith (15)
Classic scrolling beat-em-up	SEGA Master System	william sterry (7)

The Press Says

GamePro	Game Gear	Jul, 1993	4.5 out of 5	90
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Genesis	Aug, 1991	9 out of 10	90
VideoGame	Genesis	Jan, 1992	8 out of 10	80
All Game Guide	Genesis	2007		80
Power Play	Genesis	Oct, 1991	75 out of 100	75
All Game Guide	Wii	2007		70
IGN	Wii	Feb 20, 2007	6.5 out of 10	65
Sega-16.com	Genesis	Jan 12, 2005	6 out of 10	60
All Game Guide	Game Gear	2007		60
Eurogamer.de	Wii	Mar 12, 2007	2 out of 5	40

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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).