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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).
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