On 21 August 2013, 3D Streets of Rage was released for Nintendo 3DS, both as an e-shop standalone purchase and later on 18 December 2014 as a part of the Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives.
On 26 January 2011, Streets of Rage was released on Valve's Steam platform, both as a standalone purchase and part of the SEGA Mega Drive Classics Pack 4.
A PlayStation Network release has not been announced.
In 2012, Streets of Rage Collection, a package of all three Streets of Rage games, was released on Xbox Live Arcade as part of the Sega Vintage Collection range of titles.
Streets of Rage along with both of its sequels are included in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
They were previously available on GameTap until the service shutdown in 2015.
Streets of Rage, along with its two sequels, was included in the Japanese version of the Sonic Gems Collection for the GameCube and PlayStation 2, but was omitted from the North American GameCube version to avoid it gaining an E10+ rating, and also from the European GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions for unknown reasons.
Sega Genesis 6-PAK (composed of Streets of Rage, Sonic the Hedgehog, Columns, The Revenge of Shinobi, Golden Axe and Super Hang-On) and Mega 6 (composed of Streets of Rage, World Cup Italia '90, Columns, Super Monaco GP, The Revenge of Shinobi and Sonic the Hedgehog).
The voice effects for the characters in this version of the game were all redone.
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Sega Classics Arcade Collection (a Mega CD compilation with the two previously mentioned titles, plus Super Monaco GP and Columns, also available as in cartridge format for Mega Drive II).
Mega Games II (compiled with Golden Axe and The Revenge of Shinobi) that was later bundled with the Mega Drive.
Releases Ports 8-Bit VersionsĪ signature title and franchise for Sega during the Mega Drive era, the title was collected often. The game was designed for players to focus on preventing enemies from swarming them, as well as to work with a second player using various cooperative team moves. Ohba was also influenced by action television shows such as Starsky & Hutch and The A-Team. Lead designer Noriyoshi Ohba broached the idea of doing a street fighting game along the lines of Final Fight and Double Dragon with Yuzo Koshiro. X's offer to join his henchmen, there is a possibility for an alternate ending where the player becomes the new head of the crime syndicate. Adam Hunter (an accomplished boxer), Axel Stone (skilled martial artist) and Blaze Fielding ( judo expert) are vicenarian ex-police officers who have quit the force to fight back against the syndicate.ĭepending on whether the game is played as one-player or a two-player co-op, and whether the player accepts or rejects Mr. Mass violence is now common and no one is safe. The once peaceful city has been taken over by a criminal syndicate, including factions of the police. The player is given one special attack per life or per level and power-ups shaped like police cars supply additional specials. Players also have a limited number of special attacks that allow them to call the police and summon a police car that fires explosives, damaging all enemies on screen. The player can also pick up weapons, which include knives, bottles, and drainpipes. Unlike its sequels, none of the enemies are named within the game (they are named only in the Japanese version's manual) and only the bosses have a visible life bar. With the exception of round 7, there is a boss battle at the end of every round with a disproportionately large enemy. The player must defeat each opponent to progress through eight locations, known as rounds. As in Sega's previous beat 'em up Golden Axe, enemies walk onto the screen from both sides as well as occasionally appearing from other locations.