![]() Fans went from missing Streets of Rage to taking matters into their own hands. Games, game engines, art and volumes of fan fiction were made in the wake of silence that lasted from 1995 until 2019. Mechanically sound, visually striking and with a breathtaking soundtrack, the Streets of Rage series saw the Genesis from its heyday to its sunset years. The opening screen, panning over the city’s waterfront to Yuzo Koshiro’s solemn score set the tone for a darker game, the narrative somehow weaved into the orchestra of violence by a few sparse words at the game’s beginning and end. Streets of Rage was for SEGA fans alone, truly fulfilling the Genesis’ promise of arcade gameplay at home.Īn interactive pantomime, its story carried sense of urgency and sadness not often seen in the genre. ![]() ![]() Unlike its side-scrolling beat ‘em up brethren, Streets of Rage was not born in the arcades it was born on the Genesis.
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