Streets of Rage 2

1992 video game

Original description from the source, not translated.

YEAR 1992

GENRE Fighting

PLATFORM Linux, Microsoft Windows, Sega Genesis, macOS, iOS, arcade video game machine, Sega Master System

ABOUT THE GAME

Streets of Rage 2, known as Bare Knuckle II in Japan, is a 1992 beat 'em up video game developed by Ancient and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. The sequel to Streets of Rage (1991), the characters Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding return while the game also introduces two new characters: Max Thunder, and Eddie "Skate" Hunter, the younger brother of Adam Hunter from the first game. Streets of Rage 2 was developed by an ad hoc team of several companies: Ancient, Shout! Design Works, M.N.M Software, and H.I.C. Ancient's Ayano Koshiro was the lead graphic designer and one of the game design planners, while her brother Yuzo Koshiro composed the music. Upon release, Streets of Rage 2 received critical acclaim and successful sales. The game developed a strong fandom, and ended up on several lists ranking the greatest video games of all time. It was succeeded by Streets of Rage 3 (1994), Streets of Rage 2 has since been re-released on other platforms.

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