Game

Streets of Rage

1991 · Arcade · Linux · Wii · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Android · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

76IGDB player score
218 ratings

Previously Take

A 76 average that undersells it — ask the 218 people who rated it. It's a hack-and-slash at heart, from Sega, with science fiction giving it its personality. One player, no compromises. This was built for the solo run.

About this game

Streets of Rage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega in 1991 for Mega Drive/Genesis. It is the first installment of the Bare Knuckle/Streets of Rage series which was followed by Streets of Rage 2 and Streets of Rage 3.

The once peaceful city has been taken over by a criminal syndicate, including factions of the police. Mass violence is now common and no one is safe. Adam Hunter (an accomplished boxer), Axel Stone (skilled martial artist) and Blaze Fielding (judo expert) are young ex-police officers who have quit the force to fight back against the syndicate. Depending on whether the game is played as one-player or a two-player co-op, and whether the player accepts or rejects Mr. 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.