Streets of Rage 3 - Sega Megadrive/Genesis

The Streets of Rage franchise was a series of side scrolling beat em ups originally released for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. In the games, players take on the role of a group of ex-cops, determined to remove the gangs of thugs overrunning the city streets.

Overview

Beginning in 1991 with the release of Streets of Rage on the Sega Genesis, the Streets of Rage franchise (known as Bare Knuckle in Japan) has become one of the most critically acclaimed beat-em-up series in video game history. This game introduced the main characters of the series (Axel Stone, Blaze Fielding, and Adam Hunter), as well as the antagonist, Mr. X. Mr. X is a mysterious character whose crime syndicate is shut down in the first game, following a fight with the three young police officers. In the second game, Mr. X kidnaps Adam, forcing Alex and Blaze (as well as two new characters) to fight him once again.

The third game centers around a research organization known as the RoboCy Corporation, run once again by Mr. X. Mr. X recruits Dr. Dahm, an intelligent scientist, to create an army of robots for him, intending to slowly replace world leaders with robots. When Dr. Zan Gilbert alerts Blaze to the existence of this plan, the team is reassembled to take down Mr. X yet again.



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