#Streets of rage 2 rom snes software
#Streets of rage 2 rom snes code

I remember renting the original game from Blockbuster when my best friend Daniel was spending the night in 4th grade. If you were a Sega kid, you had huge bragging rights for having the “blood” version of Mortal Kombat on your system. Kamal recently introduced me to the original Streets of Rage, and I was pleasantly surprised by how amazing it holds up too! “Moon Beach” is one of my all time favorite tracks, and I’ll have to track down a Genesis 6-Pak to play it again soon. My wife and I have been beating a few stages quite a bit since I got it again! (I’m still trying to convince her to cosplay as Blaze and Axel with me at some point). I could listen to “Go Straight”, “Dreamer”, and “Wave 131” for literally hours! (and I have, by the way)Įven though it can be experienced on the Sega Genesis Mini and a variety of Sega collections, there’s something about playing on authentic hardware that’s so special.

And let’s not even get started on how amazing the soundtrack is, my friends. The sprites and graphics are stunning, even today, and the mechanics, from a single punch to the specials, all feel right. And we would return to it often! This was one of the first beat ’em ups I ever played, and I still think it’s one of the best. We stayed up almost all night at his birthday party playing co-op to try and beat it. My close friend who lived next door to me got a Sega Genesis around the time I did, but his pack-in title was Streets of Rage 2. In terms of relaxing 90s and Sega Genesis nostalgia, it doesn’t get much better than this folks.

#Streets of rage 2 rom snes code

The exception of course is the spectacular Star Light Zone-I’ve been popping in the game and doing the level select code just to run through it! I mean, listen to the music: (Labyrinth Zone in particular is where I often quit the game). I don’t feel like most of the original Sonic zones past Green Hill hold up super well though. That’s a lot of ’90s attitude! That post that came with the game is so nostalgic. So let’s get into why I love this system so much, and how all of this snowballed recently! I’m going through a Sega Genesis renaissance (a “Genaissance” if you will-I’ll be here all week folks) and have been collecting quite a bit the past few months. One thing has led to another, and I’m obsessed again. Especially older, nostalgic titles! I usually turn to my favorite Nintendo series, but after playing some older Genesis titles with some of my best friends before moving I kept thinking about it.

When big changes happen in life, I’ve always found games to be comforting.

#Streets of rage 2 rom snes software

The ultimate winner of the “Console Wars” was every gamer, because we got some absolutely spectacular hardware and software from it! So why the Sega Genesis nostalgia now? The “Sega Genaissance” At the time most everyone had a clear favorite console, but in retrospect most of us older games seem to really appreciate both. It’s funny now how much competition there was between Sega and Nintendo during the early 90s. I couldn’t recommend Console Wars more highly if you want some 90s game nostalgia!