Man this takes me way back to my childhood! I actually got the Sega Genesis exactly 20 years ago last month, and this is the game that came with it. I would spend hours playing this game- with the graphics, the characters, and the story being all great. But the music, was what really made this game stand out. The music always pumped me up, whenever I would play through as Axel or Skate/Sammy. I loved how the game would go into slow motion, whenever a boss gets killed. Axel: BARE KNUCKLE!!!
Unfortunately, like every other beat em up made, it suffered from the same enemies over and over formula. Only so many times can one beat up Donovan, or Yellow Signal, or Galsia, and not grow tired of it.
not big into fighting games but it passed the time and kept me entertained. I liked seeing characters going up in flames by somebody who could turn up the heat like KEN or RYU or some other characters I am just getting to know from other fighting fames like power instinct 2.
These were the golden years of gaming, when you didn't have stupid pop-ups telling you what to do, what buttons to press, where to go and signing into every social media outlet known to man. These game actually provided a challenge unlike today's brain dead games with 10% user interaction and 90% CG.
CG? lol computer graphics? dude all video games are 100% CG. If you mean that modern games have a stronger emphasis on graphics and less on gameplay, then I would agree with you (with the exception of indie games)
Haha Probably for the same reason, that Max screams "OH-REEE-AAAHHH" or "Hot Dog! Hot Dog!" And Skate/Sammy screams "Oh-Ki-Ki"... Whatever the reason, I still find it hilarious.
I actually like how they broke the stereotype like, in any other game, Blaze would be the one kidnapped cuz "beat bad guys, save girl" trope, but they actually had Adam be kidnapped, the buff strong man, that's kinda funny xd
1 of my all time fav games....it kicks so much ass, thanx 4 the upload :) cant wait for u guys 2 play the 3rd one, also i hope u guys eventually play the double dragon series 1-3
Not nostalgia, but obvious facts of what's different from games during the golden age and games now. I don't need a game telling me which direction to go and which buttons to press and CG cutscenes every other minute. Nor do I need a game that nags me to rate it and share it with friends on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Not to mention devs chopping up full games and releasing it in x amount of "expansions" or DLC. Facts are facts.
@@SenatorArmstrong2018 boomer? I doubt it. Doubt he's gen x either. Probably an old millennial like me. I was born in 81 and still made the cut off point. I'm yet to know a boomer that actually played on a computer console. Whether that be the 80s or today.
Yea this game had many influences of other stuff. For instance at 15:59 look at the Blanka-like character. Then at 16:35 Axel is kicking ass through Disney World (look at the castle in the back). And then look at the Ultimate Warrior at 22:20. I can only guess that some aspects of Axel, were probably in part modeled after Axl Rose (like the name although different in spelling, and the blue bandanna). Then theres the "Punk" villains. Many aspects of 80's/early 90's pop culture, were in this game.
Japan loved Western music, culture and media at the time... kind of how some of us Americans and Canadians seem to gravitate towards the same things from Japan since the 1990s
And in old games like this the story was amazing, the gameplay rich in variety, the mechanics really really complex, and the games were overall totally not designed just to make you spend another quarter at the arcade. Streets Of Rage II was heaps of fun and I spent a lot of time playing it, but games back then weren't any better than they are now. That's just your nostalgia talking.
Yea over time I got pretty good, after playing them frequently. I was better on home systems, than on the arcade machines- mainly because I was too short at the time to actually reach well. I also liked beat-em up games, two of my favorites as a kid were Taito's Superman (1988) and Konami's X-Men (1992). By the way Super Street Fighter 2 is my favorite of "Street Fighter" games. I would spend hours on SNES playing versus mode in that game, with friends. How about you?
Haha no it was a joke. I said that I used the character of "Smoke" (the gray ninja), from Mortal Kombat- because you asked me if I smoked. But the truth is that I have never smoked anything.
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