The MegaDrive (as well as the SNES) was known for sporting hundreds of memorable and fun titles, and this is one of them. 
As the much improved sequel to the original Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 2 takes place the year following the "defeat" of Mr. X, the final boss. Apparently, it's vengeance time for him; and in doing so he kidnaps Adam, one of the three playable characters from the original. So now, you get to control returning characters Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding, with new characters like Skate (Adam's younger brother) and Max Thunder (the slow pro wrestler). The graphics look very great, and in some areas look impressive (particularly during the ship portion of the amusement park stage). The music from famed composer Yuzo Koshiro [The Revenge of Shinobi, ActRaiser, Beyond Oasis, Super Adventure Island] sounds great, even better than the original's soundtrack (which also sounded great). Controls have improved, in that the special move no longer requires a policeman five screens away shooting from a bazooka. Instead, you have two special attacks; the standing one (no movement + A) and the movement one (left or right + A). What's cool about this beat'em up is that your characters have differentiating attributes: Blaze and Skate (the only character who can run here) are fast, but weak, while Axel and Max are strong, but slow. Sound effects are lifted from the original Streets of Rage, but they sound just as good. Shiva and Mr. X are epic bosses. A very fun beat'em up, even if easy compared to SoR 1 & 3.
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